January 7, 2004

Paintings By Boise State Professor Featured In Art Publication

Several paintings by Tudor Mitroi, a Boise State University art professor, were published in the recent “New American Paintings” by Open Studios Press in Boston. The book features works from winners of the Western division of the Open Studios competitions, which began in 1993 as an experiment in art publishing. The competitions are now bimonthly and have become the country’s largest series of artist competitions. Mitroi’s paintings are irregularly shaped works based on personal geographies. “Confusing meanings of time and place are hidden in the sharp cutout contours and the plain accuracy of maps, photographs and rulers,” said Mitroi, who is the only Idaho artist featured in the book. Mitroi, who was born and educated in Romania, began teaching at Boise State in fall 2003. His works are part of collections in the Romanian Ministry of Culture and the Academy of Art in Bucharest, Romania, and the Asociacion Difusora Obra Grafica Internacional in Barcelona, Spain. -30- Contact Tudor Mitroi Department of art 208 426-1087 Media Contact Kathleen Craven communications and marketing 208 426-3275