Anamaria Smigelschi was born in Bucharest on May 30, 1938, from a father of Polish origin and Italian mother. She graduated in 1961 from the Institute of Fine Arts "Nicolae Grigorescu" - graphics department. Her teachers were: Simon Iuca, Joseph Molnar, Vasile Kazar.
Activities: easel graphics, engraving, numerous collective and group exhibitions in the country and abroad, works in international biennial and triennial book fairs (Krakow, Warsaw, Varna, Ljubljana, Heidelberg, Friederichstadt, Baden-Baden, Sao-Paulo, Grado, Saint-Nicolas, Lahti, etc.), authored books for children (Luna Betiluna and Dora Minodora, Piponicon and Popinacon, etc.), countless covers and illustrations (children's literature and poetry) advertising graphics, artistic editor and design (illustrated magazines, catalogs, album art, flyers, commercial theater programs, posters (theater and film), tv shows: artistic or culinary, literature: short stories, travel notes).
Personal exhibitions: 1980-gallery-horizon Accademia di Romania Bucharest 1981-1981-palazzo-Roma Communities Monte Rotondo (Italy) in 1982, Assisi (Italy) 2007-gallery-Veroniki 2008-09 Gallery Artmark Bucharest (Gheorghiu & Smigelschi)
Awards: honorable mention Warsaw First-Poster Biennial 1966, Artists' Union Prize Order for Cultural Merit, Grande Premio internazionale "Trionfo 81" Italy 1981, Award "at Minerva d'oro" Little Italy 1987, Little reader trophy 1983, order of Merit in the rank of officer in 2000.
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