Pantea Dorina Maria aka. Safir , born in 11/23/1987, in Deva, graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Painting Department, UAD, Cluj-Napoca, I studied Fine Arts under the guidance of the important romanian contemporary art names as: Ioan Sbarciu, Nicolae Man, Ioan Aurel Muresan, Florin Maxa.
After graduation, I improved my gained knowledge to the Western University, at Faculty of Arts and Design, Department of Painting, following Master courses given by renowned professors such as: Daniela Acea, David Carol, Ileana Pintilie, Dacian Andoni .
My creations includes figurative or abstract, traditional painting, original concepts, photography, photo - manipulation, digital art.
Mixed technique paintings are made by joining or patching pictorial surface with different combinations of materials and textures of cloth, cardboard, plywood, crystals and pulp color, well integrated in the coherence of the compositional structure.
On the one hand, I give free will to the flow evolution and informal gestures, stimulating disintegrative forces, and on the other hand, clarifying forms of human traits, these wandering spirits are pushed to the limit of a symbolic dialogue with the audience.
Substrate raise topics of psychological, philosophical, mystical, mythological, fantastic, romantic, literary, mathematical, metaphorical vision prior to painting, through metamorphosis and anamorphosis the figurative into abstract images, from real to imaginary.
Theme, style and plastic approach, pictorial plans, suggests that the sources of inspiration, are the works of several renowned artists from Art History: Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Paul McCarthy, Matthew Barney, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Vanessa Beecroft, Bill Viola, Gunter Bruss, Otto Muehl, Glenn Brown, Ion Grigorescu, Klimt, Picasso, Chagal, Otto Dix, Turner, Constable, Fussli, Munch, Delacrois, Rubens, Caravaggio, Titian, Van Gogh, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Goya, Gustave Dore.
Among the most important events I have participated ,includes:
Exhibition \" Rock Memorandum \", 2011, Cultural Center \"Habitus\", Sibiu ,International Festival Artmania;
Exhibition \"Im Kontext\" - Hans Schnell International Kunst der Gegenwart, 2011, Austria;
Exhibition of master students entitled : \" The need of entropy \" at \"Pygmalion\" Art House, Timisoara;
UAD graduate exhibition, Class of 2009, at Expo-Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca.

Education:

2009 - 2011- Universitary studies at the University of West, Faculty of Arts and Design, Painting section: The image Sources and Resources ;
2010 - Workshop at Summer School, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, with the artist Hans Schnell;
2006 - 2009 ? Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts at The University of Art and Design, U.A.D. Cluj- Napoca;
2008 - 2009 ? Erasmus Program at the Academia di Belle Arti, from San Martino delle Scale, Italy;
2001 - 2006 - Graduated High School of Music and Fine Arts \"Sigismund Toduta\", Deva;

Certificates, Courses and Awards:

2008 - Certificate of linguistic competence for French Language;

At the National Competition of Visual Arts and Art History - 3rd prize, in Graphics.

2003, A l\'Olimpiades de la Francophonie,des Arts et de la Culture-La medaille de bronze.

2001 , A l\'Olympiades de la Francophnie,des Arts et de la Culture - La medaille d\'Argent.
At the International contest : \"Affiche ta Citoyenennete Europeenne \"-La medaille de bronze.
2006- Certificate of professional competence of graphics technician.