Education
2001 Scholarship at the Accademia di Romania in Rome, Italy, offered by the Italian Institute of Culture 1992 – 1998
National Art University of Bucharest, Graphics section
1988 – 1992 "Nicolae Tonitza" Art High School, Bucharest, Graphics sectionEducation
Brief personal history
After graduating from the Graphics section of the Faculty of Art in Bucharest, I considered the challenge of impersonating the advertising industry, a whole new domain for Romania's post-communist decade. So, for years, I have been the Art Director and Senior Art Director for several local and multinational advertising agencies. This position involves complex creative work and forces openness to the visual and artistic space, to trends, experiments, perspectives that need to be understood and assimilated to be then synthesised and integrated into the creative process. In recent years my interest has increasingly focused on aspects of contemporary art, which has led to a return to aesthetic concerns in the field of painting, but also an openness to literature and film.
Professional experience
2011 - 2017 Freelancer
2001 - 2010 Senior art director for Advertising Agencies such as: Publicis, DDB Bucharest, Gray worldwide, Brandstock.Major clients such as: Converse, Telekom, Heineken, McDonald's, 7Days, Coty, Nissan, Suzuki, Nike, Procter & Gamble, Pfizer.
1998 – 2000 Graphic designer for major book publishers such as Rao International, All Educational, Romanian Book, Gramar, Letter International.
Exhibitions
Solo shows
2015 - Mogoşoaia Palace Cultural Center, Retest Exhibition ( note: the exhibition contained over 30 works, large size )
2013 - Constantin Brancusi Galleries, Bucharest, "Time -Lapse" ( note: the exhibition contained over 30 works, large size )
1999 - French Institute, Bucharest
Group exhibitions
2017 Slag Gallery, New York
2013 Selection in "147 Contemporary Romanian Artists," an Imago Mundi project by the Benetton Foundation for Art
1998 Constantin Brancusi Gallery, Bucharest
1998 Apollo Gallery, Bucharest
1998 Bucharest Municipal Exhibition
1995 Gallery of the National Art University of Bucharest
1993 TNB Gallery - 3rd floor, Bucharest
Literature
2017 - Winner of the Debut Polirom publishing contest with the "Downshifting" novel.
2017 - Winner of the Romanian Writers' Union Prize for Debut with the "Downshifting" novel ( the most prestigious literature Debut Prize in Romania )
Film
2017 - Screenwriting consultancy for the short movie "Christmas gift" by Bogdan Muresanu, selected in 2018 at over 20 international film festivals and winner of 5 international awards.
2010 - Art Director and co-screenwriter for the medium documentary "Memories of the Past", directed by Viorel Costea, awarded at the "Green Wave 21st Century" European Film Festival, 5th edition, KOPRIVSHTITSA, BULGARIA with the Prize of the Municipality.