Country: Sweden  
Marta Dimitrescu

   

1.Consumption and consumism, 2010 collage on canvas 40x40 in. /100x100 in., Euro 8900.00     2.Consumption and consumism, 2010 collage on canvas 40x40 in. /100x100 in., Euro 8900.00    3.Consumption and consumism, 2008 collage on canvas 40x40 in. /100x100 in., Euro 8900.00     4.Consumption and consumism, 2007 collage on canvas 40x40 in. /100x100 in., Euro 8900.00     5.Consumption and consumism, 2007 collage on canvas 40x40 in. /100x100 in., Euro 8900.00     6.oConsumption and consumism, 2008 collage on canvas 40x40 in. /100x100 in., Euro 8900.00    7.Consumption and consumism, 2009 collage on canvas 40x40 in. /100x100 in., Euro 8900.00   8.Consumption and consumism, 2009 collage on canvas 40x40 in. /100x100 in., Euro 8900.00   9.Consumption and consumism, 2010 collage on canvas 40x40 in. /100x100 in., Euro 8900.00     10.Consumption and consumism, 2010 collage on canvas 32x40 in. /80x100 in., Euro 8900.00   11.Consumption and consumism, 2010 collage on canvas 32x40 in. /80x100 in., Euro 8900.00     12.Consumption and consumism, 2010 collage on canvas 32x40 in. /80x100 in., Euro 8900.00   13.Consumption and consumism, 2010 collage on canvas 32x40 in. /80x100 in., Euro 8900.00   14.Consumption and consumism, 2010 collage on canvas 32x40 in. /80x100 in., Euro 8900.00     15.Consumption and consumism, 2010 collage on canvas 32x40 in. /80x100 in., Euro 8900.00      16.Consumption and consumism, 2010 collage on canvas 32x40 in. /80x100 in., Euro 8900.00  

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Marta Dimitrescu is a Rumanian -Swedish visual artist specialised in Collage, Computer Graphic, Painting and Printmaking, Founder, CEO and Proprietor of artoteque.com born  in Cluj-Napoca /Klausenburg, Transylvania.

EDUCATION
• 1974-1979 UAD /University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca (Klausenburg), Romania
• 1966-1974 Art Gymnasium in Cluj-Napoca (Klausenburg), Romania

AFFILIATIONS
• 1989-present: KRO,the Swedish Artists' National Organization.
• 1990-present: UAP -The Visual Artists’ Union of Romania.

WHAT I DO
• 2004-present: CEO Founder and Proprietor of ARTOTEQUE London (www.artoteque.com)
• 2006-2015: Editor at Masters Of Today Publishing, London, Great Britain (www.mastersoftoday.com)
• 2001-2003: Editor at World Of Art Publishing, Stockholm, Sweden (www.worldofartmagazine.com)
• 1993-1997: Director of Art Addiction Stockholm, Sweden (www.artaddiction.net)
• 980-1989: Romanian freelance artists
• 1981-1984: Scene and Costume Designer at Bucharest Film Studios (Buftea), Romania.
• 1988-present: Swedish freelance artist

WORK EXPERIENCE, SPECIALITY AND QUALIFICATIONS
• Book Design
• Managing Director
• Office Online

SOFT PROFICIENCY AND SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE
• Microsoft Office Applications
• Adobe Creative Suite Series
• Graphic design, editing, and web development applications

PERSONAL DETAILES
• British Resident, Swedish and Rumanian Citizenship
• Spoken Languages: English, Swedish, French, Rumanian, Hungarian.
 
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Marta Dimitrescu’s collages consist of photographs, drawings, and scraps of paper of different shapes, accumulated in a chaotic manner. With a risk of confusing or boring the viewer, Marta Dimitrescu boldly experiments with colors, structure, and design. Still, the artist manages to consciously add all the pieces together -emphasizing some elements, while partially hiding others - and give them a meaningful concept. The composition of Dimitrescu's work is the artist's construction of the reality we live in. Marta Dimitrescu uses her inspiration and imagination to respond to environmental degradation, which is a tremendous concern today. The artist seeks to awake our human senses. Her collages, suffused with metaphors, intend to challenge our perception of reality and happiness. The artist’s work leads the viewer through a serious of small images that evolve into a larger picture with a deeper meaning. The result is a fresh and clever art with an inspiring idea behind it.
Marta Dimitrescu’s art serves as a warning, it screams, “People wake up! Conserve our natural resources! Save the planet!” The transformation of the dark and gloomy warning into a visual form is done in an unusual way, combining pieces of information with a touch of wit and beauty. Our ability to consume has become a form of power. We live in consumerism world. And the scale of globalization has expanded to such a vast degree that it now affects the entire Earth and population. The consequences of our actions cannot be tracked, yet, the facts are present - about two-thirds of the world’s resources are being used up. Our planet suffers. Marta Dimitrescu is an artist who has found her own peculiar language that allows her to express her worries and raise awareness of this issue through contemporary art.
(Doneliya Deneva, Georgetown University Washington, DC)

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Marta Dimitrescu introduced herself as a talented artist who attempted to approach reality imposing on it strict geometrical rules of shape and color. Her present prove a basic tendency towards what I should call “the appeal to nature”, since nature is for Marta Dimitrescu vitally essential. Therefore, the artist who has primarily enforced her strict rules upon reality subsequently re-creates it, grasping its vital force of matter and color. The creative work is carried on within nature’s frame, complying with the traditional device of “painting on the spot.” It engenders an image of nature as it is perceived and re-shaped by the artist’s responsiveness. Thus, on the one hand there are several things that have been removed such as strict subjects and their specific features, the local color, the materialization of surfaces, the relationship set between light and motif. On the other hand, there are a few things highly cherished the accuracy to create a familiar environment that undeniably belongs to nature, the maintenance of proportions between forms and colors. The painting drawings achieve unpredictable optical effects resulted from the whirling and flowing in quick sequence of colors, from the effective superposition of surfaces and planes that build up a coherent visual system. The imagery of Marta Dimitrescu is a balanced and eloquent synthesis between motif, artistic insight, and chromatic matter. The bend towards nature signifies a real gain for the painter at this stage of creation.
(Pierre Restany, art critic and cultural philosopher)

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INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| – • 2002 The 6th Int’l Graphic Art Exhibition, Art Addiction Virtual Gallery • 2002 COLLAGE International Art Exhibition, Art Addiction Virtual Gallery • 2002 The 8th Int’l Female Artist’s Art Annual, Art Addiction Virtual Gallery • 2002 The 7th Int’l Exhibition of Miniature Art, Art Addiction Virtual Gallery • 2002 The 2nd Int’l Small Graphic Art Exhibition Sweden • 2001 The 5th Int’l Graphic Art Exhibition, Art Addiction Virtual Gallery • 2001 The 7th Int’l Female Artist’s Art Annual, Art Addiction Virtual Gallery • 2001 The 6th Int’l Exhibition of Miniature Art, Art Addiction Virtual Gallery • 2001 ”ART internet” Art Addiction Virtual Gallery • 2001 The 6th Int’l Female Artist’s Art Annual Stockholm Sweden • 2000 The 2nd Spring Annual in Venice Palazzo Correr Venice Italy • 2000 ”Masks in Venice 3” Annual Exhibition Palazzo Correr Venice Italy • 2000 ”ART internet” Art Addiction Virtual Gallery • 1999 The 1st Spring Annual in Venice Palazzo Correr Venice Italy • 1999 ”Masks in Venice 2” Annual Exhibition Piccola Galleria Correr Venice • 1999 The 2nd Autumn Annual in Venice Palazzo Correr, Venice Italy • 1998 ”A better World for our Children”International Exhibition Sweden • 1998 ”Masks in Venice 1” Annual Exhibition Palazzo Correr Venice Italy • 1998 The 1st Autumn Annual in Venice Palazzo Correr Venice Italy • 1998 The 5th Int’l Female Artist’s Art Annual Stockholm • 1997 ”Femina” Int’l Small Forms Open Exhibition Sweden • 1997 ”Graphic Addictions”, The 4th Int’l Graphic Art Exhibition Sweden • 1997 ”World of Art”, Art Addiction Int’l Drawing Competition Sweden • 1997 ”Most Talented Artist”, Art Addiction 1st International Prize Sweden • 1997 Contemporary Italian Art Stockholm Sweden • 1997 The 5th Int’l Exhibition of Miniature Art Stockholm Sweden • 1997 The 4th Int’l Female Artist’s Art Annual Stockholm Sweden • 1996 The 3rd Int’l Female Artist’s Art Annual Stockholm Sweden • 1996 ”Graphic Addictions”, The 3rd Int’l Graphic Art Exhibition Sweden • 1996 ”Addictions”, The 1st Int’l Small Graphic Art Exhibition Sweden • 1996 Contemporary Italian Art, Art Addiction Stockholm Sweden • 1996 The 4th Int’l Exhibition of Miniature Art Stockholm Sweden • 1995 ”Graphic Addictions”, The 2nd Int’l Graphic Art Exhibition Sweden • 1995 The 2nd Int’l Female Artist’s Art Annual Stockholm Sweden • 1995 The 3rd Int’l Exhibition of Miniature Art Stockholm Sweden • 1994 ”Graphic Addictions”, The 1st Int’l Graphic Art Exhibition Sweden • 1994 The 1st Int’l Female Artist’s Art Annual Stockholm Sweden • 1994 The 2nd Int’l Exhibition of Miniature Art Stockholm Sweden • 1993 The 1st Int’l Exhibition of Miniature Art Stockholm Sweden • 1993-"Alternativ", group exhibition, Gallery Glass I, Stockholm, Sweden • 1993-International Summer Art Colony, Gällivare, Sweden • 1989-The 9th Norwegian International Print Triennial, Fredrikstad, Norway • 1989-Individual Exhibition, Orizont Gallery, Bucharest, Romania • 1988-The 2nd International Exhibition of Visual and Experimental Poetry, San Diego, USA • 1988-The 2nd Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Toronto, Canada • 1988-The 4th Norwegian International Miniature Exhibition -Miniature 4-, Fredrikstad, Norway • 1988-The Annual National Graphic Art Exhibition, Dalles Gallery, Bucharest, Romania • 1988-The Young Artists National Exhibition, Baia-Mare Art Gallery, Romania • 1988-The City of Bucharest Annual Exhibition, National Art Museum, Bucharest, Romania • 1987-The 17th International Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia • 1987-International Exlibris Competition, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium • 1987-The 8th International Graphic Triennial "Intergraphic", Berlin, Germany • 1987-The 5th International Biennial of Graphic Art, Lods, Poland • 1987-The 4th International Art Biennial, Couven, Belgium • 1987-International Art Exhibition, Osaka, Japan • 1987-The 2nd International Art Exhibition "Arts of Today", Budapest, Hungary • 1987-The 1st Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Toronto, Canada • 1987-The 2nd International Biennial of Visual and Alternative Poetry Mexico City, (& Puebla, Xalapa City, Mexaly, Ensenada, Tijuana, Veracruz), Mexico • 1987-The 1st International Print Biennial, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil • 1987-"Small Prints", Group Exhibition, Cluj-Napoca, Bistrita, Romania • 1987-The City of Bucharest Annual Exhibition, National Art Museum, Bucharest, Romania • 1987-The Annual National Graphic Art Exhibition, Dalles Gallery, Bucharest, Romania • 1987-"Collisions", Group Exhibition, Orizont Gallery, Bucharest • 1986-The 12th International Biennial of Print, Kanagawa, Japan • 1986-The International Painting and Watercolor Contest "Sinaide Ghi", Rome, Italy • 1986-The 1st International Art Exhibition "Arts of Today", Budapest, Hungary • 1986-The City of Bucharest Annual Exhibition, National Art Museum, Bucharest, Romania • 1986-"Prints 7", Group Exhibition, Podul Gallery, Bucharest, Romania • 1986-The Annual Print Art Exhibition, Dalles Gallery, Bucharest, Romania • 1985-The City of Bucharest Annual Exhibition, National Art Museum, Bucharest, Romania • 1985-"Prints", Group Exhibition, Tulcea Art Museum, Tulcea, Romania • 1985-The Annual National Graphic Art Exhibition, Dalles Gallery, Bucharest, Romania • 1985-Mail Art Exhibition, Orizont Gallery, Bucharest, Romania • 1984-Romanian Contemporary Art Exhibition, The Hague, Holland • 1984-Romanian Contemporary Art Exhibition, Jerusalem, Israel • 1984-The City of Bucharest Annual Exhibition, National Art Museum, Bucharest, Romania • 1984-"The Bridge 6", National Print Exhibition, Podul Gallery, Bucharest, Romania • 1984-"Drawing-Poetry", Group Exhibition, Orizont Gallery, Bucharest, Romania • 1983-Romanian Contemporary Art Exhibition, New York, Washington, Detroit, Columbus, USA • 1983- Romanian Contemporary Art Exhibition, The Hague, Holland • 1983-International Art Exhibition, La Rochelle, France • 1983-The City of Bucharest Annual Exhibition, National Art Museum, Bucharest, Romania • 1983-The Annual National Graphic Art Exhibition, Dalles Gallery, Bucharest, Romania • 1983- National Summer Art Colony, Piatra-Neamt, Romania • 1983-"Studio Section", Group Exhibition, Orizont Gallery, Bucharest, Romania • 1983-France Library, Group Exhibition, Bucharest, Romania • 1983-"Paintings-Sculptures-Drawings", Group Exhibition, Orizont Gallery, Bucharest, Romania • 1983-"The Print", Group Exhibition, Baia-Mare Gallery, Romania • 1982-Individual Exhibition, Hanul cu Tei Gallery, Bucharest, Romania • 1982- National Summer Art Colony, Râminicu Vâlcea, Romania • 1982- Romanian Contemporary Art Exhibition, The Hague, Holland • 1982-The Annual National Graphic Art Exhibition, Dalles Gallery, Bucharest, Romania • 1982-"The Bridge 5", National Print Exhibition, Podul Gallery, Bucharest, Romania • 1982-The City of Bucharest Annual Exhibition, National Art Museum, Bucharest, Romania • 1981-The 2nd International Drawing Triennale, Wroclav, Poland • 1981-The City of Bucharest Annual Exhibition, National Art Museum, Bucharest, Romania • 1981- National Summer Art Colony, Baia Mare, Romania. • 2013 Official Selection: 12th Miami Short film Festival, Miami, FL USA.

PUBLICATIONS | BOOKS
| – ART ADDICTION - Contemporary Artists (2003), WOA Publishing Stockholm, ISBN 9789189685055
| – ART POOL - Contemporary Artists (2006), MOT Publishing, ISBN 9789189685314
| – FAMOUS - Contemporary Artists (2007), WOA Publishing Stockholm, ISBN 9789189685116
| – MASTERS - Contemporary Artists (2008), MOT Publishing London, ISBN 9789189685185
| – TRENDS - Contemporary Artists (2008), MOT Publishing London, ISBN 9789189685178
| – CREATIVE GENIUS - Contemporary Artists (2012), MOT Publishing London, ISBN 9789189685154
| – ART IN VOGUE - Contemporary Artists (2012), MOT Publishing London, ISBN 9789189685130
| – ART UNLIMITED - Contemporary Artists (2014), MOT Publishing London, ISBN 9789189685284
| – MUSEUM - Contemporary Artists Showcase (2016), MOT Publishing London, ISBN 9789189685291
| – ART PROFFESSIONALS - Contemporary Artists (2017), MOT Publishing London, ISBN 9789189685826
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