Maria Caterina Preda http://www.insight-colors.8k.com art@ghelase.com

BORN ON DECEMBER 2nd, 1975 IN BUCHAREST, ROMANIA

2000 MASTER OF ARTS, THROUGHGOING STUDIES, METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF RESEARCH

AND FINE ARTS CREATION.

1999 GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ART IN BUCHAREST, DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS,

SPECIALITY PAINTING, CLASS OF MR.PROFESSOR VASILE GRIGORE.

1994 GRADUATE OF THE "NICOLAE TONITZA" HIGH SCHOOL OF ART.

SINCE 2000 MEMBER OF THE ROMANIAN FINE ARTISTS ASSOCIATION, BUCHAREST.

SINCE 1997 MEMBER OF THE INDEPENDENT GROUP "ARTE 26" PETRU COMARNESCU, BUCHAREST.

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS:

* "MASTER 2000"
* -- THE "NATIONAL THEATRE" GALLERY (THE 3rd FLOOR), BUCHAREST, 5 JULY - 13 AUGUST 2000 THE "CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI", PARLIAMENT PALACE, BUCHAREST, JUNE – JULY 1999.
* THE "FRENCH INSTITUTE", BUCHAREST, JAN.1998
* THE "GALLERY 5", BUCHAREST, NOV. – DEC.1997

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

* EXHIBITION "ACCENTS", THE "APOLLO" GALLERY, BUCHAREST, MAY 2001.
* THE "INTERNATIONAL FAIR OF VISUAL ARTS", BUCHAREST, THE STATE CIRCUS, 11 – 25 NOVEMBER 2000
* THE "SALON OF ART", BUCHAREST, THE "APOLLO" GALLERY, 3 – 17 NOVEMBER 2000.
* EXHIBITION "ACCENTS", THE "APOLLO" GALLERY, BUCHAREST, MAY 2000.
* THE "M.L.P.A.T." GALLERY, BUCHAREST, APRIL – MAY 2000.
* THE "GAUDEAMUS" FAIR OF ART, "ROM – EXPO", BUCHAREST, 10 – 14 NOVEMBER 1999.
* THE "SALON OF ART", BUCHAREST, THE "EFORIE" GALLERY, 3 – 17 NOVEMBER 1999.
* THE "INTERNATIONAL FAIR OF VISUAL ARTS", BUCHAREST, COTROCENI PALACE, 27 – 31 OCTOBER 1999
* THE "DOMINUS" GALLERY, BUCHAREST, 1996, 1998.
* THE "NATIONAL THEATRE" GALLERY, BUCHAREST, 1995.

NOMINATED FOR THE "APPOLO" ART GALLERY AWARD, THE "FIRE" SECTION, OCTOBER 2000

STUDY VISITS IN:

* ITALY (VENICE, PADOVA, FLORENCE, ROME) FOR WORK AND DOCUMENTATION, DIRECTLY CONTACT WITH MUSEUMS, ART MONUMENTS, ANTIQUE AND MODERN ITALIAN CULTURE, MARCH 1998.
* AUSTRIA, WIEN, MARCH 1998.
* HUNGARY, BUDAPEST, JAN.1999

HOBBIES: TRAVEL, MUSIC, ASTROLOGY.

LEISURE INTERESTS: PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, POETRY, LITERATURE, ART HISTORY.