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Artist Statement:
I was born in Romania in 1980,
before the fall of the iron
curtain. My family and I
escaped Communism and
immigrated to the United
States in mid-1980’s which
shaped some of my earliest
memories. In 2002 I received a
BFA from the School of the Art
Institute of Chicago where my
work developed around the
broad theme of old and new
world nostalgia.
For the most part my work
deals with various aspects of
memory or recollection. The
images are usually nostalgic
in a very literal sense. The
word nostalgia is derived from
the Greek nostos, meaning
"return home," and algia,
meaning "pain." As an
immigrant, I wish to explore
the affects of assimilating
into another culture. Both the
joys and the hardships that
accompany wandering from one
country to another are evident
in the narratives.
The stories run the gamut of
human emotions and endeavors
and implicitly reference an
irrecoverable past. The
individuals, objects, and
locations have been trudged
over by the current of
history. They are the victims
of circumstance, pollution,
human depravity, misuse, war,
politics, and rebellion. The
stories are also of anonymous
antiheroes, political, and
social misfits cut down in
their youth or ...
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Exhibitions for Teodor Dumitrescu:
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Solo Exhibitions:
2008 Memorabilia, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Il Male Del Ritorno, Zelle Arte Contemporanea, Palermo, Italy
2004 Bella Noir, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2008
Art Chicago 2008, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
RE: vision, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007
Art Miami 2007, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Miami, FL
Two Person Exhibition, Division 9 Gallery, Riverside, CA
Art Chicago 2007, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006
Works on Paper, White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Art Chicago in the Park 2006, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005
Art Chicago 2005, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
It's All Relative, Space 237, Toledo, Ohio
Hotel of Happiness, Flint Park Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004
New Faces, Crossoads Gallery, South Bend, IL
Summer Love, Vision 9, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Gallery Artist Group Exhibition, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art Chicago 2004, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2003
Brilliant, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Inc., Chicago, IL
Art Chicago 2003, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Inc., Chicago, IL
Gallery Artist Group Exhibition, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Imagination, Art Spot, Atlanta, GA
2002
BFA Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
Fresh Meat, Seminal Gallery, Chicago, IL
About Looking at Things, Gescheidle, Chicago, IL
Affordable Art Fair, Gescheidle, Manhatten, New York City, NY
Publications:
http://www.flashartonline.it/NEWS/6_12_Jeff_Faerber.htm
http://www.balarm.it/Articoli/Vis.asp?IdArticolo=3195&IdCategoria=37
RE/Search Publications Newsletter, June 2006
Art Papers Magazine Jan/Feb 2003
http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/2003-08-21/arts_visualarts2.html
South Bend Tribune, December 19th, 2004
http://www.newyorkcool.com/archives/2005/April/arts_1.html
The Juggler, University of Notre Dame bi annual Arts and Literary Magazine, Winter 2005
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