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LIVIU SUHAR
Plastic Artist
Professor of Painting
Credo:
I often wonder - when my returning inside me
full of questions, evaluations, hopes and regrets, brings me to the
state of feeling myself in front of time in relation to space and the
whole world, and when a deep melancholy taken to despair overwhelms me
- what would I have done if PAINTING had not existed, this art that
has been opening every dawn of the days in my entire life, the way
toward searching for meanings and answers to the same question: What
am I born for?
I am faithfully dedicated to this art seeking
myself in every drawing and painting, equally contemplating my
contemporary “self-seekers” and especially to the great masters
who became classics over the centuries, by listening to their secret
advice of their masterpieces.
The power of creation to an artist is a God
given gift. As a painter I am striving not to waste it. Following the
Christian model, upon my strengths, I always think about growing this
gift for the well-being, peace and joy of my fellow-men.
Born on February 17, 1943 in Iacobeni, Suceava county,
Romania.
Studies
- 1957-1962: “Octav Bancila” High School of Arts - Iasi, Romania
- 1962-1968: “Ion Andreescu” Institute of Graphic Arts, School of Graphic & Decorative Arts, MA Degree in
Painting, Professors: Aurel Ciupe and Petru Abrudan
- Starting 1968 - has been constantly exhibiting his paintings and drawings in individual and collective exhibitions, both national and international.
Personal Exhibitions
- 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1988- Iasi, Barlad, Vaslui Suceava
- 1978 - Bucuresti - “Eforie Galleries” (40 paintings)
- 1982 - Bucuresti - “Municipal Art Galleries” (46 paintings)
- 1991 - Pully, Lausanne - Switzerland, “Espace Verdaine”
Galleries (40 paintings)
- 1993 - Madrid - (30 paintings)
- 1993 - Bucuresti - “Simeza” Art Galleries (46 paintings)
- 1993 - Timisoara - “Helios” Art Galleries (30 paintings)
- 1994 - Iasi - Contemporary Art Galleries of the National
Art Museum (120 works)
- 1994 - Baia Mare - The Art Museum (48 paintings)
- 1994 - Sighetul Marmatiei - “Ioan Mihaly de Ap[a”
Galleries (38 works)
- 1994 - Suceava - The Art Galleries (42 paintings)
- 1995 - Bacau - “Gheorghe Apostu” Cultural Centre
- 1996 - Cluj-Napoca - The National Art Museum, Banffy
Palace (65 works)
- 1996- Iasi - „Cupola” Gallery - „Periplu Mediteranean”
- 1996- Budapesta - Ungaria – Romanian Cultural Centre
- 1997- Bucuresti - „J.L. Calderon” Gallery
- 1997- Sant Pere de Vilamajor – Barcelona
- 1998- Galati – “N. Mantu” Gallery
- 1998- Viena – Austria – Romanian Cultural Centre
- 1998- Dej - "Frezia" Gallery
- 1999 - Centenarul Uzinei de lumina - National Theatre Iasi
- 1999 - Centrul de exploatare a inteligentei Iasi
- 2000 - Iasi -German Cultural Centre- "Plastic Recalls"
- 2000 - Wolfsburg - "Haus Rhode" - Germania
- 2000 - Iasi - Galeriile de Arta "Cupola"
- 2001 - Italia - Roumanian Institut "Casa Iorga" Venetia
- 2001 - Timisoara - "Tenta-Art" Gallery
Collective Exhibitions of UAP Iasi
- 1969, 1975, 1985- Bucuresti, “Dalles” Hall
- 1977- Constanta, Art Galleries
- 1979 - 1980- Exhibition of “Regional Singularities of
the Contemporary Romanian Graphic Arts” - Cluj, Timisoara, Galati
- 1995- Bucuresti, National Theatre Galleries
- 1995- Galati, Contemporary Art Museum - exhibition of
Romanian graphics and drawings.
- Beginning 1969 he is present to all the annual, biannual,
festive and commemorative exhibitions in Iasi as well as national and festive
exhibitions in Bucharest and other towns of the country.
- 1999 - Cluj-Napoca - Art Galleries UAP - "12 artisti ieseni"
- 2000 - Bucuresti -"Apollo" Gallery
- 2001 - Bacau - Art Museum
Group Exhibitions in Romania
- 1974- Bucuresti, “Apollo” Art Galleries
- 1978- Oradea, The Museum Art Galleries
- 1981- Iasi, “Victoria” Hall
- 1993- Bucuresti, House of Latin America
- 1993- Timisoara, Art Museum - “Nostalgia” Exhibition
- 1994- Timisoara, Art Museum
- 1994- Baia Mare, “Colonia” Art Galleries
- 1994- Iasi, “Cupola” Galleries, “Scara” Exhibition
- 1997- Arad - Art Museum.
- 1999- Arad - Art Museum, International Drawing Exhibition
- 1999- Chisinau, Bacau - Moldavian Art Exhibition
- 2000- Chisinau, Bacau - Moldavian Art Exhibition
- 2001- Chisinau, Bacau - Moldavian Art Exhibition
- 2002- Chisinau, Bacau - Moldavian Art Exhibition
Group Exhibitions Abroad
- 1976- Berlin, Germany - “Eight Romanian Painters” Exhibition
- 1977- Poitiers, France - “Five Painters from Iasi” Exhibition
- 1978- Colombo, Sri Lanka - “Three Romanian Painters” Exhibition
- 1980- Liege, Brussels (Belgium) - “Ten Contemporary Romanian Painters” Exhibition
- 1992- Dreux, France.
- 1996- Poitiers - France - „Art Découverte”
- 1999- Haifa - Israel
Romanian Art Exhibitions Abroad
- 1974- Berlin, Germany
- 1975- Skoplje, Kumanovo (Yugoslavia)
- 1976- Berlin - Germany, Lisbon - Portugal
- 1977- Moscow - Russia, Poitiers - France
- 1978- Rome, Napoli - Italy, Lublin - Poland
- 1980- Perugia, Barri, Macerata - Italy, Liege, Brussels
- Belgium
- 1981- Zagreb, Novi-Sad, Sarajevo - Yugoslavia, Sofia -
Bulgaria
- 1982- Amsterdam - Holland
- 1983- Rome - Italy, Athens - Greece
- 1984- Budapest - Hungary
- 1985- Stuttgart - Germany, Moscow - Russia
- 1985- Cagnes sur Mer - France
- 1987- Glasgow - United Kingdom
- 2001 - Montreal - Canada - "Oscillations", Centrul Cultural "Constantin Brancusi"
International Exhibitions
- 1973- Barcelona - Spain, “Juan Miro” International Contest
- 1984- Kosice - Czechoslovakia, “The Seventh International Biannual Painting Exhibition”
- 1989- Cagnes sur Mer - France, “The XXIst International Painting Contest”
- Works of monumental art - “The Union and Independence of Romanian People” - 30 sqm tapestry at Iasi Palace of Culture.
- 2001 - Bad Kissingen - Germania - "Visionen 2001"
Affiliations
- Since 1970 - Member of UAP - The Union of Romanian Plastic Artists
Awards
- 1976- “Voronetiana” National Festival” - IIIrd Award
- 1980- “Voronetiana” National Festival” - The Union of Romanian Plastic Artists Award
- 1984- “The Seventh Biannual Painting Exhibition”, Kosice - Czechoslovakia - Diploma and silver medal
- 1994- The Award of Bucovina Cultural Foundation
- 2000 - "Theodor Palady" Award at "Artis" Art Exhibition
Study and Research Grants
- 1993- “Complutense” University - School of Fine Arts, Madrid - Spain
- 1995- University of Barcelona - School of Fine Arts, Barcelona – Spain
- 1997- Three months – Contemporary Art Centre - San Pere de Vilamajor (Barcelona)-Spania
Travels Abroad: Germany,
Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Republics of Central Asia, Greece, France, Italy,
Switzerland, Spain, Egypt, Turkey, Slovenia, Luxembourg, Belgium, Czech
Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria.
Liviu Suhar’s works lay in most of the national
museums also in state owned and private art collections of Romania. He
actively participates with his works to the permanent collection of The
Municipal Museum of Poitiers - France as well as to different private
collections from abroad e.g. France, Belgium, Canada, USA, Italy, Greece, Peru;
Venezuela - Olga Lucilla Carmon collection, Caracas; Israel - Michael Pascal
collection, Tel Aviv; Nonel Thyrer collection - Jerusalem; Holland - Arch.
Hoogeveen collection, Rotterdam; Germany - Kele Zoltan collection, Frankfurt;
Marek Gerhart Dieter Doberchutz; Arch. Clement Stefanescu collection - Aachen;
Spain - Dr. Ricardo Navarro Valvidia collection, Madrid; Teresa Pallaruelo
Arnal collection, Madrid; Switzerland - Fr. Tharin collection, M. Beuferhat
collection, Olsen Kai collection, Mme Marguerat collection, Arch. Paul
Dumitrescu collection, Steve Marion collection - Pully; Vergers collection -
Sion; collection of Mme Jolidou Helene - Grand Devant; Ana-Maria Arnaud
collection - Geneva; also other collections in Denmark, Hungary, Austria.
Bd. Stefan cel Mare si Sfint Nr. 8A, et. 1, ap. 2, 6600 - Iasi - Romania
phone +40-232-21.21.47, phone/fax +40-232-225333
email: lsuhar@arteiasi.ro
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