Petru Rusu, also known as Petru Russu, was born on January 27 in Reghin, Transylvania. He is a professional fine artist, art editor, and publisher with a degree from the prestigious University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca, Klausenburg, which he graduated from in 1979. Later, in 1986, Petru received an Italian Government Studentship, which allowed him to participate in world-class cultural even
ts with museums, galleries, and creative technology. This gave him the opportunity to meet influential curators, art critics, and art historians, such as Dan Haulica, Franco Maria Ricci, Achille Bonito Oliva, Enrico Crispolti, Carmine Benincasa, Giancarlo Politi, and Umberto Eco, a semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist. Throughout his career, Petru Rusu has edited and published more than 2500 contemporary artist profiles in over 50 museum-quality contemporary art books, including bibliophile limited-edition art books numbered and signed by the artists. As artist, Petru has also around 200 individual and international exhibitions. Petru's artworks are in museums, public, corporate, and private collections. Petru Rusu is known for his unconventional method of etching and art projects. One of his notable works is THE DECAMERON of Giovanni Boccaccio, which depicts the 100 erotic-to-tragic novels in 100 non-usual engravings. He has also created over 100 aqua-forte/aqua-tint, paintings, drawings, and objects representing Umberto Eco's novels, THE NAME OF THE ROSE and THE PENDULUM OF FOUCAULT. Petru's unique approach to art has gained him recognition in the art world, making him a celebrated artist, editor, and publisher.
