Marilena MURARIU
Born at 26-05-1954 in Iasi.
Lives and works in Bucuresti.
WORKS Marilena MURARIU
CV Marilena MURARIU
STUDIES
1969-1973 – "Octav Băncilă" Music and Fine Arts Highschool, Iaşi
1977-1981 – "Nicolae Grigorescu" Fine Arts Institute, Bucharest; Painting, professor Vasile Grigore
1981-1990 designer in the textile industry
1992-1994 university lecturer at the "Atheneum" Restoration Academy Bucharest, speciality chromatology-drawing
Accredited expert of the Romanian Ministry of Culture in the field of contemporary and modern Romanian art.
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
1976 – Drawing Exhibition, Iaşi
1980 – "Amfiteatru" Gallery, Bucharest
1986 – "Watercolour, Pastel, Drawing", Iaşi
1993 – "Orizont" Gallery, Bucharest
"Grall" Gallery, Rome, Italy
1994 – International Culture Centre Sinaia
1995 – "Die Christengemeinschaft", Kassel, Germania
1996 – "Orizont" Gallery, Bucharest
"Gemmeis", object-painting, Cotroceni National Museum, Bucharest
2000 – UNESCO Culture Centre, Buşteni
2001 – Accademia di Romania, Rome, Italy
2002 – Culture Centre of the Czech Republic, Bucharest
Romanian Embassy in Prague, Czech Republic
"Pro Memoria", Jubileum Sinagogue, Jewish Community, Prague
Jewish Community Culture Centre, Bucharest
"Pro Memoria", Bible Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
"Pro Memoria", Ashkelon City Hall Gallery, Israel
2004 – "Characters from the Commedia dell’Arte", Instituto Romeno di Cultura e Ricerca Umanistica, Venice, Italy
2006 – "Moi musicale", Tergnier, France
"From the North to the South", Vienna International Center, Austria
"Places. From the North Sea to the South Sea", Instituto Romeno di Cultura e Ricerca Umanistica, Venice, Italy
"Close Landscapes", Zepter Centre Romania, Bucharest
2007 – "Harmonies in Blue", Hilton Club Bucharest
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
1981 – National Exhibition of the Young Painters, Bucharest
1985 – National Graphic Arts Salon, Bucharest
1986, 1988, 1991, 1996 – National Painting Salon, Bucharest
1986, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2003 – Municipal Painting Salon, Bucharest
1987 – Autumn Salon, Dalles Hall, Bucharest
1987, 1988 – International Exhibition "Miniatur Art", Toronto, Canada
1993 – "The Nude", "Galla" Gallery, Bucharest
1994 – "Three Aspects of Plastic Space", Cotroceni National Museum, Bucharest
"Nicula Art Camp", Museum of Art, Cluj-Napoca
1995 – "The Danube in the Romanian Painting", Cotroceni National Museum, Bucharest and Romanian Culture Centre, Vienna, Austria
1996 – "Graphic Art", "C.Brâncuşi" Hall, The Palace of Parliament, Bucharest
1997 – "6 Romanian Artists", Sweden
"Romanian Plastic Art", "Samarkand" Gallery, Lebanon
"Time in Art and Space", "Chateauneuf" Gallery, Tours, France
1998 – Chateau de la Bourdaisiere, Montlouis, Indre et Loire, France
"Amitie Roumanie", Fussy, Cher, France
1999 – Eminescu Memorial Exhibition, Museum of Literature, Bucharest
2000 – "The Woman and Erotism", Museum of Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
2001 – "The Angels", Montecatini, Venice, Rome, Pistoia, Italy
2002 – "Remember: Women-Artists from the Black Sea and the Mediterranean", Asirom Gallery, Bucharest
2004, 2005, 2006 – "Painters of Today in Balcic", National Military Centre, Bucharest
2006, 2007 – "Painters of Today in Balcic", Romanian Banking Institute, Bucharest
National Art Salon, Bucharest
2007 – Maastricht, Netherlands
International Art Fair, Romexpo, Bucharest
"Painters of Today in Balcic", Museum of Art, Constanţa
"Painters of Today", Romanian Banking Institute, Bucharest
AWARDS AND GRANTS
1980, 1981 – "Ion Andreescu" Special Merits Scholarship, "Nicolae Grigorescu" Fine Arts Institute, Bucharest
1980 – Second Prize for Painting, "Amfiteatru" Magazine
1982 – The Art Scholarship of the Sârghie Foundation
2001 – The Professional Career Prize of the F.A.P.T.E. Association
2004 – "Man of the Day" prize awarded by the "Jurnalul Naţional" Newspaper
2006 – "Moi musical" Grand Prize, Tergnier, France
RESIDENCIES, ART CAMPS
1987 – Cozia-Calimanesti
1994 – Vatra-Dornei, Suceava
Nicula, U.A. P. Cluj
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, Balcic, Bulgaria (Organizer)
2005 – Maribor-Pohorje, Slovenia
Works in public collections:
Romania: Museum of Art Cluj-Napoca, Modern Art Museum Slatina, Cotroceni National Museum Bucharest
Israel: Bible Museum Tel Aviv, Ashkelon City Hall
Czech Republic: Jewish Community, Prague
Poland: Zepter Centre, Warsaw
Germany: Die Christengemeinschaft, Kassel
13 paintings with various Balcic subjects were used for the set decorations for the film "Youth Without Youth" by Fr. F. Coppola.
Set decorations for the opera "Casanova" at the Bucharest National Opera.
Works in private collections: U.S.A., Sweden, Germany, Israel, Italy, Peru, Cyprus.
