Painter / Photographer / Video / Media and visual artistEugen Moritz
I love to do any kind of art work, drawing, painting, but in the same time I am attracted to the technology, digital art, digital photography and video.
I love to do any kind of art work, drawing, painting, but in the same time I am attracted to the technology, digital art, digital photography and video. I don’t know if somebody influenced my childhood but now I am fascinated by the Flemish painting and sometimes by the Italian Renaissance. During the 1990, I have been well known in the photography world for my experimental images. Today I am remarked as an artist who combines painting and photography in an artistic visual composition.
Eugen Moritz is a contemporary visual artist born in 1959 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
His love for art took him to “Romul Ladea” Fine Art High School. After graduating from there he got a degree in painting and painting restoration from “ION ANDREESCU” Art Institute Cluj-Napoca. He lives and works in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Currently he is a PhD Professor at the University of Art and Design, (Cluj-Napoca), the Department of Photography, Video and Digital Imaging. Since 1990 he has been a member of the Union of Fine Artists in Romania, Cluj-Napoca subsidiary.
Since 1985 he has participated in more than three hundred personal photography and painting exhibitions, local, national, international, symposium, workshops, public events, film screenings and photo-media exhibitions. As a professor of art education, he has had an extensive teaching experience for more than 30 years, theoretical and artistic research, published books, articles, publications in art magazines, art catalogs, symposium participation and various collaborations with artistic institutions.
His artistic activity has been rewarded with national and international prizes in painting, photography and video. In recent years, he has published books, albums and catalogs on painting and new visual technologies, also dozens of articles in national and international journals, and he has had numerous contributions to publications and collective volumes.
He likes to lisen to jazz, rock and the music of 1960-1990 and he plays a percussion instrument to relax in his workshop. He admires Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.
Solo Shows:
2018 The Old House, Photography, Cluj-Napoca, RO
Personalia the Old House, Painting, Cluj Napoca, RO
2017 Beyond Memory’s Anatomy, Marincu Palace, The Art Museum Calafat, RO
The artist has been captivated by the barok interiors of the palace and his art work looked great in that long-established space.
2015 Two of us, Ceramic, glass and photography, The History and Art Museum,
the Ioan Sima Art Museum, Zalău, RO
2014 Military Circle Art Gallery, „Mihai Dan-Călinescu” Photo-Club, Craiova, RO
2013 The Visual Arts Centre, The Art Dorm,”ARHETIP” Ceramic, Glass and
Photography with Andrei Florian (glass), Bucharest, RO
Having an exhibition in this place is an honour for any member of the Artist’s
Union. This is the top Gallery of UAP in Romania.
2012 “Liviu Rebreanu” Cultural Centre,”Humor Diagnostica”, Humorous
Photography, Aiud, RO
The Art Museum, ” ARHETIPARE”, Ceramic, Glass and Photography with
Andrei Florian (glass), Cluj-Napoca, RO
2010 Euro-Photo Art Gallery, Photography and Mixed Media, Oradea, RO
2008 The Art Museum, Painting, Fractal Art, and Digital Photography, PhD
Thessis, Cluj-Napoca, RO
Art-Deco Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, RO
“La Galerie”, Photography, Cluj-Napoca, RO
2007 Mayor’s Office,Photography, International FestivalART AIUD’07, Aiud, RO
2003 ALU University,Exhibit and film projection, Zagreb, Croatia
1998 Popular Photography Gallery, Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, USA
In 1998 the artist has won the best in show prize in a photography contest in USA for the section “Photo Glamour”. In the competition have been fifty thousand images for the first selection and twenty thousand images for the final selection. As a result of this, Eugen Moritz has been invited to have a personal show in New York City.
U.A.P. Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, RO
Photo-Art Gallery, “PORTOFOLIU”, Oradea, RO
1995 The Oas County Museum, Negresti, Oaş
1994 U.A.P. Gallery, “FOTO – GRAFIE“, Cluj-Napoca, RO
1992 U.A.P. Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, RO
Group Exhibits:
2018 National History of Transylvania Museum, Artists of Romania, Cluj-Napoca, RO
In Memoriam Dorel Moise, Bistrita – Nasaud, RO
Smiths’ Tower Contemporary Art Gallery, In Memoriam Dorel Moise, Sighişoara, RO
2017 UAPR,Annual Art Salon, The Museum of Art, Cluj-Napoca, RO
Artists’ Colony, Baia Mare, RO; Matei House,Breaking Rules, Cluj-Napoca, RO; “Fotoetnografica”, Slatina, RO; UAP Gallery,Walkers, Alba-Iulia, RO; “Fotoetnografica”15th edition, Satu Mare, RO; The International ”Euro Foto Art”,“PremFoto 2017”, Oradea, RO
2016 UAPR,Annual Art Salon, The Museum of Art, Cluj-Napoca, RO
Calafat Seasons, Photography,The Museum of ArtCalafat, RO
“Octavian Goga” Library, FOTOETNOGRAFICA, 15th Edition, GLOD 2015,
Cluj-Napoca, RO
UAPR, Green Arrow,Media Arts, Arad, RO
“Dr. Mihai Pop” Art Gallery of Negrești-Oaș Museum, “Art Annunciation”,
Negrești,RO
UAP ARCADE Art Gallery,Art in the Garden, Bistrița, RO
2015 UAP, Decorative Art and Design, The Art Museum Cluj-Napoca, RO
International Camp for Photography, “FELIX 2015”, Baile Felix, RO
UAP, Decorative Art and Design, The Art Museum Cluj-Napoca, RO
RADIO Cluj”The microfon with an heart”, Cluj-Napoca, RO
2014 “Petre Dulfu” Public Library, Baia Mare, RO
Gong Theatre, Sibiu, RO
The House of Arts, Happy Jokes, Sad Jokes, Cluj-Napoca, RO
2013 UAP, Decorative Art and Design, The Art Museum Cluj-Napoca, RO
Matei House, The New Roamerica, Cluj-Napoca, RO
2012 UAP, Decorative Art and Design, The Art Museum Cluj-Napoca, RO
Matei House, A square meter of art,Cluj-Napoca, RO
UAP Annual Salon, The Art Museum Cluj-Napoca, RO
2011 Annual Salon ALMA MATER NAPOCENSIS, The Smiths’ Tower, Sighișoara, RO
The County History and Art Museum,The Frontier, Zalău, RO
The National Salon of Contemporary Art,Râmnicu Vâlcea, RO
2011 International Festival of Film and Photography, ART AIUD 2011, Aiud, RO
2010 International Festival of Film and Photography, ART AIUD 2010, Aiud, RO
2008 7th International Exibition of European Art,Rokosowo, Polonia
2007 The First InternationalSalon of of Romanian and Hungarian Photography, Oradea / Debrecen
2003 Semaine Culturelle Franco-Roumanie , Bas Rhin, Strasbourg, France
2003 “Nuit blanche de la Video”(About Nicula 2002), Strasbourg, France
2002 “11+1”, UAD Cluj- Napoca Paintings anfd Photography,Liege, Belgium
AWARDS:
2000 First Prize for Photography, “AZO-ART”, Oradea, RO
1999 Third Prizefor Photography,CANON / FOTO&MODEL
Honorable Mention, “LA BELLA DONA”, Cluj-Napoca, RO
Silver Medal, AAF, “ARGUS VISION”, Oradea, RO
Gold Medal,“Aurel Mihailopol”, National Photography Salon, Botosani, RO
1998 The prize of the Ministry of Culture, 8thInternational Photography Salon, Sibiu, RO
1998 The prize of the 11thPhotography Salon of the University Club, Cluj-Napoca, RO
Silver Medal, at theInternational Photography Salon (Miniature Photography), Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1998 First Prize for Photography, Great 1998 Picture Contest (glamour category)
Popular Photography Magazine, January, New York, S.U.A
1997 The Jury Prize, “AZO-ART”, Oradea, RO
“ARGUS”Prize , “ARGUS VISION”, Salon, Oradea, RO
“Aurel Mihailopol”, National PhotographyPrize, third edition, Botoşani, RO
Silver Medal, at theInternational Photography Salon (Miniature Photography), Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1996 Honorable MentionF.I.A.P.” and the prize AZO at PremPhoto, Oradea, RO
1996 First Prize forFilm and Video “Imagineand Art” (for the film “Nicula”)
1995 Second Prize, “AZO-ART” (slide section), Oradea , RO
The Prize of Photography Biennial “ARGUS VISION”, Oradea, RO
The prize of Photojournalism Contest “NO COMMENT”
1985 U.A.P. Prize for drawing and painting, Gurghiu, Tg. Mureș, RO