"Orice act cât de mic, poate schimba întreaga scenă, într-un mod pe care nici nu-l poţi prevedea." (Iris Murdoch)
CURRICULUM VITAE
ELENA ANDREI
Born at 21st of May 1984, Piteşti, Argeş department;
Lives and works in Bucharest, Romania.
E-MAIL
• contact at elenaandrei.com
LINK
• www.elenaandrei.blogspot.com
• www.elenaandreidrawings.blogspot.com
PHONE
• (+4)0724223566
STUDIES
• 2007 – 2009 – Fine Arts University Bucharest, Masteral Studies / Specialization - Painting, Professor Cătălin Bălescu;
• 2003 – 2007 – Fine Arts University Bucharest / Specialization – Painting, Professor Sorin Ilfoveanu;
• 1999 – 2003 – High school of Arts „Dinu Lipatti“ / Specialization – Architecture, Piteşti;
• 1991 – 1999 – School of Arts „Dinu Lipatti“ / Specialization – Music, instrument Piano.
ARTISTIC ACTIVITY
2009 – The illustration for the stamp of the wine collection „Livia, Șarbă de Cotești, Gârboiu Wine Cellars, Mera Com International;
Since 2008 – Member in the Union of the Plastic Artists from Romania; 2008 – Study trip and artistic documentation organized by IRCCU, Venice, Italy; 2007 – Study trip and artistic documentation organized by IRCCU, Venice, Italy; 2006 – Works exposed on the site www.wagnerarte.ro, painting; 2006 – Creation camp at Enisala, Dep. Tulcea, Romania; 2006 – The cover of the book „In three, a sentimental laboratory“, publishing house „Three“, Bucharest; 2006 – Study trip and artistic documentation organized by the Foundation „Soleil de l’Est“, Tours, France; 2005 – Participation in March Fairy – The Museum of Romanian Peasant, Bucharest; 2002 – Creation camp for young people with Hellenic origin – Possidi, Greece; 2002 – Creation camp „Structure, tradition, space“ organized by the Rotary Foundation – The Museum of Popular Technical Astra Sibiu, Romania.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Since 2009 – Collaboration with the magazine „ArtClue“- www.artclue.net; 2006 – 2008 – Voluntariate in the editorial staff of the magazine „Teen Press“, editor and cultural secretary; 2007 – Collaboration with the magazine „Time Out“ and „The Financial Paper“; 2006 – 2010 – Collaboration with the magazine for teenagers „Teen Press“ – articles; 2005 – 2008 – Collaboration with the store „Wagner, stories and beautiful arts“; 2004 – „Volunteer Team Olympic and Paralympic Games“ member – Athens; 2004 – Professional certificate – urban design.
PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2007 – 2009 – The HVB – Unicredit – Ţiriac Bank Scholarship; 2006 – The artist of month march 2006 on the site www.enjoyyourfuture.org; 2005 – Painting contest „The Art for Arts“ Foundation – finals; 2005 – Painting contest „La Fântâna“ – advertising banner „Calm, relaxation and
water“; 2001 – Essay contest within „Link Diversity“ campaign.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 – „The Allegory of the Five Senses & The Faces of Matter“, July 15 - August 15, Estudio Luna Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; 2010 – „Faces of matter“, March 5-28, Eckhaus Gallery, Kutztown, PA, USA; 2008 – „The Human Fabric“, UNAgallery, Bucharest; 2005 – „Landscapes“, The Hellenic Community, Pitesti; 2002 – „About nature“, Possidi Town Hall, Greece.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 – „4 visions in search of the tradition“, The National Museum of the Village, Bucharest; 2009 – The U.A.P. exhibition, Căminul artei Gallery, Bucharest; 2008 – „LA FUNK LA FREAK“, curator Simona Vilău, Torre Civica di Mestre, Comune di Venezia; 2008 – „COLOPHON“, curator Simona Vilău, Palazzo Correr, IRCCU Venice; 2007 – „RAVENA“, Artis Gallery, Bucharest; 2007 – „In cold blood“, The musical Theatre „Nae Leonard“, Galaţi; 2007 – „In cold blood“, curator Simona Vilău, Romanian Cultural Institute,
Venice, Italy; 2007 – „D’alle Mărţişorului“, Dalles Hall, Bucharest; 2007 – „Contemporary miths of the body“, The Comedy Theatre, Bucharest; 2007 – „Tour(s) de France“, NIT Gallery, Bucharest; 2006 – The Art Biennial „Gheorghe Petraşcu“, The Art Museum, Târgovişte; 2006 – „Primavera Gala of Young Artist“, Universitary Library, Bucharest; 2006 – „The Woman“, National Theatre „I.L.Caragiale“, Bucharest; 2005 – „Look!“, Călăraşi Town Hall, Romania; 2005 – Intercontinental Hotel, „Art for Arts“ Foundation, Bucharest; 2005 – „Bonjour, Europe!“, French Institute, Bucharest; 2003 – Metopa Galley, urban project, Piteşti, Romania; 2003 – „C-tin Brâncoveanu“ University, urban project, Piteşti; 2002 – Piteşti Town Hall; 2002 – „The House of books“ Building, Piteşti; 2002 – Rotary Club, Sibiu, Romania.
WORKS IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
• The HVB – Unicredit – Ţiriac Bank Collection;
• The Foundation “Young at arts”, Bucharest, Romania;
• The Romanian Cultural Institute, Venice, Italy;
• Possidi, Greece;
• The Foundation “Art for Arts”, Bucharest, Romania;
• Romanian Comercial Bank, Bucharest, Romania;
• The Hellenic Community, Piteşti, România.
BIBLIOGRAPHY PUBLICATIONS
• Adriana Capraru, „Interview Elena Andrei“, Realitatea.net, July 2010;
• Raluca Furtună, „Review Elena Andrei“, High Pixel magazine, 28.03.2009;
• Adriana Capraru, „Interview Elena Andrei“, ArtClue magazine, www.artclue.net, 03.03.2009;
• Aurelia Mocanu, “Colophon at Venice”, The Financial Paper, 16.05.2008;
• Dana Vitelaru, “Venice: Romanian painters at “Colophon””, 10.05.2008;
• Monica Joiţa, „LA FUNK LA FREAK: exhibition of Romanian art at Venice“, The reality from Italy, 07.05.2008;
• Simona Vilău, „The human fabric”, Time Out Romania, 21.02.2008;
• Anda Dincă, „Youth and colour”, Compact Paper, no. 350, 21.09.2007;
• Alina Aliman, „Self-portraits in colours”, Elle magazine, 26.10.2007;
• Simona Vilău, „A sangue fredo – The Venice experience”, Cuvântul (The Word), no. 360, 2007;
• Pavel Şuşara, „With cold blood”, Evenimentul Zilei (The event of the day), 09.04.2007;
• Veronica Marinescu, „„Bonjour Europe!“, painting exhibition at The French Institut“, The national Courier, 07.05.2005;
• Lucian Velea, „Colophon”, The art Gallery, 6.05.2005;
• Oana Bărbulescu, „Good signs”, Cuvântul (The Word), no. 336, 2005;
• Eduard Tomaziu, „The exhibition of public gardens projects“, Today’s paper, 26.06.2003;
• Luiza Petrică, „The gifted kids of Pitești, The argeșean observatory, no. 52, 15.03.2001.
PC KNOWLEDGE
• Windows, Word, Excel, Access, Office, Powerpoint, Entourage, Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe Premiere, Corel Draw;
• Web Navigation – Internet, blog administration.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
• English – advanced level – Peace Corps, Certificate of Completion;
• French – advanced level – courses at the French Institute Bucharest;
• Greek – intermediary level – courses at the Hellenic Community Piteşti and Bucharest;
• Italian – intermediary level;
• Spanish – intermediary level;
• German – beginner level.
HOBBIES
• Photography, reading, archaeology, art history, music.