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Born in 1953, in Teiuş, Alba County, Romania.
Lives and works in Teiuş and Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
EDUCATION:
1991
Kunstzentrum Wachsfabrik, Cologne, Germany.
1979
Institutul de Arte Plastice şi Decorative, Ion Andreescu, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023
Ovidiu Avram: Idola Theatri. Muzeul de Artă din Cluj-Napoca, Palatul Bánffy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Ovidiu Avram: Exposition de Peintures . Le Centre Culturel d'Amay. Amay, Belgium.
2019
Ovidiu Avram: Pictură Suprarealistă pe Discuri de Vinil. Adam's Vibrant Event Space, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Ovidiu Avram: Imagini Elementare. Art Yourself Gallery, Bucharest, Romania.
2018
Ovidiu Avram: Expoziție de Pictură. Muzeul Principia, Alba Iulia, Romania.
Ovidiu Avram: Pictura Clujeană-Pictura Europeană. Cluj-Napoca Centennial Celebration. Cluj-Napoca City Hall, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
2017
Ten Views by Avram. Salonul Restaurantului Casa Veche, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
2009
Ovidiu Avram. Galeria Orizont, Bucharest, Romania.
2007
Ovidiu Avram. Muzeul de Artă din Satu Mare, Satu Mare, Romania.
2006
Ovidiu Avram. Erlin Galléria, Budapest, Hungary.
Ovidiu Avram. Muzeul de Artă din Cluj-Napoca, Palatul Bánffy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
2005
Ovidiu Avram. Rom-Art Galerie, Brunswick, Germany.
Ovidiu Avram. Virgo-Art Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona.
Ovidiu Avram. Galeria Veche, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
2004
Ovidiu Avram. Hilton Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Ovidiu Avram. Casa Vernescu, Bucharest, Romania.
2003
Ovidiu Avram. Rom-Art Galerie, Brunswick, Germany.
2002
Ovidiu Avram. Rom-Art Galerie, Brunswick, Germany.
2001
Ovidiu Avram. Galeria Pontica, Bucharest, Romania.
Ovidiu Avram. Galeria Veche, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
2000
Ovidiu Avram. Banca Țiriac, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
1999
Ovidiu Avram. Rom-Art Galerie, Brunswick, Germany.
Ovidiu Avram. Banca Transilvania, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
1998
Ovidiu Avram. Laguna Café, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
1997
Ovidiu Avram. Centre Culturel Roumain, Paris, France.
Ovidiu Avram. Ambassade de Roumanie, Luxembourg City, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Ovidiu Avram. Dudelange City Hall, Dudelange, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Ovidiu Avram. Rom-Art Galerie, Brunswick, Germany.
Ovidiu Avram. Banca București, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
1996
Ovidiu Avram. Ambassade de Roumanie, Luxembourg City, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
1995
Ovidiu Avram. Centre Culturel Roumain, Paris, France.
1994
Ovidiu Avram. Rom-Art Galerie, Brunswick, Germany.
Ovidiu Avram. Galeria Amfitrion, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Ovidiu Avram. Galeria Helios, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
1993
Ovidiu Avram. Rom-Art Galerie, Brunswick, Germany.
1991
Ovidiu Avram. Kunstzentrum Wachsfabrik, Cologne, Germany.
Ovidiu Avram. Rom-Art Galerie, Brunswick, Germany.
1990
Ovidiu Avram. Théâtre de Neuilly, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
1989
Ovidiu Avram. Rom-Art-Atelier, Wendeburg, Germany.
Ovidiu Avram. Jurta Színház, Budapest, Hungary.
1988
Ovidiu Avram. Litho Gallery, Krakow, Poland.
1986
Ovidiu Avram. Rom-Art Galerie, Brunswick, Germany.
1985
Ovidiu Avram. Casa Universitarilor, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
1983
Ovidiu Avram. Galeria Filo, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Ovidiu Avram. Galeria Tribuna, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Ovidiu Avram. Galeria Victoria, Iași, Romania.
1982
Ovidiu Avram. Galeria Cronica, Iași, Romania.
1981
Ovidiu Avram. Galeria Filo, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Ovidiu Avram. Galeria Tribuna, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
1980
Ovidiu Avram. Galeria Cronica, Iași, Romania.
Ovidiu Avram. Muzeul Județean Botoșani-Muzeul de Istorie, Botoşani, Romania.
1978
Ovidiu Avram. Galeria Amfiteatru, Bucharest, Romania.
Ovidiu Avram. Galeria Filo, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
1975
Ovidiu Avram. Galeria Grigore Preoteasa, Bucharest, Romania.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2022
Șaptezeci. Expoziţie cu lucrări din patrimoniul Muzeului. Muzeul de Artă din Cluj-Napoca, Palatul Bánffy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
2015
Seconda Biennale D'Arte di Tivoli, Tivoli, Italy.
2006
Art Addiction, The 7th International Annual of Miniature Art, The Medial Museum and Virtual Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.
2005
Koga Machikado Museum of Fine Arts, Koga, Japan.
2004
Dom Galerie, Berlin, Germany.
Cuyler Street Gallery, Port Elisabeth, South Africa.
2002
Art Addiction, The 6th International Annual of Miniature Art, The Medial Museum and Virtual Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.
2001
Art Addiction, The 5th International Annual of Miniature Art, The Medial Museum and Virtual Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.
2000
Expo 2000, Romanian Pavilion: Om Natura Tehnică. Hanover, Germany.
1997
Kunstmarkt Art Multiple, Düsseldorf, Germany.
1996
Kunstmesse, Geneva, Switzerland.
1995
10 Jahre Rom-Art Galerie, Internationale Gruppenausstellung, Brunswick, Germany.
1994
Domus Medica Galerie, Paris, France.
1993
Palais Consulaire/AFRA, Mont Saint-Clair, France.
Salon International d'Art, Sète, France.
1990
Adriana Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany.
AWARDS AND HONORS:
2015
First Prize, Seconda Biennale D'Arte di Tivoli. The First Prize at The Second Art Biennial, Tivoli, Italy.
2008
Included in the "Lexikon der Phantastischen Künstler", "The Lexicon of Fantastic Artists", written by the Austrian Curator, Author, Editor of Art Publications and Co-Founder of The Phantastenmuseum in Vienna Professor Gerhard Habarta.
2004
Medalia Meritul Cultural. The Medal for Cultural Merit granted by The President of Romania.
2001
The Most Innovative Artist, Art Addiction, The Medial Museum and Virtual Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.
1983
The Tribuna Prize given by The Tribuna Cultural Magazine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
2023Ovidiu Avram: Idola Theatri. Muzeul de Artă din Cluj-Napoca, Palatul Bánffy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.2019Ovidiu Avram: Pictură Suprarealistă pe Discuri de Vinil. Adam's Vibrant Event Space, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.Ovidiu Avram: Imagini Elementare. Art Yourself Gallery, Bucharest, Romania.2018Ovidiu Avram: Expoziție de Pictură. Muzeul Principia, Alba Iulia, Romania.Ovidiu Avram: Pictura Clujeană-Pictura Europeană. Cluj-Napoca Centennial Celebration. Cluj-Napoca City Hall, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
EXHIBITIONS
… Ovidiu Avram's painting is a construction of forms and colors, where the portal of infinite combinations is open, the creation itself transforming into a compact structure, marked by equilibrium and spirituality. The human body often becomes a symbiotic element with the inorganic world, the arch of a building or a fantastic creature, they are all placed on an equal footing, offering an image of a realm which seems to be contrived on the principle that time and space commingle, creating a spiritual singularity… In Ovidiu Avram's universe, Idola Theatri grows into a concept that extends beyond the limits of Novum Organum, becoming a visual sphere represented by overlapping and constructions frequently catalogued as illogical, but harmonious.
Dr. Iakob Attila. Curator at The Museum of Art, Bánffy Palace. Cluj-Napoca, Romania. President of The Romanian Writers' Union - The Cluj-Napoca Branch and Regular Contributor to the Tribuna Cultural Magazine.