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Wall and Neutrino :
Poetry 2008-07-09 (72 hits)

Esto's Lover : Novel/Synopsis
Article 2008-06-11 (151 hits)

The Liquid Room : A concept for my art group on ARTREVIEW
Essay 2007-10-03 (150 hits)

Luca Curci and Leonardo's paradigm :
Prose 2007-09-27 (303 hits)

After Urban/After Babel :
Essay 2007-09-25 (347 hits)

Leonardo’s paradigm : Madison Morrison and post-literature
Essay 2007-09-19 (483 hits)

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Biography Constantin Severin

Constantin Severin was born in Baia de Arama, Romania, on the 8th of February 1952.

He is a visual artist, member of European Artists e.V. Group, Germany and a writer, member of the Romanian Writers' Union (represented by Bodtker Yuniku Agency, Oslo). Free art studies.
From 1991 to 2004 he worked as a journalist for different Romanian publications, but also for BBC and Free Europe radio. Currently Constantin Severin works at the County's Library of Bucovina ''I.G. Sbiera'', Suceava. Fellow-worker of the Italian art magazine ''It's Liquid'' (www.itsliquid.com). He has published over 800 articles, essays and interviews on culture, art theory and criticism, as well as on other issues of Romanian and international interest. He is the theorist of two new concepts: archetypal expressionism and post -literature, in essays published on the site of the well known Saatchi Gallery of London (these
may be viewed at http://www.saatchi-galery.co.uk) and on the blog of the Department of philosophy from Greenwich University, Great Britain. The first essay concerns contemporary art, the latter, an original philosophy of culture.

Activity as a visual artist(http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Constantin+Severin/211.html)

Solo exhibitions:

''Text and Time'', September 2004, The Bucovina Museum Complex, Suceava, Romania, (included in the EuroNews Agenda of major European cultural events);
''The Signs of the Time'', November 2004, The NahVision Art Gallery in Stuttgart, Germany(also included in the EuroNews Agenda).
''Time's Metaphors'', February 2006, The Velea (TransArt) Gallery in Bacau, Romania.
''Matrioshka Identities'', February 2007, Art Gallery of the ''Stephen the Great'' University, Suceava, Romania.

Group exhibitions:

International Cultural Centre, Helsinki, Finland, April 2005;
National Museum of History, Chisinau, Republic of Moldavia, June 2006;
Stanzwerk Bochum, Germany, June-July 2007, organized by European Artists Association.

UNESCO Ambassador of eurointegration through art. Founder of Archetypal Expressionism Group on ARTMESH (with 34 international emergent artists). Some international artists, like Lily Yang, in USA, recognized the influence of his concept post-literature on their works in the field of virtual reality. Twenty-eight times in TOP 50 (4 times TOP 10) at the online art competition SHOWDOWN, organized by SAATCHI GALLERY.

Activity as a writer (www.yuniku.no)

Works:

'The Sunday of Things Real'' (poetry), Junimea Publishing House, Iasi, Romania,
1984;
''Wall and Neutrino'' (poetry, bilingual edition-Romanian/English, translated by Liviu
Martinescu), Vlasie Publishing House, Pitesti, Romania, 1994; the poem was included
as such in the anthology of ''Contemporary Romanian Poetry'' by Marin
Mincu, Pontica Publishing House, 2000; the poem won The Bucovina Cultural
Foundation Awards;
''Wall and Neutrino'', Minerva Publishing House, London, 1997; translation by Liviu
Martinescu;
''Improvisations on armonic key'' (poetry), Axa Publishing House, Botosani, Romania,
1998;
''The Axolotl'' (poetry), Masina de Scris Publishing House, Bucharest, 1998; the first
renga (renku) book in the Romanian literature, bilingual edition-Romanian/
English, translation by Liviu Martinescu; awarded by the Bucovina Cultural Foundation,
1999;
''The Alchemical City'' (selected poems), Dacia Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, Romania,
2002; awarded by the Bucovina Cultural Foundation, 2003;
''The Sacred Empire. Monasteries and churches in Northern Moldavia'', Paralela 45
Publishing House, Pitesti, Romania, 2003.

Awards

The poetry award of the Daily Yomiuri newspaper, Japan,1996. The award for cultural journalism given by the Romanian Ministry of Culture, 1998. The award for cultural journalism given by the City Hall and the County Council of Suceava, 2001.