Sorin Ilfoveanu (born May 23, 1946, in
Câmpulung Muscel
Câmpulung (also spelled ''Cîmpulung'', , german: Langenau, Old Romanian ''Dlăgopole'', ''Длъгополе'' (from Middle Bulgarian)), or ''Câmpulung Muscel'', is a municipality in the Argeș County, Muntenia, Romania. It is situated amon ...
) is a
Romania
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n painter, designer and university teacher.
Formation
* 1953-1964 attends the classes of the
Ion Brătianu High School in
Pitești
Pitești () is a city in Romania, located on the river Argeș. The capital and largest city of Argeș County, it is an important commercial and industrial center, as well as the home of two universities. Pitești is situated in the historical re ...
, where he was colleague, among others, with Daniel Turcea.
* 1964-1970 attends the courses of the
Bucharest National University of Arts
The National University of Arts in Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea Naţională de Arte) is a university in Bucharest preparing students in fine arts.
The National University of Arts is a higher education institution in Bucharest.
History
The Nat ...
, in the class of master
Corneliu Baba
Corneliu Baba (; 18 November 1906, Craiova – 28 December 1997) was a Romanian painter, primarily a portraitist, but also known as a genre painter and an illustrator of books.
Early life
Having first studied under his father, the academic painte ...
, assistant Liviu Lăzărescu, having as colleagues, among others, Mihai Cismaru,
Ștefan Câlția Ștefan Câlția (born May 15, 1942) is a contemporary Romanian painter.
Born in Brașov, he attended the arts and music high school in Timișoara from 1959 to 1963, having Julius Podlipny as a teacher. He then graduated in 1970 from the Nicolae G ...
, Sorin Dumitrescu, and teachers: Eugen Schileru in art history, Gheorghe Ghițescu in anatomy and Simion Iuca in engraving.
* 1971- he has been a member of the Fine Arts Artists Union of Romania.
University Activity
*1992-1996 he is the head of the painting department at
Bucharest National University of Arts
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The National University of Arts is a higher education institution in Bucharest.
History
The Nat ...
.
*1996-2000 he is the Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts from the Bucharest National University of Arts.
*2004-2006 he is
Rector
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Style or title
*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
of the Bucharest National University of Arts.
Personal exhibitions
*2011 "Drawings 2008 - 2011", AnnArt Gallery, Bucharest
*2011 Ilfoveanu Painting, Sala Dalles, Bucharest
*2002 Codex Ilfoveanu, Apollo gallery, deINTERESE gallery and U.A.P., Bucharest / Romania
*2002
Brukenthal Museum
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,
Sibiu
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/ Romania
*2002 Art Museum,
Cluj-Napoca
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*2001 National Museum of Art, Bucharest / Romania
*2001 M.M.G. gallery, Tokyo
*1999 Maculata Conceptie/Maculata Conception, with Ştefan Agapian and Adrian Ilfoveanu, Romanian Museum of Literature, Bucharest / Romania
*1994 Romanian Cultural Centre from Vienna / Austria
*1993 Artexpo gallery, National Theatre, Bucharest / Romania
*1988 French Institute, Bucharest / Romania
*1987 Marais gallery, Paris / France
*1985 National Museum of Art, Bucharest / Romania
*1975 Art Museum, Cluj Napoca / Romania
*1968 Art Museum, Pitesti / Romania
Group exhibitions
*2009 Saga Ilfoveanu, (Sorin, Ana-Ruxandra, Adrian, Nicu Ilfoveanu), ArtSociety Gallery, Bucharest
*2009 Mitologie Soggettive, Rocca Paulina, Perugia, Italia;
[Exhibition Catalogue Umbria: Terra d'incontri - Mitologie Soggettive, Rocca Paulina Perugia, Sorin Ilfoveanu, 2009]
*2010 ZOOMANIA.RO, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest;
*2002 Littman & White Gallery, Portland,
United States
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*2000 Jungersted & Brostrom Gallery, Copenhaga
*1997 Tegnerfobundet Hall, Oslo / Norway
*1997 Abu-Dhabi Cultural Foundation, Arab Emirates Unite
*1997 Art Museum from Sharjah, Arab Emirates Unite
*1998 Transfiguratii, Mucsarnok / Budapest
*1995 Art museum from Gotteborg / Sweden
*1988 Art Museum from Seoul, South Korean
*1988 Volda Gallery, Norway
*1989 Arnhem Gallery, Holland
*1987 Orizont Gallery, Bucharest / Romania
*1986 Cagnes-sur-Mer International Festival, France
*1984 I.M.S. Gallery, Oslo / Norway
*1982 Valparaiso Biennial, Chile
*1978 International Art Biennial, Venice / Italy
*1977 Voos-Bergen, Norway
*1969 Astra Gallery Bucharest
Notes
Bibliography
* Exhibition Catalogue Sorin Ilfoveanu "Drawings 2008 - 2011", AnnArt Gallery, Bucharest;
*„Sorin Ilfoveanu Atelier 1995-2010” Editura UNARTE și Asociația pentru Artă Ilfoveanu, 2011/"Sorin Ilfoveanu 1995-2010 Workshop" Printing House for the Arts Ilfoveanu UNARTE Association, 2011;
* Grife/Bark/Blazer/Ilfoveanu, Ed. Victor B. Victor 2002
*Artists workshops in Bucharest, Sofin Ilfoveanu, metaphysical interrogations of artist Victor Neumann, page 65 Noimediaprint Ed 2008/ Ateliere de artisti din București, Sofin Ilfoveanu, Interogațiile metafizice ale artistului de Victor Neumann, pagina 65 Ed. Noimediaprint 2008
*Sorin Ilfoveanu, Drawings (1994–2007), published by the Association for Art Ilfoveanu, preface of the book-presentation by Cristian Robert Velescu, 2008/ Sorin Ilfoveanu, Desene (1994–2007), Editată de Asociația pentru Artă Ilfoveanu, prefață-prezentare a cărții de Cristian Robert Velescu, 2008
* Exhibition Catalogue Ilfoveanu Saga, ArtSociety Gallery, Bucharest, 2009/Catalogul Expoziției Saga Ilfoveanu, Galeria ArtSociety, București, 2009
* Exhibition Catalogue Umbria: Terra d'incontri - Mitologie Soggettive, Rocca Paulina Perugia, Sorin Ilfoveanu, 2009
* Barbosa, Octavian, Dicționarul artiștilor români contemporani, Editura Meridiane,
București
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, 1976, p. 241-242
* Sorin Ilfoveanu. Colors and metaphors, Meridians House
Bucharest
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, 1983/Sorin Ilfoveanu. Culori și metafore, Editura Meridiane
București
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, 1983
*Catalogul Expoziției Ilfoveanu, Pictură și Desen, Muzeul Național de Artă, București, 1985/Ilfoveanu exhibition catalog, Painting and Drawing, National Art Museum, Bucharest, 1985
*Sorin Ilfoveanu, Dicționar de arta modernă și contemporană, Constantin Prut, Ed. Univers enciclopedic 2002
*Sorin Ilfoveanu, Albumul, L'art Roumain, Répères Contemporains, p. 20, auteur Constantin Prut, Ed. Union des Peintres de la Roumanie, 1995
*Sorin Ilfoveanu, Exhibition Catalog of Maculata Conception, Museum of Romanian Literature, Bucharest 1999.
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20120425082905/http://www.iasi24info.ro/stire_2533_sorin-ilfoveanu-si-mihai-ritivoiu-castigatorii-premiilor-prometheus.html
*http://romania-on-line.net/whoswho/IlfoveanuSorin.htm
*Sorin Ilfoveanu artist website- http://www.ilfoveanu.ro/
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1946 births
Living people
Bucharest National University of Arts faculty
Romanian painters
Rectors of universities in Romania