Teo Soos

2005 - present: full-time professional visual artist, designer and illustrator and teacher


I consider myself a complete visual artist, as I don't resume only to painting, but am also a teacher, a designer and an illustrator.

I come from a large family of visual artists, so art has always been the most important part of my life. Everything that surrounds me is an inspiration and a drive to create art. I am teacher with over 20 years of successful experience. I am also a designer, designing costumes and accessories, but also interiors. Recently I have started illustrating children's books, which is very satisfying and fulfilling for my career. I am currently preparing my PhD in visual literature, combining my two passions: arts and literature.

During University, I discovered Hundertwasser's art, and it had a huge impact upon my artwork. I admired his sense of space in his works, but also his activism for the environment. I often find inspiration in the decorativity of Klimt, but also in the expressionism of Schiele, or Modigliani. The surrealism and dadaism have always fascinated and inspired me, Rene Magritte being one of the most intelligent art figure of the 20th century, along with Marcel Duchamp.

Dr. Doina Pauleanu, the ar...

2004 - 2005: MA in Visual Arts, University of Arts, Costume Design, Bucharest, Romania
1999 - 2004: Bachelor's degree in Visual Arts, "Ion Andreescu" Arts University, Arts Pedagogy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
1993 - 1997: The Arts Highschool, Sculpting, Constanta, Romania

Solo exhibitions
2005: Aqua Fest, the water festival - interactive event (fine arts, ballet, contemporary dance, digital projection), Museion Gallery, Constanta

2002: Sacred and Secular (mixed-media), Art Museum of Constanta

2002: Exhibition at President Gallery, Mangalia, Romania

Group exhibitions:
2020
TEO SOOS / Art Museum Constanta - CONSTANTA, Romania
2013
TEO SOOS / Art Museum, Alexandru Ciucurencu Gallery - CONSTANTA, Romania
2012
TEO SOOS / Art Museum Constanta - CONSTANTA, Romania
2010
TEO SOOS / Art Museum, Ciucurencu Gallery - CONSTANTA, Romania
2008
Atelier 35 / Art Museum - CONSTANTA, Romania
2008
TEO SOOS / Galerie Muzy - Saint-Jean-du-Doigt, France
2005
TEO SOOS / Art Museum Constanta - CONSTANTA, Romania
2004
TEO SOOS / Art Museum Constanta - CONSTANTA, Romania
2003
TEO SOOS / Art Museum Constanta - CONSTANTA, Romania
2002
TEO SOOS / Art Museum Constanta - CONSTANTA, Romania
2002
TEO SOOS/The International Art Fair, 5th edition / TNB (National Theatre of Bucharest) - Bucharest, Romania
2001
TEO SOOS / Art Museum Constanta - CONSTANTA, Romania
2000
TEO SOOS / Art Museum Constanta - CONSTANTA, Romania
1999
TEO SOOS / Art Museum Constanta - CONSTANTA, Romania

Professional/Teachi...