1932 Born in Caran-Sebes, Romania
Works as a Veterinarian
Self-taught artist
1979 Began his artistic career
1989 Vintila established "ARPLANA" (ARt PLastic NAive / naive plastic arts) - an organization dedicated to further the development of naive art in Romania. He has headed this organization for the past twenty years and, through it, conducts summer "camps" for the naive artists, where they spend a week or two painting, sharing experiences, exchanging artworks and assisting one another. He also uses this organization to issue newsletters; to write an occasional book or pamphlet; and to assist needy naive artists.
Solo Exhibitions
1979 Otelu Rosu, Romania
1980 Resita, Romania
1980 Baile Herculane, Romania
1980 Caransebes, Romania
1981 Bucuresti, Romania
1981 Bocsa, Romania
1981 “Scorilo” Poiana Marului Resita, Romania
1982 Resita, Romania
1983 Bucaresti, Romania
1986 Resita, Romania
1986 Bucuresti, Romania
1988 Bucuresti, Romania
1988 Baile Herculane, Romania
1989 Baile Herculane, Romania
1989 Caransebes, Romania
1990 Caransebes, Romania
1991 Oravita, Romania
1992 Resita, Romania
1992 Baile Herculane, Romania
1993 Baile Herculane, Romania
1994 Resita, Romania
1994 Baile Herculane, Romania
1995 Caransebes, Romania
1996 Bucuresti, Romania
1997 Resita, Romania
1997 Reprezentanta UN din Bucuresti, Bucuresti, Romania
1998 Iasi, Romania
1998 Bucuresti, Romania
1998 Baile Herculane, Romania
1999 Caransebes, Romania
1999 Baile Herculane
2007 Lea Congress de Medicina Veterinara de la Poiana Brasov, Romania
2009 "Tales of a Troubadour", GINA Gallery of International Naive Art, Tel aviv
Group Exhibitions
1979 Resita, Romania
1980 Resita, Romania
1981 Luxembourg
1981 Belgium
1981 Holland
1982 Yugoslavia
1982 Resita, Romania
1982 Bucaresti, Romania
1982 Botosani, Romania
1982 Satumare, Romania
1982 Pitesi, Romania
1982 Arad, Romania
1983 “Royal Hall Festival”, London
1983 Elveia, Morges, Switzerland
1983 Hilversun, Amsterdam
1983 Amsterdam
1983 Botosani, Romania
1983 Braila, Romania
1983 Macea-Arad, Romania
1983 Caransebes, Romania
1983 Timisoara, Romania
1984 Pitesi, Romania
1984 Botosani, Romania
1984 Resita, Romania
1985 Elveie, Morges, Switzerland
1985 Saint Pierre Hall, Paris
1985 Pitesi, Romania
1985 Resita, Romania
1986 Zagreb, Yugoslavia
1986 Arad, Romania
1986 Botosani, Romania
1986 Baile Herculane, Romania
1986 Resita, Romania
1987 Hivinka Valkeakoski, Finland
1987 Paris
1988 Helsinky
1988 Pitesi, Romania
1988 Piatra Neamt, Romania
1988 Valiug, Romania
1988 Bucuresti, Romania
1988 Resita, Romania
1989 Resita, Romania
1989 Baile Herculane, Romania
1989 Caransebes, Romania
1989 Paris
1990 Bucuresti, Romania
1990 Resita, Romania
1991 Bucuresti, Romania
1991 Arles, France
1991 La Vallette du Var Caen, France
1993 Madrid
1993 Moldova Veche, Romania
1993 Bucuresti, Romania
1993 Bonn, Germany
1994 Sibiu, Romania
1994 New York
1995 Montreal
1995 Bucuresti, Romania
1996 Galerie Jeannine Blais, Quebec, Canada
1996 Vienna
1996 Bucuresti, Romania
1996 Iasi, Romania
1997 Galerie Jeannine Blais, Quebec, Canada
1997 Beirut, Lebanon
1997 Jagodina, Yugoslavia
1997 Elveia, Morges, Switzerland
1997 Galeria Axis,Tokyo, Japan
1997 Paris
1997 Resita, Romania
1998 Galerie Jeannine Blais, Quebec, Canada
1998 Iasi, Romania
1998 Bucuresti, Romania
1998 Resita, Romania
1998 Paris
1999 Galerie Jeannine Blais, Quebec, Canada
1999 Timisoara, Romania
1999 Bucuresti, Romania
1999 Tours Fontaine, Paris
1999 Saint-Avertin Orleans, France
1999 Loches, France
2000 Caransebes, Romania
2000 Bacau, Romania
2000 Bucuresti, Romania
2000 Iasi, Romania
2000 Resita, Romania
2000 Giuiglia Modena, Italy
2000 Felix-Oradea, France
2000 Garana, Romania
2000 St.-Georges, Sur Moulon, France
2000 Calmar, France
2000 Orleans, France
2000 Canada
2002 Resita, Romania
2002 Garana, Romania
2002 Montreal, Canada
2002 Pitesti, Romania
2002 Bucuresti, Romania
2003 Bucuresti, Romania
2003 Modena, Italy
2003 Baile Herculane, Romania
2003 Bad-Ischl, Austria
2003 Iasi, Romania
2003 Pitesti, Romania
2003 Resita, Romania
2003 Caransebes, Romania
2004 Iasi, Romania
2004 Resita, Romania
2004 Bucuresti, Romania
2004 Oravita, Romania
2004 Clui-Napoca, Romania
2004 Castelvetro, Modena, Italy
2004 Saarbrucken, Germany
2004Caransebes, Romania
2005 “Shades of Contrasting Cultures”, GINA Gallery of International Naןve Art, Tel Aviv
2005 Resita, Romania
2005 Bucuresti, Romania
2005 Pitesti, Romania
2005 Caransebes, Romania
2005 Castelvetro, Modena, Italy
2005 2nd Festival of Naןve Art, Verneuil sur Avre, France
2006 Moldova Veche, Romania
2006 Caransebes, Romania
2006 Resita, Romania
2006 National Salon of Naive Art, Buscuresti, Romania
2006 3rd Festival of Naןve Art, Verneuil sur Avre, France
2008 Festival of Naiive Art, Verneuil sur Avre, France
Prizes
1981 1st Prize, Bucuresti, Romania
1982 1st Prize, Botosani, Romania
1982 1st Prize, Naןve Art Salon, Arad, Romania
1983 1st Prize, Botosani, Romania
1983 1st Prize, “Gura Satului”, Macea-Arad, Romania
1983 1st Prize, Bucuresti, Romania
1984 1st Prize, Naןve Art Salon, Arad, Romania
1984 1st Prize, Botosani, Romania
1985 1st Prize, National Salon of Naןve Art, Bucuresti, Romania
1986 1st Prize, “Primavera Aradeana” Festival, Romania
1986 1st Prize, Naive Art Salon, Botosani, Romania
1987 1st Prize, Bucuresti, Romania
1989 1st Prize, Bucuresti, Romania
1993 Special Mention, “ARPLANA”, Bucuresti, Romania
1995 1st Prize, Bucuresti, Romania
1996 1st Prize, ETHNOS, Bucuresti, Romania
1998 Special Mention, FURST Cultural Foundation, Timisoara, Romania
1999 Mention of Honor, National Salon of Naןve Art, Bucuresti, Romania
2002 Special Mention, Jud. Paul Iorgovici, Resita, Romania
2004 Mention of Honor, Oravita, Romania
2005 1st Prize, International Salon of Naןve Art, Bucuresti, Romania
2007 National Salon of Naןve Art, Bucuresti, Romania
Public Collections
Civilization Museum of Quebec, Canada
Rovers Museum, Holland
Bibliography
“O invitatie romantica”, T.G Maiorescu, 1983, Romania
“La Cite et le Naifs”, Gilles Mermet, 1986, Paris
"L’Arbre et les Naifs", Max Fourny, 1990, Paris