Andrei Negură

b. 1956

Andrei Negură’s artistic practice develops a pictorial language in which matter, gesture, and time converge into a visual structure of remarkable complexity. His paintings are constructed through successive accumulations, superimpositions, and interventions that preserve the visibility of their own process of formation, each chromatic layer, each collage insertion, and each drawn trace naturally integrating into the material memory of the work. The pictorial surface functions as a palimpsest, where time becomes an active dimension of the image.

The compositions are articulated through a network of lines distinguished by a pronounced calligraphic character. Each trajectory establishes relationships between colour, sign, and space, guides the movement of the eye, and modulates the internal flow of the surface in a progression reminiscent of the logic of a musical score. The energy of the gesture and the discipline of construction evolve simultaneously within each composition, sustaining a visual order in which spontaneity and precision coexist as complementary principles. Fragments of paper, graphic signs, and vegetal motifs constitute a formal vocabulary rooted in ornamental and symbolic traditions, integrating organically into the pictorial fabric.

The chromatic palette, structured around warm and luminous harmonies animated by vivid accents and subtle contrasts, reinforces the internal dynamics of the image. The materiality of colour acquires a pronounced tactile presence, while the alternation between fullness and void, density and transparency, condensation and openness endows the works with an organic rhythm and an expansive visual breath. The traces of every intervention remain visible, contributing to the formation of a unified visual organism.

Andrei Negură’s oeuvre defines a space in which line, drawing, colour, and collage establish a distinctive visual syntax. Symbolic structures and sensory experience crystallise into form and a unique pictorial identity, defining a profoundly personal artistic practice. Through the synthesis of compositional precision, freedom of expression, and the force of matter, his work occupies a distinctive position within the context of contemporary abstraction, affirming painting as a medium capable of preserving and reactivating cultural experience.

Born in 1956, Echimăuți village, Rezina District, Republic of Moldova
Lives and works in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova, and Bucharest, Romania

Education

1980–1985 – Academy of Applied Arts, Budapest, Hungary (now the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design – MOME)
1978–1980 – A. N. Kosygin Academy of Textile Arts, Moscow, USSR
1971–1975 – Alexandru Plămădeală College of Fine Arts, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova

Professional Appointments and Memberships

2004 – Full Member, Union of Fine Artists of Romania
1993 – Elected Full Member of the International Association of Art (AIAP–UNESCO), Festival Est-Ouest, Die, France
1992–1993 – President, Union of Fine Artists of the Republic of Moldova
1988–1995 – Head of the Department, Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
1988 – Founder of the Department of Textile Arts, Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
1985–1988 – Textile Artist, Artizana Folk Crafts Association, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
1985 – Elected Full Member, Union of Fine Artists of the Republic of Moldova
1980 – Debuted in tapestry at the Spring Salon, National Museum of Art of Moldova, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
1977–1978 – Ethnographer, Artizana Folk Crafts Association, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
1975–1977 – Teacher, Children’s School of Fine Arts, Rezina, Republic of Moldova

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023 – Apollonia Cultural Centre, Brașov, Romania
2023 – Europe Gallery, Brașov, Romania
2022 – Constantin Brâncuși Arts Centre, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
2021 – Codlea History Museum, Brașov, Romania
2016 – Buxières-les-Mines, France
2015 – Saint-Étienne, France
2013 – National Museum of Art of Moldova, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
2009 – Europe Gallery, Brașov, Romania
2008 – Ars Metaphorica, Constantin Brâncuși Exhibition Centre, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
2007 – U-Art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2006 – Official Guest of the Cannes Contemporary Art Salon, France
2004 – French Cultural Institute, Bucharest, Romania
2003 – U-Art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2002 – Andrei Negură – Peintures Récentes, Cité des Arts – Fort du Bruissin, Francheville, France
2002 – Val House Art & Deco Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2002 – Museum of Art, Heerenveen, Netherlands
2000 – Museum of Transport, Liège, Belgium
2000 – Espace Noveac-Cinéma, Valenciennes, France
2000 – Espace Manfred Werner, NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium
2000, 1999 – Constantin Brâncuși Exhibition Centre, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
1998 – Galerie Le Ultime Frontière, Turin, Italy
1996 – Atelier Z Gallery, Paris, France
1996 – Festival Est-Ouest, Tour Pérignon Gallery, Die, France
1996 – Romanian Cultural Centre, Paris, France
1995 – Vranken Gallery, Épernay, France
1995 – Tapestry, National Museum of Archaeology and History of Moldova, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
1995 – Tapestry, Gallery of the Union of Fine Artists of the Republic of Moldova, Chișinău
1994 – Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
1994 – Palace of the Republic, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
1994 – Eduard Sanduz Gallery, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
1993 – Avanpost Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
1992 – Art Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
1992 – Gala Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
1991 – Alicante, Spain
1989 – National Museum of Art of Moldova, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
1985 – Tapestry, Gallery of the Union of Fine Artists of the Republic of Moldova, Chișinău

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025 – Salon d’Automne, Paris, France
2024 – Salon d’Automne, Paris, France
2023 – National Salon of Contemporary Art (SNAC), Bucharest, Romania
2023–2022 – Saloanele Moldovei, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
2023, 2021, 2019 – Blue Biennale, Brașov, Romania
2023, 2021, 2019 – International Painting Biennale, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
2022 – Spring Salon, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
2022–2006 – Contemporary Art Salons, Brașov, Romania
2021 – Exhibition Dedicated to the National Day of Culture, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
2020 – Autumn Salon, Contemporary Art Competition Exhibition, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
2020–1980, 2007 – Autumn Salons, organized by the Ministry of Culture and the Union of Fine Artists of the Republic of Moldova, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
2018 – National Centenary Salon of Fine Arts, Bucharest, Romania
2009 – Cannes Contemporary Art Salon, France
2006 – Salon des Arts Contemporains, Place de la Bastille, Paris, France
2005, 2003 – Salon des Arts Contemporains, Cannes, France
2003 – Salon des Arts Contemporains, Porte d’Auteuil, Paris, France
2002 – Salon des Arts Contemporains, Place de la Bastille, Paris, France
2002 – Salon des Arts Contemporains, Cannes and Marseille, France
2002–1980 – Spring Salon, organized by the Ministry of Culture and the Union of Fine Artists of the Republic of Moldova, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
2001 – Salon des Arts Contemporains, Place de la Bastille, Paris, France
2000 – Galerie Attitude, Paris, France
1998 – 2nd Salon des Arts Contemporains, Antibes, France
1998 – SAM 98 – Salon des Arts Méditerranéens, Palais des Congrès Europa, Mandelieu-La Napoule, France
1998 – Zeitgenössische Kunst Moldaviens, Karlshalle, Ansbach, Germany
1998–1991 – Saloanele Moldovei, Contemporary Art Competition Exhibition, Bacău, Romania & Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
1997 – Agora Gallery, Évry, France
1996 – Cheltenham, England
1996 – Löbau, Germany
1996 – Direct-Art Salon, Nice, France
1996 – Europe Days, Épernay, France
1994 – Beauvais International Tapestry Biennale, Beauvais, F
ance

Works in Museums

National Museum of Art of the Republic of Moldova, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
M. Cogălniceanu Museum of Literature, Republic of Moldova
Museum of Art, Brașov, Romania
Museum of Art, Bacău, Romania
Museum of Art, Heerenveen, Netherlands

Works in Private Collections

Republic of Moldova, Romania, Hungary, Germany, France, United States, Canada, Israel

Awards / Distinctions / Honorary Titles

2022 – Grand Prize, Te salută Chișinăul Exhibition, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
2022 – Honorary Title “Master of Arts”, Republic of Moldova
2021 – Grand Prize, National Day of Culture Exhibition, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
2005 – Grand Prize, Golden Plaque, Contemporary Art Salon, Cannes, France
2004 – Gold Medal, Contemporary Art Salon, Cannes, France
2003 – Grand Prize, Golden Plaque, Contemporary Art Salon, Marseille, France
2002 – Gold Medal for Merit and Dedication for Contribution to the Development of Universal Fine Arts, France
2000 – Grand Gold Medal, Salon d’Arts Contemporains, Marseille, France
1999 – Silver Medal, Eureka Innovation and Invention Salon, Brussels, Belgium
1998 – 2nd Prize, Saloanele Moldovei, Chișinău / Bacău