Ion Dumitriu graduated the Bucharest Pedagogic Institute, Plastic Arts Faculty in 1965 and, further, “Nicolae Grigorescu” Plastic Arts Institute from Bucharest, Plastic Arts Faculty – Museums Section in 1981.
He was a member of the Union of Plastic Artists (painting section) starting with 1975, and during the period 1991 – 1993 he was the vice-president of such Union.
1951-1962 The years of elementary school and high school in Galati. During the period 1960 – 1962 he attends the group of plastic art from within the Salom Alehem Cultural House, led by the painter Lola Dorothea Roth Smirer.
1962-1965 Pedagogic Institute, Plastic Arts Faculty, Bucharest.
1978-1981 "Museums. Drawing Teacher." Section from within the Plastic Arts Faculty of the “Nicolae Grigorescu” Plastic Arts Institute (currently, the Art University) from Bucharest.
Consequently, Ion Dumitriu had an academic formation in two stages, in the area of art pedagogy. Ion Dumitriu was a truly remarkable drawing teacher, innovating, having pedagogical gift, being loved by the students of many generations that he taught; the cult for friendship, as well as his humanity, have marked also his teaching career.
From 1966, drawing teacher at several elementary schools from Bucharest and the surrounding areas: Elementary School from Ciorogârla Commune, Elementary School no. 157, Militari, Elementary School no. 161, Giulesti-Sârbi, Elementary School no. 142, Militari, Elementary School no. 162, Giulesti. From 1980 and until the time he passed away he was a drawing – painting teacher at the “Nicolae Tonitza” high school, Bucharest.
1971-1991 Each summer, for several weeks, the painter had his “workshop” in Poiana Marului, Brasov. Here, he developed a clearly articulated “speech”. The critics spoke about the “Poiana Marului School”, including Ion Dumitriu among its representatives (together with Horia Bernea, Teodor Moraru, Teodor Rusu, Serban Epure and others).
Starting with 1970s, Ion Dumitriu traveled abroad, showing an active curiosity towards new people and places, returning with a high number of photos and objects that “captured” moods, moments, local specificity and which “enriched” his works, being inspiration sources, as well as his workshop, as the summa of tangible testimony of (a) personal mythology(ies).
ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS:
1971 - Ateneul Tineretului, București
1974 - Clubul presei străine, București
1976 - Galeria Galateea, București
1982 - Galeria Simeza, București
1984 - Accademia di Romania, Roma, Italia
1984 - Galeria Simeza, București
1985 - Galeria Pro Arte, Lugoj
1987 - Galeria Simeza, București
1990 - Galeria Simeza, București
1991 - Galeria La Source, Fontaine-les-Dijon, Franța
1993 - Colecția Națională de Gravură, Bistrița
1993 - Muzeul Național de Artă, Cluj-Napoca
1994 - Galeria Herbert Read, Canterbury, Anglia
1995 - Galeria Simeza, București
1998 - Galeria 28, Timișoara
1998 - Muzeul Agriculturii din România, Slobozia
EXHIBITIONS AFTER 1998:
1999 - Muzeul Literaturii Române, Bucuresti
1999 - Galeria 28, Timisoara
2002 - Galeria Sabina si Jean Negulescu, Bucuresti
2003 - Galeria Arcade 24 a Uniunii Artistilor Plastici, Bistrita Nasaud
2004 - Galeria ArTei - Hanul cu Tei, Bucuresti
2007 - Galeria Posibila, Bucuresti
2008 - Galeria Arcade 24 a Uniunii Artistilor Plastici, Bistrita Nasaud
2008 - Galeria Canem, Castelló de la Plana, Spain
2008 - Galeria Canem - ARTESANTANDER 2008,
XVII International Fair of Contemporary Art, Santander, Spain
2008 - Galeria Canem - ARTE LISBOA'08, Contemporary Art Fair, Lisboa, Portugal
2008 - Galeria Posibila, Bucuresti, Romania
2009 - Galeria de Arta Contemporana - Muzeul National Brukenthal, Sibiu, Romania
2010 - Ceaineria Carturesti, Bucuresti, Romania
2011 - Galeria Arcade 24 a Uniunii Artistilor Plastici, Bistrita Nasaud, Romania
2012 - Galeria Dialog, Bucuresti, Romania
2013 - Galeria 28, Timisoara, Romania
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
1972 - Sala Bibliotecii Centrale Universitare, București
- Expoziție de grup, Kartner, Austria
1973 - "Expresionismul ca atitudine", Galeria Orizont (Sala Atelier 35), București
1974 - "Noi probleme ale imaginii", Galeria Orizont (Sala Atelier 35), București
- "Noi probleme ale imaginii", Cluj
1975 - "Autoportretul", Atelier 35, București
- "Lucrul, imaginea, semnul", Galeria Nouă, București
1976 - "Arta și natura", Galeria Noua, București
- "Fotografii folosite de artiștii plastici, I",
Casa de cultură Friedrich Schiller, București
1977 - "Fotografii folosite de artiștii plastici, II",
Casa de cultură Friedrich Schiller, București
1978 - "Studiul I", Galeria Bastion, Timișoara
- "Fotografii folosite de artiștii plastici, III",
Casa de cultură Friedrich Schiller, București
- "Ipostaze ale figurativului", Galeriile de Artă ale Municipiului București
1979 - "Imagine, studiu, document", Caminul Artei, București
- Zilele culturii românești, Berlin, Germania
1980 - "Scrierea", Institutul de Arhitectură Ion Mincu, București
- Muzeul de Artă, Rm. Valcea
1981 - "Studiul II", Galeria Bastion, Timișoara
- "Florile în pictura românească", Viena, Austria
1985 - Expoziția omagială Picu Patrut - "Imagini ale locului românesc",
Muzeul Satului, București
- "Trienala de pictură realistă" de la Sofia, Bulgaria
- Kutaisi, Gruzia
1986 - "12 pictori români contemporani", Atena, Grecia
- The Mall Galleries, Londra, Anglia
- Expoziție de artă plastică românească contemporană, Glasgow, Tara Galilor
1987 - Al XIX-lea Festival internațional de pictură, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Franța
1988 - A IX-a Bienala internațională de pictură din Cehoslovacia, Kosice
1989 - Expoziția de artă contemporană românească, Beijing, China
1991 - Pictori romani de azi, Galeria "La Cordee", Paris, Franța
1994 - "Semnul", Galeria Galla, București
1996 - Centre d'Art i Natura, Farrera de Pallars, Cattalunya, Spania
- Expoziție de grup, Trelleborg, Suedia
1997 - Expoziție de grup, Malmo, Suedia
1999 - Expoziție de grup, Galeria Apollo, București
AWARDS:
1982 - Premiul revistei Arta
1984 - Premiul Contracampo, Italia
1985 - Diploma de onoare la "Trienala de pictură realistă", Sofia
1986 - Placheta Una cultura per l'Europa, Roma
1988 - Premiul Comitetului Național la a IX-a Bienala de pictură, Košice
1989 - Premiul revistei Flacara
1991 - Premiul pentru pictură al Uniunii Artiștilor Plastici din România
