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Ghenadie Sontu

I am the President of the young intellectuals Association “ARS DOR” that is one of the most active ONGs in the cultural field in Moldova. I graduated the Academy of Fine Arts and Invisible College of Moldova (Laboratory of Anthropology, Culture and Philosophy). In 2003 I was the President of Youth Parliament of Moldova, organized by US Embassy and UNICEF. I am curator and project director of many international cultural and social projects, exhibitions, summer camps, conferences and charity campaigns. In 2006 with the support of IFPC UNESCO I launched the International Art Project “Eurointegration through Art” that involved 21 artists from Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, Georgia and Latvia who became Ambassadors of Eurointegration through art. In this context I was nominated for the “Young European of the Year 2006” Award offered by Heinz Schwarzkopf Foundation, European Youth Parliament and the European Parliament.
I am a “Messianic Artist”, working in realist style. In my paintings and research I focuse on the philosophical, social-political, Judaic and biblical themes. I am “a collector of children images”, presenting a series of children portraits with names from biblical genealogy, such as “Adam”, “Abraham”, “Joseph”, ”David”, “Debora”, etc. – personalities whose identities had a strong impact in the humankind history. I am interested in identity crisis of modern society and offers in his paintings indisputable models of integrity.

ART AMBASSADORS

European artists, musicians, writers, poets, film-makers, actors, academicians and intellectuals are Ambassadors of culture, who can build bridges between European countries, people and cultures by encouraging and enhancing dialogue and interaction between them, more successfully than politicians. Artists from the countries in the process of European integration should not wait until their countries will be integrated in the EU politically and economically – they should do it through culture and do it right now. Europe is created – now it is necessary to create Europeans.

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