George MIRCEA
Born at 15-09-1979 in Bistrita.
Lives and works in Bucuresti.
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Education:
1994-1998 – “Corneliu Baba”Art College, Bistrita, Painting
1998-1999 – “Ioan Andreescu” Fine Arts Academy, Cluj-Napoca, Painting, professor Ioan Sbarciu
1999-2002 – National University of Fine Arts, Bucharest, Painting, professor Horea Pastina. Graduation paper:”What is seen. What is not seen. The garden and the painter”
2002-2004 – National University of Fine Arts, Bucharest, MA, professor Sorin Ilfoveanu. Graduation project: “Moses. Mythography of the character and of the foundation”
Currently, PhD student of the National University of Fine Arts, Bucharest. Theme of the project: “Order and Carnival”, coordinated by professor Mihai Manescu.
Member of the Romanian Fine Arts Union since 2003.
Member of the Romanian School in Rome.
Assistant Professor, PhD student of the National University of Fine Arts, Bucharest.
Personal Exhibitions:
2002 – “The Garden”, Nürnberg, Germany
2002 – “The Garden”, F.A.U. Galleries, Targu-Mures
2002-2003 – “The Bird and the Rose”, Galleria 28, Timisoara
2003 – “The Garden”, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
2003 – “The Garden”, Ulm, Germany
2003 – “The Garden”, Regensburg, Germany
2003 – “Skies and Gardens”, Expo-Magura, Bistrita
2003 – “The Garden”, Stuttgart, Germany
2003-2004 – “Ciels et jardins”, Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, Collège Neerlandais, Paris, France
2004 – “Skies and Gardens”, „Deutscheordesmuseum”, Bad Mergentheim, Germany
2004 – “Altar I”, Centre for Culture”Brancoveanu Palaces at the Gates of Bucharest”, Mogosoaia
2004 – “Altar II”, F.A.U. Galleries, Bistrita
2005 – “Altar III”,”George Apostu” International Art Centre, Bacau
2005 – “Altar IV”, Instituto Romeno di Cultura e Ricerca Umanistica, Palazzo Correr, Venice, Italy
2005 – “Altar V”, Sala Gambacorti del Palazzo Comunale di Pisa, Italy
2005 – “Altar VI”, Palazzo Vitelli, dell Università di Pisa, Italy
2006 – “Cieli e Giardini”, Accademia di Romania, Rome, Italy
2006 – “Cieli e Giardini”, Galleria Interculturale Permanente di Roma, Italy
2006-2007 – “Cieli e Giardini”, Galleria ROSA, Rome, Italy
2007 – “Illuminazioni. L'opera dei sette giorni per l'otavo”, Santa Maria in Montesanto (Church of Artists), Rome, Italy
Permanent Exhibitions:
Artisfact - Art Management Agency, Heilbronn, Germany
Executive Travel SRL, Bistrita
InterBrand SRL, Bucharest
“N. Steinhardt” Literary Centre, Bistrita
Demir Bank, Cluj-Napoca
Babos Holding, Cluj-Napoca
RAAL Group, Bistrita
MIRO Group, Bistrita
County Centre for Culture and Folk Art, Bistrita
Town Hall of Bethonvilliers, Paris, France
Arcus Cultural Centre, Sf. Gheorghe
Galleria ROSA, Rome, Italy
Group Exhibitions:
1994, 1995 – National Contest of Graphic Arts and Posters”Water and Earth”, Museum of Cris Country, Oradea
1998 – “Diploma '98”, Inspection Body for Culture of Bistrita County
2000 – International Book Fair “Gaudeamus”, Bucharest
2000 – “Gh. Petrascu” National Biennial, Targoviste
2000 – Parliament Hotel, Bucharest
2001 – Salon for Students “Accents and Marks”, Bucharest
2001 – Romanian Commercial Bank of Bistrita
2001 – International Book Fair “Gaudeamus”, Bucharest
2001 – International Fair of Visual Arts, Bucharest
2001 – National Fine Arts Salon, Bucharest
2002 – National Painting Symposium “The Mountain”, Bistrita
2002 – “Diploma 2002”, National University of Fine Arts, Bucharest
2002 – Easter Exhibition of the F.A.U., Bistrita
2002 – Salon for Students “Accents and Marks”, Bucharest
2002 – “13 Students”, “Selari 13” Gallery, Bucharest
2002 – “Licences”, Artexpo ¾, National Theatre of Bucharest
2002 – „Study”, Athens, Greece
2003 – Salons of Bistrita
2003 – Salon for Students “Accents and Marks”, Bucharest
2003 – “Ostermarkt, Easter Fair”, F.A.U. Art Galleries, Bistrita
2003 – “Galateea” Gallery, Bucharest
2003 – National Gala of the F.A.U., Romania
2003 – “Bring Back the Colours of Putna”, Continental Hotel, Cluj-Napoca
2004 – Award for the Promotion of Art, Granted by the German Economic Club, Bruckenthal Museum, Sibiu
2004 – “Licences”, Artexpo, Ronda Hall, National Theatre of Bucharest
2004 –”In Commemoration of Constantin Brancoveanu”, “Brancoveanu Palaces at the Gates of Bucharest” Cultural Centre, Potlogi
2004 – “European Blue. The Young Generation”, Bucharest and Oradea, international project initiated by the Council of Europe Information Offices in Bucharest and Chisinau
2005 – International Art Biennial, Arad
2005 – Third Edition of “Spazi Aperti”, Accademia di Romania, Rome, Italy
2005 – “Interlop” Nord + Group, Art Galleries of the F.A.U., Bistrita
2006 – „The Spirit of Assisi”, Holy Monastery of Assisi, Italy
2006 – “Painting on Frumoasei Valley”, Art Galleries of the F.A.U., Alba-Iulia
2007 –“National Art Salon”, Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest
2007 – “Icon on Glass”, Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest
2007 – Cotroceni National Museum, Bucharest
2007 – Arcus Cultural Centre, Sf. Gheorghe
2007 – “Balcic. The Black Sea School”, National Palace of the Army, Bucharest
2007 – “Study”, Town Hall of Bethonvilliers, Paris, France
2007 – “The Icon on Wood and “Painters of Today”, within the two concerts “Europa Concert” and “PROMS of Delight”, Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest
2007-2008 – “Icon on Wood”, Metropolitan Cultural Centre for Youth, Bucharest
2007-2008 – “Painters of Today”, Romanian Banking Institute, Bucharest
2008 – “EUROP’ART”, International Art Fair, Geneva, Switzerland
Art Camps:
1995 – Sulina
1996 – Archaeological Camp, Dipsa
2001 – Brancoveanu Palaces, Mogosoaia
2001 – Sangeorz-Bai
2001 – National Painting Symposium “The Mountain”, Colibita
2003 – “Harmony”, Sangeorzul de Mures
2003 – Private symposium “Master and Apprentice”, Colibita
2005 – Painting Camp, Oasa Monastery
2006 – “Landscape in Romanian Painting”, Gardens of the Presidential Palace, Cotroceni
2007 – Sanziene, Bistrita
2007 – “Painters of Today in Balcic”, Balcic, Bulgaria
2007 – Arcus Cultural Centre, Sf. Gheorghe
2007 – Faget, Timisoara
2007 – Bethonvilliers– Paris, France
Awards and Scholarships:
1995 – Honourable Mention: National Contest of Graphic Arts and Posters”Water and Earth”, Oradea
2000 – Third Prize, “Gh. Petrascu”, National Biennial Targoviste
2003 – Third Prize, Award of the German Club of Economy (DWS), Sibiu
2003 – Scholarship for painting, granted by the Romanian F.A.U.
2004 – “Vasile Parvan” scholarship for painting, granted by Accademia di Romania, Rome
Works in Private Collections:
Italy (PhD professor Franno Nica, PhD professor Bruno Mazzoni, PhD professor Lucia Tomasi Tongiorgi, PhD professor Vincenzo Farinella, PhD professor Maria Grossmann, PhD professor Corado Bologna), U.S.A. (H.E. Ambassador Michael Guest), Germany (Dipl. Arh. Lischetzchi Herbert), Belgium, Canada, Hungary, Switzerland (Prince Dimitrie Sturza), Austria (Prof. Ciprian Ionescu), Greece (Prof. Balafutas), France ( PhD professor Dr.Blanchard; Dr. Sorin Popescu), Romania (Eugen Creosteanu, Vasile Vasinca, Mihai Buliga, Sergiu Busuioc), Spain.
Works in Public Collections:
Museum of Cris Country, Oradea; “Corneliu Baba”, Art College Bistrita; Foundation „Lumina lina”, Bistrita; Parliament Hotel, Bucharest; B.C.R., Bistrita, Brancoveanus’ Palaces, Mogosoaia, Art Museum, Targoviste; V.R.G. Company, Bistrita; Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan Church of Germany and Central Europe, Nürnberg; Executive Travel, Bistrita; “N. Steinhardt” Literary Centre, Bistrita; Demir Bank, Cluj-Napoca; Artisfact, Heilbronn, Germany; Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris - Collège Néerlandais, Paris, France; "Istina" Study Centre, Paris, France; Babos Holding, Cluj-Napoca; RAAL, Bistrita; MIRO Group, Bistrita; Centre for Culture and Folk Art of the County of Bistrita; International Art Centre "George Apostu", Bacau; Instituto Romeno di Cultura e Ricerca Umanistica, Palazzo Correr, Venice, Italy; Università di Pisa, Palazzo Vitelli, Pisa , Italy; Accademia di Romania, Rome, Italy; Town Hall of Bethonvilliers - Paris, France; Arcus Cultural Centre, Sf. Gheorghe; ELITE ART GALLERY, Bucharest; Romanian Embassy to the Holy See of Vatican, Italy.
Bibliography and Illustrations:
Horea Pastina, Mihai Sarbulescu, Emil Cira – “What is seen. What is not seen. The garden and the painter”,
and Raluca Olga Dumitru – ”The Garden and the Painter. One theme and two interpretations” in the auctorial catalogue Gradina, Targu-Mures 2002;
Steaua Magazine no. 8-9, 2002 (illustrated issue);
Eugeniu Nistor – “In George Mircea's heavenly garden”, Tarnava, no. 4-5-6, 2002;
George Mircea – “Notes of A Studio Diary” in the auctorial catalogue The Bird and the Rose, Timisoara 2002;
H.E. Dan Haulica, President of the International Art Critics Association – “Ciels et jardins” and Alexandru Mircea – “A Painting by George Mircea” in the auctorial catalogue Ciels et jardins. Horizon pictural roumain, Paris 2003;
H.E. Dan Haulica – “Garden and Altar” (Observator cultural, July, 3-9, 2004),
Emil Cira – “Altars”, Alexandru Mircea – “The Book of Ceremonies. On the Dignity of Painting”, Oliv Mircea – “Horizons of the Diaphanie”, George Mircea - „Notes of a Studio Diary” and H.E. Dan Haulica – “Garden and Altar” in the auctorial catalogue Altar, Mogosoaia 2004 and in Vatra no. 8-9, 2004;
Vatra no. 8-9, 2004 – illustrated issue
Adina Zorzini - "The Prayer of the Painter", Sunday Journal, September, 3, 2004
Eugen Ciocan – movie “George Mircea – Altar” (September 2004)
Paul Terec – “Diary and Attendance Note”, Simion Pop – “Variation on a Heroic Theme”, Ioan Sbarciu and Alexandra Pop – within the media partnership concluded with Mesagerul de Bistrita-Nasaud September 2004;
Associated Professor, PhD Ion Lazar – “the Sweet Burden of Learning”, Top Business, Oct. 2005;
Phd Professor Vincenzo Farinella (Università di Pisa,Italia) and Oliv Mircea – ”Meaning and Mystery”, auctorial catalogue, Rome 2006;
Oliv Mircea, Romanian Journal April, 28 – May, 4 2006, Rome;
H.E. Dan Haulica, Romanian Journal, July, 14 2006, Rome;
Dan Dumitrescu and SKY TG24 – Film „Cieli e Giardini”, May 2006;
Onisim Colta – „Mircea George - ...The Audacity of Listening, Obedience and Respectful Silence” Arca magazine, no.4-5-6, Arad 2007;
H.E. Dan Haulica - “Garden and Altar”, Arca magazine, no. 4-5-6, Arad 2007;
Arca Magazine, no.4-5-6, Arad 2007 – illustrated issue;
Dan Dumitrescu and SKY TG24 – Film, Illuminazioni. L'opera dei sette giorni per l'otavo, Roma, October 2007
