Alin Pater is a Romanian artist born in Arad on April 22, 1986, with a lifelong passion for sacred art, particularly iconography. He began studying painting at an early age under Professor Corneliu Artimon. He later graduated from the “Sabin Drăgoi” Art High School and pursued both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Restoration and Conservation at the Faculty of Arts and Design, University of the West in Timișoara, under the mentorship of Professor Doina Mihăilescu.

Following his academic training, Pater deepened his experience in sacred art through apprenticeships on church mural projects, eventually becoming an officially certified Church Painter by the Romanian Patriarchate’s Commission for Church Painting. His work includes collaborations on churches both in Romania and abroad, as well as numerous group exhibitions and two solo shows.

In 2024, he began painting the interior of the “Protection of the Mother of God” Monastery Church in Băița, Hunedoara. A dedicated iconographer, Pater has a particular devotion to glass icon painting, which he has studied since childhood. His artistic mission is to elevate the perception of glass icons from traditional craft to recognized art form.