Invitatie la vernisaj: Silviana Zub (SUA)

Nascuta la Piatra Neamt in 1978, traieste in SUA si s-a dedicat picturii, asa cum si-a dorit dintotdeauna. Din 2007 expune in SUA si de anul trecut a venit si pe simezele de acasa. In aceasta luna, Silviana Zub expune pentru prima data in Bucuresti.

Va invitam la vernisajul expozitiei de pictura

Silviana Zub - VIS VECHI

Joi, 17 martie, ora 19.00

Sala New York

World Trade Center – Bucuresti Hotel Pullman

Expozitia poate fi vizitata in perioada 14 martie – 10 aprilie 2011, orele 9.00 – 17.00

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Silviana ZUB

Născută în Piatra Neamţ, în 1978, Silviana Zub a crescut înconjurată de picturile din colecţia de artă alcătuită de tatăl său. A făcut studii superioare de economie, în România, la Academia de Studii Economice, şi în Statele Unite ale Americii, la University of Southern California (USC) dar dincolo de Ocean a decis să se dedice picturii. Anul petrecut University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) i-a adus o zestre utilă de cunoştinţe în teoria culorii, desen, design interior, desen proiectiv iar din vara anului 2007 îşi desfăşoară activitatea în atelierul propriu din Los Angeles.
Pictura Silvianei Zub a evoluat spre forme tot mai suprarealiste, mai neaşteptate, mai provocatoare. Accentuând compoziţia şi experimentele cromatice, abordând perspective excentrice, artista ajunge la peisaje pline de imaginaţie şi oniric. La experienţa personală se adaugă călătoriile, aspiraţiile şi poveştile copilăriei petrecute în România. Silviana subliniază că se regăseşte în tot ce pictează şi încearcă să simplifice formele, căutând esenţa.

Expoziţii personale:
2010 – Galeria Lascăr Vorel, Piatra Neamţ
2010 – MrMuscihead, Holywood, California, SUA
2010 –Whittier Art Gallery (grup), Whittier, SUA
2009 – MrMuscihead, Holywood, California, SUA
2009 – Conneaut Community Center for the Arts, Conneaut, Ohio, SUA, „Fireworks” Grup
2009 – The Ice House, Louiswille, Kentucky, SUA, „Dreams. A Journey Within”

Presă:
„Silviana Zub. Viziuni”, Emil Nicolae, Realitatea, mai 2010-11-26
Necenzurat, 1TV, Piatra Neamţ, aprilie 2010
Matinal, 1TV, Piatra Neamţ, mai 2010
Radio Romania International, 2010, 2011

Colecţii private:
Dr. Lisa B. Cassileth, Beverly Hills, California
Diane Grosset, Ranchos Palos Verde, California
Virginia Brown, Atlanta, Georgia
William Steuber, San Francisco, California
Radu L. Tutos, Houston, Texas

Contact:
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ARTIST'S STATEMENT

I use forceful gestures and sometimes strong colors, often intertwined with “feminine”, curvilinear and more sensual elements in my paintings. I aim for fluidity and an organic feel, as if the painting came into existence on its own.  At times I like to create new meanings and  suggest feelings and emotions by merging elements  of the human body with  plants or unexpected objects. Most of my work is born from a combination between dream and reality, between imagination and observation, between spiritual and physical; in other words, I create a dreamworld refined on a conscious level.
My personal history and culture are the foundation of my art,  and I draw my inspiration from the simple shapes and colors in nature. My goal is not a photographic representation of reality, it is capturing its essence,  its core, its spirit, it is my emotional response to it. In a way I am painting my soul and emotions. (Silviana Zub) 

BIOGRAPHY
Growing up in the culturally rich Romanian town of Piatra-Neamt until the age of 20, Silviana was exposed to the classic styles of the Greek, Roman, and Byzantine empires early in her life. Her father was a well known art and antiques collector, and she quickly became interested in art from childhood, spending most of her time drawing, designing fabric prints and clothing.
Over the following years she would also combine her artistic audacity with art lessons, which created the spark that set in motion a refreshing and unique talent of capturing reality on canvas.
Completing her education at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, Silviana took the challenge of experiencing being a project manager, a children's clothing designer, a scenic painter or a movie set designer.
But she continued to invest a considerable amount of time and special attention to painting, and after a while she dedicated herself exclusively to it in her studio in Los Angeles.
The time spent at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) was essential in shaping her mature artistic vision, which translated into more surrealist-inspired, more unexpected and provocative works.
Focusing on composition, blending eccentric perspectives and experimenting with colors was the recipe to creating astonishing and unforgettable dreamscapes.
Other more abstract works  are inspired by nature, her travel, various childhood folk-tales from her homeland, and they employ a personal technique that Silviana has developed:
I find myself more through my abstract pieces... I try to simplify, to purify the physical and minimize the shapes so that the essence, the energy transmitted is as untainted as possible. (Silviana Zub)
Without a doubt Silviana is more of a narrative painter: "daring when it comes to the dream, speechless when it comes to expressing herself, using vivid colors and bold brush strokes rather than words to tell universal human stories through her art" (Vasile Spataru, visual artist).

Silviana's work has been displayed in numerous individual and group exhibitions in galleries throughout the United States and Europe, and can also be found in various private, public institutions and art museum collections.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011   Solo Exhibition (April), City Hall of Lyon, Lyon (France)
2011   ArtExpo New York (March 24 - 27), New York, New York (USA)
2010   Group Exhibition, European Parliament (December), Brussels (Belgium)
2010   Solo Exhibition, Lascar Vorel Art Gallery, Piatra-Neamt (Romania)
2010   Mr Musichead Art Gallery, Hollywood, California (USA)
2010   Group Exhibition, Whittier Art Gallery, Whittier, California (USA)
2009   Mr Musichead Art Gallery, Hollywood, California (USA)
2009   Silent Auction (benefiting the Fertile Action Foundation), Beverly Hills, California (USA)
2009   "Fireworks" Group Exhibition, Conneaut Center for the Arts, Conneaut, Ohio (USA)
2009   "Dreams. A Journey Within", The Ice House, Louisville, Kentucky (USA)
2008   "Pink" Solo Exhibition, Zinc Lounge, Manhattan Beach, California (USA)
2008   "The Enigma" Solo Exhibition, Private Location, Beverly Hills, California (USA)
2007   "Memories" Solo Exhibition, Private Location, Atlanta, Georgia

EXHIBITION REVIEWS/ARTICLES
          Nicolae, Emil, "Silviana Zub: Viziuni", Realitatea, (May 2010)

PRESS/PUBLIC APPEARANCES
          Radio Romania International, Jan. 2011
          "Necenzurat", live televised program, 1TV Piatra-Neamt, Romania (April 2010)
          "Matinal", live televised show, 1TV Piatra-Neamt, Romania (May 2010)

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
          European Parliament, Brussels (Belgium)
          The Fine Arts Museum, Piatra-Neamt (Romania)

SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
          Dr. Lisa B. Cassileth, Beverly Hills, California (USA)
          Alice Crisci, Washington, D.C. (USA)
          Diane Y. Grossett, Rancho Palos Verdes, California (USA)
          Nathaniel McCullagh, London (United Kingdom)
          Virginia Brown, New York, New York (USA)