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BIOGRAPHY

(Roman, 1940)

Higher Education: 
1964 - 1970 - Institute of Fine Arts "Ion Andreescu", Cluj-Napoca, România;
1972 - 1973 - Istituto Statale d'Arte per la Ceramica "Gaetano Ballardini" / Institute for Ceramic Arts "Gaetano Ballardini", Faenza, Italy;
1973 - 1974 - Accademia di Belle Arti "Loggetta Lombardesca" / Academy of Fine Arts "Loggetta Lombardesca", Ravenna, Italy.

Professional Activity:
Professor (Full professor) - University of Art and Design, Cluj-Napoca, România (Ceramic-Glass-Metal Department);
Doctoral Supervisor - University of Art and Design, Cluj-Napoca, România;
Associate Professor - The "Babeş-Bolyai" University, Cluj-Napoca, România;
1990 - 1999 - Dean of the Faculty of Decorative Arts and Design, University of Art and Design, Cluj-Napoca, România;
1999 - 2006 -  Head of Ceramic-Glass-Metal and Textile Arts, Faculty of Decorative Arts and Design, University of Art and Design, Cluj-Napoca, România;
1994 - 2010 - Head of MA Program, University of Art and Design, Cluj-Napoca, România.

Member of Romanian Fine Arts Union
Charter Member and Chairman of "Ceramart" Foundation
 

PROJECTS

Solo Exhibitions:
He participates in national and international exhibitions from Italy, France, Croatia, Hungary, Canada, Denmark, China.
1972 - Geographic Information, Art Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, România;
1981 - Project to Learn the Laws of the Universe, "House of Art" Gallery, București, România;
1993 - The Library of the World’s Thoughts, The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada.
 
Group Exhibitions (selection)*:

1974 - Expo-Prototip / Prototype Exhibit, Cluj-Napoca, România;
1980 - Environmental Reconstruction, the Library of the Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca, România;
1996 - Experiment, ¾ Floor Gallery, National Theatre from Bucharest, Romania.
 
Sculpture Symposiums: 

1973 - Sculpture Symposium, Ravenna, Italy;
1996 - Sculpture Symposium, Nordborg, Danemarca (Phare Programme);
         - "ELLIA" Conference, Lisbon, Portugal;
1999 - Sculpture Symposium, The Romanian Academy from Rome, Italy;
         - Ceramic Millenium: Leadership Congress for the Ceramic Arts, symposium, Amsterdam, Netherlands;
2000 - "ELLIA" Conference, Barcelona, Spain;
2003 - Central European Exchange Program for University Studies (CEEPUS), School of Art and Fashion Design, Kraków, Poland;
2007 - The Arts of Fire, symposium, Șelimbăr, Sibiu, România;
         - Conference organised at Keramion Museum, Köln, Germany;
         - Painting Symposium, Vatra Dornei, Suceava, România;
2009 - Terra Cruda, Terra Cotta, workshop, Macerata, Italy;
2010 - The Third International Symposium of the International Ceramic Magazine Editors Association, Fuping Pottery Art Village, Shaanxi, China;
         - Terra Cruda, Terra Cotta, workshop, Sighișoara, Mureș, România.
 
Writings:
1982 - An Introduction to Visual Grammar, Dacia Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, România;
1992 - The Window, Dacia Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, România;
2000 - The Grammar of Visual Forms, Paralela 45 Publishing House, Pitești, România;
2006 - Patterns of Representation and Symbolic Construction of Space in Visual Arts, Paralela 45 Publishing House, Pitești, România;
2010 - An Introduction to Visual Grammar (third edition), Polirom Publishing House, Iaşi, România.
Awards and Prizes:
1981 - The National Prize for Decorative Arts, the Romanian Fine Arts Union.
*Group Exhibitions: 1997 - "Donations" Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, România.
 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Fundația Culturală META, Un secol de sculptură românească. Dicționar A-D, Colecția SINTEZE, Editura META, 2001, pp. 22 - 23.
Titu, Alexandra, Experiment în arta românească după 1960, Centrul Soros pentru Artă Contemporană, București, 1997.

Surse web:
Ceramart (http://www.ceramart.ro)