Lucia Mihaela Lobonț was born on August 26th, 1972, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She graduated from the The Ion Andreescu Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Decorative Arts. BA in Ceramics in1997, Cluj, Romania. Master of Visual Arts: 1998. She has been a member of the Union of Professional artists (UAP Cluj) since 1999. She was a ceramic designer at ‘United Poteries’, Saigon, Vietnam, 2002-2004. Lucia participated in the „Fule int’l Ceramic Art Museum” (FLICAM) creation camp, China, 2010 and “The world’s best ceramic fountains” creation camp, Italy 2012.
“Processing the archaic motifs which translate the amazement before God’s Creation in lyrical, innocent and spontaneous ways (therefore personal), I playfully tell my tale of my intimate encounter with the world. I often use simple ceramic geometrical shapes as a base for my drawings, inspired by old books’ graphics, or by stories from universal literature which I reinterpret.” Lucia Lobonț
Lucia has numerous works in private collections in Romania, Italy, France, China, Vietnam, Hungary, Portugal
NATIONAL EXHIBITIONS (Romania):
• 1993 and 1995: Summer practice group show, Negreşti-Oaș
• 1995: Group Show of the Faculty of Ceramic Art, at the Museum of Collections, Cluj
• 1996: Group show: “70 Years’ Anniversary of the ‘Ioan Andreescu’ Art Academy, Cluj
• 1997: Group Show ‘Autumn Show’, UAP Galleries, Cluj
• 1998: Exhibition of Decorative Arts, UAP Galleries, Cluj
• 1998: Group Show at the Art Museum in Bistrița-Năsăud
• 2000: Group Show, ‘Winter Show’, UAP Galleries, Cluj
-“Plus Minus Unu”, Alianţa Artelor Gallery
-“Turda Spring”, Turda
• 2001: ‘Paper Marks’, ‘Plus Minus Unu’ Group, The Art Museum, Bistrița-Năsăud
• 2002: “Controlled Skidding”, “Plus-Minus Unu” Group, The Art Museum, Bistrița-Năsăud
• 2003: “A Woman’s Scent”, Group Show, Bucharest
• 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008: Group Show at the ‘Autumn-Winter Show, UAP, Galleries, Cluj
• 2009: Solo show: “Armenian Stories”, Bistrița
– Solo show: “Armenian Book Sides”, Radio Galleries, Cluj
• 2009–2010: Decorative Arts show, Cotroceni
• 2010: Ceramic Biennale “The Arts of Fire”, Cluj
– Exhibition of ceramic art, Mogoșoaia
– “Ten Years” group show at the Radio Galleries, Cluj
• 2011: Solo show: “Mirroring”, at the UAP Gallery, Sibiu
– Decorative Arts show, Cotroceni
– Solo show at Piano Qazola
• 2012: “Salon pe balcon” exhibition, Cluj
– Ceramic Biennale “The Arts of Fire”, Cluj
– Decorative Arts show, Cotroceni
• 2013: Galateea Gallery, Bucharest:
– “Umbrele albului”/ “The Shades of White”
– ”Identități (in)formal”/ “Identities (In)Formal
– ”Persona”
– “Desenul, o părere, o pasăre”/ “Drawing, a Bird, an Illusion”
• Palatele Brâncovenești, Bucharest: “Galateea Today” Exhibition
– Solo show: “Shy Stories for Contemporaries”, Lina Gallery, Bistrița
• 2014: Solo show: “The Collector of Stories” Galateea Gallery, Bucharest
– The National Biennale of Ceramic, Glass and Metal, “Incandescent Metaphors”, Cluj
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:
• 1996: Nantes, France
• 2002-2004: Show “United Potteries” Saigon, Vietnam
– Messe Ambiente Frankfurt, Germany
• 2003: Show “United Potteries” Saigon, Vietnam
• 2004: Show at the Fule Int`l Ceramic Art Museum (FLICAM), China
• 2004: Group show: “Under the Blue Sky”, Liverpool, UK
• 2007: Group show: “Interferentzen”, Museum der Stiftung Keramion, Frechen, Germany
• 2010: Group show, Fuping, China
• 2011: Group show, Alcobaca, Portugal
• 2011: Group show, Hungary
• 2012: “The most beautiful fountains” Festival, Italy
• 2013: The International Biennale of Ceramic Art, Cluj, Romania