Marius Bercea was born in 1979 in Cluj, Romania. His fascination with the aesthetics of the urban environment stems from the shift he witnessed as Romania transitioned from Communism into a free market economy. Bercea received his MA from the University of Art and Design, in Cluj-Napoca in 2005. Bercea’s work is in several public and private collections worldwide including; Hudson Valley Centre for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York, US; Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia, US; ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Skovvej; Kistefos-Museet, Jevnaker, NO; Olbricht Collection, Berlin, DE; Space K Museum, Seoul, KR; Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK.