Education and formation

2001 - present: attends “Prometeu Prim” Lyceum of Creativity and Inventiveness
2007 june - 2008 june: private disciple, class of professor Victor Ursu, Member of the Plastic Artists Union (PAU) of Republic of Moldova
2008 june - present: private disciple, class of professor Ion Serbinov, Master of Art, member of the Plastic Artists Union (PAU) of Republic of Moldova.

Acknowledgement

2003 - Makes the first tandem parachute jump from an altitude of 2500 m. She is the youngest parachutist in Moldova
2006 - Starts her sports career in Taekwondo WTF with coach Vladislav Mazur (5th Dan black belt). She is practicing this sport genre till the present day
2007 - Makes her debut in the artistic life with gouache paintings at the Municipal Painting Contest for School Students, Chisinau
2008, June 1st - 10th: makes her debut with a personal exhibition dedicated to the International Children’s Day and entitled “Valeria Duca”. Children’s Plastic Creation from Chisinau, Exhibition Center “Constantin Brancusi”, Chisinau

Personal exhibitions

2008 – “Children’s Plastic Creation from Chisinau”, dedicated to the International Children’s Day, Exhibition Center “Constantin Brancusi”, Chisinau, June 1st – 10th
2009 –“The Truth from Children’s Mouth”, the National Museum of Archeology and History of Moldova, Chisinau, May 20th – July 01th
2009 – Public Library Targoviste, Chisinau, June 11th
2009 – International Book Fest, XVIII-th Edition at the National Library of RM, August 31st – September 30th
2009 – “Abstract and not only…”, Romanian Embassy in RM, October 12th – December 9th .
2009 – Amarillo Art Gallery, Reggio Emilia, Italy, November 27th – December 11th.
2009 – Amarillo Art & Spazzio Cavour, Reggio Emilia, Italy, December 16th – 26th.
2010 – The Galaxy Colors, Folk Costume Museum, Palace of Parliament, Bucharest, Romania, February 04th - March 08th .
2010 – Personal exibition dedicated to teacers day. "Prometeu-Prim" Lyceum
2011 - Personal exgibition "The world around me". Venice biennale. Moldavian national pavilion. 01.06 - 27.11.2011

Group Exhibitions

2007 – The Municipal Painting Contest for School Students, Chisinau, February
2008 – The Municipal Painting Contest for School Students, Chisinau, February
2008 – Valeria Duca. Children’s Plastic Creation from Chisinau, dedicated to the International Children’s Day, Exhibition Center “Constantin Brancusi”, UAP RM, Chisinau, June 1st – 10th
2008 – Autumnala 2008, Exhibition Center “Constantin Brancusi”, UAP RM, Chisinau, October 30th – November 11th
2008 – Creation 2008, Exhibition Center “Constantin Brancusi”, UAP RM, Chisinau, December 25th – January 12th 2009
2009 – The Municipal Painting Contest for School Students, Chisinau, February
2009 – “The Portrait in Plastic Art”, Exhibition Center “Constantin Brancusi”, UAP RM, Chisinau, April 16th – May 24th
2009 – Improvised Painting, Stefan cel Mare Public Garden, Chisinau, May 24th
2009 – “My friends, our communion is too beautiful”, Exhibition Center “ Constantin Brancusi”, UAP, RM, Chisinau, June 10th -17th
2009 –“Requiem”, Exhibitional Center Constantin Brâncuşi UAP of RM, July 2nd -12th
2009 – “Chişinău –Yesterday and Today”, Exhibitional Center Constantin Brâncuşi UAP of RM, October 13th -18th
2009 – Fiera d”Arte Contemporanea "Immagina" di Reggio Emilia, Italy, November 27th – 30th
2010 – “We - Creative youth”, IX-th Edition, EC Constantin Brâncuşi UAP of RM
2010 – “Russian Art - 2010: the Renaissance”, Tower Federation, Moscow, Russia, March, 1st -9th
2010 – “Charity evening of art”. Constantin Brancusi Exhibition Center CX RM, June 4th
2010 – “Charity evening of art”, National Museum of Art, Republic of Moldova, August 5th-10th

Distinctions/awards

2007 – II place, The Municipal Painting Contest for School Students, Chisinau, February
2008 – II place, The Municipal Painting Contest for School Students, Chisinau, February
2009 – II place, The Municipal Painting Contest for School Students, Chisinau, February
2009 – Nominated in the Contest of Improvised Painting, Chisinau, May 24th
2009 – UAP Award at the International BookFest, for the Album ‘Valeria Duca, Painting, Graphics", september 3rd
2009 - Laureate weekly "Literature and art for art debut
2010 - Special Prize Winner, Literature and art contest on the occasion of National Youth Day 2010, organized by Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Moldova

Works in public collections

Italia, Regina Pacis Foundation ;
The National Museum of Archeology and History of Moldova;
Folk costume Museum, Palace of Parliament, Bucharest, Romania;
Village’s Museum, Bucharest, Romania;

Works in private collections

Lithuania, Republic of Moldova, Romania, United States of America, Italia, Great Britain

Selective bibliography • catalogues

1. “Valeria Duca. Painting, graphics”. Catalogue.
Texts signed by:
Ion Botnaru, Ambassador, Director, the United Nations Secretariat;
Constantin I. Ciobanu, Dr. Habilitat in Study of Arts, Scientific Researcher at George Oprescu Institute of Art History of the Romanian Academy;
Ion Serbinov, Master of Art;
Victoria Rocaciuc, Dr. in Study of Arts, Superior Scientific Researcher, the Institute of Cultural Patrimony of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova;
Loreta Zakareviciene, Foreign Affairs Counselor to the Prime Minister of Lithuanian Republic.
Pictures by: Iurie Foca. Chisinau, Epigraf Publishing House, 2009.
2. “Immagina ARTE in Fiera”. Catalogue, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 2009, pag.66.
3. “2009-2010: Un anno di arte nel segno di Amarillo Art”. Catalogue, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 2009, pag.16 - 19.
4. “The Russian Art – the Renaissance”, Catalogue 2010, p. 277 - 279
5. "The Russian Art - 2011", Catalogue 2011.
6. "The world around me". Valeria Duca. Catalogue, 2011.
7. " Illuminations". Short catalog. Venice Biennale 2011, pag.154
8. " Illuminations". Oficial catalog. Venice Biennale 2011, pag. 432 - 433.

SPORTS ACTIVITY

Summer of 2003: makes the first tandem parachute jump from an altitude of 2500 m. She is the youngest parachutist in Moldova
January 2006: starts her sports career in Taekwondo WTF with coach Vladislav Mazur (5th Dan black belt). She is practising this sports genre till the present day
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