Email: liliana.turoiu@gmail.com
Twitter @TuroiuLiliana
Director, Romanian Cultural Institute Brussels
Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Romania
Visual artist, PhD UNArte
WORK EXPERIENCE:
President, Romanian Cultural Institute (04.2017 – 07.2019)
General Coordinator for Europalia Romania Festival 2019
and the exhibition dedicated to Constantin Brancusi at BOZAR
PhD Professor, National University of Arts Bucharest
Member ENCATC – European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centres
Member in the University Foundation Brussels
Member in the Creative Industries Federation – The International Council
Member in the Scientific Council of the Sapienza University Foundation
Awards and distinctions:
Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la République Française, 2019
Honorary Ambassador of Ashford City, 2018
Bridges of Tolerance Award, BNR Gala, 2018
Chevalier – award granted for cultural merits by the Great Order of French Knights – Wagram Hall, Paris
First Prize given by Cosmopolitan magazine for a successful career
Nomination for the “Woman of the Year 2017”, Art and Culture Category
Participation at cultural diplomacy events, conferences, fairs and exhibitions:
Keynote speaker – NATO HQ conference „An integrated approach to NATO communications”, Brussels 2020
Keynote speaker – Cultural Diplomacy Institute conference, Berlin 2019
ENCATC Nomination Panel Member
Keynote speaker – CIF conference “Creative industries and the New Europe: opportunities and challenges”, Rome, organised by the Romanian Cultural Institute and Sapienza University Rome
EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture) General Assembly, Brussels 2017-2019
” Transylvania Florilegium” and the Centenary of the Great Union, organised by the Romanian Cultural Institute in partnership with Clarence House
Retiro Book Fair, Madrid – Romania
Salon du Livre – The International Book Fair in Paris
Keynote speaker „IA – a Romanian passport”, conference organised at the European Parliament, 2017
Keynote speaker “Daydreaming Nations” conference, Brussels 2018
Venice Biennale (Art and Architecture), speaker at the official opening of the Romanian Pavilion
Keynote speaker at the Romanian Diplomatic Institute, the seminar for foreign diplomats, Bucharest, 2017
“Bridges of Tolerance”, event organised under the high patronage of the President of Romania, Bucharest
Festival of Culture of the Romanians Abroad, organised under the high patronage of the President of Romania
Events for signing the agreements with important institutions: Romanian Academy, National Council of Rectors, Bucharest
European Film Festival, Bucharest
Bookfest, Bucharest, Shakespeare Festival Craiova, International Theatre Festival Sibiu, National Festival of Theatre Bucharest
Solo shows and group exhibitions as visual artist:
”Zestrea” art and fashion exhibition at the Ateneo Veneto – Venice, Italy
Solo show at the Thalia Palace in Lisbon, Portugal
Solo show (photography and fashion) – The Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest
”Zestrea” fashion show – Dusseldorf, Germany
Solo show at the Bethlen Haller Castle, Romania
Group exhibition at the Ceșianu-Racoviță Palace – Artmark Gallery
Solo show (photography and fashion) at the Făgăraş Citadel Museum
Solo fashion show at the Sinaia City Museum
Photography exhibition and book launch at Creart Bucharest
“Zestrea” exhibition for Romania’s Pavillion ITB International Tourism Fair, Berlin, Germany
Exhibition and book launch at Bran Castle
“Zestrea” exhibition – “Dimitrie Cantemir” University, Aula Magna
“The Queen’s Dowry” exhibition at the Peleș National Museum – Pelișor Royal Castle
Fashion show in Stuttgart, Germany
Solo show – Accademia di Romania, Rome
“Zestrea” by Liliana Turoiu exhibition – Expo Milano 2015
Fashion show “Zestrea” collection at the Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria
Solo show (photography and fashion) – Elisabeta Theatre, Bucharest
“Zestrea” exhibition and award – Wagram Hall, Paris
Concept and outfits for the WELLA GALA show in Romania (10 editions)
Fashion show – The Ambassadors of Romanian Tourism Gala
Art and fashion solo show „Sur les toits de Paris”, Athenee Palace Hilton Bucharest
“Blue Energy” exhibition -” Romanian Canoeing Day” – 6th edition
“Interferences” solo show – Bruxelles
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