Artist's Presentation Florin Stoiciu

CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Name: FLORIN STOICIU

Address:Str.Patriotilor, Nr.3A, Bl. M3G, Et.8, Ap.36, sector 3, cod. 032281, Bucuresti, Romania
Phone Number(s): Mobil phone: +40 723421731, Work: +40 21 3127423, Home: +40 21 2117011, Fax: +40 21 3125429
E-mail: florinstoiciu@gmail.com

Personal Website: http://www.stoiciu.ro

2. Education Ph.D.



2006



Visual Art



National University of Arts- Bucharest, Romania



M.F.A.



1992



Graphic Section



National University of Arts- Bucharest, Romania



B.F.A.



1992



Graphic Section



National University of Arts- Bucharest, Romania



B.A.



1983



Graphic Section



Nicolae Tonitza- college, Bucharest, Romania





3. Area(s) of Specialization: Graphic art/ Traditional and modern Printmaking
4. Professional Experience (Teaching Experience, or Academic Appointments)


2003-2008
Present

Lecturer, National University of Arts-Bucharest, Romania



1992a€2003



Teaching Assistant, National University of Arts-Bucharest, Romania







5. Comments:

Grants/Fellowships (Awards/Honors, etc.)



2003



2002 Nominalization for Graphic awards, Romania Professional Artist Asociation



1996



Youth award, Romania Professional Artist Asociation



1996



First Prize and Prize from County Cultural Concil, Lithographie Contest, Gavenea, Tulcea



1995



4th Prize at Bucharest, Youth Contes engravers ''Dominus-1995'', Bucharest, Romania



1994



Prize at a€śBacoviaa€ť, Fine Arts Contest, Bacau, Romania



1993



''Penda''Prize, Youth Contes engravers ''Dominus-1993'', Bucharest, Romania



1992



National first prize for the best graphic design book, Cluj-Napoca, Romania







7. Comments: Florin Stoiciu belongs to a young generation of Romanian printmakers whose aim is, starting from a re-estimation and re-consideration of the classical languages of the engraving techniques, to elaborate another aesthetic of the print, more radical and more aggressive in expression.This process doesna€™t happen could be recorded unusled, but in the stylistic and thematical level, at the same time with the unwonted association of an allegorical attributes and the their uncorporation into an existential sphere, contemporary sharp.
The images of Florin Stoiciu in the series a€śThe Maska€ť (a recurrent and obsessive motif of his iconography and his concerns), are organized in a first stage into snapshots, ordered in sequences worked in etching, printed on a single sheet and resembling somehow comic strips. In a second step, each of these sequences (equivalent to a study of composition) are methamorphosed into independent works, as a result of using combined techniques. They build on a structure originating in dreamy sources and breathing in a mysterious and restless atmosphere. The heroes (falling angels or couples captured into an inextricable net), cross over initiatory and conflicting routes, destined to suggest the dilemma of the human being, dramatically increased at the beginning of the new millenium.
The thorough study of complex symbolical connotations characterizes a whole direction of Romanian contemporary engraving and defines also Florin Stoiciua€™s work, which fits at the same time into the large wave of a multiform post-modernity now energing in Eastern and Central Europe.


8. Exhibition Record (solo exhibition*)

2007



*Klosterneuburg - Vienna, Austria



2006



*Romanian Cultural Center - Vienna, Austria



2006



*Romanian Cultural Center - Vienna, Austria



2002



*a€śSimezaa€ť Gallery, Bucharest



1999



*''Ost-West'' Gallery, Basel, Switzerland



1998



*''Escapade'' Gallery, Basel, Switzerland



1997



*a€śSimezaa€ťGallery, Bucharest



1996



*a€śFirsta€ť Gallery,Timisoara



1996



*a€śSimezaa€ť Gallery, Bucharest



1995



*a€śOrizont Gallery, Bucharest



1993



*a€śPhantoma€ť Gallery, Berlin,Germany






9. Comments: Florin Stoiciu has participated since 1990 in many Graphic Arts exhibitions organised in Bucharest and around country, especially those designeed to encourage young artists.
His made his dA©but at the exhibition a€śThe Bibliophile Booka€ť in 1991 at C?minul Artei Gallery in Bucharest alongside his master Mircia Dumitrescu and in 1992 he exhibited at the International Book Salon in Paris and at the International Book Fair in Bucharest.
1995,1994,1993 - a€śYoung Engravers Exhibitiona€ť, Dominus Gallery, Bucharest.
- a€śStrange, from object to engravinga€ť, Podul Gallery, Bucharest. The printing studio of the Romanian Association of Professional Artists has his own show rooms situated under the roof of the building called a€śPodula€ť ( the attic). Some of the most interesting contemporary Graphic Art group exhibitions have been piced at a€śPodula€ť, most organised by the artist engravers themselves.

10. Bibliography (Reviews/Articles/Catalogues, Reviews/Articles/Interviews)

11. Publications (Published Writings, Critical Writings)
MATERIALITATEA IN GRAVURA- ED. UNARTE a€ BUCURESTI, 2006 COD ISBN 973-87493-2-8
MATERIALITATEA IN GRAVURA tehnici si manierere- Ed. Tehnica- 2007- Bucuresti COD ISBN 978-973-31-2322-4

12. Conferences (Conferences/Symposia)
1999 -"Second Balcanic Simposion '',
Samotrace, Greece

13. Visiting Artist Lectures (Lectures/Workshops/Critiques, Guest Lectures)

1997

U.S.A. Iowa, Printmaking Workshop



2003



Serbia, Printmaking, Workshop



2007



Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria, Printmaking, Workshop

Exposed Artworks

Painting - Graphics - 30 artworks