Born July 7th, 1955 in Romania. A graduate of the “Nicolae Grigorescu” - National University of Arts - Ceramic Art Department, in 1978. Member of the Romanian Artists Association since 1990.
Member of the International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva, since 2009
Portfolio of activities includes participations in :
LOCAL ART EVENTS
- Quadrennial of Decorative Arts—Dalles Hall, 1980 and 1984
- National Art Exhibitions—Dalles Hall, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1988 and 1989
- Biennial of National Decorative Arts - National Theatre Gallery, 1991
- Municipal Decorative Arts Exhibitions, the National Museum of Art,
- The Collections Museum and Dalles Hall, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 ,1988
- Decorative Arts Show, the National Theatre Gallery, 1994 and 1996
- Decorative Arts Show, Cotroceni Museum, 1995 and 1996
- Biennial “The Arts of the Fire” , The National Theatre Gallery - 1998 and the Apollo Gallery - 2001
- Group Art Exhibition, Lebada Centre Gallery, 1999
- Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Cotroceni Museum, 2000
- “Artist of the month” , Gold Art Gallery— Hilton, 2001
- Ceramic Group Exhibition, Caminul Artei Gallery, 2002
- “Recipient” - Ceramic and Glass Group Exhibition, Orizont Gallery, 2002
- “The Forest in the Sleeping Beauty” a group exhibition and art-event, Caminul Artei Gallery, 2003
- “Options” - Eight Ceramists, Simeza Gallery, 2003
- “Recipient II” - Ceramic and Glass Group Exhibition, Caminul Artei Gallery, 2003
- “Decorative Arts Show”, Apollo Gallery, 2003
- “Flames in the Sky” Sculptural Ceramics and Woodwork - artshow of the participants in the
Sângeorz Museum Symposium , Bistrita, 2004
- “Ceramic Art Show”, Bucharest, Apollo Gallery, 2005
- “Ambient” , Bucharest, Veroniky Art Gallery, 2006
- Ceramic Group Exhibition, Simeza Gallery, 2007
- “Cer-Art” – The Arts of the Fire Group Exhibition, Targu Mures, 2009
- “Romanian Ceramics Today” a National Contemporary Ceramics Exhibitions at the
"Brancoveanu Palace Cultural Center", Mogosoaia, 2009-2010
- Decorative Arts Winter Show, "Orizont" Art Gallery, Bucharest, 2010-2011
- “Masters of Romanian Decorative Arts – Intimacy and Mistery ” Exhibition at the
"Brancoveanu Palace Cultural Center", Mogosoaia, 2011
- “Cer-Art” Raku Workshop, Targu Mures , 2011
- “Arts in Bucharest” Orizont Gallery, 2011
- “Ceramica Rendez-vous” group exhibition, Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, 2011-2012
project coordinator and exhibitor
- “Letter” expozitie de grup, Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, 2012
- “Fem-Art”, Visual Arts Center, Bucharest, 2012
- “Mica_Cera_Mica” group exhibition, Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, 2012
- “Ceramic Studio Guest Artists”, Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, 2012, curator
- “Raku Workshop” Targu Mures, 2012
- “Arts in Bucharest” Orizont Gallery, Bucharest, 2012
- “Ceramics 2012” Orizont Gallery, Bucharest, 2012
- “Ceramics Now” international group exhibition, Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, 2012
- “Shadows of White” , group exhibition, Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, 2013, curator and exhibitor
- “Informal Identities”, group exhibition, Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, 2013
- “Galatea Today” – ceramics retrospective show, "Brancoveanu Cultural Center", Mogosoaia, 2013
- “Romanian Ceramics” special show at the International Ceramics Biennale, Cluj, 2013
- Contemporary Ceramics – Techniques and Materials, UNA Gallery, Bucharest, 2013
- The Sound of Ceramics” / sonic fantasies for ceramic art, performers and the public”,
Galateea Gallery, 2014
- “SAFARI” Bucharest Art Fair, 2014
- “Continuity in the Arts of the Fire” UNA 150 years, the Artyourself Gallery, Bucharest, 2014
- “Student 2014”- UNA young students’ exhibition – ceramics-glass-metal – curator, Galateea 2014
- “Ceramic Rendez-vous II”, Galateea Gallery, 2014
- “Imprints II”, Galateea Gallery, 2015
INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITIONS AND CONTESTS
- International Binennial of Ceramic Art—Vallauris, France, 1982
- Quadrennial of Decorative Arts - Erfurt, Germany, 1986
- International Fashion Jewlery Exhibition, Jablonec, Czechoslovakia, 1987
- International Contest of Ceramic Art - Faenza, Italy, 1987
- European Exibition of Ceramic Art “Les Ceramistes d’Europe”, Auxerre, France, 1989
- International Triennial of Ceramic Art, Cairo, Egypt, 1992
- Decorative Arts Exhibition “Nimagine”, Nîmes-Bagnol, France, 1992
- International Biennial of Arts, Nekkerhal - Mechelen, Belgium, 1996
- Romanian Art Exhibition - Budapest, Hungary, 1998
- Exhibition of the Members of International Academy of Ceramics,
hosted by Musée National de Céramique-Sèvres, Paris, 2010
- International Biennial of Painting, Sculpture and Ceramics, Grotaglie, Italy, 2012
- The Romanian Metadecorative Arts - ceramics and glass exhibition, Dusseldorf, Germany, 2013
- “C.A.R.” group exhibition at Contemporary Art Ruhr Essen, Germany, 2014
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
- 1983 - Galateea Gallery, Bucharest
- 1988 - Galateea Gallery, Bucharest
- 1993 - Herriger Gallery, Erfstadt-Lechenich (Köln), Germany
- 1998 - Simeza Gallery, Bucharest
- 2006 - The Romanian Countryman’s Museum, “Lunar Gardens” solo exhibition in support of the
“Terra Incognita” project for re-launching ceramic art creativity in Romania
WORKS IN MUSEUMS AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN: National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Museum of Compared Art, Sangeorz-Bai, Romania, The Ateliers d’Art de France’s Collection; private collections in Japan, Canada, USA, Switzerland, German, Israel, Russia, Spain, Romania
AWARDS: the National Award for the Arts of the Fire, 1999; nominated for the Romanian Academy Award, 2007; nominated for the National Award of Decorative Arts, 2007; UAPR award for Decorative Arts during Arts in Bucharest exhibition, 2011
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