- Alexandra Nechita
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name = Alexandra Nechita
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birthdate = Birth date and age|1985|08|27
location =Vaslui ,Romania
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nationality =Romania n, American
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movement =Cubism
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influenced by =Pablo Picasso
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awards =Alexandra Nechita (born
August 27 ,1985 ) is aRomania n-born American cubist painter andmural ist.Biography
She was born in
Vaslui , three months after her father, Niki Nechita, escaped fromCommunist Romania . She and her mother, Viorica Nechita, waited two years to rejoin him in the United States. The family settled inCalifornia , where her father found work as a lab technician, and her mother as an office manager.At the age of two, she was working with pen and ink and by five was working with
watercolors . Upon her seventh birthday, oil and acrylics were her tools. She had her firstsolo exhibition at the age of eight at the public library in Whittier, Los Angeles County.She has been featured on the
Oprah Winfrey Show and has appeared with numerous celebrities, includingBill Clinton . Her talent led to her being known as the "Petite Picasso" as her work, to some, resembles that of the master; she has been known as achild prodigy until late in her teens.In November 1999, Alexandra was selected by the
World Federation of United Nations Associations to lead a Global Arts Initiative involving more than 100 nations. In 2005, Alexandra Nechita unveiled herUnited Nations Peace Monument forAsia inSingapore . It is to be set up for display at the Catholic High School. She was also enlisted to make a series of paintings named "Winning Together" for the Special Olympics. She dedicated a theatre at theLutheran High School of Orange County , which was her high school. It is known as the "Nechita Center for the Arts", and has 740 seats.Press
Nechita was interviewed by
CNN 'sNicole Lapin on the seriesYoung People Who Rock in November 2007. [ [http://www.cnn.com/exchange/blogs/ypwr/2007/11/alexandra-nechita_26.html CNN.com - Young People Who Rock ] ]References
External links
*imdb name|id=1744992|name=Alexandra Nechita
* [http://www.nechita.info Alexandra Nechita Website]
* [http://www.piersidegallery.com/artists/nechita/alexnewsjuly2003.htm "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman"] , by Jit Fong Chin, June 23, 2003
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