Vasile Otto Hutopila (Ukrainian: Васи́ль Дми́трович Гутопи́ла) born March 17, 1953 in Izvoarele Sucevei (Ізвори), Suceava County, Bukovina, Romania, is a contemporary Romanian painter of Ukrainian (Hutsul) ethnicity. His works belong to impressionism.
1983 - 3rd place at Cântarea României festival - the county finalMay 20, 1985 - 1st place at the Participation, development, peace art festival in Braşov, awarded by the Committee of Socialist Education and Culture of Braşov County1985 - 2nd place at Cântarea României festival - the county final1985 - 2nd place at the most important Romanian arts festival under the communist rule, Cântarea României, in the national final, representing Braşov County1987 - 2nd place in the national final of Cântarea României festival, representing Vaslui County1987 - participation diploma at the Graphic Virtues of the Romanian Landscape national painting exhibition in Constanţa1988 - participation diploma at the Graphic Virtues of the Romanian Landscape national painting exhibition in Constanţa1989 - participation diploma at the Artur Verona national festival, Dorohoi, Botoşani CountyIn May 1997, at the 4th edition of The Bukovinian International Salon of Photography it was awarded the Vasile Hutopilǎ Special Award to one of the competitors, as a sign of gratitude to the Bukovinian Hutsul painterMay 7, 2002 - 1st place at The Holy Easter in Bukovina festival, for Byzantine icons, in Câmpulung Moldovenesc, South Bukovina, awarded by the Town HallDecember 2002 - participation diploma at the exhibition in honour of Câmpulung Moldovenesc being named health resort of national interest, awarded by the Town HallMay 9, 2010 - 1st place at Il raduno mongolfiere in Calabria - Estemporanea di pittura, Santo Stefano di Rogliano (CS)Some of Vasile Hutopila's exhibitions, from his debut exhibition, in 1975, to the most recent one, in 2003, as part of the important folklore festival Întâlniri bucovinene, which takes part each year in Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Hungary and Germany, reuniting the Poles, Hungarians, Germans, Romanians, Ukrainians, Slovaks, Czechs, Russians, who left from Bukovina and the ones who still live in Bukovina.
individual exhibitionsCâmpulung Moldovenesc (1975, 1979, 1981, 1995, 2003), of which, the most important in July 2003, as part of Întâlniri bucovinene / Bukowińskie Spotkania / Буковинські зустрічі festival, at the Wooden Art Museum in Câmpulung Moldovenesc, varnished by prof. dr. Ion Filipciuc, haiku poetBraşov (1983, 1984)Bucharest (1985)Negreşti, Vaslui County (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994)Iaşi (1989)group exhibitionsMay 1983, BraşovMarch 1984, BraşovDecember 1986, Anuala '86, VasluiNovember 28–29, 1987, Virtuţi plastice ale peisajului românesc, Constanţa; vernissage by prof. Ion Sǎlişteanu, painterDecember 1987, Anuala '87, Vaslui, at the Arta hall of the Ştefan cel Mare County Museum; vernissage by prof. Ion Sǎlişteanu, painterJune 6–12, 1988, Sǎptǎmâna culturii şi educaţiei socialiste, Negreşti1988, Virtuţi plastice ale peisajului românesc, ConstanţaDecember 1988, Anuala '88, VasluiMarch 21–30, 1989, Decada artelor, Vaslui, vernissage by art critic Valentin CiucǎJune 5–11, 1989, Sǎptǎmâna culturii şi educaţiei socialiste, NegreştiDecember 1989, Anuala '89, Vaslui, vernissage by art critic Valentin CiucǎDecember 1990, Anuala '90, VasluiDecember 1992, Anuala '92, VasluiDecember 1993, Anuala '93, VasluiNovember 21–27, 1994, Sǎptǎmâna culturalǎ a oraşului Negreşti, Negreşti; vernissage by Doina RotaruDecember 1994, Anuala '94, VasluiOctober 1–4, 1993, NegreştiNovember 29 - December 30, 1997, Salonul de toamnǎ târzie, Câmpulung Moldovenesc, vernissage by prof. dr. Ion Filipciuc, haiku poetMay 5–7, 2002, Sǎrbǎtoarea Sfintelor Paşti în Bucovina, Câmpulung MoldovenescDecember, 2002, BTT, Câmpulung MoldovenescMay 7–9, 2010, Il raduno mongolfiere in Calabria - mostra di pittura, in the historical centre of Santo Stefano di Rogliano (CS)Vasile Hutopila's paintings are a serene representation, a victory of the aesthetic truth, equivalent to the humanist love of the universe. Trembling of chromatic intensities, sensitively reduced in tonalities of grey colour in a trajectory of spirituality, of contemporary art. (Ion Vulcan, Bucharest 1987)Vasile Hutopila is an abstemious who tends unto the chromatic asceticism and the essence of the purified structures. Situated at the junction between sketch and watercolour, his art is organically unitary and it has an attentively watched colour distribution. (Aurel Leon, Cronica, Iaşi 21 July 1989, after one of the rare watercolour exhibitions of Hutopilǎ, who usually uses oil on canvas technique)Graphics and cartoons in journals and magazines:
Oferta, VasluiTo be, Câmpulung MoldovenescGazeta de Câmpulung, Câmpulung MoldovenescMiezul lucrurilor, Câmpulung MoldovenescGraphics in books:
George Ungureanu, Pǎţania lui Pişpiricǎ, Braşov, 2003Alexandru Bogza, Antinomii tonale, Biblioteca Miorița, Câmpulung Moldovenesc, 2006Decebal Alexandru Seul, Muntele din beznă, Bacǎu, 2008You can see below some of the newspapers, magazines, TV channels and radio stations to which Vasile Hutopilǎ gave interviews, from the early '80s till present
newspapersKarpatenrundschau, German newspaper in BraşovAstra, BraşovDrum nou, BraşovClopotul, BotoşaniVremea nouǎ, Vaslui - the most part of the articles on Vasile HutopilǎZori noi, SuceavaContemporanul, BucharestCronica, IaşiGazeta de Câmpulung, Câmpulung MoldovenescCrai nou, SuceavaMonitorul de Suceava, SuceavaBucovina, SuceavaOferta, VasluiAdevǎrul, BucharestEvenimentul, IaşiMezzoeuro, CosenzaVoce ai giovani CatanzaromagazinesGazeta de Câmpulung - Almanah 2002, Câmpulung MoldovenescClubul Copiilor şi Elevilor 40, Câmpulung MoldovenescTV broadcasting channelsTVR 1, the Romanian national television channel - 1989TVR Iaşi - 1993, 1994Agapia Elgy TV, Câmpulung Moldovenesc - 1995radio stationsRadio Nord 100.7 FM, Câmpulung Moldovenesc - 2004, 2005FranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIsraelItalyJapanNetherlandsNorwayPalestinaRomaniaSpainSwitzerlandUnited Arab EmiratesUnited States of America 