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1956 - Born on the 20th of June in Bocsa, Caras - Severin County
1963 - 1971 - Studied at the Primary School of the Pedagogic Highschool in Deva
1971 - 1975 - Studied at the Highschool of Music and Plastic Arts in Deva, having teachers like Kovacs Ernest, Mathias Iosif and Tengheru Ion
1976 - 1980 - Studied at the "Ion Andreescu" Decorative and Plastic Arts Institute 
in Cluj - Napoca, decorative arts degree - The Glass Section - professors Rodica Svintiu and Mircea Spataru's class
1990 - Member of the Plastic Artists Union, the Cluj - Bistrita Subsidiary

One - Artist - Exhibitions 
1997 - Glass and Drawings Exhibition, Bistrita
1998 - Glass Exhibition, "The Old Gallery", Cluj - Napoca 
1998 - Glass and Drawings Exhibition, "The House of Art" Gallery, Bucharest
2003 - Glass Exhibition, "The Negulescu Gallery", Bucharest
2004 - "The Bread and Wine" Exhibition, The UAP Gallery, Bistrita
2005 - The "Buna Vestire Art" Painting and Graphic Arts Exhibition, Beclean
2006 - "The Sacred Object" Glass and Painting Exhibition, The UAP Gallery, Bistrita
2006 - "The Sacred Object" Glass and Painting Exhibition, The Veroniki Art Gallery, Bucharest
2006 - "The Sacred Object" Glass and Painting Exhibition, The "George Apostu" International Center of Art, Bacau
2007 - "The Sacred Object" Glass and Painting Exhibition, Gyula, Hungary
2007 - "The Sacred Object" Glass and Painting Exhibition, The Museum of Art, Timisoara
2007 - "The Sacred Object" Glass and Painting Exhibition, The Thalia Room, Sibiu
2008 - "Obiectul Sacred Object" Glass and Painting Exhibition, Poitiers, Franta - "Derives et Continents" programme

Group Exhibitions
1979 - Drawings Exhibition - Cluj - Napoca and Galati
1980 - 2006 - Gets involved in all the exhibitions organized by the UAP Subsidiary of Bistrita 
1983 - Small Engraving Exhibition, The UAP Gallery, Cluj - Napoca 
1998 - The "10 Young Artists" Exhibition, Cluj - Napoca, Bistrita, Zalau
1989 - The Decorative Arts Exhibition, "The House of Art" Gallery, Bucharest
1990 - The Bistrita UAP Subsidiary Exhibition, Piatra Neamt
1997 - The Painting, Graphic Arts and Decorative Arts Exhibition, organized during The NATO Conference, The "Constantin Brancusi" Exhibition Room of The Parliament Palace, Bucharest
1999 - The Contemporary Art Salon, Resita
2001 - The Bistrita UAP Subsidiary Exhibition, Bacau
2001 - "The Mystic in Art" Exhibition, Targu - Jiu 
2001 - The Decorative Arts Exhibition, The Apollo Galleries, Bucharest
2001 - "The Salons of Moldavia" Exhibition, Chisinau, The Republic of Moldavia
2002 - "The Mountain" Exhibition, Bistrita
2002 - The "Structures" Exhibition, Bistrita
2003 - 2005 - The "Totem 21" Exhibition, Targu Mures
2003 , 2005 - The "Lascar Vorel" Plastic Arts Biennal, Piatra Neamt
2003 - 2005 - The "Moldavia's Salons" Exhibition, Bacau and Chisinau
2004 - "The Light" Exhibition, Bistrita
2005 - The Decorative Arts Exhibition, World Trade Center, Iasi
2005 - The Bistrita UAP Subsidiary Exhibition, The Apollo Galleries, Bucharest
2006 - The "Ambient" Decorative Arts Exhibition, The Veroniki Art Gallery, Bucharest
2006 - The "Territories" Exhibition, Alba Iulia
2006 - The "Ceramics and Glass - Artists of Cluj" Exhibition, The Art Museum, Cluj - Napoca 
2006 - The Alba Iulia UAP Subsidiary Exhibition - guest of honour
2007 - The "Ceramics and Glass - Artists of Cluj" Exhibition, Sibiu
2007 - The "Orasul Inefabil" Exhibition - Bistrita - Galeriile Arcade
2007 - The "Lascar Vorel" Plastic Arts Biennal - Piatra Neamt
2008 - The "Orasul Inefabil" Exhibition - Cluj- Napoca - Muzeul de Arta
2009 - National Saloon of Plastic Arts Contest Contemporans Attitudes - second edition 2009

Republican exhibitions
1980 - The Quadriennal of the Decorative Arts, The Dalles Room, Bucharest
1981 - The Republican Exhibition of Plastic and Decorative Arts, The Dalles Room, Bucharest
1983 , 1985 - The Triennal of Design, The Dalles Room, Bucharest
1985 - The Triennal of the Decorative Arts, The Dalles Room, Bucharest
1989 - The National Salon of Art, The Dalles Room, Bucharest
2001 - The National Salon of Art, Romexpo, Bucharest
2006 - The Bucharest National Salon of Art

Romanian exhibitions abroad
1984 - The Bistrita UAP Subsidiary Exhibition, Sandomierz, Stalova Wola, Tarnobjeg, Poland
1991 - The Bistrita UAP Subsidiary Exhibition, Montreuil, France
1993 - The Bistrita UAP Subsidiary Exhibition, Besancon, France
2004 - The Romanian National Day Exhibition, Chisinau, The Republic of Moldavia

International exhibitions
1986 - The Quadriennal of the Decorative Arts, Erfurt, Germany
1988 - Virtual exhibition, slides in the USA Corning Museum's "Neues Glass" Magazine, no.9/1988
1988, 1990 - "The International Exhibition of Glass Craft", Kanazawa, Japan
1991 - "Bienale Internationale du Verre d'Arts", Biot, France
- Virtual exhibition, participates with slides to the "Kristal Nacht Exhibition 91", Philadelphia, USA
1993 - Virtual exhibition, slides in the "New Glass Review" Magazine, no.13/1993
2001 - The International "Fire Arts" Biennal, The Apollo Galleries, Bucharest
- The International Fair of Visual Arts at the ¾ Gallery, The National Theatre, Bucharest
2008 - Group Exhibition - Poitiers, Franta - programme "Derives et Continents"
2008 - Group Exhibition - Busigny, Franta - programme "Mai en Cambresis"
2009 - International Glass Exhibition "Novy" - Bor, Cehia

Camps and Glassware Symposiums
1978 - Glassware Symposium, Targu Jiu
1984 - Glassware Symposium, Suceava
1984, 1985 - Glassware Symposium, Padurea Neagra
1986 - Glassware Symposium, Turda
1992 - Glassware Symposium, Novi - Bor, Czechoslovakia
2001 - 2002 - The National Camp of Painting from Colibita, Bistrita - Nasaud 
2005 - The National Camp of Painting from Ramnicu Valcea
2007 - Porti de sanziene - Bistrita
2009 - International Glass Symposium, I.G.S.-Novi -Bor, Cehia

Awards
1979 - Mention at the Design Competition organized by The Ministry of Industry, Targu Jiu
2003 - The Award for Decorative Arts at the "Lascar Vorel" Plastic Art Biennal, Piatra Neamt
2005 - The "Vorel Foundation" Award at the "Lascar Vorel" Plastic Art Biennal, Piatra Neamt
2009 - Prise for sculpture at National Saloon of Plastic Arts Contest Contemporans Attitudes second edition 2009

ACTIONS/ WORKSHOP
2004 - "Painea si vinul" - Galeria UAP - Bistrita
2008 - "Covorul zburator" - Poitiers, Franta - "Derives et Continents" programme - made with childrens from France -Poitiers
2009 - PORTRET Exhibition - Turnul Dogarilor Bistrita made with childrens from Arte Plastic Arts College "C. Baba"-Bistrita cl.a-XI-a A gr.III


Works in private and state collections from Romania and abroad
The Romanian Ministry of Culture, The County Museum of Bistrita, The Contemporary Art Museum of Bucharest, Switzerland, USA, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece.

Contact Information
Address: 1/20 Vasile Lupu St., 420089 Bistrita, County of Bistrita - Nasaud, Romania
Phone: (04) 0263/212.361 home
Mobile phone: (04) 0722.704.400
Phone/fax: (04) 0263/232.161 studio
E-mail: vioaradinu@gmail.com