Serghei Pavlov

Serghei Pavlov is a Romanian visual artist, painter and restorer based in
Timisoara. His artistic formation has been shaped by a long connection to
Christian values, tradition and the visual depth of sacred art. Raised in a
Christian family, he came into contact with religious themes from an early
age, and this spiritual foundation later became an important direction in his
creative practice.
His education followed a natural artistic path through Art School, Fine Arts
High School and a five-year university program in Fine Arts under the preBologna academic system. This training contributed to the formation of an
artist attentive to detail, composition, materiality and authentic visual
expression.
Pavlov's practice moves between contemporary painting, restoration and
sacred art. His recent body of work, Layers, explores energy, visual
memory, light, inner transformation and the visible traces that personal
experiences leave on the human being. Through colour, gesture and
layered surfaces, the canvas becomes a space of accumulation, movement
and spiritual reconstruction.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL FORMATION

Fine Arts Education
Formal artistic training completed through Art School, Fine Arts High School, and the Faculty of Fine Arts, including a five-year university program under the pre-Bologna academic system.

Postgraduate Restoration Studies
Advanced specialized training in art restoration completed at the Bucharest Professional Training Center for Culture.

Restoration Certification
Certified professional restorer specializing in tempera painting on wood, with particular expertise in icons and sacred art objects.

Studio Practice
Founder of a private studio in Timișoara, established in 2007, dedicated to painting, restoration, and the conservation of artworks and cultural objects.

Solo Exhibition, Art Gallery, Timisoara, Romania. 1999

Solo Exhibition, Orhideea Gallery, Timisoara, Romania. 2000

STRATURI / LAYERS - Retrospective Exhibition, BoBa Art Gallery,
Timisoara, Romania. 2026