Mihai Criste

Education and formations
1990-1994"Sigismund Toduta "Music and Plastic Arts High School , graphics art section from Deva;
1997-2001"Ioan Andreescu" Visual Arts Academy , graphics art section from Cluj-Napoca .

Artistically activity
October 1992 -He took part in a group exhibition that took place at the"Book's House” from Deva with some graphic art papers, posters and book illustrations;
June 1994 -Personal exhibition and theoretical presentation of the Diploma Work intitulated: "Festina Lente";
June 1997 -He took part in the summer practice which made up the introduction in the world at graphics arts on the computers;
October 1997 -He has the opportunity to collaborate with the American students from the Arts Institute from U.S.A. and they changed papers through an American teacher who visited the Visual Art Academy "Ioan Andreescu "from Cluj-Napoca ;
december1997 -He took part in the winter practice, in order to watch some exhibition from the Arts Museum from Budapest ;
June 1999 -Collaboration with Europontic Printing house of Cluj-Napoca for illustrating the children books: "The Wizard of Oz" and "Amintiri din copilarie";
June 2003 -Group Exhibition at Denver, Colorado with a few paintings of surrealistic kind;
January 2004- He took part in a group exhibition which was organized by U.A.P.Deva-Petrosani, who took place at the "Forma Gallery" in the Winter Saloon with two lino-engravures of religious theme:"Crucification"si "Trinity";
June 2004 -Collaboration with Polirom Printing House of Iasi to illustrate the cover of the book "World in two days" by George Balaita;
December 2005 -Collaboration with Polirom Printing House of Iasi to illustrate the cover of the books:"Despre clovni"by Norman Manea and "Perimetrul custii" by Leo Butnaru;

Artistically motivation

5th of February 2006 - I took part in the National contest of paintings at the "Opera Theatre Ion Dacian" from Bucharest who was organized by the Foundation "Arte e Arta" where I exposed one painting:"Incarnated Logos"

6th of September 2006 - I took part at the group exhibition "Balcic-Queen Mary's Heart" where I presented three paintings realized during the documentary trip organized at Balcic by the Foundation "Arte e Arta" in the period between 3rd an 9th of July 2006.

23rd of October 2006 - I took part at the group exhibition "Cool Daddy Rembrandt" occasioned by ROMHOTEL 2006, organized in ROMEXPO Exhibition Complex from Bucharest , where I exposed 10 paintings in superrealistic style, together with other young painters, all the paintings being destinated to the hotels, offices and banks. 

"The beauty in art is nothing else but the essence, the creation!"

Mihai has been painting professionally for more than 10 years.

 

 

 


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EQUINOX
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
LIFE IN A SLOW STAGE
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
METAPHISIC AUTUMN
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
NEPTUN
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas


INTERNATIONAL AD OF ART
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
EQUINOX OF SPRING
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
ESENCE OF CREATION
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
FOCUS
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
ESENCE OF INTIMACY
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
FORBIDDEN FRUIT
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
HOMAGE TO MAGRITTE
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
INCARNATED LOGOS
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
LIGHT SYMBIOSIS
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
NATIVE ATTRACTION
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas

MIGRATION
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
MEMORY OF VEGETABLE
39x54" - 99x139 cm
oil on canvas
NATURE CAPTIVITY
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
NATURE METAMORPHOSIS
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
ORIGIN OF ART
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
PERSONIFICATION OF THE KISS
31x47" - 79x119 cm
oil on canvas
NATURAL SELECTION
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
PHOTOSYNTESIS
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
SELFPORTRAIT
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
PORTRAIT IN MI MINOR
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
PSEUDO GUSTATIVUS
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
REMEMBER THE FLIGHT
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
SEASON OF LOVE
31x47" - 79x119 cm
oil on canvas
THE BIOGRAPHY OF POSTERITY
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
SLEEP WALKING WELL
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
SUNFLOWER
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
SUCCESFULY LIVES
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
THE NIGHT
31x24" - 81x61 cm
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THE TIME
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
VENUS
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
VISUAL IMPACT
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
WINTER DREAM
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
VENUS' BIRTH
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE WORLD IS A STAGE
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas

 

 

AGES OF TIME
39x54" -99x139 cm
oil on canvas
AMAZONIAN SCREAM
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
THE WRECK OF TIME
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas

 

 

ANCESTRAL SIN
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas

CHRONOLOGY
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas

 

DOGMATIC EGG
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas
COSMIC TREE1
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas

 

COSMIC TREE
31x24" - 81x61 cm
oil on canvas