Ciprian CHIRILEANU
* Born
in Timişoara, Romania – February 25th,
1966.
* Graduated from the
University of the West - Timişoara, Faculty of Arts and Design, Graphics
Department – 1998.
* Member of the Romanian
Artist’s Union (UAP), Timişoara branch (since 1999) and of the Graphium
engraving studio (1998-2008), Timişoara.
* Vice-president of the Romanian Artist’s Union (UAP),
Timişoara branch (2010-2018)
* Phd in Visual Arts - IOSUD, Faculty of Arts and Design, Timişoara
(since 2013)
* Member of the art group
Avantpost.ro, Timișoara (since 2016)
* President of the Diplomatic Art Association,
Timişoara (since 2017)
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS:
1991 – Timişoara (Gowsmen’s
House)
1992 – Târgu-Mureş (Vatra
Magazine Editorial Office)
1998 – Timişoara…County Jail*
1999 – Timişoara…Airport*
2001 – Româneşti (Timiş)… Cave*
2002 – Timişoara…Arts Museum*
– Incursions 980199 (County
Jail-Cave-Airport)
2002 – Timişoara (Helios
Gallery) – EvilEye
2003 – Timişoara (Carola’s
Gallery) – Mirage
2003 – Mogoşoaia (Brancoveanu
Palaces) – Lode of Smoke
2003 – Timişoara (Street Art -
Rubin Foundation) – Drops
2004 – Timişoara (Ţiriac Bank)
2004 – Târgu-Mureş (UAP Gallery) – Incursions
980199
2004 – Timişoara (Huniade
Museum) – Gospel after Araña
2005 – Timişoara (Galeria
Helios) – Knots 1
2005 – Timişoara (Consiliul Judeţean Timiş)
2006 – Timişoara (German
Cultural Centre) – Morse
2006 – Timişoara (Dacia Logan
representation)
2006 – Bucureşti (Nit Gallery)
– Knots 2
2008 – Cluj Napoca (Arts’
Alliance Gallery) – Knots 3
2009 – Timişoara (Helios
Gallery) – Sourended by the Grass
2009 – Gărâna (Jazz Festival – Caraş-Severin)
2012 – Timişoara (Mansarda
Gallery) – Shadows
2013 – Timişoara (Galeria Helios) – Fallen
Angels
2017 – Timişoara (Art Museum Arad) – Umbre
2 / Shadows 2
2018 – Petrila (Mina Școală, Exploatarea Mineră) – Noroc Alb
2018 – Timişoara (Galeria Pygmalion) – 1583
km
2019 – Timişoara (Galeria Helios) – Dream
Maker
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:
1998… International Arts
Saloon – Reşiţa (România)
1999… International Mini Print
Biennial – Cluj-Napoca (România)
2000… Mini Print International
Cadaques (Spain)
2001… International Mini Print
Biennial – Cluj-Napoca (România)
2002… Mini Print International
– Cadaques (Spain)
2003… International Dry Point
Biennial – Užice (Serbia Montenegro)
………..International
Mini Print Biennial – Cluj-Napoca (România)
………..Mini Print
International – Cadaques (Spain)
………..Lessedra Mini
Print – Sofia (Bulgaria)
………..Florean Museum
– Baia Mare (România)
………..International
Experimental Engraving Biennial – Timişoara (România)
2004… Florean Museum - Baia
Mare (România)
………. Mini Print International
– Cadaques (Spain)
………. International
Mini Print Biennial Graphium – Timişoara (România)
2005… Florean Museum – Baia
Mare (România)
...........
Romanian Artist’s Exhibition – Heidelberg (Germany)
………. Mini Print
International – Cadaques (Spain)
………. International
Mini Print Biennial Iser – Ploieşti (România)
………. International
Mini Print Biennial – Cluj-Napoca (România)
………. International
Art Biennale – Beijing (China)
………. International
Experimental Engraving Biennial – Timişoara (România)
………. International
Mini Print Biennial – Tetovo (Macedonia)
...........
International Mini Print Lolita Rubial – Montevideo (Uruguay)
2006… Egyptian International Print Triennale – Cairo (Egypt)
………. Lessedra Mini
Print – Sofia (Bulgaria)
………. Romanian Modern
Artist’s Exhibition – Koga (Japan)
………. International
Print Biennial Space – Seoul (Korea)
………. International
Biennal of Engraving – Liège (Belgium)
………. Bimpe IV –
Vancouver (Canada)
………. International
Print Triennial – Krakow (Poland)
………. International
Mini Print Graphium – Timişoara (Romania)
2007... International Print
Triennale – Sofia (Bulgaria)
2008... International Biennial
of Miniature Art – Gornji Milanovac (Serbia)
...........
International Experimental Engraving Biennial – Mogoşoaia (Romania)
...........
International Biennial Now Art Now Future – Vilnius (Lithuania)
...........
Romanian Artist’s Exhibition – Madrid (Spain)
...........
International Workshop – Çanakkale (Turkey)
...........
International Mini Print and Ex Libris – Milano (Italy)
2009... International Painting
Camp – Tescani (Romania)
........... 20 Years Since The Romanian Revolution
– Budapest (Hungary)
2010... Alegorii budiste –
Timişoara (Romania)
...........
Alegorii budiste – Gărâna (Romania)
...........
Xilografía, Matriz Estilística 4 – Durango (México)
2011... Mnemosyning - Vino cu
mine în pădurea de mesteceni, Timisoara (Romania)
...........
Mnemosyning -Treehugers, Timişoara (România)
...........
ArtHouse Camp – Gărâna (România)
...........
Mnemosyning, ICR – Budapeste (Ungaria)
2012... International Exhibition of Calligraphy and Art of Penmanship –
Klaipedia (Lithuania)
.......... The Poethics of Politics – Varşovia (Poland)
.......... The Poethics of Politics – Varşovia (Poland)
.......... Xilografia, Matrice Stilistică 6 – Galaţi
(România)
.......... The First International Small Graphic Biennial
– Arad (Romania)
2013... Triennale Européenne
de L’estampe Contemporaine – Toulouse (France)
.......... Konfrontation
VI: Der Holzschnitt heute, Galerie 3 – Klagenfurt
(Austria)
.......... Portas
Abertas – Evora (Portugal)
..........
International Exhibition of Calligraphy and Art of Penmanship – Klaipedia
(Lithuania)
..........
Papergirl – Candal-Lousā (Portugal)
..........
Incubarte – Valencia (Spain)
.......... Premio
Murano, Scuola del Vetro Abate Zanetti – Murano (Italia)
2015... Awareness - Central Station Strasbourg (France)
.......... International
Printmaking Biennall – Douro (Portugal)
.......... Drawing
Triennial – Tallinn (Estonia)
.......... Second Silk Road International Arts Festival – Shanxi
(China)
.......... Tribuna Graphic, 6th edition – Cluj-Napoca
(Romania)
2016... Triennale Européenne
de L’estampe Contemporaine – Toulouse (France)
.......... Xilografia,
Matrice Stilistică, 10 years – Timișoara (România)
2018... The 6th International
Mini-Print Triennial 2018 – Tokyo (Japan)
2019... Ulsan International
Woodcut Print Biennial – Ulsan (North Korea)
NATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:
1992-1995 – Student Fest, Timişoara
1996 – Color-Print Engraving Salon, Iaşi
1998 – Annual Exhibition
at Visual Arts – UAP Timişoara
1999 – Annual Exhibition
at Visual Arts – UAP Timişoara
2000 – Annual Exhibition
at Visual Arts – UAP Timişoara
2001 – Annual Exhibition
at Visual Arts – UAP Timişoara
2002 – Annual Exhibition
at Visual Arts – UAP Timişoara
2003 – Annual Exhibition
at Visual Arts – UAP Timişoara
2004 – Annual Exhibition
at Visual Arts – UAP Timişoara
2004 – The Light, Timişoara
2005 – Annual Exhibition
at Visual Arts – UAP Timişoara
2005 – Utopia Festival, Timişoara
2006 – The Scene, Timişoara
2006 – Moldova Salon, Bacău-Chişinău
2006 – National Arts Salon, Bucureşti
2007 – The Path, Timişoara
2007 – Annual Exhibition
at Visual Arts – UAP Timişoara
2009 – Annual Exhibition
at Visual Arts – UAP Timişoara
2010 – Water and turbine, Timişoara
2010 – Annual Exhibition
at Visual Arts – UAP Timişoara
2011 – 10 years Retrospective exhibitio, Brancoveanu Palaces, Mogoşoaia
2011 – Romanian Graphic, Bucureşti
2011 – Romanian Graphic, Iaşi
2011
– Annual Exhibition at
Visual Arts – UAP Timişoara
2012
– Annual Exhibition at
Visual Arts – UAP Timişoara
2013
– Annual Exhibition at
Visual Arts – UAP Timişoara
2015
– Annual Exhibition at
Visual Arts – UAP Timişoara
2018 – Annual Exhibition at
Visual Arts – UAP Timişoara
2019 – Annual Exhibition at
Visual Arts – UAP Timişoara
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
1997 – Tescani, Bacău
1999 – Nouă group, Târgu Mureş
1999 – Graphium studio, Timişoara
2001 – Graphium studio, Timişoara
2003 – Graphium studio, Timişoara
2006 – Mraconia-Dubova camp, Timişoara
2007 – Mraconia-Dubova camp,
Timişoara
2008 – Timişoara
2008 – Woodcut – Stylistic matrix 2, Timişoara
2008 – Mentorul, master’s homage, Timişoara
2009 – Axe, Reşiţa
2009 – Axe, Hunedoara
2009 – Woodcut – Stylistic matrix 3, Timişoara
2009 – ONGfest, Bucureşti
2009 – Plai Festival, Timişoara
2009 – Mraconia-Dubova camp (retrospective), Timişoara
2009 – 20 Years Since The Romanian Revolution,Timişoara
2010 – 20 Years Since foundation of the Faculty of Arts and Design,
Timişoara
2010 – Mraconia-Dubova camp, Timişoara
2011 – Graţie şi forţă, in memoriam Cosmin Lungu, Timişoara
2011 – Visual Arts Teachers Salon, Timişoara
2012 – Art for sale, Timişoara
2012 – Visual Arts Teachers Salon, Timişoara
2013 – The prize winners Salon UAPT, Timişoara
2013 – Visual Arts Teachers Salon, Timişoara
2013 – New Angels, New, Timişoara
2015 – Artiști plastici din Banat, Budapesta
2015 – Jubilee 35 Graphium studio, Timişoara
2015 – Nexus, expoziția UAP Timișoara, Cluj Napoca
2016 – Unseen. Celebrating DADA, with grup Avantpost.ro, Galeria Helios,
Timișoara
2016 – Hidden Agenda, with group Avantpost.ro, Galeria Rezidența Scena 9,
București
2016 – Hidden Agenda, with group Avantpost.ro, Muzeul Temporar de Artă
Contemporană, Timișoara
2017 – Universe allowed, with group Avantpost.ro, at the Tower of the ex Fabrica
de Baterii / former Battery Factory Timisoara.
2019 – In Vitro Veritas, with group Avantpost.ro, at the Gara de Nord / Rail Station,Timisoara
2019 – De la Revoluție la
revoluții,, with group Avantpost.ro, at the tram depot, the future of space MultipleXity, TM21, Timisoara.
WORKSHOPS:
1997 – Tescani (Romania)
2004 – Gărâna (Romania)
2006 – Mraconia-Dubova
(Romania)
2007 – Mraconia-Dubova
(Romania)
2008 – Çanakkale (Turkey)
2009 – Tescani (Romania)
2010 – Mraconia-Dubova
(Romania)
2011 – Gărâna ArtHouse (Romania)
2012 – Gărâna ArtHouse (Romania)
ACTIVITIES:
- founding member
of the satirical newspaper Râsu’Plânsu’,
1990 – Timişoara http://ciprianchirileanu-art.blogspot.ro/2011/05/risu-plinsu.html
- satirical
drawings published in the local, national and international press (Universul – SUA), as well as taking part
in different contests of the kind (Cuba, Belgia, Brazilia, Franţa, Turcia şi
România) – 1990-1994, 1998
- initiator and
coordinator of the Students’ Arts Festival
Student Fest, 1992-’94 and
1997 – Timişoara http://ciprianchirileanu-art.blogspot.ro/2011/05/student-fest-1992-93-94-stextul-aferent.html
- initiator and
coordinator of the Painting Circle
with people under the custody of the Timisoara County Jail, 1998-2002 http://ciprianchirileanu-art.blogspot.ro/2011/05/cerc-de-pictura-cu-detinutii-1998-2001.html
- member of the
Humanitarian Association St. Peter and Paul, 2000-2002 – Timişoara
- initiator and
coordinator of the International Mini Print Biennial Graphium, 2004, 2006 – Timişoara
- literary debut, Orient Latin magazine, 2006 – Timişoara
- member of the
jury at the Annual Exhibition of Visual Arts, 2006 – Timişoara
- art chronicles in
Renaşterea Bănăţeană, Paralela 45 supplement, 2007-2009 –
Timişoara http://ciprianchirileanu.blogspot.com
- literary text in
the Science Fiction Almanac, 2008 –
Timişoara
- member of the
jury at the International Biennial of Experimental Engraving, 2008 – Mogoşoaia www.experimentalproject.ro http://ciprianchirileanu-art.blogspot.ro/2011/06/ieeb-2008.html
- curator of the Annual Exhibition
of Visual Arts – UAP Timişoara, 2010, 2011,
2012, 2013
- member of the
jury at the Exhibition of Romanian
Graphic, 2011, UAP România – Bucureşti
- curator of The prize winners Salon UAPT, Timişoara,
2013-2016
- initiator and
coordinator of the project Plăci
comemorative dedicate personalităţilor artei plastice din Timişoara (Commemorative
plaques dedicated to fine art figures - Timişoara) – Timişoara, 2013, 2014,
2015
- initiator and
coordinator of the international project Diplomatic Art, since 2014 – Timişoara
- member of the
jury at the Annual Exhibition of Visual Arts, 2017 – Timişoara
- coordinator of the European Echoes Consulart, with Diplomatic Art Association and Timisoara2021
- coordinator of the European Echoes Consulart, with Diplomatic Art Association and Timisoara2021
Critical comments signed by:
Coriolan Babeţi, http://ciprianchirileanu-art.blogspot.ro/2013/12/coriolan-babeti-timisoara-tinerilor.html
Maria Magdalena
Crişan, http://ciprianchirileanu-art.blogspot.ro/2011/06/maria-magdalena-crisan.html
Livius George Ilea,
http://ciprianchirileanu-art.blogspot.ro/2011/06/vasile-ilea-exploatarea-filonului-de.html
Ciprian Radovan, http://ciprianchirileanu-art.blogspot.ro/2011/06/ciprian-radovan-xms-2.html
Maria Orosan Telea, http://www.revistaorizont.ro/arhiva/iunie2018.pdf
Distinctions and Awards:
- 1993 – 2nd Prize
at the International Golden Apple
Humour Festival, Bistriţa-Năsăud, Romania
- 2006 – Corneliu Baba effigy of homage awarded
by the Culture, Cult and National Cultural Patrimony Department Timiş,
Timişoara, Romania
- 2012 – Ultramarine Travel Agency Award, Annual Exhibition of
Visual Arts - UAP Timişoara, Romania
- 2018
– Diploma of Excellence / Diplomă de Excelență, Gala Excelenței 2018 – offered by the City Hall
Timișoara
Works in museum collections:
Palatele Brâncovenești, Mogoșoaia
Muzeul de Artă Vizuală, Galaţi
Muzeul de Artă
Cluj-Napoca
Muzeul de Artă Arad
Works in private collections:
Albania, Austria,
Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, U.S.A. and Romania.
- articles,
chronicles or interviews about his personal artistic activity, in the written
and audio-visual local and national press, starting with 1990
Address:
12 A. Popovici St.,
Timişoara – 300050, Romania, tel: +040721 60 30
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