Ana Zoe POP (b. 1953, Oradea), sculptor. In 1977 she graduated from the ”Ion Andreescu” Institute of Fine Arts, Cluj-Napoca, Department of sculpture. She get a PhD in Fine Arts at West University from Timisoara and she is accredited expert by the Ministry of Culture - specialty of Romanian sculpture of 19th - 20th centuries and specialty of sculpture conservation. In 1992 she won the Hungarian Artists Union Award at the Symposium in Sóstói. In 2002 she won the prize for reorganizing the Modern Art Gallery, awarded by the Ministry of Culture.
Education:
2010 - PhD in Fine Arts, West University – Timisoara
2002 - Accredited expert by the Ministry of Culture - specialty of sculpture conservation
2001 - Accredited expert by the Ministry of Culture - Romanian sculpture specialty sec. XIX-XX
1978- 2012 - Curator conservative, Romanian Modern Art Department at National Museum of Art
1977-1978 - Specialization in carving the Institute of Fine Arts ”Ion Andreescu”, Cluj
1973-1977 - Institute of Fine Arts ”Ioan Andreescu” Cluj, Department of Sculpture
Awards:
2002 - Award for reorganizing the Modern Art Gallery, granted by the Ministry of Culture
1995 - Margareta Sterian Award – Margareta Sterian Retrospective Exhibition
1992 - Hungarians Artists Union Award, Solstoi
Personal Exhibitions:
2015 - Senso Gallery, Bucharest
2014 - Art Museum, Tulcea
2013 - Art Museum, Constanta
2010 - Triade Gallery, Timisoara
2010 - Delta Gallery, Arad
2009 - Union Museum, Alba Iulia
2008 - Veroniki Gallery, Bucharest
2006 - Simeza Gallery, Bucharest
2005 - Sabina & Jean Negulesco Gallery, Bucharest
2002 - Mogosoaia Palace, Bucharest
2002 - Cris Country Museum, Oradea
2001 - History Museum, Aiud, Alba
1994 - Simeza Gallery, Bucharest
1993 - Moderne Kunst Gallery, Erlangen, Germany
1992 - Romanian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
1992 - Home Art Gallery, Bucharest
1990 - Home Art Gallery, Bucharest
1985 - Linden Inn Gallery, Bucharest
1977 - New Gallery, Oradea
Group Exhibitions:
2016 - Drawing & Sculpture, National Museum of Maps and Books, Constanta
- Ex Libris Exhibition, Tribute to Brancuşi – National Museum of History and Archeology, Constanta
- Avramide’s House, ICEM Tulcea
- National Museum of Maps and Old Books, Bucharest
- Annual of Religious Fine Arts and Restoration, National Village Museum, Bucharest
- ”Grounds”, National Salon of Arts, Brancusi Hall, Bucharest
- ”Maiastra. Sanziene”, Galateca Gallery, Bucharest
- ”Inter-Art”, National Library of Romania, Bucharest
2015 - ”Meeting Point”, Delta Gallery, Arad
- National Biennial of Small Sculpture ”Bronze Age”, 4th Edition, Art Museum, Cluj
- Fine Art Exbition, Astra Salons, 3rd Edition, Sibiu
- Spring Exhibition, National Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Bucharest
2014 - ”Grounds” - National Salon of Arts, 5th Edition, Constantin Brancusi Hall, Palace of Parliament, Bucharest
- Fall Salon, Constantin Brancusi Gallery, Palace of Parliament, Bucharest
- Arts in Bucharest , Simeza Gallery, Bucharest
- Winter Salon, Simeza Gallery, Bucharest
2013 - The Arts of Fire, Museum of Art, Cluj - Bistrita
- Contemporary Art Exhibition, Astra Museum, Sibiu
- Stone carving and engraving, Simeza Gallery, Bucharest
- ”Grounds” - National Salon of Arts, 4th Edition, Constantin Brancusi Gallery, Palace of Parliament, Bucharest
- International Biennial of Small Graphics, Delta Gallery, Arad
- Small Sculpture Salon, Simeza Gallery, Bucharest
2012 - Arts in Bucharest, National University of Arts, Bucharest
- ”FemArt” Exhibition, Art House, Bucharest
- Spring Salon,”Inter-Art” Exhibition, Aiud, Alba
- Bucharest Salons, Art House, Bucharest
- Winter Salon,”Inter-Art”, Aiud, Alba
- Sculpture Salon, Simeza Gallery, Bucharest
- Drawings of Sculptors Salon, Simeza Gallery, Bucharest
- Itinerant Exhibition, Moldova Galleries, Iasi-Chisinau
- Biennal ”Meeting point”, Delta Gallery, Arad
- ”A decade of explorations in art”, Brancoveanu Palaces, Mogosoaia
- ”Unexpected mix of art works”, Veroniki Art Gallery, Bucharest
2011 - ”Sacred Art”, Art House, Bucharest
- Fall Salon, Bucharest
- Art Biennial from Arad, ”Meeting Point”, 3rd Edition, Itinerant Exhibition - Hungary, Czech Republic and Croatia, Simeza Gallery, Bucharest
- ”A decade of exploration in Romanian Art”, Mogosoaia Palace, Bucharest
2010-2011 - Small Sculpture Salon, Bucharest
2010 - ”Sacred”, Orizont Gallery, Bucharest
- ”Camino doloroso”, Dana Gallery, Iasi
- ”European Bridges”, Art Museum, Constanta
2009 - Art Biennial from Arad, ”Meeting Point”, 2nd Edition, Itinerant Exhibition - Hungary, Czech Republic and Croatia, Bucharest
2004 - Drawings of Sculptors, Orizont Gallery, Bucharest
2003 - Contemporary Sculpture, Apollo Gallery, Bucharest
2002 - Inter-Art Galleries, Aiud, Alba
2002 - Inter-Art, Museum of Romanian Literature, Bucharest
2001 - Inter-Art, Museum of Romanian Literature, Bucharest
2001 - Inter-Art Galleries, Aiud, Alba
2000 - ”Horse - Myth and Reality”, Gamba Gallery, Bucharest
1991 - ”The possibilities of the surface”, Simeza Gallery, Bucharest
International exhibitions:
2011 - Inter-Art International Exhibition, Kutztown and Washington D.C., USA
- International Biennial, Cleo Gallery, Arad
2009 - International Art Exhibition ”Freedom Without Borders”, Time Gallery, Vienna, Austria
- Inter-Art International Exhibition, Kutztown and Washington D.C., USA
- ”Arts, Storks & Nature”, Salé, Morocco
- Collective International Art Exhibition, Scuola Civica di Arte Casa di Musica Latina, Italy
- ”Donne 52 amorose”, Scuola Civica di Arte Casa di Musica Latina, Italy
- International Artnetwork Autonomous Stream, Salzburg, Austria
- International Biennial, Cleo Gallery, Arad
2008 - International exhibition ”Inter-Art”, UN Headquarters, New York, USA
- International Exhibition of Contemporary Feminine Art ”European Bridges”, Marginalii Art Museum, Cluj
2007 - Symposium and International Exhibition of Feminine Art ”European Bridges - Tradition and Continuity”
- Contemporary Sacred Art, Cleo Gallery, Arad
2004 - ”Inter-Art”, Cairo, Egypt
2004 - ”Inter-Art”, Mumbai, India
2003 - ”Inter-Art”, City Gallery, Gyomaendrod, Hungary
- ”Inter-Art”, City Gallery, Bekescsaba, Hungary
- Drawings of Sculptors , Orizont Gallery, Bucharest
1999 - ”Dante in Romania”, Centro Dantesco dei Frati Minori Conventuali, Ravenna, Italy
1996 - Exhibition of graphics, Romanian Cultural Institute/Accademia di Romania, Rome
- ”Dantesca” International Biennial, 11th Edition, Ravenna, Italy
- ”Romanian Painting”, Western Gallery, Osaka, Japan
- International Artistic Salon, Sète, France
- Contemporary Romanian Art Exhibition, Paris, France
1992 - Grand Palais Saga, Paris, Franta
- Symposium of Sculpture in Bronze, City Gallery, Nyreghaza, Hungary
- ”Dantesca” International Biennial, 10th Edition, Ravenna, Italy
1991 - Young Romanian Artists, Szombathelyi, Hungary
- Romanian Art Exhibition ”Romania greets Europe”, Brussels, Belgium / Paris, France
- Romanian Art Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary
- ”Des Artistes pour des artistes”, Neuilly, France
- ”10 artistes à Paris Roumaines”, Paris, France
- ”L'art d'aujourd'hui à East Neuilly”, Paris, France
- ”Water, Light, Color”, Budapest, Hungary/Oradea
- Romanian Pavilion at the Universal Exhibition, Sevilla
1990 - Romanian Art Exhibition, Paris, France
- ”Dantesca" International Biennial, 9th Edition, Ravenna, Italy
1988 - ”Dantesca” International Biennial, 8th Edition, Ravenna, Italy
- Romanian Art Exhibition, Bratislava, Slovakia
Symposiums:
2015 - Wood, Arad
2001 - 2012 - Stone-Wood, Aiud
2005 - Wood, Blaj
2004 - Modeling Constanta
2001 – 2009 Stone, Aiud
2006 - Jewelry, Majdanpek, Serbia
2005 - Wood, Blaj
2004 - Bronze, Constanta
2003 - Wood, Bekescsaba, Hungary
2003 - Wood Gyomanrdrod, Hungary
2003 - Stone, Karantin, Turcia
1997 - Stone, Vata, Hunedoara
1995 - Wood, Trebiç, Czech Republic
1992 - Bronze, Sóstó, Hungary
1991 - Wood, Debrecen, Hungary
1990 - Wood, Soveja, Vrancea County
1988 - Stone, Macea, Arad
1987 - Stone, Covasna
1986 - Wood and stone, Saliste, Sibiu
1985 - Stone, Casoaia, Arad
Artworks in private collections:
National Contemporary Art Museum
Bucharest Museum
Tulcea Museum of Art
Triade Collection, Timisoara
Collection of ”Inter-Art” Foundation, Aiud
Collection of Fildas Foundation
National Museum of Art
Bibliography:
Romanian Sculptor’s Dictionary, XIX-XX Centuries, Romanian Academy Edition, Bucharest, 2012
