PERTINENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

January 2008-December 2009 Artistic research and creation grant for Professional Artists
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec February 2008-present Guidance and Mentoring service MAI (Montréal arts interculturels) 1998 to 2007 Fibers Technician, Fibers dept, Fine Arts program, Concordia University, Montréal, Qc..August - December 2003 Training Assistant , Presentation on Afghan Culture and Textiles
“Briefing for Canadian Peacekeeping Forces in Afghanistan”
Canadian Military Base Ottawa, Canada February 2002 Assistant Facilitator, Indigo-dying and Interactivity Workshop with Valerie Walker,
Museum of Fine Arts of Montréal 2000-2002 Fashion Design Teacher, Costumes for the Entertainment Industry (course)
College Lasalle, Montréal
Mach 1998 Jury member, Concours Mode du Salon de la Jeunesse, Montréal

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

July - November 2009Re:InSitu Exhibision of Contemporary Canadian-Hungarian Artists - Touring Exhibition MuveszetMalom, Szentendre & Helikon Kastelymuzeum, Keszthely, Hungary Summer 20081001 Pots, Les Noces de Porcelaine - Val David, Quebec December 2007 Souk@sat, (SAT) Société des arts technologiques, Montréal
September-October 2006 1st.World Exhibition of Artists of Hungarian Origin Living In The West”, Buda Castle Budapest, Hungary
October-November 2005 Windows, Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montréal
October-November 2002 Textiles at Eye-Level-Group Show, Eye-Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
October-December 2000 Millennium Hungaricum, Maison de la Culture Notre-Dame-de Grâce, Montréal
November 2000 E-textiles-adventures-tissage, jacquard, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
May 1998-June 1999 Permanent exhibition, Gallery ADAR (Association des artistes regroupés), Montréal,
March 1997 Sensitivity for textile - message for the 21st Century (juried competition), 5th International Textile Competition’97, Kyoto, Japan
1996
Exposition Prix François-Houde, Textile and Fiber Art Council of Quebec,
Galerie Marché Bonsecours (juried exhibition)
December 1995-February 1996 À la gloire du tapis, Maison de la culture de Frontenac, Montréal
June-July 1995 Immanences:Inner Souls, The Upstairs Gallery, Essex, New York
May 1995 Cloth as a Metaphor, Contemporary Textile Center, Montréal
August-October 1994 National Student Exhibition Group Show (juried exhibition), Museum for Textiles, The Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, two works exhibited
December 1993 Anna Biro / Isabella Geréb, Galerie l’Empreinte, Montréal
July 1993 Co-Exist Confessions, Gallery In-Direct Presence, Montréal
Fall 1990 Art ’90 Jewish Community Center, Montreal
1987 Group Exhibition, (juried) Palace of Culture, Tîrgu-Mures, Romania
1986 Group Exhibition, (juried) Sighisoara Art Gallery, Sighisoara, Romania
1982Anna Biro-Tapestries, Cultural House Gallery, Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

2008 MAI (Montréal arts interculturels), Mentoring and Guidance Program grant, 1993 Merit Award, Contemporary Textile Center, Montréal
1981-1985 Full Scholarship, “Ioan Andreescu” Academy of Visual
Arts Cluj-Napoca, Romania

COSTUME AND SET DESIGN EXPERIENCE

2007-present Costume designer “Diabluras”Irem Bekter , Montréal
October-November. 2004 Costume designer, “Les Revenantes”, Directed by Heloise Depocas,
La Cité des Arts du Cirque,TOHU, Montreal, Quebec
November 2002-July 2004 Artistic Director and Partner Designer, Montré-Art Inc., Montreal
April-August 2002 Costume designer, “Skin Horse”, Directed by Nick Goso
Patron Saint Pictures, Montréal, Quebec February 2002 Costume designer, « Parade Sauvage », Directed by Carmen Jolin
Le Groupe de la Veillée, Montréal, Quebec May-June 2001 Costume designer, « L’ange elephant au Bain St-Michel » , Directed by Robert Reid
Yvonne,Princess de Bourgogne , Montréal, Quebec
Ocober 26-November 5,, 2000 Costume designer, “The Tragedy of Man”, Directed by Gabor Zsigovics
Q ART Theatre in Théâtre de la Chapelle, Montréal, Quebec
Jauary 18-February. 12, 2000 Costume designer, “Les Bonnes” by J. Genet, Directed by Carmen Jolin
Le Groupe de la Veillée, Montréal, Quebec
January.-Aug.ust 1999 Costume designer, “Between the Moon and Montevideo”, Directed by Attila Bertalan
Fantasia Film Festival 2000, Creon Productions Inc., Montreal Quebec
July.1998-February 1999 Lace technician, “O”, Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas, USA
Montréal, Quebec
April-Ocober 1998 Costume designer, “Midsummer Night’s Dream” , Directed by Oleg Kisseliov
Espace de la Veillée Theatre, Montréal, Quebec
April-October 1996 Accessory production, « La Faim ( Hunger) », Directed by Téo Spychalski
Espace de la Veillée Theatre, Montréal, Quebec
Aug.-Sept. 1995 Set production, «Demain Matin Montreal M’attend », Directed by Denise Filiatrault
Theatre St Denis , Montréal, Quebec
January-June 1994 Costume designer , “Le Livre de Sable” CD-Rom, Directed by Renée Bourassa
Multimedia Video Project, Nexus Inc., Montréal, Quebec

EDUCATION

February 14 -17, 2008 Gallery Oboro Montreal
Workshop: From Tangible to Intangible. An open Laboratory on Sounding Artefacts
March-April 2001 Centre Impression Textile
Workshop: Digital Image Printing on Textiles
Sepember 1999-April 2000 Dawson College
Certificate: Desktop Publishing and Digital Graphic Design
August 1992-April 1995 Centre Textile Contemporaine Montreal
Certificate: Computer Aided Design for Woven and Knitted Textiles
January.-May 1990 Concordia University
Courses: Pattern Making and Fashion Drawing
Ocober 1981-June 1985 “Ioan Andreescu” Academy of Visual Arts, Romania
Master of Fine Arts with Honors: Major in Textile Design and Teaching
EVENTS, CONFERENCES, COLLABORATIONS
November 2007 Lecture: Mind Made: Textile Communication, Women’s Art Society of Montreal, McCord Museum,
January 2006 Lecture: Research-in-Process, Guest Speaker with Anna-Maria Korpi, Hexagram, Concordia University, Montreal, QC., Invited by Prof. Sha Xin Wei
March 2003 Lecture: Brown Bag Series. Concordia University Montreal, Québec
May 1995 Lecture: Textile as Metaphor, Textiles Sismographes: Symposium fibres et textiles, Textile and Fibre Art Council of Quebec

PUBLICATIONS

2008 168 Mondes a découvrir , Répertoire de la Diversité Artistique de Montreal
Fall 2002 Shuttle, FiberQuaterly, Christine Keller and Anna Biro CONTRAST.
November 2000 E-textiles : adventures-tissage, CD-rom, Le Centre des textiles contemporains de
1998 Collaboration with Christine Keller on Golden Scarf
Sarah E. Braddock and Marie O’ Mahony, Techno Textiles:Revolutionary Fabrics for Fashion And Design.
New York: Thames and Hudson Inc., 1998. p. 114.
March 1997 Sensitivity for textile - message for the 21st Century (juried competition), 5th International Textile Competition ’97, Kyoto, Japan, Museum of Kyoto, p. 13.
1995 Textiles Sismographes Symposium: Texts from the Colloquium, Montreal: Textile and Fibre Art Council of Quebec-Canada, 1995, p. 132.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

2008-present Conseil des Métiers d’Arts du Québec
2007–present Diversité Artistique de Montreal
2007 – present Diversité Artistique de Montreal