Ghenie lives and works in Cluj, Berlin, and London.[4]
In 2005, he co-founded Galeria Plan B[5] in Cluj, together with Mihai Pop, a production and exhibition space for contemporary art.[6] In 2008 Plan B opened a permanent exhibition space in Berlin.[5]
In June 2014 the oil on canvas painting "The Fake Rothko"[7] was sold for £1,426,000 ($2,428,140).[8]
In February 2016, the large oil on canvas painting "The Sunflowers of 1937"[9] inspired by Vincent van Gogh's famous "Sunflowers" was sold in London for £3,177,000 at a Sotheby's auction, marking it the most expensive painting sold by the Romanian artist.
Before the auction, the value of the painting was estimated between £400,000 and £600,000.[9] It belonged to the Galerie Judin[10] of Berlin, who had purchased it from the artist.
Ghenie does not use traditional tools of the painter or brushes, but a palette knife and stencils.[1]
He paints portraits of 20th century figures, particularly those associated with genocide and mass suffering, that appear in his work gnawed and slashed, blurred and speckled.