WELCOME TO ART WEEK DES MOINES 2021- FRIDAY JUNE 18TH - FRIDAY JUNE 25TH
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Tibi Chelcea was trained as an electronics engineer in Romania (his place of birth) and came to the US to continue his studies. In his art, Chelcea is interested in using non-traditional printmaking techniques, such as capturing motion by printing with one's feet, and materials, such as using circuit boards extracted from electronics as the print matrix. The background of the flag actually comes from several large collages of such printed boards, arranged in the shape and colors of the Romanian flag. "Footprints" is an indication of how his background continues to inform his art, as the flag is both an allusion to his emigration to the US as well as to the technical name for an electronic component's pattern (footprint) which determines how the component is attached to a circuit board.
