Mariana
Sain-Morar
Education
Fine
Arts Institute of Iasi, Romania
Bachelor
of Fine Arts in Art, 1982 - Major, oil on canvas
Master
in Conservation and Restoration of Fine Art - frescos (mural painting) and
Byzantine Icons - Bucharest 1987
Professional Experience
1981 – 2011 See Personal and Group exhibitions.
Restored 15th - 19th century Romanian historical
monuments belonging to National Patrimony.
Current
Gallery representation
Colosseum Fine Arts Gallery -
San Diego, CA
Ordover Gallery - Santa Fe,
NM
Selected
Personal and Group Exhibitions
2010 Ordover Gallery –
Solana Beach, CA
2010 “Velvet Valtz”
– Ico Gallery, Chelsea New York, NY
2009 “Biennale Internazionale
Dell’Arte Contemporanea”
– Fortezza da Basso,
Florence, Italy
2009 “The Sacred Within” – Colosseum Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego, CA
2009 “Enigmatic Visions” – Agora Gallery,
Chelsea New York, NY
2008 “Chromatic Memories” – India Street
Gallery, San Diego, CA
2008 “Figuratively
Speaking” – Agora Gallery, Chelsea New York, NY
2008
“Third Eye” – Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, Chelsea New York, NY
2006 - 2007 Randall M. Hasson Gallery – Solana
Beach, CA
2003
- 2004 Simic Gallery – La Jolla, CA
2002
“Window into Eternity” Dadian Gallery – Washington,
DC
2000
- 2002 Svitozor Gallery
– Santa Barbara, CA
1998 Evelyn
Siegel Gallery - "Meet the Artist Luncheon" Series. Fort
Worth, TX – One person show
1997 "Convergence of
Kinds"- A Collaboration Invitational - Irving, TX
1995
"Millennium" - Biblical Arts Center - Dallas, TX
1995
"Vision : America" - Juried exhibition -
Fort Worth, TX
1995
University of Mary Harden Baylor - Belton, TX – One person show
1995
"The song of degrees, song of ascents" - Temple, TX – One person show
1995
"Introspection" - Biblical Arts Center - Dallas, TX – One person show
1995
Navarro Council of the Arts - Juried exhibition - Corsicana, TX
1995
Seaside Art Gallery - International Miniature Art Show
1994
International Artists Gallery - Detroit, Michigan – One person show
1994
Navarro Council of the Arts - Juried exhibition - Corsicana, TX
1993
"Byzantine Icons" - San Antonio, TX (two persons show)
1992
"Sacred Fire" – Beloselsky-Belozersky
Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia – (curated by Jerry Eisley)
1991
"International Christian Artist" - Sheffield, England
1991
Alpha Gallery - "Stigma" group exhibition - Arad, Romania
1991
"Human condition and society" - "Stigma" group exhibition -
Cluj, Romania
1988
"The family" - National juried exhibition - Bucharest, Romania
1983
Juried teachers exhibition - Central Gallery - Brasov, Romania
1982
Juried exhibition for emerging artists - Arad, Romania
1981
"The Romanian artist" - juried exhibition - Oroshaza,
Hungary
1981
Student exhibition - University Gallery - Iasi, Romania
Restoration
and Conservation
1985 – 1991 Restored the
following Romanian historical monuments (frescos):
"COZIA" monastery - 15th century
"CLOCOCIOV" monastery - 16th century
"SFINTA PARASCHIVA" Orthodox Church - 17th century
"SFINTA SOFIA" Orthodox Church - 17th century
"ADORMIREA MAICII DOMNULUI" Orthodox Church - 17th century
"BISERICA ALBA" Orthodox Church - 19th century
"SFINTA TREIME" Orthodox Church - 17th century
Biography
Born in Romania, Mariana Sain-Morar
received her formal training and developed her artistic skills in her native
land. During her college years she exhibited her work in Romania and
Hungary. Her professional career began in 1982 after receiving her degree
from the Academy of Fine Art, Iasi.
While continuing to paint, she spent the next three
years as an art teacher in Predeal - Romania. In 1985
she decided to continue her education in the restoration field. She worked
for seven years restoring old churches from the National Patrimony (14th-18th century) as part of a restoration team led by the best-known
Romanian experts in the field.
Under communism, the most somber period in Romania's
artistic history, Mariana was not often able to exhibit her art
because her paintings did not fit within the social-realist type
of art that fed the Romanian dictator's personality cult.
After the Revolution, she was accepted as a member of the
Romanian Artist Union in 1990. That same year she was able to travel and
exhibit in England. At the Tate Gallery in London she saw for the
first time paintings by Turner, which impressed her very much.
Another exhibition that included her work in Saint
Petersburg followed. During that trip to Russia, in 1991, Mariana was
able to visit the Hermitage Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in
Moscow. In 1994, during a trip to Austria she saw a retrospective of
George Rouault, whose work has influenced her own.
She is particularly known for creating in her paintings a
surrealist atmosphere without employing surrealistic technique. Basic line
defines Sain-Morar's drawings:
"They
are as simple as those on the caves at Lascaux, yet more expressive with
their own personalities" - Joan Crowder.
Mariana came to the United States in 1992 and continues to work and exhibit from her studio in San Diego. Her works are in private collections in USA, England, France, Germany, Russia, Italy and Romania.