I am an engineer by training and I recently became a self-taught artist.
After I finished University in Romania, I worked as a programming, physics and chemistry substitute teacher, then as a programming analyst and moved to public relations until I immigrated to Canada. Here I started working in software testing, then engineering and project management until I left the corporate world and decided to focus on art.
I was always called by art and enjoyed painting and drawing but I never dedicated any serious time and attention to it until after that.
My working experience in the field of art is:
Co-chair - Visual Arts / Thompson Festival of the Arts (TFA) Between 2010-2015
“Thompson Festival of the Arts (TFA) has been running in Thompson for more than 40 years and features children of all ages in five artistic disciplines.”
Co-chair - Organizational Committee / Northern Juried Art Show (NJAS) in 2014 and 2019
Volunteer / Northern Juried Art Show (NJAS) in 2023
Volunteer / Mall of The Arts - ongoing
“Northern Juried Art Show (NJAS) has been also running in Manitoba for more than 40 years and it is an art competition adjudicated by professional artists from across the province. It is open to artists who permanently reside in Northern Manitoba, north of the 53rd parallel, including Creighton and Denare Beach, Saskatchewan.”
Awards:
Northern Juried Exhibition (NJE) 2018 – 3rd place in photography (with “Solstice Gathering”)
Northern Juried Art Show (NJAS) 2019 – 2nd place in photography (with “Eat Your Veg!”)
Northern Juried Art Show (NJAS) 2023 – 2nd place in photography (with “Inception”)
Northern Juried Art Show (NJAS) 2023 – honourable mention in painting (with “New Moon Wisdom”)
Shows:
Northern Juried Art Show (NJAS) 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2023 and 2024