RESUME

EDUCAŢIE ŞI FORMARE

Dec. 2008: Doctor în arte vizuale. Susţinut teza de doctorat „Peisajul – stare de spirit şi expresie”, obţinut magna cum laude, Casa Matei, UAD Cluj
2004-2008: Doctorand, Universitatea de Arte şi Design Cluj, pictură.
2000: Workshop în management de artă: “From Here to There”, The Amsterdam
Maastricht Summer University, Olanda.
1994-1995: Studii aprofundate, Academia de Arte Vizuale Ioan Andreescu, secţia
pictură – Cluj-Napoca. Diplomă obţinută în 1995.
1994: Master class în pictură cu Jiri Georg Dokoupil, ASU & Institutul de Pictură
din Amsterdam.
1988-1994: Academia de Arte Vizuale Ioan Andreescu Cluj-Napoca.
1988-1990: Secţia ceramică.
1990-1994: Ssecţia pictură.
Licenţiat în arte plastice (Arta icoanelor pe sticlă în Transilvania secolelor XVIII-XIX) în 1994.
Diplomă în pictură obţinută în 1994.
1979-1987: Liceul de Arte Plastice, secţia ceramică Cluj-Napoca. Bacalaureat
obţinut în 1987.

BURSE, PREMII, REZIDENŢE

2018: Transylvania Art Camp II, Râșnov – Brașov, România
2016: Transylvania Art Camp, Tihuţa – Bistrita, România
2015: Tabăra de pictură “Întâlniri de pictură în deltă”, Crişan, Tulcea – România
2010: Tabăra Internaţională de Artă Plastică “Inter-Art” Aiud – 2010, ediţia a XV-a
2004: Medalia Meritul Cultural, oferită de Preşedinţia României
2000: “Laz 2000” Tabără Internaţională de pictură, Laz – jud. Alba / workshop în management de artă: “From Here to There” – The Amsterdam Maastricht Summer University, Olanda / bursă de călătorie, Fundaţia Soros.
1999: tabără internaţională de Pictură Laz, Laz – jud. Alba.
1997: tabără internaţională de pictură şi sculptură, Jurbarkas, Lituania.
1996: rezidenţă la Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, SUA.
Comitetul de artişti ai centrului: Karel Appel, Nell Blaine, Helen Frankenthaler, James Gahagan, Grace Hartigan, Wolf Kahn, Nathan Oliveira, Irving Petlin, Larry Rivers, George Segal, Joan Snyder, Frank Stella, Esteban Vicente, Neil Welliver, Alice Neel*, Isamu Noguchi*, James Rosati* (*in memoriam). / bursă de călătorie, Fundaţia Soros
1994: master class în pictură cu Jiri Georg Dokoupil, ASU & Institutul de
Pictură din Amsterdam.
1993: premiul pentru pictură acordat de Accademia Internazionale Fanum
Fortunae în concursul Fanum Fortunae e Pisaurum, Fano, Italia.

EXPOZIŢII PERSONALE

2022: “Paradisul regăsit”, Galeria Foutainhead, Seattle, SUA
2021: “Curente”, Galeria Fountainhead, Seattle, SUA
2018: “Mountain Love”, Galeria Fountainhead, Seattle, SUA
2016: “Transcendenţe”, Galeria Orsini, Cluj
2015: “Watermark” Galeria Artfooly, Bucureşti / “În numele râului”, Muzeul de Artă, Cluj
2014: “Râul Magic”, Napoca 15, Cluj
2012: “Vis de August”, Galeria Hangar, Cluj
2011: Galeria de Arta Central / Cluj
2009: „New paintings” Galeria HIM, Cluj / Galeria DNS, Graz, Austria / Galeria Arcade 24, Bistriţa / Galeriile Fortuna, Cluj
2008: Casa Matei, UAD Cluj
2007: “Urme pe apă”, Galeria Veche, Cluj
2006: Birourile Markus Prepress, Cluj / “Die Magie paradiesischer Gärten”, Länderzirkel auf Reisen, Trinkhalle Kurhotel Dr. Kipper, Bad Gams, Austria
2005: Galeria P&B, Cluj
2004: Interkulturelles Café und Begegnungszentrum, Graz, Austria / Centrul Cultural KUGA, Großwarasdorf, Austria / Gallery Day & Night, Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic Temple Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA
2003: Open Studio Party & concert de vioară susţinut de Titus Flueraş-Besa, Prislop 8, Cluj / Galeria Val House, Bucureşti
2002: VKB Bank, Linz, Austria / Galeria Aula Romaniae, Centrul Cultural Român, Viena, Austria / “Impresii”, Galeria Veche, Cluj, România
2001: “Impression, Le Soleil… Levant (Byzance)”, Ambasada României la Copenhaga, Danemarca / “Impresie, Răsărit de Soare”, Muzeul Naţional de Artă, Cluj
2000: Centrul Cultural Sindan, Cluj
1999: Galeria Cuyler St., Port Elisabeth – Africa de Sud.
1998: “Pe-un picior de plai pe o gură de Rai 1”, Galeria Alianţa Artelor, Cluj-Napoca / “Pe-un picior de plai pe o gură de Rai 2”, Galeria Veche, Cluj-Napoca.
1997: “Aer ’96”, Galeria Veche, Cluj-Napoca / Sala de Expoziţii “C. Brâncuşi”, Palatul Parlamentului Camera Deputaţilor, Bucureşti.
1996: “Viţa de vie 1”, Galeria Veche, Cluj-Napoca / “Viţa de vie 2”, Banca Bucureşti, Cluj-Napoca / Galeria Atelier Libre, Ottweiler, Germania.
1995: Credit Fond, Cluj-Napoca / “Scara”, Restaurant Napoca 15, Cluj-Napoca.
1994: Galeria Helios, Timişoara.
1991: Galeria de Artă a Bibliotecii Central Universitare Cluj.

EXPOZIŢII DE GRUP

2017: Târgul de artă Art-Athina 2017, Grecia
2016: “Transcendenţe, Aici și Acum “, Galeria Fountainhead, Seattle, USA / “Conexiuni”, Palatul Parlamentului, Sala de Expoziţii „Constantin Brâncuşi”, Bucuresti
2015: “MUS1C”, Artfooly The Slice of Art Gallery, Bucureşti / “Întâlniri de pictură în deltă” U Art Gallery, Bucureşti / Târgul de artă “Art Safari 2015”, Bucureşti / “Conexiuni Interculturale”, Palatul Naţiunilor Unite, Geneva, Elveţia
2014: “An object of beauty”, Silvia’s Art Gallery, Cluj / “Inter-Art & Jacek”, Muzeul naţional de Istorie a Transilvaniei, Cluj / “Jocul de-vara”, Silvia’s Art Gallery & Muzeul Etnografic al Transilvaniei, Cluj / “Arta înseamnă putere” Silvia’s Art Gallery, Cluj / “Pro Galeria”, Turnul Croitorilor, Centrul de Cultură Urbană, Cluj
2013:“Libertate şi artă fără frontiere” Parlamentul European, Bruxelles, Belgia
Galeria Art Montreux – Al 9-lea Salon de Artă Contemporană, Montreux, Elveţia / Galeria Artexpert, Cluj / Galeria Joanna Dürig, Schwanden-Glarus, Elveţia / Salonul de Artă Contemporană Rotary, Palatul Suţu (Muzeul Municipiului Bucureşti), Bucureşti
2012: Licitaţie Quadro 10 – Licitaţia de vară, Galeria Quadro Cluj / GZ-Art Basel, Elveţia / Licitaţia Gala Habitat, Cluj
2011: INTER-ART, Vichy, Franţa / Licitaţie Quadro 8, Galeria Quadro Cluj / 2011 International Tsai-mo Fan Art Exhibition, Taichung City Cultural Center, Taiwan / Licitaţie Quadro 6 – Licitaţia de Primăvară, Galeria Quadro Cluj
2010: St’art Art Fair, Strasbourg, France / 2010 International Tsai-mo Humanistic Art Exhibition, Taichung City Cultural Center, Taiwan / “Inter-Art” Galleries Aiud, Romania / „The portrait” International Mail Art Exhibition, History Museum Aiud, Romania
2009: International Tsai-Mo Graffiti-Art Exhibition, Taichung City Cultural Center, Taiwan / Târg de artă, Muzeul de Artă Zalău, Romania
2008: Galeria 0+0 Valencia, Spania / Galeria HIM, Cluj / Fiuggi, Roma, Italia
2007: 6th Taichung Tsai-MoArt Festivel, Taichung Cultural Center, Taichung, Taiwan
2006: “Interart 2006”, Galeria Veche, Cluj
2005: Galeria Theatre de Poche la Grenette, Vevey, Elveţia / Erste Bank, Mödling, Austria / KH Wiener Neustadt, Austria
2004: Centrul Cultural Român, Viena, Austria
2003: “A Mid Summer’s Night Scream”, Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic Temple / Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA
2002: Galeria Omma, Centrul de Artă Contemporană Omma, Hania, Creta, Grecia
2001: Finansbank, Cluj / “Et in Venetia ego”, Muzeul Naţional de Artă, Cluj / “Visionen 2001”, Tattersall, Bad Kissingen, Germania
2000: “Et in Venetia ego”, Institutul Român de Cultură şi Cercetare Umanistică, Veneţia, Italia / Pecsi Galeria, Pecs – Ungaria / Expoziţie on-line “ART SUMMER 2000” la Galeria Virtuală Geli, Altenstadt – Germania / “Liber Studiorum”, Muzeul Naţional de Artă Cluj / “Laz 2000”, Muzeul Naţional de Artă Cluj.
1999: Galeria Gartenflugel, Ziegelbrucke (GL), Elveţia / Catedrala Episcopală Sebeş, Jud. Alba / Galeria Celtică, Edinburgh, Marea Britanie – În cadrul Edinburgh International Internet Festival, U.K. / Galeria Alianţa Artelor, Cluj.
1998: Expoziţie Internaţională de Pictură, Reşiţa, România.
1997: Centrul Cultural, Jurbarkas, Lituania.
1995: Muzeul Naţional de Artă, Cluj-Napoca / Atelier 35, Galeria Căminul Artei, Bucureşti
1994: Galeria Aschenbach, Amsterdam, Olanda.
1993: Fano, Italia.
1992: Romfest 92, Centrul Cultural Nae Ionescu, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada / Teatrul Naţional din Cluj.
1991: Expoziţie de Pictură Românească Contemporană la Zwolle, Olanda.
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995: Salonul Anual de Pictură şi Sculptură, Cluj-Napoca.
1985: TUTAV, The Promotion Foundation of Turkey, Ankara, Turcia.

LUCRĂRI ÎN COLECŢII PUBLICE

Colecţia Parlamentului României, Camera Deputaţilor – Bucureşti / Centrul Cultural din Jurbarkas, Lituania / Muzeul Naţional de Artă Cluj / Centrul Cultural Nae Ionescu, Canada / Centrul de Artă Contemporană Omma, Grecia / Templul Masonic, Milwaukee, SUA / Centrul Cultural Român, Viena, Austria / Ambasada României la Copenhaga / Centrul Cultural KUGA, Großwarasdorf, Austria / ING Bank Cluj.

LUCRĂRI ÎN COLECŢII PARTICULARE

România, Germania, Franţa, S.U.A., Canada, Israel, Austria, Grecia, Danemarca, Africa de Sud, Elveţia, Ungaria, Italia.

ACTIVITATE PROFESIONALĂ

2004-2008: Manager / Asociat al Galeriei P&B, Cluj
2001-2008: Webmaster, manager, Cluj Art On Line Gallery
Din 1997: Co-fondator / preşedinte al Fundaţiei Arta, Cluj-Napoca.
1995: Pictor scenograf, Teatrul Naţional Cluj
1989: Desenator tehnic la Institutul de Cercetări şi Proiectări Cluj.
1987-1989: Cioplitor în piatră (Coop. Costructorul Cluj).

EXPERIENŢĂ ARTISTICĂ

1996: scenografia spectacolului de teatru “Pasărea albastră” de M. Maeterlinck la Festivalul Internaţional de Teatru Orthez, Orthez, Franţa.
1995: pictor scenograf, Teatrul Naţional Cluj
1993: executat decorurile la spectacolul de balet “Spărgătorul de nuci”, organizat de International Ballet Society Washington, D.C., U.S.A., în Bekescsaba, Ungaria.
1989: participare la restaurarea picturii murale din vechea biserică a Mănăstirii Râmeţ.

APARTENENŢĂ LA SOCIETĂŢI / ASOCIAŢII

– Membru al Uniunii Artiştilor Plastici din România, Oficiul Interjudeţean Cluj Bistriţa.
– Membru FITMA (Federation of International Tsai-Mo Artists), Taichung, Taiwan.
– Membru fondator, Past-President Clubul Rotary Cetăţuie Cluj-Napoca.

EDUCATION:

Dec. 2008 I have presented the doctorate thesis “The landscape – state of mind and expression”, for which I have received “magna cum laude” Casa Matei, UAD Cluj.
2004-2008 PhD in visual arts.
2000 Workshop in arts management: “From Here to There” / The Amsterdam Maastricht Summer University, The Netherlands.
1994-1995 MFA,”Ioan Andreescu” Visual Arts Academy, painting department.
1994 Master Class in painting with Jiri Georg Dokoupil, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, course organized by the Amsterdam Summer University and Amsterdam Institute for Painting.
1988-1994 “Ioan Andreescu” Visual Arts Academy, painting department – Cluj.
1988-1990 Ceramic Department.
1990-1994 Painting Department.
Graduation diploma obtained in 1994 (“The Icons on Glass from Transylvania, XVII th- XIX th cts”).
1979-1987 High School of Fine Arts, Cluj-Napoca. Ceramic Department. B.F.A obtained in 1987.

RESIDENCIES, GRANTS, AWARDS:

2018: Transylvania Art Camp II, Râșnov/Brașov, Romania
2016: Transylvania Art Camp, Tihuţa – Bistrita, Romania
2015: Art Camp “Painting encounters in Danube Delta”, Crişan, Tulcea – Romania
2010: “Inter-Art” International Art Camp Aiud, XVth edition
2004: “Cultural Praiseworthy Medal”, awarded by the Romanian Presidency.
2000: Laz ’99 International Art Camp, Laz – jud. Alba / Workshop in arts management: “From Here to There” – The Amsterdam Maastricht Summer University, The Netherlands / Soros Foundation Travel Grant.
1999: Laz ’99 International Art Camp, Laz – jud. Alba.
1997: 3rd Annual Jurbarkas International Creative Artist Camp (grant), Lithuania.
1996: Resident Artist, Vermont Studio Center (grant) – Johnson, VT, USA / Soros Foundation Travel Grant.
1994: Master Class in painting with Jiri Georg Dokoupil, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, course organised by the Amsterdam Summer University and Amsterdam Institute for Painting.
1993: Prize for painting awarded by Accademia Internazionale Fanum Fortunae in “Fanum Fortunae e Pisaurum” competition, Fano, Italy.

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

2022: “Paradise Found”, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, USA
2021: “Currents”, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, USA
2018: “Mountain Love”, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, USA
2016: “Transcendence”, Orsini Gallery, Cluj
2015: “Watermark” Artfooly The Slice of Art Gallery, Bucharest / “In the Name of the River”, Cluj Art Museum, Cluj
2014: “Magic River”, Napoca 15, Cluj
2012: “August Dream”, Hangar Gallery, Cluj
2011: Central Art Gallery, Cluj
2009: HIM Gallery, Cluj / DNS Gallery, Graz, Austria / Fortuna Galleries, Cluj / Arcade 24 Gallery, Bistrita, Romania
2008: Casa Matei, UAD Cluj
2007: “Traces on Water”, the Old Gallery, Cluj
2006: Markus Prepress’s Office, Cluj / “The Magic Garden”, Länderzirkel auf Reisen, Trinkhalle Kurhotel Dr. Kipper, Bad Gams, Austria
2005: P & B Gallery, Cluj
2004: Auschlößl – Interkulturelles Cafe und Begegnungszentrum, Graz, Austria / Kuga Cultural Centre, Grosswarasdorf, Burgenland, Austria / “Gallery Day & Night”, Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic Temple, Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA
2003: Open Studio Party & violin concert sustained by Titus Flueras- Besa, Prislop 8, Cluj / Val House Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2002: VKB Bank, Linz, Austria / Aula Romaniae Gallery, Romanian Cultural Centre, Vienna, Austria / “Impression”, the Old Gallery, Cluj, Romania
2001: “Impression, Le Soleil…Levant (Byzance), Romanian Embassy, Copenhagen, Denmark / “Impression, Sunrise”, National Museum of Art, Cluj
2000: Sindan Cultural Centre, Cluj
1999: Cuyler St. Gallery, Port Elisabeth, South Africa
1998: “At Heaven’s Gate 2”, The Old Gallery, Cluj / “At Heaven’s Gate 1”, Alianta Artelor Gallery, Cluj
1997: C. Brancusi Gallery, Parliament of Romania, Chamber of Deputies, Bucharest / “Air ’96”, The Old Gallery, Cluj
1996: Atelier Libre Gallery, Ottweiler, Germany / “The Vine 1”, The Old Gallery, Cluj / “The Vine 2”, Bucharest Bank, Cluj
1995: Credit Fond, Cluj / “The Scale”, Napoca 15 – Cluj
1994: Helios Gallery – Timisoara , Romania
1991: Art Gallery, University Library, Cluj

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2017: Art-Athina 2017 (Art fair), Athens, Greece
2016: “Transcendence, Here and Now “, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, USA / “Connections”, Romanian Parliament „Constantin Brâncuşi Exhibition Hall”, Bucharest
2015: “MUS1C”, Artfooly The Slice of Art Gallery, Bucharest / “Painting encounters in Danube Delta” U Art Gallery, Bucharest / “Art Safari 2015” Art Fair, Bucharest / “Intercultural Links”, United Nations Palace, Geneve, Switzerland.
2014: “An object of beauty”, Silvia’s Art Gallery, Cluj / “Inter-Art & Jacek”, Transylvanian History National Museum, Cluj / “Summer play”, Silvia’s Art Gallery & Ethnographical Museum of Transylvania, Cluj / “Art mean power” Silvia’s Art Gallery, Cluj / “Pro Galeria”, Tailor’s Tower, Cultural Urban Center, Cluj
2013:“Freedom and art without borders” European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
Montreux Art Gallery – 9ème Salon d’Art Contemporain, Montreux, Switzerland / Artexpert Gallery, Cluj / Joanna Dürig Gallery, Schwanden-Glarus, Switzerland / Rotary Club’s Contemporary Art Exhibition, Sutu Palace (Museum of Bucharest), Bucharest
2012: GZ-Art Basel, Switzerland / Habitat Auction, Cluj / Quadro Auction 10, Quadro Gallery, Cluj
2011: INTER-ART, Vichy, France / Quadro Auction 8, Quadro Gallery, Cluj / 2011 International Tsai-mo Fan Art Exhibition, Taichung City Cultural Center, Taiwan / Spring Auction, Quadro Gallery, Cluj
2010: St’art Art Fair, Strasbourg, France / 2010 International Tsai-mo Humanistic Art Exhibition, Taichung City Cultural Center, Taiwan / “Inter-Art” Galleries Aiud, Romania / „The portrait” International Mail Art Exhibition, History Museum Aiud, Romania
2009: International Tsai-Mo Graffiti-Art Exhibition, Taichung City Cultural Center, Taiwan / Art Museum, Zalau, Romania
2008: 0+0 Gallery, Valencia, Spain / HIM Gallery, Cluj / Fiuggi, Roma, Italia
2007: 6th Taichung Tsai-Mo Art Festivel, Taichung Cultural Center, Taichung, Taiwan
2006: “Interart 2006”, The Old Gallery, Cluj
2005: Gallery Theatre de Poche la Grenette, Vevey, Switzerland / Erste Bank, Mödling, Austria / KH Wiener Neustadt, Austria
2004: Romanian Cultural Centre, Vienna, Austria
2003: “A Mid Summer’s Night Scream”, Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic Temple-Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA
2002: Omma Gallery, Omma Centre of Contemporary Art, Chania, Crete, Greece
2001: “Et in Venetia ego”, National Museum of Art Cluj / Finansbank, Cluj / “Visionen 2001”, Bad Kissingen, Germany
2000: “Et in Venetia ego”, Istituto Romeno di Cultura e Ricerca Umanistica, Venice, Italy / Pecsi Galeria, Pecs, Hungary / “on-line Ausstellung ART SUMMER 2000” at Geli’s Virtual Gallery, Altenstadt, Germany / “Laz 2000”, National Museum of Art Cluj / “Liber Studiorum”, National Museum of Art Cluj
1999: Gartenflugel Gallery, Ziegelbrucke (GL), Switzerland / Sebes Cathedral, Jud. Alba / Celtica Gallery, Edinburgh, Edinburgh International Internet Festival, U.K. / Alliance of Arts Gallery, Cluj-Napoca
1998: International Exhibition, Art Gallery Resita, Romania
1997: Cultural Centre Jurbarkas, Lithuania
1995: National Museum of Art Cluj / “Atelier 35”,Caminul Artei Gallery Bucharest
1994: Aschenbach Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1993: Fano, Italy
1992: Nae Ionescu Cultural Centre Festival, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada / National Theatre Exhibition Hall, Cluj
1991: Romanian’s Contemporary Art, Zwolle, The Netherlands
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995: Annual Show of Painting & Sculpture, Cluj County, UAP’s Gallery
1984: Ceremonial Hall of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, Ankara, Turkey

WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

National Museum of Art, Cluj / Romanian Parliament Picture Gallery Collection / Cultural Centre, Jurbarkas, Lithuania, Nae Ionescu Cultural Center, Canada / Omma Contemporary Center, Chania, Greece / Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA / Romanian Cultural Centre, Vienna, Austria / Romanian Embassy from Copenhagen, Denmark, KUGA Cultural Centre, Großwarasdorf, Austria / ING Bank Cluj.

WORKS IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:

Romania, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, USA, Canada, Israel, Greece, South Africa, Hungary, Italy.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

2004-2008 Partner, P&B Gallery, Cluj
2004-2005 Preparator, University of Art and Design, Cluj-Napoca.
2001-2008 Webmaster, manager Cluj Art On Line Gallery
From 1997 President / co-founder of the Arta Foundation, Cluj-Napoca.
1995 professional scenepainter at the National Theatre, Cluj-Napoca.
1989 Designer at I.C.P. Cluj, Romania.
1988-1990 Sculptor at the Cooperativa Constructorul Cluj, Romania.

ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE:

1996 performed the scenography of the “Blue Bird” show, by M.Maeterlinck, at The International Theatre Festival from Orthez, France.
1993 performed the scenery of the “Nuts Cracker” ballet, organised by International Ballet Society Washington, D.C., USA, in Bekescsaba, Hungary.
1995 professional scenepainter at the National Theatre, Cluj-Napoca.
1989 co-worker of the old church restoration in the Rimeti Monastery, Transylvania.

AFFILIATION TO ASSOCIATIONS:

Member of the Romanian Artist Union (U.A.P.) Cluj-Bistrita Branch
Founding member and Past-President of Rotary Club Cetatuie Cluj-Napoca, District 2241
Member of FITMA (Federation of International Tsai-Mo Artists), Taichung,Taiwan