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Trained in electronics and painting, Sherban Epuré began working on projects combining art and science in Romania in 1967. At that time, he was already a very active professional painter and a member of the Alliance of the Romanian Fine Artists.  
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[[Image:Sherban_Epure.jpg|thumb|350px|Sherban Epuré. [http://web.archive.org/web/20210414155648/http://www.sherban-epure.com/sesite2008few/openfrset2.html (source)] ]]
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[[Image:Sherban_Epure_in_his_Bucharest_studio_1971.jpg|thumb|350px|Sherban Epuré in his studio in Bucharest, Aug/Sep 1971. Photo: George Oliver. [https://www.demarco-archive.ac.uk/collections/1311-sherban_serban_epur_letitzia_letiia_bucur (Source)] ]]
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'''Sherban Epuré''' (also Șerban Epuré, 18 February 1940, Bucharest - 2018, New York) was a Romanian artist.  
  
Currently, he resides and works in New York, where he emigrated in 1980.
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He did exhibit cyberneticaly based / digital work at the 7th and 8th Youth Biennial of Paris in 1971 and 1973, the 25th Edinburgh Festival,1971, the 9th Sigma Festival in Bordeaux, France, 1973, the Fine Art Competition, Ciprus, (Award), 1973, and at The New Gallery in Bucharest, Romania, 1974.  
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Sherban Epuré studied at the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, from 1956 to 1961. In 1961 he resigned from his job in the electronics company. In 1966 he gave up his career as an engineer and retired to a mountain village, devoting himself entirely to painting. A year later he had his first solo exhibition, in which he exhibited 100 paintings. Following the exhibition he was awarded a special mention by the Union of Fine Artists of Romania.
  
In 1973, at the Sigma 9 Contact II in Bordeaux France, his work was presented alongside some of the most influential artists and animators in the field of computer art, such as Georges Charbonnier, Abraham Moles, Herbert Franke, Herve Huitric, Peter Kreiss, Kenneth Knowlton, Vera Molnar, Manfred Mohr, and Georg Nees.  
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By 1967, he was working on projects combining art and science in Romania. Epuré put cybernetics, as a creative engine, at the core of his art and by the end of 1967 conceived the life-long project [http://web.archive.org/web/20220227115856/http://sherban-epure.com/sesite2008few/workfrset.html "Intrinsic Art"] which developed in three main strands (according to the nature of the respective algorithms), which he called S-Bands, Meta-Phorms and sculptures (binary and protruded). ''The S-Band'' (or Sherban's Band) may be seen as an interactive machine able to reconfigures twelve visual variables, three of geometry and eight of color; the background is the last of these. The scope of the band is not to imitate nature, as origami does, but to produce non-subjective, enjoyable art forms. ''The Meta-Phorm'' (derived from Meta+Metaphor+Form) is intended to be the the visual appearance/materialisation of an abstract creative proposition by introducing geometrical forms into a game relationship.
  
From 1980 to this day his work has been exhibited in many venues, both the States and Europe and especially with the New York Digital Salon and Siggraph.  
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He exhibited cybernetically based / digital work at the 7th and 8th Paris Biennale for Young Artists in 1971 and 1973, the 25th Edinburgh Festival, 1971, the 9th Sigma Festival in Bordeaux, France, 1973, the Fine Art Competition, Cyprus, (Award), 1973, and at The New Gallery in Bucharest, Romania, 1974. At the Sigma 9 Contact II (1973) in Bordeaux, his work was presented alongside some of the most influential artists and animators in [[computer art]], such as Georges Charbonnier, Abraham Moles, Herbert Franke, Herve Huitric, Peter Kreiss, Kenneth Knowlton, Vera Molnar, Manfred Mohr, and Georg Nees.  
  
Works in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, (The Patric Prince Collection of digital art.); Museum of Modern Art, MOMA, New York; the National Gallery, Bucharest, Romania.  
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In an article for ''Leonardo'' magazine published in 2006, Epuré described his experience as an artist struggling to survive in Romania during the 1970s, and the decision to emigrate. In March 1980, he moved to the United States, settling in New York on a residence permit for "exceptional qualities in the field of art." Here he studied at the School of Visual Arts, and subsequently participated in the New York Digital Salon, SIGGRAPH and many other digital art shows. He began using an Apple Macintosh in 1986, but was well aware of the limitations of the technology available at that time. He lived and worked in New York until his death.
  
Epuré put cybernetics, as a creative engine, at the core of his art and by the end of 1967, two directions had emerged; these remain the chief focus of his work to this day: the S-Band and the Meta-Phorm.  
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His works are in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, (The Patric Prince Collection of digital art.); Museum of Modern Art, MOMA, New York; the National Gallery, Bucharest, Romania. (2022)
  
''The S-Band (Sherban's Band)'' may be seen as an interactive machine able to reconfigures twelve visual variables, three of geometry and eight of color; the background is the last of these. The scope of the band is not to imitate nature, as origami does, but to produce non-subjective, enjoyable art forms.
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== Publications ==
  
''The Meta-Phorm (Meta+Metaphor+Form)'' is intended to be the the visual appearance/materialisation of an abstract creative proposition by introducing geometrical forms into a game relationship.  
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20210415105225/http://www.sherban-epure.com/sesite2008few/statements/writings64-70/source/atitcibgandmat.html "Redefinirea structurii artistului. Atitudine cibernetică, gândire matematică"] [Cybernetic Attitude, Mathematical Thinking], ''România Literarã'' 25, Bucharest, 13 Jun 1970. {{ro}}
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20210415105728/http://www.sherban-epure.com/sesite2008few/statements/writings64-70/source/cibsiarta1970.html "Cibernetica şi arta"] [Cybernetics and Art], ''Arta Plasticã'' 7, Bucharest, Sep 1970. {{ro}}
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* "S-Benzi" [S-Bands], ''Arta Plasticã'' 7, Bucharest, Sep 1970, pp 33-36. {{ro}}
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* "S-Benzi" [S-Bands], ''Science and Technique'', Bucharest, Jun 1971. {{ro}}
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* "Glosar" [Glossary], ''Arta'' 1-5, Bucharest, Feb-Aug 1971. The "Glossary" was published throughout most of 1971, as a series of monthly articles. It dealt with such terms as: cybernetics, structure, input, output, feedback behavior, information, the significance of information, feedback, black-box, redundancy, noise, sensibility, original, entropy, etc. [http://web.archive.org/web/20210415105728/http://www.sherban-epure.com/sesite2008few/statements/writings71-79/source/glossar1.html] [http://web.archive.org/web/20210415105728/http://www.sherban-epure.com/sesite2008few/statements/writings71-79/source/glossary2.html] [http://web.archive.org/web/20210415105728/http://www.sherban-epure.com/sesite2008few/statements/writings71-79/source/glossary3.html] [http://web.archive.org/web/20210415105728/http://www.sherban-epure.com/sesite2008few/statements/writings71-79/source/glossary4.html] [http://web.archive.org/web/20210415105728/http://www.sherban-epure.com/sesite2008few/statements/writings71-79/source/glossary5.html] {{ro}}
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20210415100406/http://www.sherban-epure.com/sesite2008few/statements/writings71-79/source/realismmatem1_2.html "Realismul matematic"] [Realism Mathematic], [http://web.archive.org/web/20210415100406/http://www.sherban-epure.com/sesite2008few/statements/writings71-79/source/realismmatem3_4.html (cont.)], [http://web.archive.org/web/20210415100406/http://www.sherban-epure.com/sesite2008few/statements/writings71-79/source/realismmatem5.html (cont.)], ''Arta Plasticã'', Bucharest, 13 Apr 1973. {{ro}}
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20210415100406/http://www.sherban-epure.com/sesite2008few/statements/writings71-79/source/mat_anatsecxxa.html "Matematică şi construcţie anatomică"] [Mathematics and Anatomical Constructions"], [http://web.archive.org/web/20210415100406/http://www.sherban-epure.com/sesite2008few/statements/writings71-79/source/mat_anatsecxxb.html (cont.)], ''Secolul XX'' 11-12, Bucharest, 1973. {{ro}}
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20210415100406/http://www.sherban-epure.com/sesite2008few/statements/writings71-79/source/iorga1a.html "Artă plastică și metode cibernetice"] [Fine Arts and Cybernetic Methos], [http://web.archive.org/web/20210415100406/http://www.sherban-epure.com/sesite2008few/statements/writings71-79/source/iorga6a_b.html (cont.)], [http://web.archive.org/web/20210415100406/http://www.sherban-epure.com/sesite2008few/statements/writings71-79/source/iorgapage3.html (cont.)], Bucharest: New Gallery, Mar 1974. Catalog text; part of the Art and Energy exhibition, at The New Gallery, Bucharest. {{ro}}
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20210415100406/http://www.sherban-epure.com/sesite2008few/statements/writings71-79/source/aplmetcib.html "Aplicații ale metodelor cibernetice în artă plastică"] [Applications of Cybernetic Methods in Fine Arts], ''Arta Plastică'', Bucharest, Oct 1974. {{ro}}
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* [https://sci-hub.st/10.1162/002409401753521674 "Artist Statement: Persona 2"], ''Leonardo'' 34:5, 2001, p 524. {{en}}
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* [[Media:Epure Sherban 2006 An Artists Journey in Art and Science.pdf|"An Artist's Journey in Art and Science: From behind the Iron Court to Present-Day America"]], ''Leonardo'' 39:5, MIT Press, Oct 2006, pp 402-409, 436. [https://doi.org/10.1162/leon.2006.39.5.402] {{en}}
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* ''Intrinsic Art'', 2012, 500 pp. Artist's book. [http://web.archive.org/web/20200710083327/http://sherban-epure.com/sesite2008few/workfrset.html] {{en}}
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* [[Media:Epure Sherban 2016 Intrinsic Art A Cultural Capsule.pdf|"Intrinsic Art: A Cultural Capsule"]], ''Leonardo'' 49:5, Oct 2016, pp 406-411. [https://arteca.atec.io/journal/10.1162/leon_a_01076] {{en}}
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20200710083317fw_/http://sherban-epure.com/sesite2008few/rezume.html#writings more]
  
; Articles
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==Interviews==
* Sherban Epuré, "[http://www.sherban-epure.com/sesite2008few/calledpgs/leonardoarticlenoSB.pdf An Artist's Journey in Art and Science: From behind the Iron Court to Present-Day America]", ''Leonardo'', October 2006, Vol. 39, No. 5, MIT Press, pp 402-409 and 436.
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* https://education.siggraph.org/resources/history/sherban-epure
  
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== Literature ==
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* Octavian Barbosa, "Sherban Epuré - Diet Sayler", ''Contemporanul'', Bucharest, 20 Feb 1970. {{ro}}
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* Mihai Nadin, [[Media:Nadin Mihai 2020 Art as Invention Sherban Epure in Memoriam.pdf|"Art as Invention: Sherban Epuré in Memoriam"]], ''Leonardo'' 53:1, 2020, pp 94-97, [https://leonardo.info/blog/2019/04/25/art-as-invention-sherban-epure-in-memoriam HTML]. [https://doi.org/10.1162/leon_a_01827] {{en}}
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20200710083317fw_/http://sherban-epure.com/sesite2008few/rezume.html#biblio more]
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== See also ==
 
* [[Romania#Computer and computer-aided art]]
 
* [[Romania#Computer and computer-aided art]]
  
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== Links ==
* http://www.sherban-epure.com
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* [http://www.sherban-epure.com/ Website], [http://web.archive.org/web/20220125042906/http://www.sherban-epure.com/ (archived 2022)]
* http://www.leonardo.info/rolodex/epure.sherban.html
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* https://www.demarco-archive.ac.uk/collections/1311-sherban_serban_epur_letitzia_letiia_bucur
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* [http://dada.compart-bremen.de/item/agent/903 Profile on compArt]
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20160304090516/http://www.leonardo.info/rolodex/epure.sherban.html Epuré in Leonardo Electronic Dictionary]
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* http://www.sculpture.ro/fisa.php?id=371
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* http://enciclopediaromaniei.ro/wiki/Şerban_Epure
  
 
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Sherban Epuré. (source)
Sherban Epuré in his studio in Bucharest, Aug/Sep 1971. Photo: George Oliver. (Source)

Sherban Epuré (also Șerban Epuré, 18 February 1940, Bucharest - 2018, New York) was a Romanian artist.

Sherban Epuré studied at the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, from 1956 to 1961. In 1961 he resigned from his job in the electronics company. In 1966 he gave up his career as an engineer and retired to a mountain village, devoting himself entirely to painting. A year later he had his first solo exhibition, in which he exhibited 100 paintings. Following the exhibition he was awarded a special mention by the Union of Fine Artists of Romania.

By 1967, he was working on projects combining art and science in Romania. Epuré put cybernetics, as a creative engine, at the core of his art and by the end of 1967 conceived the life-long project "Intrinsic Art" which developed in three main strands (according to the nature of the respective algorithms), which he called S-Bands, Meta-Phorms and sculptures (binary and protruded). The S-Band (or Sherban's Band) may be seen as an interactive machine able to reconfigures twelve visual variables, three of geometry and eight of color; the background is the last of these. The scope of the band is not to imitate nature, as origami does, but to produce non-subjective, enjoyable art forms. The Meta-Phorm (derived from Meta+Metaphor+Form) is intended to be the the visual appearance/materialisation of an abstract creative proposition by introducing geometrical forms into a game relationship.

He exhibited cybernetically based / digital work at the 7th and 8th Paris Biennale for Young Artists in 1971 and 1973, the 25th Edinburgh Festival, 1971, the 9th Sigma Festival in Bordeaux, France, 1973, the Fine Art Competition, Cyprus, (Award), 1973, and at The New Gallery in Bucharest, Romania, 1974. At the Sigma 9 Contact II (1973) in Bordeaux, his work was presented alongside some of the most influential artists and animators in computer art, such as Georges Charbonnier, Abraham Moles, Herbert Franke, Herve Huitric, Peter Kreiss, Kenneth Knowlton, Vera Molnar, Manfred Mohr, and Georg Nees.

In an article for Leonardo magazine published in 2006, Epuré described his experience as an artist struggling to survive in Romania during the 1970s, and the decision to emigrate. In March 1980, he moved to the United States, settling in New York on a residence permit for "exceptional qualities in the field of art." Here he studied at the School of Visual Arts, and subsequently participated in the New York Digital Salon, SIGGRAPH and many other digital art shows. He began using an Apple Macintosh in 1986, but was well aware of the limitations of the technology available at that time. He lived and worked in New York until his death.

His works are in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, (The Patric Prince Collection of digital art.); Museum of Modern Art, MOMA, New York; the National Gallery, Bucharest, Romania. (2022)

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