Valeriu Buev
About
Valeriu Buev is a Moldovan painter and book designer known for his surrealistic works that explore the human condition through distortion, imagination, and visual metaphor. He studied fine arts for five years at Krasnodar State University in Russia, earning a diploma in painting and book design, and took extension courses in book design at the Moscow Paleographic Institute. Buev began his career in 1979 as a book designer at the 'Stiinta' publishing house, then worked from 1980 to 1991 at 'Cartea Moldoveneasca,' where he illustrated over 350 books, designed booklets, posters, and cards, and won a Silver Prize in Moldova's annual book-design competition. Since late 1991, he has worked as a freelance artist and is a member of the Association Internationale des Arts Plastiques. In 2006, he published a book of short stories and poems.
Contemporary Surrealism
Selected Exhibitions
- De Poort Sneek (Holland, 2002)
- Boxtel (Holland, 2004)
- Brîncuş gallery Chisinau (Moldova, 2005)
- L’Alliance Française de Moldavie Chisinau (Moldova, 2005, 2008)
- Lafaet gallery Chisinau (Moldova, 2006)
- Ambulart Leipzig (Germany, 2006)
- Exposition Internationale GIAL (France, 2006)
- Artium gallery Chisinau (Moldova, 2008)
- Circle gallery Brisbane (Australia, 2009)
Awards
- Silver Prize in annual competition of book-designers of Moldova