Raluca Ilaria DEMETRESCU (b. 1969, Bucharest), visual artist specialized in painting and graphics. In 1996 she graduated from the National University of Arts Bucharest, painting department. In 2001 she graduated from the Sorbonne University in Paris, Graduate Studies in Fine Arts (Diplome of Etudes Aproffondis en Arts Plastiques). She is PhD candidate in visual arts at the Sorbonne University, Paris. Since 1996 she has been a member of the Romanian Artists Union, the graphics branch. Scholarships and awards: 1994-1995 - Lucian Grigorescu scholarship; 1996 - 1st prize for painting awarded by the Artexpo Foundation together with Bucharest City Hall; 1996 - Artexpo Award, granted to young painters in the Dominus competition, Bucharest.
Education:
PhD candidate in Visual Arts, Sorbonne University, Paris
2001 - Master's Degree in Fine Arts, University of Sorbonne, Paris
1996 - National University of Arts, Bucharest
Membership:
1996 - Member of the Romanian Artists Union, Graphics Branch
Personal exhibitions:
2016 - ”Art in showcase”, drawing, Simeza Gallery, Bucharest
2015 - ”European Sights”, drawing, Alert Studio, Bucharest
2012 - ”Green Stiches”, drawing, Alert Studio, Bucharest
2012 - Graphics, Galleries of the Castle d'Audour, Dompierre les Ormes, France
2010 - Alert Studio along with Alina Buga and Catalin Burcea
2010 - Drawing and object, Galleries of the Castle d'Audour, Dompierre les Ormes, France
2009 - Alert Studio
2008 - Roll Up Studio along with Alina Buga
2007 - ”TRANS”, HT003 Gallery, Bucharest
2006 - Design and installation, Galateea Gallery, Bucharest
2004 - ”Open Doors” under the program ”Romanian Artists in Paris” within the Foreign Cultures Week, in the personal studio from Paris
2003 - Graphics, Drawing and Watercolor, Castle d'Audour Galleries, Dompierre les Ormes, France
2002 - Galleries of the Castle d'Audour, Dompierre les Ormes, France
2001 - Drawing, Castel d'Audour Galleries, Dompierre les Ormes, France
2000 - Graphics, Castel d'Audour Galleries, Dompierre les Ormes, France
1999 - Painting, Galleries of the Castle d'Audour, Dompierre les Ormes, France
1996 - Painting and Graphics, UNAgaleria, Bucharest
1995 - Painting, headquarters of Walter Thompson, Bucharest
1992 - Graphics, the headquarters of the Romanian Institute for the Protection of Human Rights, Bucharest (together with Cornelia Danet)
1990 - ”The Romanian Revolution”, photography, the headquarters of the National Christian and Democratic Party, Bucharest
Group exhibitions:
2015 - ”Man against life”, Galleries of the Plastic Fund, Bucharest
2007 - ”Pollution”, INTERart exhibition, Contemporary Art Museum, Miercurea Ciuc
2006 - Painting Salon, Brancovenesti Palace, Mogosoaia
2003 - ”Iosif Iser” Engraving Biennial, Prahova County Art Museum, Ploiesti
2002 - Bucharest Municipal Salon, Artexpo Galleries, Bucharest
2001 - Engraving, Galleries of the Book Athenaeum, Central University Library, Bucharest
2000 - The Official Salon of Arts, Apollo Gallery, Bucharest
1999 - ”Portraits-self-portraits”, Galla Gallery, Bucharest
1998 - ”The Nude Picture in Contemporary Romanian Art”, Galla Gallery, Bucharest
1997 - ”Iosif Iser” Engraving Biennial, Prahova County Art Museum, Ploiesti
1995 - ”Portrait in Contemporary Romanian Art”, Galla Gallery, Bucharest
1994 - Spring Salon, Artexpo Galleries, Bucharest
1993 - Young Artists' Salon, Artexpo Galleries, Bucharest
1992 - Engraving, Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan
1991 - Engraving, Museum of Modern Art, Osaka, Japan
1990 - Gravura, Santos Gallery, Santos, Brazil
1989 - Engraving, Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan
1988 - Painting, ”George Enescu” Cultural Center Gallery, Tescani, Romania