Something about Ada Cartianu



                            



                              










                                                                                                                      







Her grand parents Eftimie and Elisabeta Cartianu were her first tutors in literature and art. They did
open her eyes and mind for the beauty, value and immortality of art; they planted the seeds of her passion for art. With
their support she begin to develop her skills and write  short stories for children at the age of 6. From her childhood Ada
Cartianu balanced her artistic passion between words and colors. Her love for colors and painting developed under the
influence of her great grandfather, Romanian painter C.V. Ionescu. He had the chance in his lifetime to meet and offer
hospitality to the well known Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi in  the period when he did come from Paris to
Romania-Tirgu Jiu to do his monuments of art in honor of the Romanian heroes of the first world war("Table of
silence", "The Gate of the kiss","The obelisk of infinite"). His memories regarding  this special event of his life, reflected
in sketches and comments to each, helped Ada to discover the beauty of simplicity and sophistication; the freedom  of
imagination in art.
At the age of 13 Ada Cartianu enrolled in art classes at the No.1 Art School from Bucharest to study to draw
and paint. The artists like Romanian painter Corneliu Baba, Octavian Florescu, Spanish painter's Salvador Dali and
Picasso, French painter's Toulouse Lautrec, Marc Chagall, Constantine Andreou, Mexican painter Frida Khalo, Austrian
painter Gustav Klimt and Hollandaise painter Vincent Van Gogh  have the most important influence in her artistic life
because she says:
"Freedom for expression, freedom to see something more around you and make it real for stranger eyes who can't see
your world. Creation is much more important for me when I can turn a dream into a reality and share another side of
beauty which doesn't come from what everybody sees. For you a tree is a tree, for me a tree is a world of mystery"
But even though she enjoys using colors and paint her first love will always remain the books and the words. She
declared: "I can consider myself an artist as I have some talent from Life (you think that being God), but I feel myself
as a writer and I know this is my destiny. I was born for this and growing it's just a matter of time, practice and
ambition...like Dali said once "Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings"...I consider myself ambitious
and Life/God gave me allot I have to thank for. I have imagination...maybe this makes me an artist but I prefer to say I
have just another kind of eyes for life."


She had her own questions about life, God, human beings, from a very early age (12 years old). Her uncle, Marin
Radoi, former ambassador for 20 years and former deputy minister of education and culture, published writer, a lover
of philosophy and art expression, gave to her access to his library and she began to study Aristotle, Socrate, Plato, Kant,
Nietzsche, Hegel, Rousseau etc. at the age of 13. In mean time she read Romanian philosophers Petre Tutea, Emil
Cioran, Mircea Eliade, Constantin Noica; writers which during the communist period were not aloud to publish their
books without the government permission, but her uncle, a passionate of philosophy helped them publish their
manuscripts.
Reading the poetry of Romanian poets begining with Eminescu and contemporary poetry of Nichita Stanescu, Adrian
Paunescu, Marin Sorescu, Mircea Dinescu, Ana Blandiana her own thoughts, after years of study became the
book  "Behind the true...you are alive" finished at the age of 18 and published volume 3 years later at Publishing House
of Academic Foundation Danubius.   












*         At the age of 22 she begin writing the book "The sadness of a happy man" introducing the reader to his deepest
inner of happiness and sadness in a revolution of feelings, passions and fears as a revelation of life and inspiration.

*         She wrote the next book "The innocence of the sin" at the age of 23 as a fight against church religion, death,
eternity, human weakness and virtues, expressing her own ideas about Divinity, Life and Universe.

*         During the ages of 23 to 25 encouraged by the actors Andrei Duban, George Ivascu, Lamia Beligan and
Producer Alice Barb from the National Theatre of Bucharest; actor Dan Bordeianu from Nottara Theatre and movie
star in television productions of MediaPro and Channel "Acasa Tv" also actor and writer Emanuel Parvu, nominee for
Uniter 2006 and winner of FestCo 2006;  Ada Cartianu challenged her skills writing theatre scripts like "Morgana",
"Eros and Thanatos", "The woman behind the cross", " Dead Alive", but never published a volume. Some of the scripts
can be found at www.agonia.com.





































































*        In the summer of 2005, at 26 years old, she wrote and published in a small edition -the book "Dust in my eyes",
considering the subject more personal. The book  is an absurd revelation of love, betrayal, friendship, madness and
freedom.

*       The new project by Ada Cartianu  - "Paradise on Madness Island" is a book about an absurd mystical world were
the free spirited people have the only chance to be free, to live with passion for beauty, art, ideas and nature. The book
will be published in Romania during the summer of 2009 and USA.   




During the spring of 2008 Ada Cartianu will open her first Art Show in Chicago sponsored by
                              
                                                                    
                                                                                  represented by Marlena Miglin.

              

          And Tim Egan founder of Chicago Irish Brotherhood and  candidate for
             




                                             
                                                  

                                                                                in Februrary 2008.







*   In present Ada Cartianu lives in Chicago from 3 years and she is promoting her art and literature as a message of free
expression of life as creation in which all human beings has to understand the meaning of existence, imagination and
creativity, the fight for peace and love, the mercy and forgiveness, the essence of our roles on the stage of human lives,
the essence and patience for wisdom and revelation as our true destiny on Earth.
Collaboration with artist Michael Leuenberger
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Producers Felix Alexa, Alice Barb, actor Constantin
Dinulescu and General Manager of National Theatre of
Bucharest and Writer Dinu Sararu.
Producer Alice Barb, Actor George Ivascu
and Writer Ada Cartianu.
Actor Dan Bordeianu at his 29th birthday
cutting the roasted goat. He is not just a
great actor is a great cook too!
Actor&Writer Emanuel Parvu, Stoica Stefan (Ada
Cartianu's brother) and Alexandru Amaritei the son of
General Manager of "Tandarica Kids Theatre Bucharest"
- . Dan Bordeianu also stared in international movies like  "Modigliani" with famous
co-star Andy Garcia, "Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula", "Gunpowder,
Treason & Plot", "Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave" e.t.c.
Emanuel Parvu  produced plays like "We and her" and "Sector
S" which is one of his scripts.
Great stage performer and co-star in the movie's like "Chaterine
the Great", "Pumpkin Head", "Pulse", "Fix alert" etc.
Ada Cartianu, Alice Barb, Andrei
Duban, Vlad Ivanov and George Ivascu.
Ada Cartianu and actor
Constantin Dinulescu.
Professor-Writer and Co-Founder of Academic
Foundation Danubius: Andi Pusca. Writer Ada
Cartianu and Professor-Writer Radu Popescu;
Christmas season 2004.
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About Ada Cartianu
Writer and artist Ada Cartianu was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1978.   
She is a descendant of Enache Cartianu, The patriarch of a prestigious
Romanian family with a very cultured, but tumultuous history.
She was privileged enough to grow up surrounded by academic and
artistic influences.
As a child, her first memorable contact with history and art was the Cula
Cartianu.  It is one of the most valuable monuments to 18th century
Romanian architecture and renown for its unique brick and wooden beam
construction.
Converted into a museum in 2004, the exceptional ethnographic collection
preserved by her family, helped her understand the importance of her
“Romanian roots" and its contribution to art.