Born on the 14th of January 1964, in Trusesti, Botosani, Romania
Studies:
The Academy of Fine Arts – Bucharest, 1991
Bachelor in Ceramics – Glass – Metal
Scholarships:
1991-1993 documentation stage in Sweden, at Kosta Boda Workshops, offered by the Bucharest Fine Arts Academy
Affiliations:
Member of the Romanian Artists’ Union from 1991
Permanent Exhibitions:
2002-2005: Artech Gallery, SoHo / New York – private gallery
2000-2004: Nemtoi Glass Art Gallery, Elvej, Denmark
1998: Nemtoi Gallery, Calea Victoriei 126, Bucharest, Romania – private gallery
2005: Nemtoi Gallery, Hanul cu Tei, Blanari 5-7, Bucharest, Romania – private gallery
2006: The Levante Parliament, Vienna
Solo Exhibitions:
2013: Travelling lights, glass installations, FivePlusFineArt gallery – Vienna
2012: Ikone-Weib, glass installations, KunstART gallery, Bochum, Germany
2010: Glass Universe by Nemtoi, glass installations, Science Center & Library, Pecs, Hungary
2009: Who’s afraid of Glass?, glass installations, The Palace of Arts, Budapest, Hungary
2007: Who’s afraid of Glass?, glass installations, Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa, Italy
2007: Who’s afraid of Glass?, glass installations, Museums Quartier, Vienna.
2006-2007: Who’s afraid of Glass?, glass installations. Tekne Gallery, Potenza, Italia.
2005: 1200° C, outdoor installation, public space in front of Carturesti bookshop, Bucharest.
2005: Madrid 11.03 , installation, Galeria Nemtoi, Bucharest.
2004-2007: My Extravaganza relocated, installation and sound surround, McLaren Technology Centre, London, UK.
2004: My Extravaganza, installation and sound surround, the.gallery@oxo and Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, London, UK.
2003 Water and Fire, installation and sound surround, Cotroceni National Museum, Bucharest, Romania Genesis, installation, World Trade Center, Rotterdam & World Trade Center, Amsterdam Schiphol / Airport Kraft der Farben, decorative art, Jacob Bach Gallery, Düsseldorf
2002 Eden, installation, Romanian Cultural Center, Paris
Betrayal, installation, Artech Gallery, SoHo / New York International and Group Exhibitions:
2003 International Art Fair, West Palm Beach Waterland Neeltje Jans Museum, Netherlands Recipients Exhibition, “Caminul Artei” Gallery, Bucharest “Gaudeamus” Art Fair, Bucharest, Romania
2002 Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf Nieuwegein Gallery, Utrecht, Netherlands De Smederij Gallery, Leerdam, Netherlands World Trade Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands Exelmans Gallery, Maaseik, Belgium
2001: Orizont” Gallery, Bucharest, Romania Simeza” Gallery, Bucharest, Romania Glass Art Fair, Fukuoka, Japan Glass Art Fair, Osaka, Japan
2000 : International Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark Formland Fair, Herning, Denmark Lineart Art Fair, Gent, Belgium Glass Art Fair, Leerdam, Netherlands World Trade Center Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands De Gallerie, Haga, Netherlands Vera Gallery, Drobak, Norway International Glass Art Exhibition, Alizay, France National Glass Exhibition, “Simeza” Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
1999: International Art Fair, Bucharest, Romania International Art Exhibition, Utrecht, Netherlands Glass Art Exhibition, Tucson, Arizona, USA Glass Exhibition, “Simeza” Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
1998: Glass Exhibition, World Trade Center, Bucharest, Romania
1997: Glass Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan Art Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark
1996: Art Exhibition, Paris, France
1994: Art Exhibition, Gjovik, Norway
1991/1993: Exhibition in private galleries: Norway, France, Sweden
1991: International Glass Exhibition, Kanazawa, Japan Art Exhibition, National Theatre, Bucharest, Romania
1990 : “16-22” Exhibition, Dalles, Bucharest, Romania Art Exhibition, History Museum, Resita, Romania
1989: Glass and Ceramics Art Exhibition, Bucharest, Romania
1988: Republican Exhibition, Bucharest, Romania
Museums and Collections where Ioan Nemtoi’s works of art are exhibited:
„Green Fantasy”, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany „Aphrodite” and „Poseidon”, Waterland Neeltje Jans Museum, Zeeland, Netherlands „Bread and Fishes”, UNICEF Headquarters, New York, USA „Genesis”, White House, Washington DC, USA
His works are present in numerous private collections in Romania and abroad, such as the private collections of King Harald of Norway, Vladimir Putin, Kofi Annan, Emma Nicholson, Princess Margaret of Romania and Prince Radu of Hohenzolern-Veringen
