A church in Santorini Painting

Dumitru D. Bostan was born on the 27th of November 1962 in Piatra-Neamt, Romania. Graduate the Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest in 1986, specialized in monumental art and mural painting restoration. Member of The Romanian Union of Artists. Individual and collective exhibitions: Personal exhibitions, “Lascar Vorel” Gallery, Piatra-Neamt, Romania, 1995-2011. The National Graphic Show, Bucharest, Romania, 1996. The Art Biennial Exhibition, Piatra-Neamt, Romania,1997-2011. Kunstschow Westerschowen, “Galerie Geluk”, Burgh Haamstede-Holland, 1998. Group exhibitions at the “Apollo and “Artis” Gallery, National Theatre, Bucharest, 2004, 2006, 2007. Personal exhibition at the United Nations Center, Bucharest, 2005. The National Art Show, Bucharest, Romania, 2006. Group exhibition, “Confluences” at the “Artimundo” Gallery, Bruxelles, 2008. Group exhibition at the Romanian Institute of Culture and Humanistic Research-Venice, 2010. Personal exhibition at “Ana“ Gallery-Bucharest. Group exhibition The Brukenthal Museum-Sibiu, 2014. Collective exhibition at “Saloanele Astrei“-Sibiu. Personal exhibition at the Piatra-Neamț Art Museum. Collective exhibition at the Bucovina Museum-Suceava, 2017, Group exhibition, „Ion Irimescu Museum”, Fălticeni; (2018); Group exhibition „Bucovina Museum”, Suceava; (2019); Group exhibition, „Iași Art Museum”; (2019); Group exhibition, „Piatra-Neamț Art Museum” (2019); Author of the illustrations of the art book “Biarritz, si loin si proche” by Florence Sturm Borderie and Dumitru Bostan Jr., Atlantica-Seguier Publishing House, Biarritz, France, 2003. Wins the prise for graphics at the Art Biennial, Piatra-Neamt, Romania, 2009. Represented with paintings in the Piatra-Neamt Art Museum, Romania. Artworks in private collections from Romania, USA, France, Germany, Italy, Israel, Holland. Presence in the “Romanian artists encyclopedia” by Vasile Florea, (ARC 2000 Publishing House, Bucharest, 2004), “A century of fine arts in Moldova” and “The Illustrated Dictionary of Fine Arts from Moldova” by Valentin Ciuca, Art XXI Publishing House, 2009-2011. "Dumitru Bostan Jr. isn’t content just to skillfully record, but processes the subject, plasticizes it, until he absorbs it in the rhythm of his own language.