EDUCATION Master of Fine Arts Department of Visual Art History, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Florida Atlantic University 2008 Post-graduate Certificate in Fine Arts Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece 2000-2002 Doctoral studies, (examinations completed, admitted to candidacy) Institute for the Theory and the History of Art, Academy of Sciences of Moldova 1995-1999 Bachelor in Fiber Arts State University of Art, Moldova 1989-1995 WORK HISTORY 2008 thru current Instructor: 2D Design, Drawing I, Art Appreciation,Broward College, Davie, Florida Instructor: Drawing I, Art Appreciation, Palm Beach State College, Florida Studio Educator: Watercolor, Fiber Arts (adults), Fine Arts (young students), Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art. 2005 – 2006 Instructor: Drawing I, Drawing II, Expressive Drawing, 3D Design, Digital Media Arts College, Boca Raton, Florida 2004 Studio Educator: Painting, Mixed Media Young at Art Children’s Museum, Davie, Florida 1995 – 1997 Art Instructor: Fiber Arts – Batik. State Pedagogical University "Ion Creanga", Chisinau, Moldova 1993 - 1995 Studio Educator: Painting. Textile Art. Mixed Media,Children’s World, Chisinau, Moldova EXHIBITIONS The Eight Annual Showtel Exhibition Palm Beach, Florida. Curated by Kara Walker-Tome April 8-10, 2010 Beyond Delicate WhiteBox, Riviera Beach, Florida. Curated by Kara Walker-Tome November 21-December 19, 2010 Open Air Exhibition Lake Worth, Florida. Curated by Sibel Kocabasi May 16th, 2009 Take-Out Brevard Art Museum, Melbourne, Florida. Curated by Jackie Borsanai May 15th - July 12th, 2009 Tri-County Exhibition ArtServe, Fort-Lauderdale, Florida March 28th – April 24th, 2009 Faculty Exhibition Broward College, Davie, Florida July 2009 Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth & PBG, Florida November, 2009 2008 Juried Exhibition Brevard Art Museum, Melbourne, Florida July 17th – September 14th, 2008 Graduate Students Show 2008 Schmidt Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida April-August 2008 The Dinner Party Invitational Palm Beach State College, Gallery at Eissey Campus, PBG, Florida Curator Karla Walter 2008 New Talent Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida 2008 Persona Florida Atlantic University, Florida 2008 Celebration of Diversity Women Artists Palm Beach State College, Gallery at Eissey campus, Florida Curator Karla Walter 2008 Phantasm: The South Florida MFA Showcase Exhibition University of Miami, Florida Curator Logan R. Beitmen 2007 Seeing God Sarasota Art Center, Sarasota, Florida 2007 Afterpieces Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Florida 2007 Visualizing Race Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida Curators: Jackie Tufford and Peter Fine 2007  Student Juried Show Florida Atlantic University, Florida 2007 Graduate Students’ Show University Center, Florida Atlantic University, Florida 2006 Showtel 5 Site-specific Installation “On the Other Side”, Hotel Biba, Palm Beach, Florida Curator Kara-Walker-Tome, 2006 Student Art Exhibition Ritter Art Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Florida 2006 Young Artists Exhibition Union of Artists Exhibition Center, Chisinau, Moldova 2003 Friendship: Art Village Exhibition of Foreign Artists in Athens, Greece 2001 EXIL Union of Artists Exhibition Hall, Moldova 2001 Workshop "EXIL-2001": Exploring Ceramic Medium Moldova 2001 PUBLIC ART Dome in Rotunda Painting, Lauderhill City Hall, Florida 2009 AWARDS Public Art Project - Dome in Rotunda Painting Lauderhill City Hall: Dome in Rotunda Mural. Lauderhill, Florida 2009 Friedland Award, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 2008 Friedland Award, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 2007 Esther Rothenberger Scholarship, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 2007 Onlee Scholarship, Women in Visual Arts, Inc. and Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 2007 Graduate Assistantship, Florida Atlantic University, Florida 2005-2006 Research Grant: Dialogue with Students in Moldova on the Newest Art Publications in Moldova and the USA: Opinions. Agency of Graduate Concerns, Florida Atlantic University, Florida 2006 Art Presentation Grant: The USA Educational System: Florida Atlantic University (presenting catalogs, books, slides, and video art in three art institutions of Moldova: Soros Center for Contemporary Art, State Pedagogical University I.Creanga, and Technical University of Moldova), Agency of Graduate Concerns, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 2006 Scholarship with Specialization in Fine Arts State Scholarship Foundation (IKY), Greece 2000-2002 Studies Exchange in Visual Arts (Textile Art) Academy of Fine Arts Nicolae Andreescu, Romania 1996 MEMBERSHIP  CAA SECAC ART PRESENTATIONS Women in Visual Arts, Florida 2007 The USA Educational System: Florida Atlantic University, Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Moldova 2006 PRESS Elayne Marvin Mordes Launch Three-Show Series to Expand Whitespace Audience Palm Beach Daily News November 4, 2009 Updates from the President - Art Professor Paints Dome of Lauderhill City Hall, Broward College: October 28th, 2009 Lauderhill New City Hall Features Local Artists at Work, by Tessa Metayer, Sun-Sentinel: p.1. September 06, 2009 Adjunct Instructor Creates Mural for Lauderhill City Hall Rotunda, by Mark Udry. Perspectives: News, September 1st, 2009 Installation Art Show “10X10” moves to Lake Worth Storage Facility, by Jan Sjostrom, Palm Bach Daily News, October 19th, 2007 Intrebarea Saptamanii: Care Este Scopul Sederii Dvs. in Grecia?, by Dr. Vlad Mischevca in Curierul Atenei (Athens Courier), weekly Romanian newspaper, Athens, Greece, nr. 8, p. 2. May, 2002 Observatorul Cultural, newspaper article on the exhibition and summer camp, EXIL -2001, Bucharest, Romania, by Dorina Bohantov, p. 7. 2001 PUBLICATIONS BY GEORGETA FONDOS Icoana Stelei Ce-a Murit, Atelier magazine/bulletin of the Union of Artists of Moldova, January-February, pp.44-45. 1999 Calin Postolachi in the Enciclopedia of Contemporary Romanian Artists, ARC-2000 Press, Bucharest, Romania 1996 Moldavian Artists Are Ready for Action, Textile Forum Magazine, European Textile Network, Hannover, Germany, nr. 3, p. 15. 1998 Tapiseria: Noi Mijloace de Expresie, Atelier magazine/bulletin of the Union of Artists of Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova, January-February, pp.14-15. 1998 Limbajul Plastic al Tapiseriei din Republica Moldova. Tangente, article in the yearbook Arta-98, of the Institute of the Theory and History of Art of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova, pp. 67-69. 1998 Yearbook Arta-97, Institute Theory and History of Art of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova, pp. 48-52. 1997 "Reflectii in RE," in the exhibition catalogue Message de la TZARA. Reflectii in RE, Soros Center for Contemporary Art – KSA:K, pp.65-67, Moldova 1997 Promotii in Tapiserie in Literatura si Arta, weekly journal of the Union of Writers of Moldova, September, p.7. 1996 Limbajul Plastic al Tapiseriei din Republica Moldova, ART-HOC newspaper, Soros Center for Contemporary Art - KSA:K, Moldova, p. 6. 1996 CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIUMS, AND SESSIONS Participation in the International Forum Art Exchange in the Southeast Europe, October 5-7, Thessaloniki, Greece 2000 Paper, Arta Textila Contemporana in Moldova. Aspecte Comparative si Analitice, in the Yearly Session of the Institute of the Theory and History of Art of the Academy of Sciences, Chisinau, Moldova, May 1999 Paper, Limbajul Plastic al Tapiseriei din Moldova, in the I International Textile Art Symposium, Dialog-98, September, Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists of Moldova 1998 Paper, Limbajul Plastic al Tapiseriei din Republica Moldova. Tangente,in the Yearly Session of the Institute of the Theory and History of Art of the Academy of Sciences, Moldova. May 1998 Paper, Broderia Nationala Medievala. Evolutia Mijloacelor Plastice de Expresie, Yearly Session of the State Pedagogical University I. Creanga of Moldova, April 1998 Paper, Broderia Nationala Medievala. Evolutia Mijloacelor Plastice de Expresie, II International Symposium of the Faculty of Light Industry of the Technical University of Moldova, May 1997