Date of birth: 12.04.1969

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.
2004-2005: Preparator, University of Art and Design, Cluj-Napoca.
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 organised 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:

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
VSC artists advisory committee: 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).
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:

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 (with Andreea Radu) / "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:

2009   
International Tsai-Mo Graffiti-Art Exhibition, Taichung City Cultural Center, Taiwan.
2008   
0+0 Gallery, Valencia, Spain / HIM Gallery, Cluj / Fiuggi, Roma, Italia     
2007   
6th Taichung Tsai-MoArt 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 STATE COLLECTIONS:

National Museum of Art, Cluj / Romanian Parliament Picture Gallery Collection / Cultural Centre, Jurbarkas, Lithuania

WORKS IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:

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

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

From 2004: Partner, P&B Gallery, Cluj
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 of Rotary Club Cetatuie Cluj-Napoca
- Member of FITMA (Federation of International Tsai-Mo Artists), 
  Taichung,Taiwan.