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Highlights:
- Born in Bucharest, Romania, lives and works
in Los Angeles since 1991.
- 35 years of experimenting with different media and being involved in a variety
of projects: NanoArt, digital art, murals, acrylic and oil painting, mixed media, faux painting, trompe l’oeil, graphics,
animation, web design, logo design, and a backdrop for a TV show.
- Over 20 years of experimenting and perfecting a new art form, NANOART, which reflects
the transition from Science to Art through Technology.
- Self-taught artist.
- International and national art exhibitions, awards,
commissions, public and private collections.
- Masters degree in Materials Science, publications in national and international
scientific journals, patents.
Awards
March
2006, Los Angeles, California, USA - Winner in the international
juried competition TOP 40 at Los
Angeles Center for Digital Arts
February 2006, London, UK – Diploma of Excellence
in the international juried competition REAL-TIME
September 2005, Los Angeles,
California, USA - Winner in the 2006 Emerging Artist Calendar juried competition
August 2005, London, UK - World of Art Award for the Best in Art and Creativity
May 2005, Beverly Hills,
California, USA - First Place Award in the New Media category at the AFFAIRE IN THE
GARDENS art show
October 2005, Burbank, California, USA – Honorable Mention -
juried competition
September 2005, Rome, Italy – Finalist in the DIGITALLY 2005
juried competition
May 2005, Santa Monica, California, USA - Honorary Best in Show Award - Backstreet gallery juried competition
December 2004, Rome, Italy - Finalist in the BEYOND BOUNDARIES 2004 juried competition
Selected Exhibitions
November 2006,
Dublin,
Republic of Ireland - ART IRELAND
November-December 2006, jFerrari Gallery, Los Angeles, California,
USA - Figure It Out
November-December 2006, Studio 246 Gallery,
San Diego, California, USA
- Featured Artist
October-November 2006, Chania, Greece
– THE 4th INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL CHANIA 2006
April-July 2006, San Pedro, California, USA
– ON SITE AT THE GATE 2006, juried exhibition, Angels Gate Gallery
April-June 2006, San Diego, California, USA
– 2006 INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL
EXHIBITION, sponsored by SONY at the Museum of the Living Artist
April 2006, Manizales, Colombia
– THE 5th INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THE IMAGE, Caldas University
April 2006, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
– SOFTCOPY, Kimura Gallery, University of Alaska
March 2006, Los Angeles, California, USA
– TOP 40, juried exhibition, Los Angeles Center
for Digital Art
February 2006, Los Angeles, California, USA
– group show, Infusion Gallery
January-February 2006, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
- 12 X 12, A National Juried Exhibition of Small Scale Works of Art –
Todd Gallery, Middle
Tennessee State University
December 2005, Florence, Italy - THE 5th INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Fortezza da Basso
December 2005, Miami, Florida, USA - MASTERS MYSTERY ART SHOW 2005 September 2005 –
March 2006, Binghamton, New York, USA - THE 15th INTERNATIONAL MINI PRINT EXPO,
Roberson Museum and Science Center
October 2005, Beverly Hills, California, USA - AFFAIRE IN THE GARDENS
October 2005, Burbank, California,
USA – LEARNING AND PRODUCT EXPO: ART, Hilton Airport and Convention Center
September-October 2005, Los Angeles, California, USA - SNAP TO GRID, Los Angeles
Center for Digital Art
August-September 2005, Pomona, California,
USA - THE 2nd LATINO ART BIENNALE, Museum of Latino Art
July 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - WORLD MARKET CENTER DEBUT, Las Vegas
Convention Center
June - July 2005, Hermosa Beach, California, USA - HERMOSA BEACH ART WALK
June 2005, Los Angeles, California, USA - Bank of America
Plaza
May 2005, Beverly Hills, California, USA - AFFAIRE IN THE GARDENS
May 2005, Santa Monica, California, USA – Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
April 2005, Los Angeles, California, USA - NANOART and PHOTOGRAPHY
February 2005, North Hollywood, California, USA - TWO MEN SHOW
November 2004, Los Angeles, California, USA – NANOART 2004, solo show
Commissions and Personal Collections
Governor Kathleen
Blanco of Louisiana
Chaya Horrowitz, Manhattan
Beach, California
Julian Kovacs, Toluca
Lake, California
Dr. Raffaele La Ferla, Redondo
Beach, California
Dr. Larissa Malinovskaya, Torrance,
California
Van and Jerry Callaghan,
Redondo Beach, California
Judy and Carey Gordon, Los
Angeles, California
Flora and Felipe
Bautista, Los Angeles, California
Heather Cassano, Rancho
Palos Verdes, California Michael Koenig, Santa Monica, California
Public
or Institutional Collections
A.P.Smiley &
Sons, Los Angeles,
California
La Casa Decor, Los Angeles, California
South End Racquet and Tennis Club, Torrance, California
Caleb Technology Corporation, Torrance,
California
Growing Garden
School, Redondo Beach, California
“Abstract
Images of Nanotechnology”, article published Friday, April 8, 2005 in Pasadena Star News
“Small
Wonder Nanotechnology”, article published Monday, April 11, 2005
in U-daily bulletin of Los Angeles Newspaper Group
“NANOART
selected for the 2006 International Digital Exhibition”, article published Thursday,
February 23, 2006 in IT’S ART Magazine, France
“Technology enables cutting-edge curating for ‘Softcopy’”, article
published Tuesday, April 11, 2006 in The Northern Light, Anchorage, Alaska
“Nanoart : des oeuvres
d'art grâce au microscope électronique”, article published on March 17, 2006
in Futura Sciences, France
“Le NanoArt: un nouveau
courant artistique?”, article published on March 19, 2006 in Generation
Nouvelle Technologies, France
“Nano art: Molecular-level
creativity”, article published on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 by Associated
Press
“Arts Pionniers”, article published in the September 2006 issue of Stuff magazine in France.
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