Georges Mazilu - The Comedians

Georges Mazilu ' Le Comediens', 1996-Salon d' automne, signed, painting comes with a photo certificate.
Georges Mazilu (1951, Romania) holds a Master in Fine Arts from the Grigorescu Art Institute in Bucharest. In 1982 he moved to France, or as he himself says, he fled the socialist regime of Ceausescu. Some aspects of his work, the absurdity and the grotesque features, reflect his youth, in an environment that is absurd to him.

Mazilu is internationally known for his distinctive style, which combines contemporary surrealism with the Northern Renaissance. Executed by the hand of a master and imbued with a strange beauty, his paintings show fascinating figures, caught in contemplation or frozen in the middle of mysterious rituals.

His paintings are built up from abstract shapes, which gradually form images that show people and other recognizable shapes. In this process he allows his subconscious to participate and that influences the transformation from abstract to figurative representations. In this way the representations are a mirror of Mazilu's mind, without logic being able to thwart this. The last step in his work is to create the environment for the newly created beings. In this way he gives the beings their own world. Mazilu wants these worlds to reflect the complexity and psychological problems of our own environment.

The artist regularly participates in important Parisian art salons, such as the Salon de Figuration Critique and the Salon des Artistes Independants. He also exhibits frequently in Europe and the United States.

COURSE

1974 Nicolae Grigorescu Institute of Fine Art, MFA Bucharest, Romania

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (A SELECTION)

2016 Turner Carroll Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico
2014 Anomaly, Turner Carroll Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico
2012 Turner Carroll Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico
2010 Turner Carroll Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico
2009 Gallery Utrecht Utrecht, The Netherlands
1989 Galerie Jas de la Rimade Carcès, France
1987 Art Expo New York, New York
1986 Art Expo Los Angeles, California
1985 Kleine Galerie Bad Waldsee, Germany
1983 Galerie Karee Düsseldorf, Germany Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, France
1981 Galerie Simeza Bucharest, Romania

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (A SELECTION)

2009 Figurez-vous l'Imaginaire Théoule-sur-Mer, France Galerie Lacroix Quebec, Canada
2008 12ème Biennale du Cercle Saint Léonard St Léonard de Noblat, France Biennale de Baugé Baugé, France
2007 L'Artistique de l'Isle Adam-Invité et Président du Jury Art Now Fair Miami Miami, Florida
2004 Salon des Artistes Bas-Normands-Invité d'Honneur Caen, France Turner Carroll Gallery, “Georges Mazilu & Richard Garriott-Stejskal” Santa Fe, New Mexico
2003 Sangre de Cristo Art Center, “Magic Realism: The New Generation” Pueblo, Colorado
2001 Turner Carroll Gallery, “10th Anniversary Exhibition” Santa Fe, New Mexico
1999 Turner Carroll Gallery, “The End of an Era: Santa Fe, New Mexico Eastern European Paintings from the Fall of Communism to the Year 2000” Marsha Child Contemporary, “Empire of Light” Princeton, New Jersey
1996 The Philadelphia Art Show Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

COLLECTIONS

Denver Art Museum Denver, Colorado
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco San Francisco, California
Museum of Contemporary Art Sofia, Bulgaria
Member, La Maison des Artistes Paris, France
State of New Mexico, NM Arts in Public Places Santa Fe,
NM Tucson Museum of Art Tucson, Arizona
University of Tasmania Fine Art Collection Hobart, Tasmania

AWARDS

2009 New Mexico Arts Division Purchase Award Santa Fe, New Mexico
2007 Prix de la ville d'Isle Adam, France
1984 Art Stiftung Plaas Foundation Lindau, Germany
1982-85 La Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, France
1980 International Drawing Award Barcelona, Spain
1975 Revue Roumaine Amfiteatru Grand Prix Bucharest, Romania