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I was born in Moldova in 1980, a small state that was forced in 1945 to become a part of former USSR, which fact determined considerably its later on development up to today. Mass deportations of intellectuals and resistant to the new regime individuals, forced collectivization, large emigration, denaturalization of the Romanian language and introduction of the Cyrillic alphabet, the process of russification combined with denationalization and humiliation of the local population, secession of the country by cutting it off the Black Sea, establishment of the economical dependence of Moldova by outsourcing its production units in Transnistrian region and Ukraine, restricted education, soviet propaganda, censorship and control are several facts illustrating the planned in detail live experiment directed by Moscow executors under the rule of the communist party.
Even today in Moldova is registered a particular atmosphere characterized by a long distance and isolation from the different spheres of development abroad. Facing a situation in which local resources do not allow Moldovan population to overcome the existentialist problems this generates a lack of critical analyses and discourse (making exception a small number of initiatives undertaken mainly by the civil society) related to the local and global state of things, particularly to the field of contemporary art.
That's why, besides my privileged choice to embrace the artistic activity and become a student first at the Republican Art Lyceum and then at the Academy of Arts in Chisinau, I decided to enter the Invisible College Moldova, then to continue at the University of Arts in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro and today to join the team of the International Curatorial Training Program organized within MAGASIN in Grenoble.
As a premise for my itinerary was the establishment in 2000 of the Moldova Young Artists Association Oberliht (http://www.iatp.md/oberliht) that I direct until the present moment – an organizational structure that allowed me together with a group of artists and colleagues to initiate a certain number of art projects mainly on national level and thus to get acquainted with the curatorial and managerial activities in the field of arts, which fact makes me think of myself as of an artist and curator.
Coming from a society lost in between 2 systems with 2 differently developed scales of values, on one side totalitarian/communist ones and on the other side wild economical/capitalist ones I see my entire itinerary as representing a single wish – to elaborate a proper scale of values that would allow me to give verticality to my own discourse by questioning on the way everything that passes in front of my eyes.
So far I should mention the contemporary arts, the artist and the society / curating / management and organized activity / philosophy of sharing, communication, mobility / multicultural dimension and acceptance of the other / principles of knowledge transfer and information / innovation and new technologies, which represent a number of issues I am particularly interested in. |
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| Biographical data in short |
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| Born: |
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| 14 / 07 / 1980, Chisinau, Moldova |
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| Education: |
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2005 – L’École du Magasin, International Curatorial Training Program, MAGASIN – Centre National d’Art Contemporain de Grenoble, France
2004 – Enrolled at MA program on Multiculturalism, Cultural Management and Cultural Policies in Balkans organized by the University of Arts in Belgrade and Université Lumière Lyon 2 under the UNESCO Chair, Serbia and Montenegro & France
2001-03 – Invisible College Moldova, “Philosophy of Culture”, “Philosophy” and “Anthropology” Lab, Chisinau, Moldova
1998-2003 – Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts, Painting Department, the studio of senior lecturer Veaceslav FISTICANU, Chisinau, Moldova
1994-98 – “I. Vieru” Republican Lyceum of Fine Arts, Chisinau, Moldova
1992-94 – “A. Schiusev” School of Fine Arts for Children, Chisinau, Moldova |
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| Professional experience: |
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| Since 1994 was taking part in solo and group art projects and exhibitions organized in Chisinau, Tighina, Dubasari, Ribnita, Balti, Vasieni, Macaresti, Hartopul Mare, Stejaris, Bahmut, Tipova (Moldova), Iasi, Bucuresti, Bacau, Humor (Romania), Kiev (Ukraine), Istanbul (Turkey), Pierias (Greece), Rome (Italy), Warsaw (Poland), Lyon (France), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Vilnius (Lithuania), Regensburg (Germany), Novi Sad (Serbia and Montenegro). |
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| Starting with 2000 organized and curated contemporary art projects and exhibitions in Chisinau, Tighina, Dubasari, Ribnita, Balti, Vasieni, Macaresti (Transnistrian region / Moldova) most of them questioning specific for South East European region issues like intercultural dialogue, youth culture, regional cooperation, exploration of alternative spaces for artistic creation, educational projects, crossborder communication, information, promotion of contemporary art in Moldova etc., and Rome (Italy) – an exchange project organized in partnership with Centro Internazionale Amici Scuola, Rome. |
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| Participant in symposiums/conferences, art colonies, studies (Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, Turkey, Greece, Latvia, Finland, Norway, France, Germany, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro, Netherlands, Croatia). |
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| Languages: |
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| Romanian, English, Russian, French |
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| Contact information: |
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Gh. Asachi str. 11/2, apt. 45
Chisinau 2028, Republic of Moldova
Tel: + (373 22) 73 53 69
+ 373 6 9171010
email: us_v@hotmail.com
http://www.ecoledumagasin.com/session15/protagonists_vladimir_us.html
http://www.iatp.md/oberliht/EN/us.htm
http://arhiva.art.md/us/en.html |
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