Alexandra Bălan’s sculpture proposes a figurative model in which the shape loses its rigor, drawing it rather towards an archaic model. At the border between a subtle eroticism and a profound fineness, the artist describes shapes of vibrant expression by the sensibility of the finishing work, using extremely suggestive details.
Andra Miruna Stancu (Mirela Dăuceanu)
(Bucharest, 1981)
Academic studies:
2000 - 2005 - National Art University, Bucharest, Sculpture Department, with professors Mihai Buculei and Paul Vasilescu;
2005 - 2007 - Master in Visual Arts, National Art University, Bucharest, Sculpture Department, coordinator professor Mircea Spătaru, Bucharest.
Exhibitions
2005 - Master and Dsciples, Workshop 35 Gallery, Bucharest;
- Licence vs Master, Floor ¾ Gallery, National Theatre, Bucharest;
- Salon of Small Sculpture, "Apollo" Gallery, Bucharest;
2006 - Salon of Small Sculpture, "Apollo" Gallery, Bucharest;
2007 - 11+1, Orizont Gallery, Bucharest;
- "Simeza" Gallery, Bucharest;
- Salon of Small Sculpture, "Apollo" Gallery, Bucharest;
2008 - Drawings by Sculptors, Arts Centre, Bucharest;
- Salon of Small Sculpture, Apollo Gallery, Bucharest;
2009 - Drawings by Sculptors, Arts Centre, Bucharest;
2010, 2011 - National Salon of Plastic Arts „Contemporary attitudes”.
Symposiums:
1997 - International Symposium of Ceramics, Constanța;
1998 - National camp of Sculpture and Painting, Snagov, Ilfov;
2005 - International Symposium of Sculpture, Sfântu Gheorghe and Delta Dunării;
2008 - Symposium of Sculpture "Ion Vlasiu", Deda Bistra, Mureș.
Distinctions:
2007 - First Prize for Serafim* at the National Art Contest "Ion Irimescu", 5th edition.
* kept in the collection of the Art Museum "Ion Irimescu"