Valeriu Herta, Moldova
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Valeriu Herta was born in the village of Bardar, Moldova in 1960. The first professional debut of his artwork took place in 1981 in "National Exposition of Ex-libris” in Moldova. The following year (1982) Mr. Herta graduated from Chisinau Polytechnic Institute, Urbanite Faculty, architect.
Since 1995, Mr. Herta has been a member of the Moldavian Union Artists' Association and a permanent fixture in plastic art. He often received "Honorable Mention" for his work in Competitions around and in Moldova and Romania.
The artist is presented in Encyclopedia Bio-Bibliographique of the art of the International Contemporary Ex-Libris volume XXIV (1999) by Artur Mario da Mota Miranda, Portugal and in Encyclopedia of contemporary Romanian artists (2012).
Presented in german Encyclopedia “ALLGEMEINES KUNSTLER – LEXICON”
2010 – 2011 worked to restore Lithography Workshop in Moldova.
Speak: Romanian, Russian, Italian and English (Beginner level).
Personal exhibitions
1981 – Polytechnic Institute, Chisinau (dormitory corridor)
1991 – Ex-Libris, Museum M. Eminescu, Iasi, Romania
1996 – Graphic, Library G. Asachi, Chisinau (Moldova)
1996 – Graphic, Painting, National Library, Chisinau (Moldova)
2004 – Graphic, National Library Chisinau (Moldova)
2007 – Painting, Centrul “Brancusi”, Chisinau (Moldova)
2007 – Painting, National Library, Chisinau.
2010 – Caligraphy, National Library Chisinau (Moldova)
2013 – Graphic, gallery “JuozasArt”, Vilnius, Lietuva
2014 – Painting, USA embassy, Chisinau (Moldova)
2014 – Engraving exhibition, The central ноuse of the artist, Moskova, Rusia.
2014 – Kaligraphy, Engraving, Drawing. (79 works) School of Fine Arts “Al.Plamadeala” Chisinau, Moldova.
2015 – Graphic, Painting, Hincesti (Moldova).
International collective exhibitions
1988, 2012, 2014– Russia
1989, 1996, 1997 – Lithuania
1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004,2012, 2020, 2021, 2022 – Romania
1992, 1994, 1996, 1997 – France
1995, 1997 – Belgium
1995, 1998 – Italy
1995 – USA
1996 – Argentina
1996 – Denmark
1997 – Japan
1997 – Croatia
1997, 1998 – Spain
1998 – Portugal
1998 – Canada
1999 – Dominican Republic-Panama
Awards
1991 – M. Eminescu Award, Ex libris, Oradea (Romania)
1992 – IInd place, Ex libris, Bacau (Romania)
1994 – Special Award, Ex libris, Vulcan (Romania)
1994 – IIIrd place, Ex libris, Bacau (Romania)
1994 – IInd place, Ex libris, Chisinau (Moldova)
1995 – “Ateneu” Magazine Award, Vth Edition, ”Saloanele Moldovei”, Bacau (Romania)
1996 – Mention for Painting, Metropolia Basarabiei, Chisinau (Moldova)
1996 – Ist place, Ex libris, Bacau (Romania)
1996 – Romanian Ex libris Association Award Oradea (Romania)
1998 – Certificate of Merit, Arts Exhibition, Venice (Italy)
1999 – Awarded at the Closed Graphic Contest “Through the Garden Gate”, Ontario (Canada)
2005 – Artists’ Association Diploma for Special Merits in Promoting Graphic Arts, (Moldova
2016 - award for graphics, Union of Visual Artists of the Republic of Moldova
2020 - award for graphics, Union of Visual Artists of the Republic of Moldova
Works
Sad Angels
110 cm x 80 cm
Acril / oil on canvas
2022
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