TRAIAN STEFAN BOICESCU

PERSONAL DATA
Born on 31st of October 1957, in Râmnicu Vâlcea

STUDIES
1989 Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts, Bucharest, Faculty of Fine and Decorative Arts
2006 Master in management, Constantin Brâncoveanu University

AFFILATION
Member of: Romanian Fine Artists' Union (U. A. P.);
International Association of Art AIAP-UNESCO;
Member of: VISARTA;
Maison Culturelle Belgo-Roumaine, Brussels;
International Society for Education Trough Art, INSEA;
Accomplishments: tapestry, painting, graphic.

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS (selection)
1979, 1982, 1996, 2001 Artex Gallery, Râmnicu Vâlcea;
1999-2005 M.C.B.R Arthis Gallery, Brussels, Belgium;
2000 Caminul-Artei Gallery, Bucharest;
2000 Neupre Gallery, Namur, Belgium;
2001 C.C.René Magritte Gallery, Lessines, Belgium;
2003 Cozia Gallery, Hamme, Belgium;
2003 Halles Gallery, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium;
2004 Romanian Mission to the European Community, Brussels, Belgium;
2005, 2006 Shaerbeek Cultural Centre, Brussels, Belgium;

NATIONAL EXHIBITIONS (selection)
1989 graduation exhibition, The Museum of Ceramic and Glass, Bucharest;
1989-2011 Artex Gallery, Râmnicu Vâlcea;
1989 Students' Art Festival, Dalles Hall, Bucharest; Youth Biennial, Dalles Hall, Bucharest; The Exhibition of Decorative Arts, Dalles Hall, Bucharest;
1990 The Youth Exhibition, National Theatre, Bucharest;
1991 Decorative Art Show, National Theatre, Bucharest;
1993 The Youth Exhibition, National Theatre, Bucharest; National Decorative Art Show, Cotroceni National Museum, Bucharest;
1994 Triennial Tapestry Exhibition, The Romanian Parliament, Bucharest;
1996 The Tapestry Show, Museum of Contemporary Art, Gala?i; Moldavian Show, Museum of Art, Bacau;
1997-1998 South Show, Museum of Art, Râmnicu Vâlcea;
2000 Painters from Vâlcea-county, The Romanian Parliament, Bucharest;
2002-2008 Biennial of Fine Arts Ion Andreescu, Buzau;
2003, 2007-2010 National Decorative Arts Show, Cotroceni National Museum, Bucharest;
2005 Painters from Vâlcea-county, Museum of Art, Drobeta-Turnu-Severin; Painters from Vâlcea-county, Apollo Gallery, Bucharest;
2006 National Art Show, The Romanian Parliament, Bucharest;
2007-2008 Triennial of Textile Arts, itinerant exhibition, Maria Filotti Theatre, Braila; Museum of Visual Art, Gala?i; National Museum of Agriculture, Slobozia; Museum of Art, Craiova; Museum of History, Râmnicu Vâlcea; Museum of Art, Cluj;
2007-2009 Decorative and Fine Arts Show, International Festival George Enescu, The Palace Hall, Bucharest;
2007-2009 Grup 4, itinerant exhibition: Museum of History, Râmnicu Vâlcea; County Museum, Slobozia; Caminul-Artei Gallery, Bucharest; Museum of Visual Arts, Galati; CEC Center, Sibiu; Museum of Art, Constan?a; European Theatre Festival, Maria Filotti Theatre, Braila; Museum of Art, Cluj; Museum of Art, Baia Mare, Apollo Gallery, Bucharest
2008 Tapestry, Museum of Visual Arts, Galati;
2009 Natural Science Centre, Galati; Biennial of Visual Art BAPALARV, Artex Gallery, Râmnicu Vâlcea; Biennial of Fine Art Lascar Vorel, Museum of Art, Piatra Neamt;
2010 Still Life, Artex Gallery, Râmnicu Vâlcea; Medieval Hypostasis, Grand Hotel Sofianu, Râmnicu Vâlcea; Men-artists in Romanian textile art, Museum of Art, Constantta; The County Museum of History, Râmnicu Vâlcea; Orizont Gallery, Bucharest; The County Museum Aurelian Sacerdo?eanu, Bacau; Moldavian Shows, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bacau;
2011 Grup 4+2, Museum of Visual Arts, Galati; Museum of Art, Constanta; Artex Gallery, Râmnicu Vâlcea; Forma Gallery, Deva; The County Museum Aurelian Sacerdoteanu, Bacau; Men-artists in Romanian textile art, National Museum Centre, Iasi;

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS (selection)
1989 Mail Art Exhibition, Monferrato, Italy;
1994 Galerie Arcades, Antibes, France;
1994-1996 Galerie L'Europe des Beaux Arts, Antibes, France;
1995-1996 Galerie du Port, Marseille, France;
1989-1998 Exhibition of Miniature, Galleria del Bello, Toronto, Canada;
1996 Moldavian Exhibition Show, Museum of Art, Chisinau, Republic of Moldavia;
1996 Salon des Rubans Bleus, National Award of Merit, Hauts-De-Seine, Meudon;
1996-1997 Spatial Art Show Espace Vision, Sofitel Hotel, Bucharest; Museum of Art Collections, Bucharest;
1997, 2000, 2003, 2006 International Triennial Exhibition of Textile Arts, Apollo Gallery, Bucharest; 2000 Centre of Exhibitions, Shanghai, China;
2001 De Zeyp Gallery, Brussels, Belgium; Internet Gallery "easteuroart.com";
2004 Romanian Artists, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium;
2005 Artists from Vâlcea-county, Museum of Art Kromeriz, The Czech Republic;
2005 Mini Art, IAA/AIAP to UNESCO, Berlin, Germany;
2006-2007 The Romanian Institute of Culture, Madrid, Spain;
2007 Municipal Gallery, Ciudad Real-La Mancha, Spain;
2010 Moldavian Show, Constantin Brâncu?i Exhibition Centre, Chisinau, Republic of Moldavia;

SYMPOSIUMS
1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2005, 2010: N.Balcescu, Bradi?or, Cozia, Colibi?a, Voina-Câmpulung;

AWARDS
1989 First Prize at The Festival of Art and Students' Creation, Bucharest
2000, 2002 Excellency Prize, awarded by Cultural Foundation Vâlcea 1
2000 Diploma of Honor, awarded by Cultural Society Anton Pann, Râmnicu Vâlcea;
2002 "Man of the Year", The American Biographical Institute Board of International Research
2004 "Commander" of the National Order of Cultural Merit
2005 International Peace Prize, awarded by The United Cultural Convention of The United States of America
2006 The Prize for Tapestry (haute-lisse), awarded by Romanian Fine Artists' Union, at Triennial of Textile Art, Vth edition, Bucharest
2007 Excellency Prize Constantin Iliescu, awarded by Valcea 1 Foundation

PUBLIC WORKS
Tapestry, Center Hall, The Romans' Emperor Hotel, Sibiu;
Bridges over Danube, tapestry, Slobozia Museum;
Rhythms, mosaic, High school of Art, Râmnicu Vâlcea;
Interferences, tapestry, Marguerite Marie High school, Verosvres, France

WORKS IN STATE AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Romania, Great Britain, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Belgium, Canada, Spain, U.S.A.

WORKS IN MUSEUMS
Museum of Vâlcea County, Râmnicu Vâlcea; The National Museum of Agriculture, Slobozia; Cotroceni National Museum, Bucharest; The Art Collection of the Chamber of Deputies, Bucharest.

SELECTIVE CRITICAL REFERENCES
1989 Dan Grigorescu, Arta, art bulletin, Bucharest;
1996 Petre Petria, Scientists, Men of Culture and Arts, CONPHIS-Publishing;
2000 Adrian Silvan Ionescu, The Galleries' Journal, Radio Cultural;
2000 Dan Grigorescu, Aurelia Mocanu, Horia Avram, Constantin Mateescu, Encyclopedia of Contemporary Romanian Artists, ARC 2000-Publishing, Bucharest;
1999-2008 Tatiana Benchia Paraschiv, Carmen Leliana Hopartean, Quoi De Neuf?, Brussels, Belgium;
2002 Alexandru Chira, Grai, magazine of literature and art
2003 Adrian-Silvan Ionescu, Visual Arts,TVR2
2003 Remarkable event, Observatorul Cultural Magazine, no. 218/ 2003
2008 Who's who, Encyclopedia of Romanian Personalities, Switzerland