When creating pieces that are aesthetically self-sufficient and true to my visual language, my hope is to also challenge viewers to think beyond what is immediately perceptible. Each of my photos, paintings or collages tell a story as I approach my craft with a life-long learning lens. While making cyanotypes, silver gelatin and platinum palladium prints, oil paintings and collages, I use different mediums, from vintage film cameras to digital cameras, handmade papers, canvases, wood, memorabilia, oils, charcoal and ink. The media and techniques often change based on my project, but my curiosity and passion to create remain the same. I welcome experimentation, especially in alternative photographic processes, since imperfection plays an integral part in my work. My latest work embodies kintsugi, the Japanese art of putting pieces together using gold emphasizing the beauty of imperfection.
I was born and raised in Romania, but I have lived in Italy, S. Korea, and now reside on the East Coast of the United States. I have an inherent curiosity about life and cultures that I utilize in my art, and mostly the unseen magic around us.
Publications
Washington Post, 2024
F-Stop Magazine, 2023
The Falls Church News, Falls Church, VA 2022
Interview with Korea Times, Seoul S. Korea 2020
Dong-A Ilbo, Seoul, S. Korea, 2020
Korea.net in Seoul, S. Korea, 2020
Blog F64, Bucharest, Romania, 2020
The 16th 2019 Yongsan International Art Festival, Seoul, S. Korea 2019
Photo Art Magazine, Seoul, S. Korea 2019
Dialog textil - Razvan Valceanu, Bucharest, Romania 2018
La Blouse Roumanie, Washington DC, 2017
Activities
2024 Artist in Residence at Photoworks, Glenecho, MD
Cleveland Photographic Society Competition Judge
Member of Photoworks Glencho, The Griffin Museum of Photography, The International Society of Professional Photographers, Frames Magazine, Falls Church Gallery, Torpedo Gallery, Mosaic Gallery.
Photography Award Winner at Fearless Photographers
Honorable Mention in the International Black and White Photography Competition/ Fine Art category, USA 2015
Studies
Carter School Fellowship in Arts and Peacebulding- George Mason University, Washington DC- 2023
Printing Techniques, Edinburgh College of Art, 2020
Master's Degree in IR, Troy University, US, 2020
The New York Institute of Photography, New York, US, 2012
Austin Peay State University, TN- 2010
ASE- Bucharest, Romania- 2000
A short video of #MyFilmStory in collaboration with Ilford