MIRCEA POPESCU

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         16 River Drive, Trenton NJ 08618, mpopescu099@gmail.com, 609 516 1359                                    

                                                                

Visual artist with work recognized in major artistic events, such as Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil, and with work selected in international exhibitions in the United States, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Hungary and Romania

 

                                                                 Education

 

1979 - Nicolae Grigorescu, Institute of Fine Arts, Bucharest University, Bucharest, Romania

Diploma

1973 - Nicolae Tonitza, School of Fine Arts, Bucharest, Romania

Diploma                                       

 

                                                        Professional Experience

 

Drexel University   - Philadelphia, PA                                                                    

   

2001 - 2019 - Associate Professor, adjunct faculty member. - Visual Studies, foundation courses, Design I, Design II and Design III.

 

Mercer County Community College – West Windsor, NJ

 

1996 – 2019- Associate Professor, adjunct faculty member- Visual Studies, Drawing,

Two Dimensional Design.

 

                                                               Solo Exhibitions

 

2014 –LAYERS, Art on the Avenue Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, drawing, painting, prints and sculpture.

 

2001 - “Process, Innovation and Construction” Gallery at Summit Bancorp, Princeton, NJ, drawing, painting and mixed media sculpture.                                                                                         

 

2000 - “Mythologies” East West Gallery, New York, NY, mixed media sculpture, painting and drawings.

                 

1996 - “ Process”, Constandine Gallery, Stuart Day School, Princeton, NJ, mixed media sculpture, outdoor installation, painting, mixed media on paper.

 

1993 - “The Family” Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY, mixed media sculpture.                             Cast aluminum, wood, steel, stone, plaster, stoneware and canvas.

 

1991 - “Object” Simeza Gallery, Bucharest, Romania, - functional objects, glass, aluminum

                      

1988 - “Installation II” Municipal Museum of Bucharest, large installation, clay, hay, wood.

 

1982 - “Installation I” Orizont Gallery, Bucharest, large installation of ceramic objects.                

 

                                              Selected International Group Exhibitions

 

1991 - The 21st International Biennial of Contemporary Arts, Sao Paulo, Brazil, “ Man on his own shoulders”, installation, performance. clay, wood, lead, fabric.                                              

 

1991 - “Configura” Biennial of Decorative Arts, Erfurt, Germany, ceramic sculpture.                      

 

1991 - “Romanian Artists” Brussels, Belgium, ceramic sculpture.                                                      

 

1989, 1987, 1985, 1983 - International Juried Ceramic Sculpture Competition, Pro-Tadino, Italy.              

 

1988 - International Ceramic Sculpture Triennial, Subotica, Yugoslavia                                            

 

1987 - “Dantesque” International Small Sculpture Biennial, Ravena, Italy                                        

 

                                                       International Creative Symposia

 

 1992 - International Woodcarving Creative Symposium, Kemijarvi, Finland.                                   

 

1992 - International Ceramics Symposium, OICS, Oslo, Norway.                                                     

 

1986 - International Ceramics Symposium, Syklos, Hungary.                                                            

 

                                                             Selected  Group Shows

 

2012 RSVP 2012 LG Tripp Gallery, Philadelphia PA

 

2014, 2011, 2010, 2007, 2004, 1998, 1997 - Mercer County Artists. MCCC Gallery, West Windsor, NJ                  

 

2010, 2009, 2008, 2011, Drexel University Annual Exhibition

                                                                                              

1995, 1994 - Annual Fall Exhibition, Phillips Mill, New Hope, PA                                                

 

1994 - “Obsession and reflection”, Riverrun Gallery, Lambertville, NJ                                             

 

1993 - “About Angels”, Lexington Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ.                                                          

 

1993 - “The Mirror of the Mind”, 101 Wooster Street Galleries, New York, NY                              

 

                                                                   Collections

 

Museum of Ceramic Art, Faenza, Italy, ceramic objects.

 

Museum of Modern Art, Pecs, Hungary, ceramic objects.

 

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, ceramic sculpture.

 

Contemporary Art Museum, Bucharest, Romania, mixed media sculpture.

 

 

                                                                      Awards

 

1997 - Juror’s Merit Award, Mercer County Artists, Juror John Goodyear.                                       

           

1994 - Special Patrons Award for Sculpture, Annual Art Exhibition, Phyllis Mill, PA.                      

 

1991 - Award for Excellence in Art for the year 1991, Romanian Association of Artists.