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    BIOGRAPHY

    (Jurilovca, Tulcea, 1947 - Bucharest, 2004)
     
    Academic studies:
    1974 - "Nicolae Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts ", under the guidance of the following professors: Boris Caragea, Geta Caragiu and Paul Vasilescu, Bucharest, Romania.
     
    1977 - Member of the Romanian Fine Arts Union (Bucharest Branch).
    1983 - Member of the International Sculpture Center, Washington, USA.
    1993 - Member of the "Salzburg Seminar" .


    PROJECTS

     Solo exhibitions:
    1975 - "Orizont" Gallery, Bucharest, Romania.
     
    Group exhibitions:
    1977 - Participates in most of the group events in Bucharest, Romania;
    1982 - Romanian Art Exhibition, itinerant exhibition in Berlin (Germany), Prague (Czech Republic);
    1983 - Romanian Art Exhibition, Lillehammer, Norway;
                - Book Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark;
    1984 - Romanian Art Exhibition, London, UK;
    1990 - Small Sculpture Exhibition, Seventh Edition, Budapest, Hungary;
    1991 - Open Air Museum, Hakone, Japan;
    1991 - Malines, Belgium;
    1992 - "Dante" International Biennial, Ravenna, Italy;
    2010 - National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania.
     
    Symposiums:
    1974 - Magura Sculpture Camp, participating with the work Rhythm (rock), Buzau, Romania;
    1975 - Arcus Fine Art Symposium (stone), Covasna, Romania;
    1976 - Metal Sculpture Symposium, Galati, Romania;
    1977 - Wood Carving Symposium, Spain, Fines;
    1979 - Wood Carving Symposium, Orosco, Valenzuela, Philippines;
    1995 - Wood Carving Symposium, Hojerswerda, Germany; 
    1997 - Sculpture in Marble Symposium, Fines, Spain;
    2002 - Stone Sculpture Symposium, Tulcea, Romania.
     
    Works in public collections:
    National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania.
     
    Awards and honors:
    1997 - Second Prize, awarded by Consorcio Escuela del Marmol of Fines, Fines, Spain;
    2002 - Collective Prize, awarded in Tulcea Stone Sculpture Camp, Romania;
    2004 - First Prize, awarded in the "Brancusi - 2004", Targu Jiu, Romania. 
     


    BIBLIOGRAPHY

    References
    Vlasiu, Ioana (eds.), Dictionary of Sculptors in Romania. XIX - XX, vol. II, letter H - Z, Romanian Academy Publishing, Bucharest, 2011, p. 310-311.
     
    Web sources:
    http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabăra_de_sculptură_Măgura
    http://www.curierulnational.ro/Specializat/2004-02-24/Ion+Pogorilovschi+si+Toshio+Yanagisawa+au+primit+premiul+‘’Brancusi+-+2004
     
    Critical References and Bibliography:
    Cruceru, Florica, Artists from Dobrogea. A dictionary and more than that, Wallachia Publishing, Constanţa, 2005.
    Grozdea, Mircea, Contemporary Romanian Sculptors,  Meridiane Publishing, Bucharest, 1984.
    Contemporary Romanian Sculptors, Bucharest, 2003.
    Serban, Dumitru, The Sculpture Symposium: a Phenomenon of Contemporary Art, University of West Timisoara, 2005.  
     
    Articles in journals:
    Magazine "Art", no. 12, 1974, p. 8.