MENCZEL, Linda Saskia




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www.saskia.ro
 

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    BIOGRAPHY

    (Timişoara, 1972)

     
    Academic Studies:
    ? - 1989 - Johannesburg Art School, South Africa;
    1994 - 1998 - Fine Arts and Design Faculty, Sculpture Department, Universitaty of West, Timişoara, România.

     
    Scholarships:
    1994 - Restauration of baroque sculpture, Vienna, Austria.

     
    since 1999 - Member of The Romanian Fine Arts Union
    since 2001 - Member of Stress Management Counsellors Association (SMCA) from United Kingdom
     
    since 2001 - Founder member of the artistique group Dor
     


    PROJECTS

    Solo Exhibitions:
    1998 - Initiation, The Path to Knowledge Trilogy, Art Gallery, Timişoara, Romania;
    2001 - Temple, The Path to Knowledge Trilogy, Helios Gallery, Timişoara, Romania;
    2002 - Secret, The Path to Knowledge Trilogy, Helios Gallery, Timişoara, Romania;
    2004 - Persona, Galeria Helios, Timişoara, Romania;
    2006 - Secrets and Secret Places, Galeria Artis, Bucharest, Romania;
             - Exodus 14.19-21, Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania;
    2007 - Codex, CJT and Timisoara Opera House, Romania;
    2009 - Shemot, "Helios" Gallery, Timișoara, Romania;
    2010 - Shemot, Tiffin University, Timișoara, Romania;
    2011 - Confession, "Helios" Gallery, Timișoara, Romania;
    2013 - Confession II, "Helios" Gallery, Timișoara, Romania.
     
    Group Exhibitions*:
    1991, 1992 - Student Fest, Timişoara, Romania;
    1994 - 1998 - Western University from Timişoara, Romania;
    1996 - "Helios" Gallery, Timişoara, Romania;
    1998 - Armedica Salon, Arad, Romania;
             - National Art Salon, Reşiţa, Romania;
    1998, 2000, 2002 - Small Sculpture Biennale, Arad, Romania;
    1999 - The Eclipse '99, Arad, Romania;
    2000 - 2010 - County Salon, Timişoara, Romania;
    2000 - Sincretic Vizual 1, Timişoara, Romania;
             - Bronze, Timișoara, Romania;
    2001 - HBV Bank, Timişoara, Romania;
             - 7th IIAP, Virtual Gallery, Timişoara, Romania;
             - Mosaic, "Helios" Gallery, Timişoara, Romania;
             - Verdi, Rome, Italy;
             - The Brâncuşi Paradigm, Timişoara, Romania;
             - The Ambient, Sondrio, Italy;
    2002 - "Helios" Gallery, Timişoara, Romania;
             - HBV Bank, Timişoara, Romania;
             - 8th of March, "Orhideea" Gallery, Timişoara, Romania;
    2004 - Regards et Touchers de Femme, Villa Stucki, Berne, Switzerland;
             - Regards et Touchers de Femme, Galeria Kunstlerhaus, Berne, Switzerland;
             - Svetionik, Begeč, Novi Sad, Serbia and Muntenegro;
             - Plein Air, Szeged, Csongrad, Hungary;
             - 20/20, Zambek, Hungary;
             - Plein Air, Csongrad, Hungary;
             - Light – Physical Phenomenon and Artistic Symbol, Szeged, Hungary;
             - 8th IIAP, Virtual Gallery, Timișoara, Romania;
             - Expozodiac, Expo Vest, Timişoara, Romania;
             - "Helios" Gallery, Timişoara, Romania;
    2005 - County Salon, Huniade Museum, Timișoara, Romania;
             - European Parliament, Bruxelles, Belgium;
             - Small Sculpture Salon, "Apollo" Gallery, Bucharest, Romania;
             - World of Form, itinerant exhibition, Hungary;
             - Romanian Contemporary Sculptors, Bucharest, Romania;
    2006 - Eastern Neighbours, Utrecht, The Netherlands;
             - Recviem, Mitropolitan Cathedral, Timișoara, Bucharest, Romania;
             - Temesvar - Europa kapuja (Timişoara - Open to Europe), Budapest, Hungary;
             - The Stage, Opera House, Timișoara, Romania;
    2007 - Meeting Point, itinerant, Romania, Cech Republic, Croatia, Austria;
             - 50 Shapes, itinerant exhibition, Romania, Hungary;
             - Maternity, Art Museum, Timișoara, Romania;
             - The Path - The Way, The Movement, The Dinamism, Timișoara, Romania;
    2009 - De Magister. In Memoriam Peter Jecza, Timișoara, Romania;
             - The Celestial Bodies, CJT Timișoara, Romania;
             - The Absurd in Visual Arts, itinerant exhbiton, Romania, Hungary;
    2010 - El Camino Sacral, Iași, Romania;
    2010, 2012 - The County Salon, Baroque Museum, Timișoara, Romania;
    2013 - Identities, "Helios" Gallery, Timișoara, Romania.
     
    Artistique Group Dor Exhibitions:

    2002 - Dor, Landratsamt Bamberg, Germany;
         
             - Dor, Parsberg Castle, Germany;
         
             - Dor, Raiffeisenbank, Neumarkt, Germany;
         
             - Dor, KunstWerk, Rattelsdorf, Germany;
         
             - Dor, Studio 13, Bamberg, Germany;
         
             - Dor, Giechburg Castle, Germany;

    2003 - Dor, Kolping Werk, Frankfurt, Germany;
         
             - Dor, Tortum Freystadt, Freystadt, Germany;
         
             - Dor, "Helios" Gallery, Timişoara, Romania;
         
             - Dor, Leon Villa, Nurnberg, Germany;
         
             - Dor, Giechburg Castle, Germany;
         
             - Dor, Sparkasse Bamberg, Germany;
    2004 - Dor, Giechburg Castle, Germany;
         
             - Dor, Kielen Nachrichten, Kiel, Germany;

    2005 - Dor, Giechburg Castle, Germany;
         
             - Dor, Das Kleine Haus der Kunst, Buttenheim, Germany.


    Action Sculpture:
    2003 - The Passion, Yes Group Headquarters, Timişoara;
    2004 - Mathusalem, Muvesztelep, Csongrad, Hungary.

    Sculpture Symposiums:

    1994 - Sculpture Camp, Sasca Română, Romania;
         
             - The Peasant Museum in Sibiu, Romania;

    1996 - The castle From Macea, Romania;

    2004 - Bronze Symposium, Csongrad, Hungary;
         
             - Plein Air, Congrad, Hungary;
         
             - Cement Symposium, Csongad, Hungary;
         
             - Svetionik, Begeč, Serbia and Muntenegro.


     
    Monumental Sculptures:

    1998 - Golgothaa, Triade Collection, Timișoara, Romania;

    2004 - 5 Muvesztelep, Csongad, Hungary;
         
             - The Lesson About The Cube, Fountain, Plevnei Square, Timişoara, Romania;

    2009 - The Story of Adam, Triade Sculpture Park, Timişoara, Romania;
         
             - Prince Eugen of Savoya (bust), Central Park, Timișoara, Romania;

    2013 - Ioan Anton (bust), dean of Timișoara Technical Institute, Romania;
        
             - Knowing Yourself, private collection, Timișoara, Romania.



    * Group Exhibitions: 1989 - Johannesburg, South Africa; 1993 - Freiburg, Germany.
     


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