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Raluca Ilaria DEMETRESCU (b. 1969, Bucharest), visual artist specialized in painting and graphics. In 1996 she graduated from the National University of Arts Bucharest, painting department. In 2001 she graduated from the Sorbonne University in Paris, Graduate Studies in Fine Arts (Diplome of Etudes Aproffondis en Arts Plastiques). She is PhD candidate in visual arts at the Sorbonne University, Paris. Since 1996 she has been a member of the Romanian Artists Union, the graphics branch. Scholarships and awards: 1994-1995 - Lucian Grigorescu scholarship; 1996 - 1st prize for painting awarded by the Artexpo Foundation together with Bucharest City Hall; 1996 - Artexpo Award, granted to young painters in the Dominus competition, Bucharest.

Education:

PhD candidate in Visual Arts, Sorbonne University, Paris

2001 - Master's Degree in Fine Arts, University of Sorbonne, Paris

1996 - National University of Arts, Bucharest

Membership:

1996 - Member of the Romanian Artists Union, Graphics Branch

Personal exhibitions:

2016 - ”Art in showcase”, drawing, Simeza Gallery, Bucharest

2015 - ”European Sights”, drawing, Alert Studio, Bucharest

2012 - ”Green Stiches”, drawing, Alert Studio, Bucharest

2012 - Graphics, Galleries of the Castle d'Audour, Dompierre les Ormes, France

2010 - Alert Studio along with Alina Buga and Catalin Burcea

2010 - Drawing and object, Galleries of the Castle d'Audour, Dompierre les Ormes, France

2009 - Alert Studio

2008 - Roll Up Studio along with Alina Buga

2007 - ”TRANS”, HT003 Gallery, Bucharest

2006 - Design and installation, Galateea Gallery, Bucharest

2004 - ”Open Doors” under the program ”Romanian Artists in Paris” within the Foreign Cultures Week, in the personal studio from Paris

2003 - Graphics, Drawing and Watercolor, Castle d'Audour Galleries, Dompierre les Ormes, France

2002 - Galleries of the Castle d'Audour, Dompierre les Ormes, France

2001 - Drawing, Castel d'Audour Galleries, Dompierre les Ormes, France

2000 - Graphics, Castel d'Audour Galleries, Dompierre les Ormes, France

1999 - Painting, Galleries of the Castle d'Audour, Dompierre les Ormes, France

1996 - Painting and Graphics, UNAgaleria, Bucharest

1995 - Painting, headquarters of Walter Thompson, Bucharest

1992 - Graphics, the headquarters of the Romanian Institute for the Protection of Human Rights, Bucharest (together with Cornelia Danet)

1990 - ”The Romanian Revolution”, photography, the headquarters of the National Christian and Democratic Party, Bucharest

Group exhibitions:

2015 - ”Man against life”, Galleries of the Plastic Fund, Bucharest

2007 - ”Pollution”, INTERart exhibition, Contemporary Art Museum, Miercurea Ciuc

2006 - Painting Salon, Brancovenesti Palace, Mogosoaia

2003 - ”Iosif Iser” Engraving Biennial, Prahova County Art Museum, Ploiesti

2002 - Bucharest Municipal Salon, Artexpo Galleries, Bucharest

2001 - Engraving, Galleries of the Book Athenaeum, Central University Library, Bucharest

2000 - The Official Salon of Arts, Apollo Gallery, Bucharest

1999 - ”Portraits-self-portraits”, Galla Gallery, Bucharest

1998 - ”The Nude Picture in Contemporary Romanian Art”, Galla Gallery, Bucharest

1997 - ”Iosif Iser” Engraving Biennial, Prahova County Art Museum, Ploiesti

1995 - ”Portrait in Contemporary Romanian Art”, Galla Gallery, Bucharest

1994 - Spring Salon, Artexpo Galleries, Bucharest

1993 - Young Artists' Salon, Artexpo Galleries, Bucharest

1992 - Engraving, Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan

1991 - Engraving, Museum of Modern Art, Osaka, Japan

1990 - Gravura, Santos Gallery, Santos, Brazil

1989 - Engraving, Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan

1988 - Painting, ”George Enescu” Cultural Center Gallery, Tescani, Romania