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Virgil Preda works through a direct and expressive pictorial language, where gesture, texture and material presence define the image. His compositions emerge from a continuous process of construction and erasure, retaining the energy of their making. His work is marked by a sustained engagement with materiality and the physical act of painting.

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​​Biography

 

Born in 1923 September 2nd, Bucharest, Romania, died in 2011 October 23, Bucharest, Romania.

 

Studies:

Free Academy of Art “Guguianu”, Bucharest 1948.

Law studies at Bucharest University, Faculty of Law, between 1943 and 1947.

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Solo shows Romania and abroad:

2015 - 2016 - Colony Art Gallery, Romania (National) 

2014 – Colony Art Gallery, Romania (National)

2008 – Luchian 12 Gallery, Bucharest, Romania (National)

2001 – Simeza Gallery, Bucharest, Romania (National)

1996 – Brazilian Embassy, Bucharest, Romania (National)

1994 – Painting exhibition “Simeza” Gallery, Bucharest, Romania (National)

1990 – Painting exhibition: attitude dialogue “Orizont” Gallery, Bucharest, Romania (National)

1985 – Painting exhibition “Orizont” Gallery, Bucharest, Romania (National)

1983 – Italian Cultural Institute, Bucharest, Romania (National)

1979 – Romano Galiery Agrigento, Italy (International)

1978 – Eforie Gallery, Bucharest, Romania (National)

1977 – Raffadali Gallery, Raffadali, Italy (International)

1975 – Painting exhibition “Eforie” Gallery Bucharest, Romania (National)

1969 – Orizont Gallery, Bucharest, Romania (National)

1965 – Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, Romania (National)

 

Group shows in state and abroad:

1992 – Steven Metzier Gallery, Denver Colorado, USA (International)

1990 – “Orizont” Gallery, Bucharest, Romania (National)

1986 – “Orizont” Gallery, Bucharest, Romania (National)

1985 – Exhibition 18 Painters from Romania Rotour Tamnusanlage 18 Gallery Frankfurt am Main, Germany (International)

1984 – “Orizont” Gallery, Bucharest, Romania (National)

1984 – Romanian Academy Gallery, Rome, Italy (International)

1984 – Exhibition at Academia Romena di Cultura, Roma, Italy (International)

1983 – “Căminul Artei” Gallery, Bucharest, Romania (National)

1973 – “Romanian Contemporary Art”, Venice, Italy (International)

1971 – “Apollo” Gallery Bucharest, Romania (National)

1969 – Romanian art exhibition Prague, Czechoslovakia (International)

1968 – Romanian art exhibition Orly, France (International)

 

Private collections:

Romania, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Hungary, Japan, U.S.A.