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Peter Cernat is a Romanian painter and sculptor, who lives in Canada and is a naturalised Canadian.

PETER CERNAT

Peter Cernat is the spiritual artist. Buddhism is the philosophy underlying his artistic credo. Brâncusi is his guide. Cernat’s surrealist debuts were inspired by Bosch, Brauner, Dali, Magritte and the flamands. His technique comes mainly from Cennini and is continuing the tradition of the old masters. He has many artistic styles and will never stop to discover.

He has toyed with sculpting, painting and righting poems since he was seven. At 11 he was immerged in the classical music, rock and jazz. At 17 he thought he was a painter and stop sculpting for 33 years. At 21 he knew he was a painter; he put his poems and music in his paintings. He was obssesed by the technical perfection. His work has been exhibited at the National and Municipal Art Shows in Romania. He won national and municipal prizes for his work while studying at the Bucharest Faculty of Civil Engineering. While he lived in Romania, he sold a large number of paintings throughout the world, but few in his native land. From 1990 to 1992, Cernat lived and worked in France. His paintings from that period were shown in Paris and the surrounding areas and are now in several collections. In 1992, he immigrated to Canada and became a Canadian citizen. Since 1999 the Montreal Fine Arts Museum has exhibited his work in the Art Sales and Rental Gallery. Some paintings exhibited in this gallery can be seen in movies (DEADLY BETRAYAL; 2003). In 2002 the well-known Canadian magazine DECORMAG reproduced two of Cernat’s canvases. In 2004 the painting Meditation 1 appears in À LA DI STASIO show. Same year, FARHAT FOUNDATION obtained one painting by Cernat to be sell in auction. In 1996 SOTHEBY’S sold in auction at Le Windsor, Montreal, the painting LOVE SONG. Cernat paintings were exhibited in Toronto’s Gallery 7 until 1997. In Montreal, his paintings have been displayed in the Gallery of Contemporary Art on Crescent Street and in the Kastel Gallery on Greene Avenue in Westmount. His spiritual art is currently represented by Agur Gallery in Knowlton and Greene Bamboo and Les Quatres Saisons in Montreal. His spiritual paintings are found in several private collections in Canada and the United States.

Peter Cernat est le peintre spirituel. Il est né en Roumanie en 1955. À l’âge de sept ans il commence à s’intéresser aux arts, surtout à la sculpture. Son guide est Brâncusi. En peinture, il est attiré en particulier par Brauner, Bosch, Durer, Goya, Dali, Vermeer. Il peint avec plusieurs mediums et se spécialise dans la technique de l’huile. Il peint selon la tradition des anciens maîtres, malgré l’apparence moderne de ses toiles. Cernat obtient son diplôme d’ingénieur en Ponts & Chaussées en 1979 et commence à exposer et participer aux salons nationaux. Il obtient plusieurs prix. Il travaille et expose pendant deux ans en France. Il s’établit au Canada en 1992 et expose à Toronto, Montréal, Sutton, Knowlton, Hudson.

Solo Exhibitions: 2007 o Landscapes. Les Quatre Saisons Gallery. Montreal, Canada. 2007 o Paintings and Sculptures. Agur Gallery. Knowlton, Canada. 2006 o Sculptures. Baliz Gallery. Montreal, Canada. 2006 o Spiritual paintings. Baliz Gallery. Montreal, Canada. 2006 o Les 4 Bardo. Agur Gallery. Knowlton, Canada. 2004 o Coquilles. Georges Laoun Gallery. Montreal, Canada. o New Paintings. Greene Bambou. Westmount (Montreal), Canada. 2003 o Buddha Paintings. Greene Bambou. Westmount (Montreal), Canada. 2002 o Meditation. Greene Bambou. Westmount (Montreal), Canada. 2001 o Spiritual Paintings. Greene Bambou. Westmount (Montreal), Canada. 2000 o Geishas. Kastel Gallery. Westmount (Montreal), Canada. o Prayers. Greene Bambou. Westmount (Montreal), Canada. 1999 o Feuilles. Contemporary Art Gallery. Montreal, Canada. 1998 o Paintings. Kastel Gallery. Westmount (Montreal), Canada. 1997 o Sea shells. Gallery 7. Toronto, Canada. 1996 o Leaves. Gallery 7. Toronto, Canada. 1992 o Peter Cernat – peintre roumain. Eaubonne City Hall, France. o Metaphores. Casino Enghien-Les-Bains, France. 1991 o La metamorphose du corps. Casino La Grande Motte, France. o Coquilles. L'Orangerie. Soisy-s-Montmorenci, France. 1990 o Autoportraits. Max’s Ernst house. Eaubonne, France. 1988 o Still life Paintings. Bush Gallery. Brannenburg, Germany. 1987 o Recent Paintings. Horizon Gallery. Bucharest, Romania. 1986 o The Moment. The Small Theatre. Bucharest, Romania. 1985 o Graphics. The Home of Art. Bucharest, Romania. 1984 o Paintings and Sculptures. Intercontinental Hotel. Bucharest, Romania. o The Sea. Adriana H. Gallery. Saturn, Romania. 1983 o Il Mare. Galeria Andrea Corsini. Palermo, Italy. o Rocks. National Theatre Gallery. Bucharest, Romania. 1982 o The Muse. Horizon Gallery. Bucharest, Romania. o Portrets. Galatea Gallery. Bucharest, Romania. 1981 o Hypostasis of the Muse to be rented. Simeza Gallery. Bucharest, Romania. 1980 o Il corpo della donna. Galeria Andrea Corsini. Palermo, Italy. 1979 o Paintings and Sculptures. Gallery 35. Bucharest, Romania. 1978 o Paintings and Graphics. Club 33 Gallery. Bucharest, Romania. o Graphics. Apollo Gallery. Bucharest, Romania. 1977 o Paintings and Sculptures. Romanian Athenee Gallery. Bucharest, Romania. 1976 o Paintings, Sculptures, Graphics. Students Culture House. Bucharest, Romania.

Group Exhibitions:

                                                                                                                                                          2007		o Les Quatre Saisons Gallery. Montreal, Canada.                                                          

2006 o Baliz Gallery. Montreal, Canada. 2006 o Agur Gallery & Etchea. Knowlton, Canada. 2006 o Agur Gallery. Knowlton, Canada. 2005 o Baliz Gallery. Montreal, Canada. 2005 o Agur Gallery. Sutton, Canada. Peter Cernat, Patricia Barrowman, Sean O'Riodain. o Mystique & Symbolism: Agur Gallery, Knowlton (Canada). 2003 o Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – Selected artist - rent and sales. Montreal, Canada. 2002 o Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – Selected artist - rent and sales. Montreal, Canada. 2001 o Paintings. Paul Kastel Gallery. Montreal, Canada. o Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – Selected artist - rent and sales. Montreal, Canada. o Greene Bambou. Westmount (Montreal), Canada. 2000 o Contemporary Art Gallery. Montreal Canada. o Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – Selected artist - rent and sales. Montreal, Canada. o Paul Kastel Gallery. Montreal, Canada. 1999 o Paul Kastel Gallery. Montreal, Canada. o Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – Selected artist - rent and sales. Montreal, Canada. o Contemporary Art Gallery. Montreal, Canada. 1998 o Paul Kastel Gallery. Montreal, Canada. o Contemporary Art Gallery. Montreal, Canada. 1997 o Contemporary Art Gallery. Montreal, Canada. 1996 o Gallery 7. Toronto, Canada. 1994 o VIP Hall. Dorval Airport. Montreal, Canada. o Complex Guy-Favreau,.Montreal, Canada. 1993 o Mirabel Airport. Montreal, Canada. o Complex Guy-Favreau. Montreal, Canada. 1992 o Paris Region painting. Soisy-s-Montmorency, France. 1991 o L’Art du rêve. Enghien-les-Bains, France. o Annual Show. Montrouge, France. 1990 o National Biennial Show. Dalles Hall. Bucharest, Romania. 1989 o National Biennial Show. Dalles Hall. Bucharest, Romania. o Municipal Art Show. National Art Museum. Bucharest, Romania. 1988 o National Biennial Show. Dalles Hall. Bucharest, Romania. o Municipal Art Show. National Art Museum. Bucharest, Romania. 1987 o National Biennial Show. Dalles Hall. Bucharest, Romania. o Municipal Art Show. National Art Museum. Bucharest, Romania. 1986 o National Biennial Show. Dalles Hall. Bucharest, Romania. o Municipal Art Show. National Art Museum. Bucharest, Romania. 1985 o The Romanian Contemporary Painting. Ljubljana, Ex Yugoslavia. o National Biennial Show. Dalles Hall. Bucharest, Romania. o Municipal Art Show. National Art Museum. Bucharest, Romania. 1984 o Romanian Painters. Chisinau, Moldova. o National Biennial Show. Dalles Hall. Bucharest, Romania. o Municipal Art Show. National Art Museum. Bucharest, Romania. 1983 o National Biennial Show. Dalles Hall. Bucharest, Romania. o Municipal Art Show. National Art Museum. Bucharest, Romania. 1982 o National Biennial Show. Dalles Hall. Bucharest, Romania. o Municipal Art Show. National Art Museum. Bucharest, Romania. 1979 o National Art Competition. National Theatre. Craiova, Romania. 1978 o Municipal Art Competition. National Art Museum. Bucharest, Romania. o National Art Competition. National Theatre. Bucharest, Romania. 1977 o National Art Competition. National Theatre. Craiova, Romania. o Galatea Gallery. Bucharest Romania.

Selected Bibliography: Wendy Denman. Cernat brings art from Romania, with love. The magazines: Guide, Record, Brome County News. April 20, 2005. Ottawa Xpress - Stage - Agur Galerie d’art contemporain. Peter Cernat, Patricia Barrowman, Sean O’Riordain. Summer 2005. Le Guide. Galerie Agur – Mystique et symbolisme. La nouvelle Exposition de Peter Cernat, peintre, Sean O’Riordain, peintre et Patricia Barrowman, sculpteur. 9 April 2005, 16 April 2005, 23 April 2005, 30 April 2005, 7 May 2005, 14 May 2005, 28 May 2005, 4 June 2005, 11 June 2005, 25 June 2005. Maddia Esquerre. Peter Cernat. (Catalogue Essay: Galerie Agur, Knowlton, Canada 2004). Maskarade. “The storm of remembrance” by Peter Cernat from Georges Laoun. Silent auction catalogue. Montreal, 2004. International Gala Auction. “Love song” by Peter Cernat. Catalog of The Montreal Chamber Orchestra. Le Windsor, Montreal, October 16, 1996. The Youth National Art Exhibition. Petre Cernat - Portrait of a young lady, painting. (Catalogue: Dalles Hall, Bucharest 1984). The Winners of the National Art Show. Graphics: Petre Cernat. Viata studenteasca magazine, Spring 1977, Bucharest. Magda Carneci. A young breath. “My grand parents” by Petre Cernat. Amfiteatru magazine, No. 4 (136) 1977, Bucharest. Grigore Arbore. Petre Cernat and his dreaming portraits. Amfiteatru. Spring 1978, Bucharest. Vasile Craioveanu. Grafica lui Petre Cernat. Viata studenteasca. Autumn 1977, Bucharest.

Events: 2004 o The painting “Meditation 1” appears in À LA DI STASIO show. 2003 o The painting “Wings of a morning dream” appears in the movie DEADLY BETRAYAL.

                    o PFIZER company invited Peter Cernat to present his painting “Where do we go?” at Manoir Saint-Sauveur, Qc, Canada.

2002 o The Canadian magazine DECORMAG reproduced two of Cernat’s paintings from the cycle “The Seasons”. o FARHAT FOUNDATION obtained one painting by Cernat to be sell in auction. 1996 o SOTHEBY’S sold in auction at Le Windsor, Montreal, the painting “Love song”. O Peter Cernat became sponsor of The Montreal Chamber Orchestra.

Selected Collections:

Yoga Mollie Lawson. Westmount (Montreal), Qc, Canada. Pfizer Canada. Pointe-Claire, Qc, Canada. Roger Southin. Montreal, Qc, Canada. Nicole Senecal. Montreal, Qc, Canada. George Laoun. Montreal, Qc, Canada. Greene Bambou - Nicolas Dauplay. Westmount (Montreal), Qc, Canada. Farhat Foundation. Montreal, Qc, Canada. Montreal Chamber Orchestra. Montreal, Qc, Canada. Marius Faber. Beaconsfield, Qc, Canada. Eugen Lazaroaie. Brossard, Qc, Canada. Kwe Nguyen. Brossard, Qc, Canada. Stephanie Lawson. Westmount (Montreal), Qc, Canada. T & K Tierney. Westmount (Montreal), Qc, Canada. Carole Roy. Montreal, Qc, Canada. Carmelta & Eduard Sideco. Town of Mount Royal (Montreal), Qc, Canada. Belle Gaverza. Montreal, Qc, Canada. Gabriel Bodnariuc. Brossard, Qc, Canada. John Sims.Brossard, Qc, Canada. Son Thu Le. Town of Mont Royal (Montreal), Canada. Khanh Diong Ngoc. Town of Mont Royal (Montreal), Canada. George M. Cojocea, Brossard, Qc, Canada George Hendi, Montreal, Qc,Canada. Kelig Glorenec. Montreal, Qc, Canada. Rollin Guilboult. Montreal, Qc, Canada. Lucy Philip. Laval, Qc, Canada. Charles Gareau. Saint Lazare, Qc, Canada. Karen Velan. Westmount (Montreal), Qc, Canada. Sylvie Caron. Montreal, Qc, Canada. Vasile Petrache. Laval, Qc, Canada. Toth. Ottawa, On, Canada. Florin Vladu. United Nations. Luiza Vladu Collection. New York, Bonn, Vienna, Bucharest. Michael Vladu, NY, USA. Robert Redford. Beverly Hills, Ca, USA. Jack Aranda. Grosse Point, MI, USA. Elena L. Bejan. Forest Hills, NY, USA. A Collection. Cleveland, Oh, USA. Monique Couillard. Tokyo, Japan; Paris, France. Alain Delon. Paris, France. Carole. France. Bernard Notter. Paris, France. Francis Fayolle. Soisy-sous-Montmorency, France. Guy Perri. Paris, France. Michel Hoerth. France. René Bonhomme. Eaubonne, France. André Petit. Eaubonne, France. Christine Ionesco. Paris, France. Gerlinde Kugler. Dusseldorf. Germany. Adalbert Busch. Brannenburg, Bayern, Germany. Nicolas Popescu. Germany. Andrea Corsini. Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Petit Gore. Brussels, Belgium. Vanda Cernat. Bucharest, Romania. Bianca Bella. Bucharest, Romania. University of Civil Engineering-Faculty of Roads & Bridges, Bucharest, Romania. Hobaia Church, Hobaia, Romania. Valea Popii Church, Valea Popii, Romania. Constantin Hociung, Bucharest, Romania. Bianca De Giacomo. Bucharest, Romania. Dana De Giacomo. Bucharest, Romania. Alex Ciobanu. Bucharest, Romania. Liviu Coste. Bucharest, Romania. Nicolae Naumovici Bela. Bucarest, Romania. Constantin Ionescu. Bucharest, Romania. Doina Enescu. Ploiesti, Romania. Mihai Popescu, Ploiesti, Romania. Ion Benghe, Hotarele, Romania. Tudor Gheorghe, Bucharest, Romania. Emil Panaitescu. Bucharest, Romania. Adriana Flutur. Bucharest, Romania.

Awards: 1979 1st Prize for painting. National Art Competition, Craiova, Romania. 1978 1st Prize for painting. Bucharest Municipality Art Competition, Romania. 2nd Prize for graphics. National Art Competition, Bucharest, Romania. 1977 1st Prize for painting. Bucharest Municipality Art Competition, Romania. 1st Prize for graphics. National Art Competition, Craiova, Romania.