CRITICAL REVIEW


        Cătălin Hrimiuc considered glass the material closest to his vision. His works are sculptures because they follow the requirements of the three-dimensional space, of the perception from various angles, and the techniques of sculpture. His glass precints “incarcerate” the light only to free it afterwards, modelled and spiritually enhanced. 

Luiza Barcan
 


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    BIOGRAPHY

    (Bucharest, 1959)

    Academic studies:
      - „Nicolae Grigorescu” Institute of Plastic Arts, with Lucia Ioan, Bucharest.

    Member of the Plastic Artists Union in Romania
     


    PROJECTS


    Solo exhibitions:
    1987 - Hanul cu Tei Gallery, Bucharest;
    1989 – Galateea Gallery, Bucharest;
    1990 - Arnold-Jotzu Gallery, Germany;
    1991 - Rathaus, Bad Homburg, Germany;
    1992 - Zeunix Studio, Brussels, Belgium;
    1993 - 1994 - Geldrop, The Netherlands;
    1998 – Art Centre Gallery, Bucharest;
    2011 - Cultural Centre Arcuș, Covasna;
    2013 - Brâncoveanu Palaces in Mogoşoaia, Ilfov.
     
    Group exhibitions:
    1985 - 1990 – Salon of Decorative Art, Bucharest,
    1986 – Quadrennial of decorative arts, Erfurt, Germany;
    1986 - 1989 – Salon of glass and ceramics, Museum of Collections, Bucharest;
    1987 – Salon of young artists, Baia Mare, Maramureș;
    1988 - Triennial of design, Dalles Hall, Bucharest;
             - Triennial of DecorativeArts, Bucharest;
    1989 – Salon of small sculpture, Orizont Gallery, Bucharest;
    1992 – Sculpture in stone, Den Steenen Poort, Walkenswaard, The Netherlands;
    2000 - Water, Museum of Romanian Literature, Bucharest;
             - World exhibition in Hamburg, Germany;
    1997 - 2000 – Glass artists in Romania, Salon of Glass, Bucharest;
    1988 - 2013 – all the editions of the International Biennale from Kanazawa, Japan.
     
    Symposia:
    1986 -1988 – Glass and ceramics, Dorohoi, Botoșani;
    1987 - 1988 - Lăzarea, Harghita;
    1991 - Cristaleria, Val St.-Lambert, Belgium;
    1992 - Den Steenen Poort, Walkenswaard, The Netherlands.
     
     Distinctions:
    1989 – Prize by the Plastic Artists Union at the Salonul of Glass and Ceramics, Bucharest;
    1993 - Prize „Mac Constantinescu” for Decorative art;
    1994 - Stipendium SOROS – visual arts;
    2003 - Prize by the Plastic Artists Union for decorative art.
     
    Barbosa, Octavian, Dictionary of Romanian contemporary artists, Meridiane PH, Bucharest, 1976.

    Barcan, Luiza, Plastic artists invited by Iosif Sava, Maiko PH, Bucharest, 2004.
    Pintilie, Andrei, Eye in ear, Meridiane PH, Bucharest, 2002.

    „Arta”, 1987 - 1990.
    Ionescu, Adrian Silviu, catalogues of exhibitions from


    BIBLIOGRAPHY

    Barbosa, Octavian, Dicționarul artiștilor români contemporani, Editura Meridiane, București, 1976.

    Barcan, Luiza, Artişti plastici la Serata lui Iosif Sava, Editura Maiko, Bucureşti, 2004.
    Pintilie, Andrei, Ochiul în ureche, Editura Meridiane, Bucureşti, 2002.

    „Arta”, 1987 - 1990.
    Ionescu, Adrian-Silvan, cataloagele expoziţiilor din 1987,1989, 1998.