Was born in 1978 in Bucharest.
Graduated National University of Arts in Bucharest in 2002.
Master of Fine Arts, Universitatea de Vest, Timișoara, 2005-2007
PhD in Fine Arts, UNArte Bucharest, 2010-2014
Lives and works in Bucharest, Romania. Teaches at UNArte Fashion Bucharest.
Personal exhibitions:
2023 Gicu, Museum of Ages (Filipescu-Cesianu House), Bucharest
2023 Dusk, video screening, Nicolae Minovici Museum, Bucharest
2021 Anonymous Opus Manuum Artificis, Anaid Art Gallery, Bucharest
2020 Laseta, Palatele Brâncovenești Cultural Center, Mogoșoaia (together with Raluca Arnăutu)
2016 Cloud, MNAR Bucharest (together with Raluca Arnăutu)
2015 Noise and Silence, Cinemateca Eforie, Bucharest, within DocuArt Fest #4, (together with Raluca Arnăutu)
2012 Rembo's Dream, Anaid Art Gallery, Bucharest
2008 Join, Mora Gallery, Bucharest
Group exhibitions:
2024 NAG - White Night of the Galleries , Anaid Art Gallery: După 20 de ani. Curator: Diana Dochia
2023 National Salon of Contemporary Art, Tehnici desupraviețuire, National Technical Museum „Prof. Ing. D. Leonida”, Curator: Corina Duma.
2022 Deco ReMake | Arts in Bucharest 2022 | The UAUIM space, Bucharest
2022 Rendez-vous aux jardins 2022 - Stand by Nature, Stand by Peace, Stand by Culture, Domaine Ghica – Răcari
2022 Interdisciplinary Artistic Experiment - Edition I - Scientific communication session, UNARTE Bucharest
2021 National Salon of Contemporary Art, National Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Bucharest
2014 FADD teachers, Visual Arts Center, Bucharest
2014 VIENNAFAIR 2014 The New Contemporary, Vienna
2014 Bucharest Biennale #6 - "Apprehension. Understanding through the fear of understanding", Bucharest
2011 Lost and Found, Anaid Art Gallery, Bucharest, Curator: Diana Dochia
2008 Workshop in transition, Transition in Workshop, Bucharest
2007 NOMAD (Load/Flow/Mix), Bucharest, happening
2007 Soul Sale, Open House, Bucharest, action
2003 Student Fest, Timisoara
2002 Accents & Prints, Apollo Gallery, Bucharest
2002 Winter/Spring Collection, Galeria Gallery, Bucharest
2001 Mioriţa's Site, Atelier Gallery 35, Bucharest, Curator: Alina Șerban
https://www.anaidartgallery.com/exhibitions/43-matei-arnautu-anonymous-opus-manuum-artificis/overview/
www.artland.com/artists/matei-arnautu
https://www.artline.ro/BUCHAREST-BIENNALE-6--Expose-Practice--Matei-Arnautu-33451-2-n.html
https://nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-ro-0405/msg00030.html
https://www.rri.ro/es_es/die_internationale_biennale_fur_zeitgenossische_kunst_in_bukarest-15237