Tudor Zbârnea

Tudor Zbârnea (born 29 December 1955) is a Moldovan painter.

Zbârnea has contributed to the assertion, in Chișinău, of an original artistic thinking stream that was against "artistic vigilance" mentality, which was too hostile to the spectacular innovations in plastic art. Currently, he is the director of the National Museum of Fine Arts of Moldova. He participated as chairman or member of the juries in various national and international competitions in the field of fine arts. He traveled on studies and documentaries in Germany, Italy, Turkey, Georgia, Russia, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Poland, Austria.

He is the author and curator of the visual art projects such as:

• "Neighbors from the East", Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2006;
• "Moldova, Contemporary Art" – Brussels, Belgium, 2006;
• Curator of the International Painting Biennial, Chișinău, 2009, 2011, 2013.