ABOUT ME
OANA MAZARACHE
PAINTER + ART TEACHER
BASED IN IASI
I am a human who usually creates works of art about people and nature. I often notice how emotions control people's behavior and choices and paint it. I paint the color of each emotion that humans feel. I mix all the above in environmental scenes, natural elements, flowers in my style and my focus is on the quality of the works. If I am not happy with how a work turns out, then I do not present it to art lovers.
My technique includes acrylic paint, ink, pencils, colored pencils, watercolors and plant stamps from my herbarium.
As a support I often use cotton canvas, paper or cardboard.
EDUCATION
2017 | MA Painting, George Enescu National University of Arts, Iasi
2015 | BA Painting, George Enescu National University of Arts, Iasi
2015 | Teacher Training Department, First Module, George Enescu National University of Arts, Iasi
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 | About Humans at Maze Gallery, Iasi
2020 | Untitled at Fika coffee shop, Iasi
2019 | About Humans at La Proust coffee shop, Giurgiu
2018 | The Green Side at N. Tonitza gallery, Iasi
2016 | Omnipresence at Grand Hotel Traian gallery, Iasi
2015 | REFLEX/REFLECTION, personal exhibition at Pogor’s attic gallery from The Museum of Romanian Literature, Iasi
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selections)
2023 | Lascar Vorel Fine Art Biennale, Art Museum, Piatra NeamÈ›
2023 | Collective exhibition, Home of Art Gallery, Bucharest
2023 | Studio 35, art gallery N. Tonitza, Iasi
2022 | International Biennial of Contemporary Art N. Tonitza, Vasile Parvan Museum, Barlad
2022 | Tirana International Graphics Biennale, Albania
2021 | Blue Biennale, Carturesti, Brasov
2021 | Alexandru Ciucurencu Painting Biennale, Art Museum, Tulcea
2020 | International Biennial of Contemporary Art Camil Ressu, Visual Arts Museum, Galati
2020 | Pandemic Lockdown drawings, Helios Gallery, Timisoara
2020 | Autumn Salon of Visual Artists, ClujArt Gallery, Cluj-Napoca
2019 | From light to color, Wall of Art Gallery, Roman
2019 | ARTIS Art Salon, VICTORIA Gallery, Iasi
2018 | Salons of Moldova, Alfa Gallery, Bacau-Chisinau
2017 | W is for women, The Guardian, UK
2017 | Studio 35, Th. Pallady Gallery, Iasi
2017 |Erotica, Meru Gallery, Iasi
2016 | Simeze iesene opened at the Art Gallery Pallady in the International Festival of Education, Iasi
2016 | Nature in Mihail Sadoveanu's Opera, Arcadia Gallery, Pascani
2016 | Form and Color, Union Museum, Iasi
2016 | Interferences, Cupola Gallery, Iasi
2015 | Dialogue with the Sacred, Assumption Church Art Gallery, Iasi
2014 | Retezat International Student Art Symposium, Forma Art Gallery, Deva
2013 | Visiting Art History, apARTE Gallery, Iasi
2012 |Tribute to Caragiale, Mihail Kogalniceanu Memorial Museum, Iasi
2011 | St. Cyril and Methodius children’s art studio, Bitola
2011 | Winter in Vatra Dornei, I. Irimescu Gallery, Suceava
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2023 | Painting Nomination at the annual exhibition Studio 35, Iasi, Romania
2020 | Graphic Arts Award at Nicolae Tonitza International Biennial, Barlad, Romania
2014 | Painting Award at the annual exhibition Dragobete ART.ro – UAIC, Iasi, Romania
2013 | Painting Nomination at the annual exhibition Studio 35, Iasi, Romania
2011 | Golden Palette, St. Cyril and Methodius Children’s art studio, Bitola R., Macedonia
RESIDENCIES
2019 | Urban Painting Residency, Easel at the coffee shop, Iasi
2018 | Ambassador of the project Refresh- Connecting European Culture (Italy, Romania, Slovenia, Spain), Iasi
2014 | International Art Symposium, The Waterfall, Deva
2014 | Muncel Art Residency, Iasi
2011 | Art Residency, Winter in Vatra Dornei, Suceava
More Than Meets the Eye
