The Fish Knows (III) (2018) Painting by Vasile Marius Lupu

Vasile Marius Lupu (born 1966, Barlad) is a Romanian painter and designer who works in Romania and Italy. His 20+ years of professional experience range from painting to graphic arts and interior design.

Between 2000 and 2004 Marius attended the courses of the University of Arts in Iași. In 2003, he received an European Socrates-Erasmus scholarship at the Faculty of Architecture and Industrial Design of the Politecnico di Milano (Italy). Since 2005 he's in Rome, Italy, where he carries out various advertising and design projects for Romanian companies and associations in Italy. He worked also as a graphic designer and art director of newspapers aimed at compatriots in the diaspora. During all this time, Marius also followed his artistic projects. In Italy, for example, he created an extensive graphic cycle entitled "Bella Roma", in which he depicts buildings, urban aspects and monuments of the Eternal City ("Colosseum", "Pantheon", "Curia Iulia - the ancient Roman Senate", "Church Santa Maria di Loreto and Valentini Palace", "Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian", "Fountain of the Four Rivers", "Fontana di Trevi", "Arch of Constantine", "Cafe Rosati in Piazza del Popolo" , "Via dei Fori Imperiali", "Piazza Navona", "Piazza di Spagna", "View from the outskirts of Rome" etc.

Since 2018 Marius starts working again in Romania as a visual artist and designer. In present, he also teaches art in his hometown, Bârlad. Working also as a professional portrait artist, his portrait drawings and paintings have been commissioned by clients worldwide.

• Nationality: ROMANIA
• Date of birth : 1966
• Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
• Groups: Professional Artist Romanian Contemporary Artists