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Creart Gallery
May 14 – June 14 2023 (12 AM – 9 PM)
Free entry

Opening: 14 May 2023, 6:30 PM

The opening is preceded by a workshop designed to offer a direct insight into the artistic practice and eco-philosophy of Maia Ștefana Oprea.

Workshop: May 14 2023, 5 PM – free entry

The solo show RECONCILIATION of Maia Ștefana Oprea is concepted “a potential dialogue on the respect for history and ecological necessities of our present and future world, in which plastic meets organic matter and makes a continuous creation process unfolding, through which forms are hybridized, organically invading other materia and spaces, like a pseudo-vegetation.” (Maia Ștefana Oprea)

“RECONCILIATION is, at the same time, about the relationship between the materials used by Maia Ștefana Oprea in her works; on the one hand we have plastic and other synthetic materials, on the other hand we have plants and parts of them coming from her garden: ivy, willow, vine, walnut, roses, straw, wood, wood flour, ash.

Titled after the painting MORPHOGENETIC INDUSTRY by Maia Ștefana Oprea, the related event at AnnArt Gallery consists of a live drawing session inspired by the plants in the artist’s garden. Along this lines, Maia Ștefana Oprea presents her life project: The Garden of Ideas and the outcome of Tout- va- bien artist residencies, which she coordinates at Nucșoara, in Argeș county.” (Ana Daniela Sultana)

Maia Ștefana Oprea is a graduate of the National University of Arts in Bucharest with scholarships in France and the USA. Since 2016, she has been represented by AnnArt Gallery in Bucharest and since 2019 she has moved with her family in the village of Inotești, Prahova County. Her work has been exhibited at the International Painting Biennale in Chișinău, Vienna Contemporary, the Romanian Cultural Institute in London, the Romanian Cultural Institute in Venice, the Ruse National Art Gallery, the “Palatele Brâncovenești” Cultural Center of Mogoşoaia, the Cantacuzino Castle in Bușteni, the Ploiești Art Museum, the Constanța Art Museum, the National Literature Museum in Bucharest, the Cotroceni National Museum, as well as in numerous local and international art galleries.

Ana Daniela Sultana is a curator and art columnist. She holds degrees in philology and communication, a MA in curating from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and is currently writing a PhD thesis titled “Poetics of the curatorial text”. Her articles appear in ARTA magazine, Romanian-Italian Cultural Horizons and on agentiadecarte.ro. She collaborates with institutions such as the International Cultural Centre in Krakow, the Romanian Cultural Institute in Vienna, the Austrian Cultural Forum in Bucharest, creart – the Center for Creation, Art and Tradition of Bucharest, the Literature Museum in Bucharest, the Art Museum of Timișoara, Kunsthalle Feldbach, Aluniș Art Center and with various contemporary art galleries.