Vasile Tolan b. 1953 
1972-1975 Institute of Fine Arts“Ion Andreescu”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
1997-1999 National University of the Arts, Bucharest, Romania

WORK EXPERIENCE:

1975-1981 Professor, Draawing-Department, Bistrita-Nasaud, Romania
1980 Member of the artists’ union (UAR), Romania
1982 designer, Bistrita-Nasaud, Romania
2001-2007 Member of the Management Board UAP, Romania
2001- 2001- Professor, National University of Bucharest, Romania

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected):

2003 German Cultural Center, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2002 Gallery Wen, England
2002 Gallery of the Delta, Arad, Romania
2001 French Cultural Center, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2001 Galerie Veche, National Art Museum, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2000 Galerie Etaj 3-42, National Theater, Bucharest, Romania
1996 Gallery T & T, Nüremberg, Behringersdorf, Germany
1995 Galleries Atelier, Besacorn, France
1987 Gallery of the Romanian College, Rome, Italy
1987 Gallery RAU “Caminule Artei”, Bucharest, Romania
1985 Gallery of the editorial staff of the newspaper “VATRA”, Tg. Mures, Romania
1980 Gallery RAU, Oradea, Romania
1979 RAU Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
1975 Gallery of the Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

GROUP EXIBITIONS  (selected):

2016 “Die Kraft der Materie”, FIVE PLUS Art Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2003 Gallery 49, New York, USA
2002 Parliament, Vienna, Austria
2002 “Totem”, UAP Gallery, Tg Mures Romania
2001 International Festival of Graphic Arts, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
1999 “Romanian Artists in China” – International Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
1999 “Tinsel and paper”, Romanian Cultural Institute, New York, USA
1999 “Tinsel and paper” – Action space, Los Angeles, USA
1998 “Salina”, Tulcea, Romania
1998 Museum of Contemporary Art Montreuille, France
1996 “Lineart”, Ghent, Belgium
1995 “D’Art”, International Art Collection, Niza, France
1993 “Art Hamburg”, Al Gallery Gerlinde Walz, Germany
1993 “Dynamic Compositions”, Kozlehedesi Museum, Budapest, Hungary
1992 “Romanian Artists”, Lisbon, Prague
1992 “Artists from Bistrita”, Montreuille, France
1991 Gallery “Caminul Artei”, Bucharest, Romania
1989 International Festival of Graphic Arts of Eastern European Countries, Menton, France
1988 Triennial for drawing, Wroclow, Poland
1987 Intergraphic, Berlin, Germany
1986 International Biennial for Printing, Krakow, Poland
1985 International Watercolor Exhibition, Arcobalena Gallery, Rome, Italy
1983, 1986 International Exhibition of Drawing “Joan Miro”, Barcelona, Spain
1983 “Romanian Art Exhibition”, Detroit, Columbus, Youngstone, Washington, New York, USA
1982, 1987 International Youth Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria
1975 “Young Artists Drawing”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

AWARDS:

1983 Award for drawing, UAP branch Cluj-Napoca, Romania
1983 Diploma, Biennial for Drawing, Kosice, Slovakia
1988 Award for young artists, RAU, Romania
2001 National Prize for Drawing, UAP, Romania

MUSEUMS UND COLLECTIONS (selected):

Collection B.W.A., Sandomierz, Poland
Adriana Schmidt Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
La Corde, Paris, France
Le Tondo Gallery, Strasbourg, France
Kunsthaus Schaller KG, Stuttgart, Germany
Eterso Gallery, Paris, France
Gallery 49, New York, USA
Circulo de Arte Tolede, England
Zervas Art Productions International, Patras, United Kingdom