Rodica Alecsandra Petrescu Miller
(Romania-USA)
“The Camps of Resistance and Fields of consciousness”
Endangered Species
Odyssey
The Great Escape
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BIO
Rodica Alecsandra Petrescu Miller is a Metaphysical Surrealist painter who settled down in the United States in 1996. She lives and works upstate New York.
Born and raised in Romania, Rodica Alecsandra Petrescu Miller has a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts ‘Nicolae Grigorescu’, Bucharest, Romania. Her third solo show, ‘The Graal’– organized by the Goethe Institut in Bucharest, Romania in 1993- brought her success and artistic recognition. The same year, she went to Toronto, Canada as artist-in-residence and saw The Henry Moore Sculpture Centre at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Back in Bucharest during the spring of 1994, she started working on her next Solo Show ‘Other Voices, Other Rooms’ at the American Cultural Center, Bucharest, Romania. In 1995, she wrote a screenplay for a digital film ‘Adventure in Immortality’ Art & Technology Experience, but the project requires advanced technology and thus remains still unrealized.
Rodica immigrated, alone and without support, to New York, USA in 1996. In 2002, in spite of all the difficulties and complications, she received an AAS degree in Textile Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY. In the summer of 2003, she managed to get her first website: www.sandramillergalleries.com and started to promote her artwork over the internet. Recently, she changed the official site address to:www.rodicaworld.com
A member of the Society for Art of Imagination, London, UK since 2004, Rodica has had works included in international shows at HR Giger Museum in SWITZERLAND, the Mall Galleries in London, UK, and Fantasmus Gallerie Brusen in Saeby, DENMARK.
For her oil technique, Rodica studied the works of her favourite masters: Francisco Goya, Lucas Cranach, Giambattista Tiepolo and Giorgione.
Rodica was attracted to Metaphysical Painting that enabled her to create unique interpretations of the relationship between mind and matter. Above all, the ambition of Rodica’s each painting is to create a unique metaphoric expression, and to preserve the concept of beauty and harmony in Art.
Education:
Academy of Fine Arts, Bucharest, Romania, Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree,
Fine Arts major, Specialization: Painting
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY, State of University of New York,
AAS degree, Textile and Surface Design major
Member of the Society for Art of Imagination, London, UK
Member of UAPR- Uniunea Artistilor Plastici din Romania- Fine Arts, Painting
Member of UCIN- Uniunea Cineastilor din Romania- Film Costume Design
Selected Works:
2009- ‘Contemplating Heaven”, oil on canvas, selected by www.monograffi.com for
Monograffi Art Galleries, Metarealism, Art descending from Georgio De Chirico
2006- “Walpurgisnacht”, oil on canvas, selected by Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in
Leipzig, Germany for the concert catalog of the season 2007/2008, page 40-41
2006-”The Unseen Attraction Force of Evil”, oil on canvas, at the Museum of World’s
Illustration at Glowinski Library, Olesnica, Poland
2002- “Floral“, dye & gouache design, “Fashion Fabric International Exhibition” at
The Javits Center, Jacob K Javits Convention Center, New York, NY, USA
2000- ‘The Great Escape“, oil on canvas, selected for “Eminescian Resonance in
Fine Arts”, Litera International Publishing House, Bucharest, Romania
1999-”Dust, Mould & Flamingo Feather“, “The Break“, selected for Surrealistic Billows,
”New Art International”, Book Art Press Publishers, New York, NY, USA
1996- “The Encyclopedia of Romanian Contemporary Artists”: Rodica A Petrescu,
ARC 2000 Publishing House, Bucharest, Romania
1994 – “Adventure in Immortality”, oil on canvas selected by “L’Express de Toronto” for
Press Bureau of His Majesty King Michael of Romania, Toronto, Canada
1993 – “The Graal”, series of oil paintings to illustrate ‘Luceafarul’, Art and Literary magazine of the Romanian Writers Association, http://www.revistaluceafarul.ro
1991- “DYONISUS“, “ GENESIS”, oil on canvas, selected for “Eminescian Echoes in
Fine Arts”, Rodica A Petrescu, Meridiane Publishing House, Bucharest, Romania
Audio Files:
April 2014 – “THE LIVING WATER”, podcast for http://www.estmanradio.com , Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, SWITZERLAND
Recent Group Shows:
August 2011- ‘The Spiritual Essence of Art”, ARTROM Gallery, Rome, ITALY
October 2010- ‘PALM ART AWARD 2010’, Art Domain Leipzig, GERMANY
May 2010- INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 2010, SURREALISM, Santiago Ribeiro,
Sant’ Anna Convent, Coimbra, PORTUGAL, EUROPEAN UNION
April 2009- “SACRED ART”, Exhibition at the Lofthouse Gallery,
Wessobrunn, Bavaria, GERMANY
September 2008- “PARADISE LOST’, John Milton’s 400th Birthday Art Exhibit at
WILLIAMSBURG ART & HISTORICAL CENTER, Brooklyn, NY, USA
July 2008- ‘FANTASMUS 2008’, Exhibition at GRØNNEGADE 3 SÆBY, DENMARK
April 2007- “The Annual Exhibition of The Society for Art of Imagination” at the Mall
Galleries near Buckingham Palace in London, UK
August 2006- “SurrealismNow”, International Surrealist Show online, New York, NY
June 2006- A FEAST FOR THE IMAGINATION, International Show at the HR GIGER
Museum and Galleries, Chateau St Germain in SWITZERLAND
January 2005- “ Digital Art Contest”, MOCA, Museum of Computer Art, Brooklyn, NY
September 2004- “Art et Technologie, Patrimoine et Art Contemporaine” International
Exhibition, Saint-Auvent, FRANCE
February 2002 – “International Fashion Fabrics Exhibition”, The Javits Center, Jacob K
Javits Convention Center, New York, NY, USA
Chicago
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-73555314.html
May 2002- “Senior Show”, Museum at Fashion Institute of Technology,
New York, NY, USA
1994- L’Express de Toronto, Press Office of His Majesty King Michael of Romania. With Jean Mazare (Founder), and the Sculptor Nicapetre.
Artist in Residence:
April 2009- Florsheim Mansion, Chicago, IL, USA
November 1993- February 1994- Atlin Center for the Arts, Toronto, CANADA
Art & Technology Experience:
1995- “ADVENTURE IN IMMORTALITY”, screenplay for computer 3D animation and
Special effects animation for Art & Technology Experience
2009- “THE LIVING WATER”, Touch Surface installation art project for Mercosul Biennial,
Porto Alegre, BRAZIL
1994, L’EXPRESS, LE JOURNAL FRANCAIS DE TORONTO
Art Space 2000-World Web Award of Excellence 2007-2008 for www.rodicaworld.com
Award of Excellence- The Sixth Annual Art Competition Manhattan Arts International,
New York, NY, USA, 1997
Diploma of Excellence- The 5th International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Art Addiction
International Gallery, Stockholm, SWEDEN, 1997
Diploma of Excellence-The 4th International Female Artists Art Annual, Art Addiction
International Gallery, Stockholm, SWEDEN, 1997
McLaine Fellowship Solo Show – International House, New York, NY, USA, 1997
Media Presentation
Art and Literary magazines:
June 2015- ‘Empty Mirror’ Art & Literary Magazine http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/features/visual-art/the-rift-in-time-paintings-by-rodica-miller.html
January 2005- 1@IonOne, Live Magazine, Digital: Art & Technology: Sandra Miller
New York, “Adventure in Immortality”, screenplay for digital art http://www.ionone.com/pnmillersa.htm
December 2004- 1@IonOne, Live Magazine, Digital: Art & Technology: Sandra Miller http://www.ionone.com/pnmillersa.htm
January 1993- ‘Luceafarul’, http://www.revistaluceafarul.ro Art and Literary magazine of
The Romanian Writers Association published ‘The Shape of Ideal’ by Corneliu Antim, art critic, article about ‘The Graal’, painting exhibition by Rodica A Petrescu at Goethe Institut in Bucharest, Romania
June 1991 – Luceafarul’, Art and Literary magazine of Romanian Writers Association
http://www.revistaluceafarul.ro published ‘The Anatomy of Dream’ by Corneliu Antim, art critic, article about ‘The Triumph of Death’ painting exhibition by Rodica Petrescu at Galeria Caminul Artei, Bucharest, Romania
TV January 1995- NEWS, Romanian National Television Channel 1 & 2
January 1993- CONFLUENCES, Art Program Romanian National Television
Channel 1
October 1993- ATELIER, Art Program Romanian National Television
Channel 2
Radio January 1995- Romania Actualitati Radio Station , Radio Tinerama,
Antena Bucurestilor Radio Station
January 1993- Romanian National Radio Station, Fun Radio, Uniplus Radio
Paintings in Private Collections:
France, Germany, Holland, Sweden, Italy, Poland, Greece, UK, Austria, Switzerland, Canada, USA, Japan, Israel and Romania.
LIFE AFTER LIFE Dr. Manfried Wüst, director of the Goethe Institut
EVENING MEDITATION Goethe Institut, Bucharest, Romania
“Adventure in Immortality”, L’Express de Toronto, Press Bureau of His Majesty
King Michael of Romania, Toronto, Canada
GRAAL EXERCISE Paulina Rieloff, Paulina Rieloff Gallery, New York, NY, USA
SALAMANDER’S MAGIC Joseph Helman Gallery, New York, NY, USA
LAND of DREAMS Centrul Cultural Roman, New York, NY, USA
AT DUSK Florsheim Mansion, Chicago, IL, USA
THE LAKE Florsheim Mandion, Chicago, IL, USA
Artist Confession II
Painting is part of myself, a spectacular ordeal with so few satisfactions, regardless, nothing is more wonderful than the time spent in the studio, when you isolate yourself from the daily turmoil and, with an eagerness comparable to that before a competition, you start working. It is a unique moment, when fatigue and loneliness- which crushed you like a fatality, devouring you without haste- disappear; when the soul loaded with the burden of so many questions starts a secret dialog with himself and with God; when it seems the clock doesn’t move waiting for this miraculous tearing.
Then Love also gets another image.
At last the painting is ready and speaks about “The Grail”, “The Triumph of Death”, about “The Anatomy of Melancholy”, or ‘The Adventure in Immortality”, “Ritual of Invisibility”, and even about “The Underground Journey”.
Around you, there is silence. Everything has its own meaning, and tired by the achieved flight, you feel like the chronicler of the time, who recorded the results of these experiences to leave them to those who will follow the same Path…
May 1996, Bucharest, Romania
LINKS :
http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/32008-rodica-miller Los Angeles portfolio
http://www.artmajeur.com/en/artist/sandramiller/portfolio Paris, France portfolio
http://www.artofimagination.org/Pages/Miller.html London, UK portfolio
www.hrgiger.com/museum/museum_gallery.htm Rodica A Miller
http://www.ionone.com/pnmillersa.htm Sandra Miller
http://redroom.com/member/rodica-miller/writing
www.surrealismnow.com/rodicamiller.html
www.artisticnetwork.net Rodica A Miller, International Society of Artists, SWEDEN
http://santiagoribeiro.ning.com/profile/RODICAMILLER
Santiago Ribeiro International Exhibition 2010 Surrealism, Coimbra, PORTUGAL
http://www.tendreams.org/metarealism1.htm
http://monograffi.com/meta1.htm
http://pictify.com/user/rodicamiller
https://www.artstation.com Rodica Miller painting portfolio
http://www.renderosity.com Rodica Miller painting portfolio
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