Romanian abstract painter known as the Painter of Romania and considerated to be the Father of Black Painting in Romania.
Bacila`s passion for art was instilled as a child by is grandfather a teacher, Gheorghe Bacila. As well has his uncle, Adam Nicolae, a proffessor at the Academy of Arts in Bucharest. As a child, Bacila toured the country`s museums and geological sites that included some cave drawings that inspire his work today. In fact, this is one the basic influences in his black paintings, black being one of the first colors used by primitive people.
Elian Bacila is also influenced by his passion for collecting rocks and observing geological forms. All of these things coming together to inspired into what was to become and what he hopes to achieve. Inspired by his upbringing Bacila graduated from the Unviersity of Bucharest with a degree in Geology and Geophysics, in 1997.

In 2017 he became registered at OSIM a a NATIONAL Brand of ROMANIA under the name of ELIAN BACILA - the Painter of Black.
As a sign of appreciation, RODION G.A., the Father of Electronic Music in Romania, composed the song ``Elian - the Painter of Black``.

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