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Valeria Duca Iurie Registration date: 24.03.10 Birthdate: 26.06.95 Site: http://www.valeriaduca.com/ Email: [email protected] Phone: +37369109293

DUCA Valeria
Born: 26 iune, 1995
Balti, Republic of Moldova
attends Truro School, Truro, Cornwall, Great Britain
2014 - ... St. Andrews University, Scotland, UK.


Education and formation
2001 - 2012: attends “Prometeu Prim” Lyceum of Creativity and Inventiveness
2007 june - 2008 june: private disciple, class of professor Victor Ursu, member of the Union of Plastic Artists (UAP) of Republic of Moldova
2008 june - 2012: private disciple, class of professor Ion Serbinov, Master of Art, member of the Union of Plastic Artists (UAP) of Republic of Moldova
2010 – privat disciple of Alexander Sheversky of Canada
2012 -... attends Truro School, Truro, Cornwall, Great Britain


Acknowledgement
2003 - makes the first tandem parachute jump from an altitude of 2500 m. She is the youngest parachutist in Moldova
2006 - starts her sports career in Taekwondo WTF with coach Vladislav Mazur (5th Dan black belt). She is practising this sports genre till the present day
2007 - makes her debut in the artistic life with gouache paintings at the Municipal Painting Contest for School Students, Chisinau
2008 June1 st - 10th: makes her debut with a personal exhibition dedicated to the International Children’s Day and entitled Valeria Duca. Valeria Duca. The Plastic Creation of Children from Chisinau, Exhibition Center “Constantin Brancusi”, Chisinau
Personal exhibitions
2008 –Valeria Duca. The Plastic Creation of Children from Chisinau, dedicated to the International Children’s Day, Exhibition Center “Constantin Brancusi”, Chisinau, June 1st – 10th
2009 –Valeria Duca. The Truth from Children’s Mouth, the National Museum of Archeology and History of Moldova, Chisinau, May 20th – June 10th
2009 – Valeria Duca, Personal Exhibition, Public Library Targoviste, Chisinau, June 11th
2009 – Valeria Duca, Personal Exhibition at the International BookFest, XVIII th Edition – National Library of RM, August 31st– September 30th
2009 – Abstract and not only… -- Romanian Embassy in RM, October 12th – December 9th.
2009 – Valeria Duca, Personal Exhibition, Amarillo Art Gallery, Reggio Emilia, Italy, November 27th – December 11th.
2009 – Valeria Duca, Personal Exhibition, Amarillo Art & spazio Cavour, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 16th – 26th December .
2010 – The Galaxy of the Colors, Folc costume Museum, Palace of Parliament, Bucharest, Romania, 04th fevrier - 08th mars/
2010 – Personal exibition dedicated to teacers day. "Prometeu-Prim" Lyceum
2011 - Personal exgibition "The world around me". Venice biennale. Moldavian national pavilion. 01.06 - 27.11.2011
2012 - "Color, Light, Ballet", Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art, 02.03 – 22.03
2012 - Personal exhibition "Intermission." Museum of Fine Arts, Mr. Galati, Romania, June 12-July 10
2013 - Personal exhibition "After the rain ...", Heseltine Gallery, Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom, April 15 - May 3

Attend Charity seven exhibitions and over 30 group exhibitions in the country and abroad (Italy, Russia, United Kingdom, USA)

Group Exhibitions
2007 – The Municipal Painting Contest for School Students, Chisinau, February
2008 – The Municipal Painting Contest for School Students, Chisinau, February
2008 – Valeria Duca. The Plastic Creation of Children from Chisinau, dedicated to the International Children’s Day, Exhibition
Center “Constantin Brancusi”, UAP RM, Chisinau, June 1st – 10th
2008 – Autumnala 2008, Exhibition Center “Constantin Brancusi”, UAP RM, Chisinau, October 30th – November 11th
2008 – Creation 2008, Exhibition Center “Constantin Brancusi”, UAP RM, Chisinau, December 25th – January 12th 2009
2009 – The Municipal Painting Contest for School Students, Chisinau, February
2009 – The Portrait in Plastic Art, Exhibition Center “Constantin Brancusi”, UAP RM, Chisinau, April 16th – May 24th
2009 – Improvised Painting, Stefan cel Mare Public Garden, Chisinau, May 24t
2009 – My friends, our communion is too beautiful, Exhibition Center “ Constantin Brancusi”, UAP, RM, Chisinau, June 10-17th
2009 – Municipal Painting Contest for Pupils – Chişinău, February
2009 – The Portrait in Fine Art , Exhibitional Center Constantin Brâncuşi UAP of RM, April 16th - May 10th
2009 – Improvised Painting, Public Garden Stefan cel Mare, Chişinău, May 24th
2009 – My Friends, Our Communion is Beautiful, Exhibitional Center Constantin Brâncuşi UAP of RM, June 10th-16th
2009 – Requiem, Exhibitional Center Constantin Brâncuşi UAP of RM, July 2nd-12th
2009 – Chişinău –Yesterday and Today, Exhibitional Center Constantin Brâncuşi UAP of RM, October 13th-18th
2009 – Fiera d”Arte contemporanea "Immagina" di Reggio Emilia, Italy, November 27th – 30th
2010 - We - Creative youth, edition I X - й, Exhibitional Center Constantin Brâncuşi UAP of RM; on February, 24th - on March, 14th
2010 - the Russian Art - 2010: the Renaissance, a tower Federation, Moscow, Russia. On March, 1-9st
2010 - Charity evening of art. Constantin Brancusi Exhibition Center CX RM, June 4
2014 February 6 to 23, WE: creative youth
2014, 5 – 15 march RBA's annual show, at the Mall Galleries, London, UK
2016 - Portrait Marathon, KULTURHUSET, OSLO, Norway

2015 - Personal exhibition, Organ Hall, Chisinau, Moldova

- [email protected] Magazine Caricature Drawing Workshop, the Barron Theater, St. Andrews, UK

- Portrait Marathon with Valeria Duca, The Art Society, St. Andrews, UK

- Charity Portrait Event in aid of Fife Womens Aid, Organizator: The Lumsten Club, Fraser East Gallery,

St.Andrews, UK

Distinctions/awards
2007 – II place, The Municipal Painting Contest for School Students, Chisinau, February
2008 – II place, The Municipal Painting Contest for School Students, Chisinau, February
2009 – II place, The Municipal Painting Contest for School Students, Chisinau, February
2009 – Nominated at The Contest of Improvised Painting, Chisinau, May 24th
2009 – Award UAP of RM at the International BookFest, for the Album ‘Valeria Duca, Painting, Graphics", september 3rd
2010 - Special Prize of the Ministry of Youth and Sport of Moldova in the national contest "Literature and Art"in honor of Youth Day 2010

Black Belt II Dan in Taekwondo, WTF, a multiple champion of the country and international tournaments (more than 20 gold medals), athlete, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
The youngest parachutist country (jumping in 2003 at the age of 8 years)
Works in public collections
Italia, Regina Pacis Foundation ; the National Museum of Archeology and History of Moldova; Folc costume Museum, Palace of Parliament, Bucharest, Romania; Village’s Museum, Bucharest, Romania;
Works in private collections
Lithuania, Republic of Moldova, Romania, United States of America, Italia
Selective bibliography • catalogues/posters/ folders
1. Valeria Duca. Painting, graphics. Catalogue.
Texts signed by:
Ion Botnaru, Ambassador, Director, the United Nations Secretariat;
Constantin I. Ciobanu, Dr. Habilitat in the study of arts, Scientific Researcher at George Oprescu Institute of Art History of the Romanian Academy;
Ion Serbinov, Master of Art;
Victoria Rocaciuc, Dr. in the study of arts, Superior Scientific Researcher, the Institute of Cultural Patrimony of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova;
Loreta Zakareviciene, Foreign Affairs Counselor to the Prime Minister of Lithuanian Republic.
Pictures by: Iurie Foca. Chisinau, Epigraf Publishing House, 2009. [Detalii]
2. Immagina ARTE in Fiera. Catalogue, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 2009, pag.66.
3. 2009-2010: Un anno di arte nel segno di Amarillo Art. Catalogue, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 2009, pag.16 - 19.
4. The Russian Art - 2010: the Renaissance, the catalogue, p. 277 - 279
5. "The Russian Art - 2011", Catalogue 2011.
6. "The world around me". Valeria Duca. Catalogue, 2011.
7. " Illuminations". Short catalog. Venice Biennale 2011, pag.154
8. " Illuminations". Oficial catalog. Venice Biennale 2011, pag. 432 - 433.