Horea PAȘTINA

Born in Alba Iulia on September 13, 1946. Graduated from the "Nicolae Grigorescu" Institute of Fine Arts, Painting section, Professor Alexandru Ciucurencu's class. Member of the Union of Visual Artists from Romania. Founder of the "Prolog" group, together with Paul Gherasim, Constantin Flondor and Mihai Sârbulescu. Awards and distinctions: Order of Cultural Merit, officer rank (2004); Ion Andreescu Award of the Romanian Academy (2007); Archbishop's Cross of the Archdiocese of Alba Iulia (2010); Transylvanian Cross of the Metropolitanate of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj (2014);