EDUCATION
Solo Exhibits
(selected)
Group Exhibits
(selected)
ARTIST TALKS
Awards &
Fellowships
TEACHING
ACTIVITIES & SERVICE
Master of Fine Arts, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT - 2017-2020
Montana Artrepreneur Program (MAP)
Art-centered business development program organized by Montana Art Council, Bozeman, MT - 2015
Bachelor of Arts in Painting, National University of Fine Arts "Nicolae Grigorescu," Bucharest, Romania - 1999-2003
Class of Preventive Conservation of Cultural Property,
Lifelong Learning and Cultural Management Training Center, Bucharest, Romania - 2004-2005
Degree in Fashion Design, School of Fine Arts "Nicolae Tonitza", Bucharest, Romania - 1994-1998
2025 Upcoming Solo Exhibition, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
2024 Upcoming Solo Exhibition, Historic Clark Chateau Museum & Gallery, Butte, MT
2022 The Winds Are Changing, Echo Arts Gallery, Bozeman, MT
2020 Neither Here Nor There, Story Mill, Bozeman, MT
2019 Tactile Time art installation, Exit Gallery, Bozeman, MT
2018 Work in Progress Show, Waller-Yoblonsky Gallery, Bozeman, MT
2017 Walkabout, Nicholson Gallery, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
2014 Traveler's Window, Toucan Gallery, Billings, MT
2013 Stories Without Words, Emerson Center for the Arts&Culture, MT
2011 Im Garten der Flora (two person show), KulturRaum, Bruck ad Leitha, Austria
2008 Childlike Dialogues (two person show), Cărtureşti Library, Bucharest, Romania
Easter Traditions (two person show), Romanian Cultural Institute, Vienna, Austria
2003 Internal Dialogue, ArtTei Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2023
Private Space, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2022
Spun Tissé, a Pop-Up show organized by Echo Arts, Paris, France
Full Circle, WoArt online exhibition
Within, Art Fluent international online exhibition
2021
The Space of Hope: A Collective Response (part of the Extraction: Art on the Edge of the Abyss project), Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT.
Feeling Welcome, Zootown Arts Community Center, Missoula, MT
2020
North by Northwest juried show, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
Art in Time of COVID, Tinworks Art, Bozeman, MT
Entropy, Rapscallion Gallery, Bozeman, MT
2019
Shift by Stettie Ruth/Echo Arts, Story Mill, Bozeman, MT
47th Annual Benefit Art Auction Exhibition (juried show) Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
Bad Apples, Waller-Yoblonsky Gallery, Bozeman, MT
Regular Style, Annual Exhibition of MFA Artwork – online juried show by national and international graduate students, hosted by the University of Montana, Missoula, MT
2018
Here We Are, Robert and Gennie DeWeese Gallery, Bozeman, MT
Hand Plucked, 1+1=1 Gallery, Helena, MT
The Response to Space, Cheever Hall, MSU School of Architecture, Bozeman, MT
Twist, Waller-Yoblonsky Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
2017
Art of the Auction (juried show), Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
Fresh Meat, Waller-Yoblonsky Gallery, Montana State University,Bozeman, MT
Staffed, Waller-Yoblonsky Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
2016
Out of the Box (juried show), Benefit Art Auction, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
Fool's Paradise, Turman Larison Contemporary, Helena, MT
Radius Holiday Show (juried exhibition), Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT
Marmot Holiday Show, Marmot Art Space Gallery, Spokane, WA
Celebrate Montana Art, event organized by Montana Art Council, Helena, MT
2015
15th Anniversary, Turman Larison Contemporary, Helena, MT
Art Across Montana (juried show), WaterWorks Art Museum, Miles City, MT
Solstice, Wheatgrass Saloon, Livingston, MT
Ornament, Turman Larison Contemporary, Helena, MT
2013 Dr. Seuss, a Tribute, Blackbird Studios, Las Vegas, NV
2012 c @ rte"in the Arts in Bucharest event, National Library of Romania, Bucharest, Romania
2010 Le Café des Artistes, Ghika Palace, Bucharest, Romania
2009 Making a meadow would require a clover and one bee, Cărtureşti Library, Bucharest, Romania
2008 Roll Up Art, Façade of University of Architecture "Ion Mincu", Bucharest, Romania
2007 The 17th Sheep, Tel - Aviv, Israel
Dialogue on the Glass Road, Saint Louis, Senegal
2006 Dialogue on the Glass Road, Romanian Peasant Museum, Bucharest, Romania
Dialogue on the Glass Road, Dakar, Senegal
2003 National University of Arts BA thesis exhibition, TNB floor 3/4, Bucharest, Romania
2002 International Fair of Visual Arts, “Ion Luca Caragiale" National Theatre , Bucharest, Romania
2001 International Fair of Visual Arts, "Ion Luca Caragiale" National Theatre , Bucharest, Romania
1995 Icons on Glass, Radio House, Bucharest, Romania
1994 Family seen through the eyes of children, Oslo, Norway
1993 Group Exhibition, Cote d'Azur, France
Group Exhibition, Arges, Romania
1991 Group Exhibition, Roquebrune Cap - Martin, France
2019 Artist Lecture, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
2018 Lecture/Presentation, Headwaters Academy, Bozeman, MT
2017 Lecture/Presentation, Montana State University - College of Letters and Science, Bozeman MT
2016 Lecture/Presentation, Headwaters Academy, Bozeman, MT
Recipient of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation Fellowship offered through the School of Art, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA - 2017-2019
First Prize, Children's Book Illustration Contest, SCBWI Montana Chapter, Bozeman, MT, USA - 2014
Second Prize, ARTFEST, Fresh Ideas Festival, Bucharest, Romania - 2003
Special Diploma, Oslo, Norway - 1994
First Prize, International Competition for Figurative Art, Italy - 1991
Commissioned Work for Montana State University, Food & Health Lab, Bozeman, MT, USA - 2017
Works in Private Collections: Romania, France, Italy, England, Switzerland, Israel, Greece, Austria, Germany, China, U.S.
Visual Arts Teacher, Headwaters Academy, Bozeman, MT - 2020 - 2022
Non-Tenure Track Faculty/Instructor of Record, ARTZ221: Painting I class, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, Summer Semester 2019
Non-Tenure Track Faculty/Instructor of Record, ARTZ105: Drawing Foundations, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA, Fall Semester - 2019
Non-Tenure Track Faculty/Instructor of Record, ARTZ105: Drawing Foundations, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA, Spring Semester - 2019
Non-Tenure Track Faculty/Instructor of Record, ARTZ105: Drawing Foundations, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, Fall Semester - 2018
Art Teacher, Longfellow Elementary School, Bozeman, MT - 2016-2020
Independent Instructor, "Family Tree Workshop" (own course design), Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture (Room 221), Bozeman, MT - 2015
Independent Instructor, "Old World Glass Painting" (own course design), workshop organized by Bozeman School District, Adult and Community Education, Bozeman, MT - 2015
Art Teacher, at Longfellow Elementary School, Bozeman, MT - 2014-2015
Independent Instructor, Painting workshop (own course design), Summer Lunch Program, Bozeman, MT - 2014
Independent Instructor, Toy painting workshop, First Friday, Las Vegas, NV - 2013
Independent Instructor, Felt decoration workshop (own course design), Street Delivery event, Bucharest, Romania - 2012
Independent Instructor, “Calendar of Your Ambitions” – felting and embroidery (own course design), Lente&Cafea , Bucharest, Romania - 2012
Art Instructor, Calea Victoriei Foundation (own course designs) : Painting and Creativity, Oil Painting, Jewelry and Fashion Accessory Design, Interior Design, Mosaic, Styles of Famous Painters, Around the World in Seven Days: Arts and Cultures of the World, Bucharest, Romania - 2008-2012
Independent Instructor, Workshops for children and adults (own course design), Street Delivery event, Athenee Palace Hilton, Sun Plaza, Bucharest Mall, Petrom, Orange, Zentiva, Accenture, Bucharest, Romania - 2008-2012
Independent Instructor, Reverse Painting on Glass Workshops (own course design), event organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute in Vienna, Bruck a.d. Leitha, Austria - 2011
Independent Instructor, “Symbols of Mexico” (own course designs), painting workshop organized for FM Logistic, Bucharest, Romania - 2011
Independent Instructor, Easter Eggs Decoration Workshops (own course design) organized for children from the "Robin Hood" orphanage and "Mia's Children" Foundation, Athenee Palace Hilton, Bucharest, Romania - 2011
Independent Instructor, Painting Workshop with children of Medias Town (own course design), Medias Festival, Medias, Romania - 2008
Independent Instructor, Reverse Painting on Glass Workshops (own course design), event organized by the Romanian Peasant Museum and Romanian Cultural Institute, Dakar, Senegal - 2006
Co-organizer of Bozeman Open Studios Tour, City-wide event, Bozeman, MT - 2016-Present
Designer and Leader, Community Mural Painting, Bogert Farmer's Market, Bozeman, MT - 2014
Graphic Restorer, National Museum of Maps and Old Books, Bucharest, Romania - 2003-2005
Collaborative Interior Designer, Bucharest, Romania - 2000-2002
Illustrator, "Clopotel", Children’s Magazine, Bucharest, Romania - 1999-2000
Designer, Fashion show (own creation), Brazilian Embassy, Bucharest, Romania - 1997
Designer, Fashion show (own creation), "Ion Luca Caragiale" National Theater, Bucharest, Romania - 1996