Adrian PIRVU (b. 1963 in Bucharest), sculptor. In 1992 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bucharest, Department of sculpture. He is currently Associate Professor and Head of Department at the National University of Arts in Bucharest, Department of sculpture. He won numerous awards including: 1994 and 1999 - Youth Award for sculpture awarded by the Bucharest City Hall and the Romanian Union of Plastic Artists (UAP), UAP Critics Award (1997), UAP Youth Award (1998), Award for sculpture granted by the Bucharest City Hall and UAP (2001).
Education:
1992 - Academy of Fine Arts Bucharest, Departament of Sculpture
Scholarships:
1993 - Theodor Aman Scholarship
Awards:
2001 - Sculpture Award granted by the Bucharest City Hall and UAP
1999 - Sculpture Award granted by the Romanian Union of Plastic Artists
1998 - Youth Award granted by the Romanian Union of Plastic Artists
1997 - Critics Award granted by the Romanian Union of Plastic Artists
1994 - Youth Award for sculpture granted by the Bucharest City Hall and the Romanian Union of Plastic Artists
Group Exhibitions:
2007 - National Salon, Bucharest
2007 - Sculptor’s drawings Exhibition, Bucharest
2007 - Simeza Gallery, Bucharest
2007 - Small Sculpture Salon, Bucharest
2006 - Sculpture Salon, Targu Jiu
2005 - Small Sculpture Salon, Bucharest
2004 - Municipal Exhibition, Bucharest
2003 - Contemporary Art Exhibition, Contemporary Art Museum, Bucharest
2002 - Municipal Exhibition, Bucharest
2001 - Municipal Exhibition, Bucharest
2000 - Municipal Exhibition, Bucharest
1998 - Colective Exhibition, Catacomba Gallery, Bucharest
1997 - ”People of colorful wood”, Catacomba Gallery, Bucharest
1992-2007 Sculpture and drawing exhibitions in Bucharest and around the country
International Exhibitions:
2000 - International Art Fair, Hanovra, Germany
1999 - Munchen, Germania
1999 - ”Sacred Art”, organized by Anastasia Fundation, Roma Italia
1998 - Budapest -Mucsarnok, Ungaria, organized by Anastasia Fundation
1994 - Bonn, Germania
Monumental Artworks:
2007 - Five monumental portraits of rulers for the Rulers' Alley from Targoviste
2004 - Monumental portrait of Iosif Sava
Since 1993 he has participated to important monument projects: Sailors' Monument, Iancu de Hunedoara, Emil Dandea, Stefan cel Mare- equestrian, Mihai Viteazu- equestrian
Symposiums:
2009 - International Camp - marble, Brasil
2007 - International Camp - marble, Brasil
2006 - International Camp - marble, Brasil
2004 - International Camp - marble, Brasil
2001 - International Camp - granite, China
2000 - Marble, Baia Mare
1999 - Marble, Bucuresti
1997 - Drawing, Calarasi
1987 - Wood, Slanic Moldova
Artworks in collections:
2001, 1999, 1998, 1997 - Anastasia Foundation and Ministry of Culture
Scenography artworks:
Big dimensions artworks made from polystyrene and glass fiber in Dresda, Rostok, Hamburg, Berlin and Wien
