Biography
Adrian Stoleriu is a professor at the Faculty of Visual Arts and Design (UNAGE) and a visual artist, member of the National Union of Plastic Artists – Iași Branch.
He became a doctor in Visual Arts with the thesis Visual representations of the sacred in contemporary art in 2012. Since 2018, he has been a PhD supervisor within the Doctoral School of Visual Arts, and in April 2020 he was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Visual Arts and Design. His artistic activity focuses on capturing and valuing the spiritual and religious aspects of contemporary society, as well as the identity dilemmas imposed by current socio-cultural environments. His works have been displayed in numerous exhibitions of visual arts, personal or collective, in the country and abroad. Theoretically, his research is directed towards the dialogues between art and spirituality. He has published several works that explore topics specific to the visual representation of the sacred, to traditional religious art, but also its contemporary expressions.
Adrian Stoleriu: “Babylonia”, Aparte Gallery 2017 (view from the exhibition)
Personal exhibitions (selection):
2023- Power Games, Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu, Romania
2023 – Power Games, “Dana” Gallery, Iași, Romania
2023 – Machtspiele, Kunstverein Mistelbach, Austria
2020 – Misterios de la luz, Exhibition of Photograpy by Irina-Andeea and Adrian Stoleriu, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla-La Mancha de Hellín, Spain
2017 – Babilonia, Aparte Gallery, Iasi, Romania
2012 – The sacred old and new, “Nicolae Tonitza” Gallery, Iasi, Romania
2005 – Sacredness in plastic configurations, “Constantin Brâncuşi” Gallery, Chişinău, Republic of Moldova
2004 – Encuentros, exhibition of painting and sculpture, Facultad de Bellas Artes, Pontevedra, Spain (with Irina-Andeea Vițelaru)
2005 – Via Crucis, painting exhibition, The National Athenaeum of Iasi, Romania
Wall paintings
2019 – Mural painting, Chapel of the Inspectorate for Emergency Situations “Mihail Grigore Sturza” Iasi, Romania
2009 – Religious mural painting (with D. Sofron), Faculty of Orthodox Theology “D. Stăniloaie” Iasi, Romania
2006 – Mural painting, foyer of the National Athenaeum in Iasi, Romania
Group exhibitions (selection)
2023 – SCAF, Sibiu Contemporary Art Festival, Sibiu, Romania
2023 – SNAC, National Salon of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania
2022 – Around the Square, Duke Hall Gallery Fine Art, James Madison University, USA
2022 – Comunicări vizuale, Communication visuelle, French Cultural Center, Iasi, Romania
2022 – Ouest-Est, Est-Ouest, “Dan Hatmanu” Art Galleries, Iasi, Romania
2019 – Landscapes, Stazione P.ta Garibaldi del Passante ferroviario di Milano, Italy
2014 – Rumänien II, Kunstverein Mistelbach, Austria
2022-2011 – Dialog cu Sacrul / Dialogue with the Sacred, Sacred Art Gallery of the “Assumption of the Virgin Mary” Church, Galata, Iasi, Romania
2012 – Kunst aus Rumänien, Kunstverein Mistelbach, Austria
2010 – Changeable city, international exhibition, Armaturka Gallery, Usti Nad Labem, Czech Republic
2009 – Atelierul Internaţional de Pictură Bisericească / International Religious Painting Workshop, 2nd Edition, Faculty of Orthodox Theology “Dumitru Stăniloaie”, Iasi, Romania
2006 – Imported Version, Link Gallery, Manchester, Great Britain
Adrian Stoleriu: “Knights of the Apocalypse” (artwork created together with Andreea Stoleriu, exhibited at the “Kunst aus Rumänien” group exhibition at Kunstverein Mistelbach, Austria, 2012)