Tuesday, August 14 at 17:00 took placed at “Lascar Vorel” Galleries the opening of the painting exhibition “Bacante si inorogi” of the artist Petru Damir. The exhibition is organized by the Union of Artists from Neamt County and Neamt County Museum Complex and presented by the art critic Valentin Ciuca.

Petru Damir was born in 1949 in Zahorna, Iasi County and he is passionate about painting from his childhood. He graduated the Art High School “Octav Bancila” from Iasi and he also worked as an apprentice in workshops of the local painters.

He also studied in France, Italy, United States, Switzerland and Greece. Over his career he participated at many local and national exhibitions and starting with the year 1975 he directed “Culoare, suflet si idei” (“Color, soul and ideas”) Circle of the University Center from Iasi.

In 1976 he was appointed head of the Painting Group “PG – Plastic Group”. In 1990he becomes a member of the Union Artists Association from Iasi and in 1991 a member of Doctors that Paint Association from Swiss.
The exhibition was open until August 31 2012.