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RUXANDRA
OLARIU |
BIRTHPLACE:
Sibiu, Romania. |
EDUCATION: |
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- 2000 Master
in Fine Arts, with emphasis in Painting, University of Mississippi,
Oxford, MS.
- 1984 Master
in Biology, University of Babes Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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SOLO
SHOWS: |
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Kate Freeman Clark Art Gallery, "Pilgrimage 2004".
April 2004.
Paintings and Prints.
- Meridian
Museum of Art, Meridian, MS. October 2002. Paintings,
Ceramic Sculptures, Prints
- Ida
B. Wells Gallery, Holly Springs, MS. April-May 2002.
Drawings, Ceramic sculptures, Digital prints.
- Christian
Brothers University, Memphis, TN. August 2001. Paintings,
Computer Prints, Ceramic sculptures.
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Sun Gallery, Jonesboro, AR. January 2001. Drawings,
Paintings, Computer Prints, Ceramic sculptures.
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SOLO
EXHIBITS: |
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Public Library, Germantown, TN, May 2018: Drawings, an exhibition dedicated to the Celebration of the Romanian Centenary.
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September-November 2014 "Here and there" caseworks- Art Museum at the University of Memphis, Communications and Fine Art Building, UM Campus.
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October 2002 "Meridian Museum of Arts 35th Anniversary Invitational Show", Meridian, MS.
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1999 Public Library, Oxford, MS. Paintings and Computer generated prints. Exhibition organized by The Oxford Guild.
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1999 Public Library, Oxford, MS. Ceramic and Paintings. Exhibition organized by The Oxford Guild.
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1999 City Grocery Public Art Display, Oxford, MS. Paintings and collages.
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1998 Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS. Paintings.
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GROUP SHOWS: |
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January 2022 - "Inedit şi tradiţie/Novelty and tradition", Workshop and group show, ceramic pieces. Juror: Andrei Pandea, FDGR Sibiu
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Group Shows: 'In the Garden', Dixon Gallery, May 2018, Digital Print.
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Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis TN . Collectors Day, May 2011 with Olivia Remak
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"Windows Of our Soul" . Two person show. Paitings by Ruxandra Olariu-Ceramic by Neil Hora.
JCC Art Gallery, Memphis TN. March 2007.
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July 2003 "Legacy". The Union Gallery, Tirgu-Mures, Romania.
Dr. Silviu-Petru Olariu and Ruxandra Olariu. July 2003. Prints.
- 2001 20th
Century Women Artists of Holly Springs, Strawberry Plains
Audubon Center, Holly Springs, MS. Paintings. Curators: Jesse
Graham, John Loftin, Betty Carole Pearson.
- 2001 Summer
Art Show, Sarah Howell Gallery , Jonesboro, AR. Paintings.
- 2001 36th
Central South Art Exhibition, Belmont University, Nashville
TN, juror Edna Wagner Piersol, Destin FL. Paintings.
- 2001 Bi-State
Art Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian Mississippi,
juror Bruce Bobick. Computer prints.
- 2001 Works
selected for The Mixed Media Juried Competition, Slidell Cultural
Center, Slidell, LA. Juror Donna Perret, New Orleans. Mixed
Media.
- 6th Annual
Tupelo Artist Guild Juried Exhibit, TGA Gallery, December 2000,
curator Mrs. Tina Fish Lutz. Paintings.
- 2000
Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition, Meridian Museum
of Art, Meridian, MS. Juror Prof. Doyle Gertejansen, New Orleans,
LA. Computer Prints and Ceramics.
- The
27th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Twin
City Art Foundation, Monroe, LA. Juror: James Surls. Paintings.
- -Works
in Progress-Annual Graduate Student Show, University of
Mississippi, Oxford, MS. Paintings.
- 2000
Bi-State Art Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian
Mississippi, juror John Pototschnik. Paintings.
- 1999 Art
on Display, Oxford Tourism Council. Exhibition organized
by The Oxford Guild. Paintings.
- 1999 Art,
Computers, Synthesis, University of Mississippi, Oxford,
MS, Digital Art, organized by prof. Stephen Larson.
- 1999 Midtown
Galleries, Memphis TN, Two Person Show. Ceramics. Featured artists:
Mary Reed-Paintings.
- 1999 City
Finance, Oxford, MS. Paintings. Exhibition organized by The
Oxford Guild.
- 1999 Southside
Gallery, Oxford, MS. Ceramics. Featured artists: William Albert
Allard-Photography, Bryce Speed-Paintings.
- 1999 The
26 the Annual Bi-State Art Competition, Meridian Museum of Art,
Meridian, MS. Ceramics. Juror: Nancy Terry Hooton.
- 1999 Via
The Visual, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS. Paintings.
Exhibition organized by Prof. Jane Murray.
- 1998 University
of Mississippi, Oxford, MS. Ceramics. Exhibition organized by
Prof. Ron Dale.
- 1997 Art,
Computers, Synthesis, University of Mississippi, Oxford,
MS, Digital Images, organized by prof. Stephen Larson.
- 1996,
University of New-Orleans, LA. Drawings. Juror: Prof. Richard
Johnson.
- 1988,
The Medical Art Show, Tirgu-Mures, Romania. Paintings.
Juror: Romulus Guga.
- 1984 Annual
Student Show, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Collages. Juror: Iosif Viehmann.
- 1983,
Annual Student Show, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Photography. Juror:
Mihai Sin.
- 1982,
Annual Student Show, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Paintings, Collages,
and utilitarian art. Juror: Mihai Sin.
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WORKS
DISPLAYED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB: |
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MEMBERSHIPS: |
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- Oxford
Art Council-Community Art Grants Panel
- Golden
Key National Honor Society
- SECAC
- Kappa Pi
- NCECA
(National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts)
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PUBLICATIONS: |
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- The
Oath of the Horatii by Jacques-Louis David, Neoclassical Masterpiece
and Allegory of the Roman Virtue, Norii, red. Stephan
Balan, NY, NY. March 2000.
- Frida
Kahlo and her Work, Norii, red. Stephan Balan, NY, NY.
- Antonio
Gaudi and the Construction of Sagrada Familia Church in Barcelona,
Norii, red. Stephen Balan, NY, NY.
- In cautarea expresiei artistice o calatorie estetica personala, author Ruxandra Olariu, ISBN 9786068809298, Editura Global Media-Romania
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PUBLIC
AND SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: |
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- Dr. Mirela and Marian Marcu Creve Coeur, MO.
- Christian
Brothers University, Memphis, TN.
- Meridian
Museum of Art, Meridian , MS.
- Lowenstein
Library, Louisiana Medical Center, New Orleans,LA.
- Oxford
MS, Public Library.
- Dr. Judd
Shellito, New-Orleans, LA.
- Maria Gianakos,
New Orleans, LA.
- Nikos
and Eleni Skantzikas, Athens, Greece.
- Viorica
and Horea Petrascu, Sibiu-Romania.
- Ana and
Leonte Comsa, Sibiu, Romania.
- Ing. Attila
Darvas, Tirgu-Mures, Romania.
- Mrs and
Mr. Margaret and Steve Gorove, Oxford, MS.
- T. Haller
III and Susan Jackson, Shreveport, LA.
- Dr. Mark
Johnson, Tupelo, MS.
- Wardlaw
Laura and John, Memphis, TN
- Elizabeth
Dobbard, New-Orleans, LA.
- Mary Reed,
Memphis, TN.
- David
Stearns and Tom Walden, Memphis, TN.
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EXPERIENCE: |
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- Workshops
attended:
2002 Oxford, MS-Ceramic workshop held by E. Arentz,
Austin, TX.
2001 Oxford, MS-Ceramic workshop held by Michael Simon,
GA.
2000 Oxford, MS- Ceramic workshop held by Mat Long,
FL.
1999 Oxford, MS- Ceramic workshop held by James Watkins,
TX.
1998 Oxford, MS- Ceramic workshop held by Arnold Zimmermann,
NY.
- Photographs
published by The Daily Mississippian, 9/1997.
- Workshops
given on art topics:
1988 Grigorescu and his art; 1987 Post
Impressionism in Romania
1986 Italian Renaissance held at Teleki
Art Library, Tirgu-Mures.
1988 Verbal presentation, Academy of Art and Science,
Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
1981 Verbal and Slide Presentation on Rumanian Art.
French Cultural Institute Bujumbura, Burundi.
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Voluntary work:
1997-1998 Student Art Auction, University of Mississippi
1996-1997 UNO Gallery, Fine Art Department,
1992 New Orleans Museum of Art,
1985-1988 Tirgu Mures Museum of Art.
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