MIRELA JOJA
  • ABOUT
  • Painting
    • Bodies over Body
    • One and Multiple
    • The Unreal Real
  • MIXED MEDIA
    • Fossil
  • Installation
    • Forbidden Things
    • The Beer Cabinet
  • Drawing/Etching
  • Contact
Born:  30.03.1989,Dorohoi, Botosani, Romania.
Lives and works in Birmingham, UK.

Statement
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My work is a serendipitous site of inquest into human nature. My interest and background is strongly rooted in hyper-realism and working with different mediums is an aid to refine, deepen and develop the meaning behind my work.

For me art is born from a continuous flux between making and thinking, a study born from the process of expression as a means of divulging a piece of human nature.  On the one hand, my projects are sometimes triggered by a question that solidifies in my mind as a distillation of chance encounters and happy accidents that I welcome my way. On the other hand, the actual creative process often uncovers questions of human nature that collide with my everyday experiences. Through my work I try to incorporate this flux by retaining a sense of movement and communication between the act of thinking and creating.



Education

M.A. degree in Painting at National Art University Bucharest, 2013.

Exhibitions
2014
-July, Group exhibition,  Tihany Art Festival, Hunagary.
-14th of  June, group exhibition, AQB-Nuit Blanche, Budapest, Hungary.


2013
-July, STARTPOINT PRIZE ROMANIA, Victoria Art Center Gallery, Bucharest.
-July, M.A. Degree Show, Brancusi Exhibition Hall, Parliament Palace, Bucharest.

2012
-December, group exhibition, Student Art Fair,  U.S.A Embassy, Bucharest.
-November 30th, group exhibition, Five in The House, Anca Poterașu Gallery, Bucharest.
-June, group exhibition, Marriott Hotel, Bucharest.
-May, group exhibition of Painting Department from  “National University of Arts”, Cluj, Romania.
-February, group exhibition, Women artists, Caminul Artei  Gallery, Bucharest.

2011
-October, group exhibition The new Figurative, Victoria Art Center Gallery, Bucharest.
-September, group exhibition, EBienale, Sala Palatului Concert Hall, Bucharest.

2010
- Group exhibition, Art i sida, Cente Jove Del Mercat , Mislata(Valencia), Spain.
- Group exhibition, Sequences,  Căminul Artei Gallery, Bucharest.
- Group exhibition, Art embodiment, Art Museum, Constanța, Romania.
- Group exhibition, The Artist working in Romania 2, Apollo Gallery, Bucharest.
- Group exhibition, The Artist working in Romania 1, Apollo Gallery, Bucharest.

2009
-October,  group exhibition „The body as contemporary cultural project. Theoretical challenges, artistic replies,  Căminul Artei Gallery, Bucharest.

2008
– Mention at National Fine Arts Contest, painting, Bacău, Romania.

Residencies

2014
Two months residency( May and June) at AQB, Budapest, Hungary.


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