Romeo Niram

Romeo Niram (born, 1974 in Bucharest) is a Jewish painter born in Romania. [http://123soho.com/artists/featured/f_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv01268&initial=N [Biography at 123soho] ] His contributions to Romanian cultural expansion and promotion are not only in the artistic field, the newspapers and magazines he has founded offer a fresh view on contemporary culture. As a painter, he has gained critical admiration in Romanian and Portuguese cultural press.

Biography

He studied Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bucharest. [http://www.artmajeur.com/?go=user_pages/bio_section&artist_id=34389&subsec=biography&article_id=183369&login=niram Biography at Artmajeur international] ] After exhibiting in many cultural institutions from Turkey, Germany, Portugal he now lives in Madrid. Between 2006-2007, he held individual exhibitions in many important Portuguese Cultural Institutions (ICR Lisbon, Movement for Contemporary Art Lisbon, ESTC Amadora, University of Lisbon, Orlando Ribeiro Library Gallery, etc.). One of his most important series "Essay on Lucidity" is a bold pictorial tribute to several of Portugal's most important personalities: Jose Saramago, Fernando Pessoa, Luis de Camoes, Paula Rego, Manoel de Oliveira and creating new links between different forms of art.

In 2007, his personal interpretation of Constantin Brancusi's sculptures opened new doors in the field of art criticism. As Dan Caragea, art critic , points out, Niram is one of the few artists who brings new and heavy issues in the world of the fine arts. The cycle entitled "Brancusi E=mc2", brings together in an unseen manner the theory of relativity to the birth of modern sculpture, linking Einstein to Brancusi.

Journalism

In 2004, he founded the cultural magazine "Diaspora", a bilingual publication in Romanian and Portuguese which has published translations, essays and articles written by important Romanian and Portuguese writers such as Andrei Plesu, Teodor Baconsky, Simion Doru Cristea, Dan Caragea, José Bettencourt Gonçalves. "Diaspora" is the first Bilingual Cultural Newspaper ever founded in Portugal, and of great importance in promoting Romanian culture abroad.

In 2005, he founded the art magazine "Niram Art", in four languages, in order to create links between European artists and galleries from across Europe, especially from Romania, Spain and Portugal. In 2007, the magazine received the MAC Trophy for Press [http://movartecontemporanea.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html M.A.C. - Movimento Arte Contemporânea: July 2007 ] ] , by the Portuguese Movement for Contemporary Art, for the best arts' magazine in Portugal. The magazine is seen as one of the most important instruments in the Iberian Peninsula for promoting Romanian art and artists, both contemporary as well as the well-known masters like Constantin Brancusi,or the Jewish Romanian artists like Victor Brauner, Sorel Etrog.

References

* Biography in Spanish: Article in Almiar, Margen Cero Magazine, Spain [http://www.margencero.com/romeoniram/romeoniram_presenta.html]
* Biography in Romanian: Article: The Culture of Romania, Romanian Painters at Einformativ [http://www.einformativ.ro/c-25-140-763.html]
* Article by Art Critic Prof. Dra. Begoña Fernández Cabaleiro, in Vigometropolitano, Spain [http://www.vigometropolitano.com/news/178/ARTICLE/2187/2007-11-20.html]
* Article by Art Critic Prof. Dra. Begoña Fernández Cabaleiro, in Almiar, Spain [http://www.margencero.com/articulos/new/pintura_escultura.html]
* Niram Art Magazine: The Movement for Contemporary Art in Portugal 2007 Trophy for Best Arts Magazine in Portuguese [http://movartecontemporanea.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html]
* Niram Art, Best Arts Magazine in Portugal, article in Romanian, "Roman in Lume" newspaper: [http://www.romaninlume.com/ziar/stire_detaliu.php?id=86]
* ROCA, GEORGE: Article in Simeza, Agero Magazine, 2007: [http://www.agero-stuttgart.de/REVISTA-AGERO/SIMEZA%20AGERO/Simeza%20Romeo%20Niram.htm]
* MARIN, BIANCA,Ensayo sobre la lucidez; Almiar Magazine, Spain [http://www.margencero.com/romeoniram/romeoniram_presenta.html]
* HARANACIU, VASILE, Intalnirea secolului Einstein si Brancusi, moderator Romeo Niram;Agero Magazine; Germany [http://www.agero-stuttgart.de/REVISTA-AGERO/CULTURA/Intalnirea%20secolului%20-%20Einstein%20si%20Brancusi%20de%20Vasile%20Haranaciu.htm]
* DEFESES,EVA: Disciploul lui Corneliu Baba, Agero Magazine, [http://www.agero-stuttgart.de/REVISTA-AGERO/CULTURA/Discipolul%20lui%20Corneliu%20Baba%20de%20Eva%20Defeses.htm]
* CRISTOVÃO, Fernando, et al; Dicionário Temático da Lusofonia; 1.ª Edição; Lisboa; Editorial Texto Editores; 2005.
* FAN ART; Niram Art [http://www.fanart.ro/acropolis/action/article/229]
* EgoPHobia N. 15 [http://www.egophobia.ro/15/critica.html]
* Sisif, Craiova, Romania, Nº 15, September 2006 [http://www.sisif.ro/articol-283.html]
* Blanca, Romania, July 2006 [http://www.blanca.ro/index.php?page=articole.28.245]