Inversion-gravitationnelle-01 - pochoirs (2001) Drawing by Barbu Nitescu

BEARDED ANDREI NITESCU

STUDIES AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITY

Born December 3, 1942, in Bucharest Romania

1964: Graduated from the Pedagogical Institute of Plastic Arts in Bucharest (Romania)
1964: Admission to the Union of Plastic Artists of Romania (UAP).
1965: Organizes his first personal exhibition at the headquarters of the UAP
1968: Documentation trips to the Soviet Union (Moscow, kyiv, Leningrad and Riga)
1969: Takes part in the International Painting Symposium in Poland
1969 to 1970: Participates in a large number of group exhibitions around the world.
1970 From this year, he creates the concept of variable art: sculptures and paintings whose structures allow spectators to infinitely modify their forms, which brings the role of the spectator closer to that of the creator.
1976: The Romanian communist authorities push him into exile as a punitive measure for the speaking out of his older sister, Ms. Sanda Nitesco (herself a painter and art columnist), on the “Radio Free Europe” station. After his expulsion, his artistic works were either confiscated or lost.
1976: Arrives in France where he acquires the status of political refugee, a status he keeps until the political changes of 1989-1990.
1977: Becomes a member of the Maison des Artistes
1978: Admission to the Cité Internationale des Arts. In the collective studio of the Cité des Arts he continues the work of study and realization of sculptures and variable paintings and also works of decorative art and furnishings. His creations were presented to the public during a personal exhibition at the Cité des Arts in 1978.

1978 - 2003 Will take part almost every year in the "Young Sculpture", "Great and Young Today", "New Realities", "The Salon de Montrouge", "The Salon des Artistes Décorateurs", etc.…

THEATER
For two decades for the Théâtre de la Ville, as well as for other theaters in the Paris region, and occasionally for the Opéra de Nice and for the Festival d'Aix en Provence. He will create sets for many shows (including those staged by Philippe Decouflé or Lucien Pintilie),

ADVERTISING
From 1983 to 2004 worked in advertising as a model maker - special effects.
In 2000 he was chosen to participate in the exhibition "L'Art dans la Pub" with a dozen works at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs at the Palais du Louvre.

From 2003 he creates digital paintings and works on monumental art and interior architecture projects.

• Nationality: ROMANIA
• Date of birth : 1942
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Romanian Contemporary Artists