Object at the Limit of Abstraction. Chromatic Morphogenesis in Ivan Kavtea’s Work

Lilia DRAGNEVA, lector universitar, Academia de Muzică, Teatru și Arte Plastice

Ivan KAVTEA. Between 1968–1974, he studied at the Republican School of Art „I. Repin,” Chișinău, Rep. of Moldova. Since 1980, he has been a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR (youth department). In 1988 he became a probationary member and from 1992 – a full member of the UA of the Republic of Moldova. Between 1989–1993, he was part of the „Phantom” artistic group in Chișinău. In 2002 he became a member of the Union of Artists of Germany (Saxony). He undertook a series of creative residencies, including: 1983 – Senej Creative House, Moscow; 1985 – Korovin CH, Gurzuf, Crimea; 1987 – Shorja CH on Lake Sevan, Armenia; 1995 – Brăila Plein-Air Group, România; 1997 – Tescani CH, România; 2010 – Villotta, Italy, and 2012 – Gaville, Italy. Between 1978–1999, he participated in numerous exhibitions in Moldova, Russia, and other republics of the former USSR, and 1999–2016 – solo and group exhibitions in Leipzig, Berlin, and other cities in Germany. From 2017 to 2023, he painted the church from his native village of Ocnița, Republic of Moldova. His works are in private collections in various countries, as well as in the National Museum of Art of Moldova.