ana-maria panaitescu

Ana-Maria Panaitescu
born 1968, Bucharest, Romania

-1999: M.A. Universitatea de Arte Bucuresti (UNARTE)
-1997: B.A. in Art, Universitatea de Arte, Bucharest
-1997: Member of the Uniunea Artistilor Plastici, Painting (UAP-the Romanian artists’ union)
-Self-employed as painter, graphic artist and illustrator, photographer,
colorist in Adobe Photoshop for sites, illustrator for printing houses
-Scenography artist at UNATC (The Romanian University for Film and Theater)
-Both individual and group shows in galleries of the UAP and
other galleries in Romania and Europe
-Paintings, collages and photos in private collections from Europe and United States
-two artworks at MAMCO Pavel Susara, Bucharest, Romania
-1 artwork at the Art Museum Satu-Mare, Romania
-co-author of a Visual Arts Manual for 9th grade, Teora Press, Bucharest

Exhibitions:
-1995, The Municipal Art Gallery Bucharest
-1996, UNARTE Art Gallery
-1997, my license, Embassy of Mexico in Bucharest
-1998, Further studies exhibition, Atelier 35, The Union of Fine Artists
Gallery for young artists
-the yearly Municipal and National Painting Salons, in Bucharest, starting with
1998 and then 1999, 2000, 2001, etc
-The Small Fine Arts Salon", (9 editions around 2005-20015)
-Apollo Art Gallery, (private gallery), 2000, "ACCENTS", Bucharest
-"Portrait", Turda UAP Gallery, Bucharest, Romania, 1998
-The National Salon of Contemporary Art, Cities from Romania, 2012
-"The Seduction of Orient", the Museum of Ancient Maps, Bucharest, 2014
-Diverse Group Exhibition, Elite Art (private gallery), 2012, 2014, 20017
- In ALB. In NEGRU (In BLACK. In WHITE), Centrul Cultural ARCUB Bucharest,
The Union Of Fine Artists, together with The Bucharest Hall, August-September 2018
- PAVONE, Splendore della Vita, november 2018, Museo D'Arte Chieti, Italy
-May 2019, Group Caligraphy Exhibition at The Museum of National Literature, Bucharest
- The National Salon of Miniature, Bucharest, at MAMCO-Museum of Modern and
Contemporary Art (which it was this year 2019-2020 for the first time)
-24th of April-8th of May 2020, West meets East, A CULTURAL BOOK EXCHANGE 2020
-2-16 August 2020, Căminul Artei Gallery, The Center of Visual Arts Bucharest,
ALTERNATIVE 6 Exhibition, a small group exhibition together with 5 fellows
-NeoNlitic 2.0, a group exhibition with artists who lives in the area of the old
Cucuteni-Hamangia culture:
-Bulgaria, 9 – 16 octombrie 2020, Varna Regional Museum of History
-Ukraine, 24 – 31 October 2020, Cernăuţi, at Vernissage Gallery
-Romania,14 – 30 November 2020, Bucharest, MNIR (The Romanian National History Museum)
-"The Celebration of the Guid 2020", at Village Museum Bucharest, Romania,
October-November 2020
-Timișoara 2020 International Biennial of Miniature Art, BIAMT, November 2020
-November-December, The National Salon of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania,
2020, participation with textile miniature
-Immaginary Medieval Flags, at the Parliament Palace, Constantin Brancusi Hall,
Bucharest, Romania, participation with a flag 200/100 cm, December 2020-February 2021
-The National Salon of Painting 2020, Targu Mures, Romania, December 2020
-The Miniature Salon "Discover my tiny world", Cluj, participation with textile
miniature Romania, February 2021
-The National Salon of Small Fine Art, Braila, Romania, february-March 2021
-"Dragobete.art.ro", february-march 2021, online group exhibition
-"New Era_II", 31 of March-21st of April 202, online group exhibition
-"Tell me more", gallerya 118, May 4th-June 4th 2021, digital photo collage
-The Annual National Exhibition of Religious Art and Restoration, 2021,
The Village Museum Bucharest, Romania
-The itinerant group exhibition "Imaginary Medieval Flags",
June-August 2021, second edition, Bistrita-Nasaud Museum
-Saloanele Moldovei 2021
-International Biennial of Painting Chisinau, Art Museum Ch, isinau2021
-International Biennial of Painting, Art Museum Tulcea, 2021
-NeoNlitic 3, Romania, Serbia, Greece, 2021
-sarbatoarea-breslei.afaprr, 18 octombrie 2021
-Insemn tainic, UAP Satu-Mare
-Bienala de Pictura Lascar Vorel, Piatra-Neamt

My intention is to use just a few elements and see how much I can transmit
to people who are watching, in assamblage and in painting.
A kind of “less is more.”.