Maria Balea

,,…The plasticity of the paintings signed by Maria Balea consists in the inventive and successful combining of elements, patterns, fragments, textures and colour stains. The paintings surprise us especially by the ingenious and refined stratification of the chromatic sections, of the optical structures, by the richness of shades, as well as by the variety of the plastic signs in their way to coagulate, crystallize and appear. The artist, who lives and works in Arad, appeals mostly to essential, simple and discreet forms, components and elements, which she handles economically, with an overflowing confidence, as well as to a limited chromatic palette, laconic, slightly blurred, using a discreet, delicate harmony. The rhythm of the colours, the connexions between the structures are managed and orchestrated in a symphonic manner, separated in multiple and elevated shades and tones. Maria Balea shows a chromatic sense sensible to harmony but she doesn’t avoid bold or surprising associations. She knows well the grammar of forms and this allows her to emphasize strongly and in a convincing manner the suggestive force of her compositions…”

János Szekernyés


,,…Nothing forced, nothing short of value, and nothing ostentatious. It can be observed that the artist expresses herself in the context of a well articulated formula, sustained by endowment and complex cumulative personal experience. Sort of memory slides, delicate and translucent, (a painting with equivalence of specific engraving performances) alternated with insertions of matter-textures, even collages (pointing to or descending from coloengraving) signs and letters, in essence a free writing, all orchestrated and composed with much refinement…
…The chromatics, with axis predominately on gray, rich through nuances of a remarkable delicacy, has served to a specific painting “of state”, in which the artist, although set on a structure ‘type-repere ’, lets say premeditated, remains permanently participant, with maximum implication and freshness, commemorating somehow sequences from a deeply perceived and assimilated reality, like an ace of improvised music, to give more of a clear and communicative stance of these analytical insertions we propose...
…An art of quality, or with authentic support, can be verified at the level of an informed receptor, through a definable and extremely simple test. If at first traverse-glance it impresses you or even shocks you, then possibly presents expressive centers of interest, an aspect one can verify, after a pause, and with a new vision. Many times, a second look could constitute a deception to the viewer – revealing the void behind the images.
If, on the contrary, repeated viewing reveals new facets of sensibility and mastery that draws you in more and more, that means the artist (true and not fake) got something to say, enchanting us in fact, with this rich and specific beauty of a well articulated plastic art language, as well as by the intensity of the involvement into this work of art…’’

Ciprian Radovan, artist

MARIA BALEA

● Born on the 1st January 1962, Feleacu, Cluj county, Romania ● University of Arts and Design, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, series 1994, section Graphics, under guidance of professor Joachim Nica ● Since 1999, member of U.A.P, Romania, Arad branch
Personal exhibitions
● 2005 - Contemporary Art Gallery, Zrenjanin, Serbia ● 2005 - Cultural Center Gallery, Novi-Sad, Serbia ● 2006 - ,,The Chromatic Registers of Memory”, National Gallery Delta, Arad, Romania ● 2006 - Biblioteque Communale Gallery, Rouffignac de Sigoules, France ● 2006 - Axa Art Gallery, Timisoara, Romania ● 2007 - Helios Gallery, Timisoara, Romania ● 2007 - ,,20x20”, paintings in small sizes, Axa Art Gallery, Timisoara, Romania ● 2008 - ,,Fragile inner consonances”, Art Museum, Cluj-Napoca, Romania ● 2009 - Art Chamber Gallery, Goa, India ● 2012 - Helios Gallery, Timisoara, Romania ● 2013 - ,,Arta’’ Gallery, Craiova (RO)

Group exposition (selection)
● 1994 - 1997, Exhibitions in Cluj-Napoca, Tg. Mures, Arad and many others ● 1995 - 1997, Yearly Art Shows, Cluj-Napoca, Romania ● 1999 - 2007, Yearly Art Shows, National Gallery ,,Delta”, Arad, Romania ● 1999 - International Little Engraving Exposition, National Gallery Delta, Arad, Romania ● 1999 - National Drawing Biennial Exhibition, Arad, Romania ● 2001 - Maltese Social Help Service Exhibition, Cochen-Zeil, Germany ● 2002 - Maltese Social Help Service Exhibition, National Gallery Delta, Arad, Romania ● 2003 - Drawing National Biennial Exhibition, Arad, Romania ● 2000 - 2007, Spring and Winter Art Shows, National Gallery Delta, Arad, Romania ● 2005 - International Biennial of Contemporary Arts, Arad, Romania ● 2006 - EAA Exhibition, Stanzwerk, Bochum-Essen, Germany ● 2006 -,,With pleasure”, Finroart XXI, Hovinkartano Hauho, Finland ● 2006 - ,,The Tree", International exhibition with small size paintings, Salzburg, Austria ● 2006 - ,,World’s doorway”, Budapest, Hungary ● 2006 - Finroart XXI, Hyvinkaa, Finland ● 2007 - ,, River Dialogue”, Al-Rowaq Gallery, Amman, Jordan ● 2007 - ,,Art 20”, European Artists Association, itinerant exhibition – Austria, Poland, Hungary, Germany ● 2007 - Collective Exhibition, U.A.P Arad in Sibiu, RO ● 2007 - VII-th Biennale of Aquarelle, Zrenjanin, Serbia ● 2007 - Art Festival Besenova, Slovakia ● 2007 - ,,Ever dream”, Hovinkartano Hauho, Finland ● 2007 - Mail Art, Verbania, Italy ● 2007 - ,,Meeting point”, International Art Biennial, Arad, RO ● 2008 - Forma Art Gallery, Deva, Romania ● 2008 - Old Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, RO ● 2008 - Axa Art Gallery, Timisoara, exhibition to the Art Museum, Arad, RO Romania ● 2008 - Art Festival Besenova, Slovakia ● 2008 - Romanian Contemporary Art, Office Home in Barcelona, Spain ● 2008 - ,,Group 21”, young artists, National Gallery Delta, RO ● 2008 - the IX-th biennial ,,Gheorghe Petrascu”, Targoviste, RO ● 2009 - ,,Meeting point”, second edition - International Biennial of Arts, Arad, RO ● 2009 - First edition ,,International Biennial of Painting, Chisinau, Moldavian Rep.(nominalization) ● 2010 ,,Bata Art Symposium exhibition’’, Art Museum Arad, RO ● 2010 ,,Axe’’- Axa Gallery and Art Museum Arad, Arad, RO ● 2010 ,,Women and Green" – International Mail Art, Ahmedabad, India ● 2010 - World Art Fondation, Place Gallery, USA ● 2010 - Art District Gallery, Las Vegas, NV ● 2010 ,,Expo Axe’’, Sibiu, RO ● 2010 ,,Totem’’ VI-th edition of International Fine Arts Exhibition , Targu Mures, RO ● 2010 – Pecs, Ungaria ● ,,Connections’’ International Art Symposium’s Exhibition, KromArt Gallery, Targu Mures, RO ● 2010 - Parampara, International Indian Contemporary Art, Ahmedabad, India ● 2011 ,,Meeting point”, the third edition of International Biennial of Arts, Arad, RO (Pecs, Hungary) ● 2012 – ,,IX Art Show", Bangalore, India ● 2012 - Maiden Tower Art Festival, Baku, Azerbaijan ● 2012 – Bata VI, Art Museum Arad (RO) ● 2012 – Calpe Gallery (RO), works from Thassos symposium, Greece ● 2012 – ,,Taches-Taches’’ second edition, St. Lo, France ● 2012 – International Small Graphic Biennial, Arad (RO) ● 2012 ,,7 Artists Taches-Taches" Usine Utopik Contemporary Art Center, France ● 2012 ,,Vide atelier d'artist" Usine Utopik, France ● 2013 - CEC Bank Expo 4, Timisoara, (RO) ● 2013 - ,,Urban Pastel’’ Art Museum, Arad (RO) ● 2013 - ,,Ars Visibilis’’ International Contemporary Art, Almeria Museum, Spain ● 2013 - 15. Art 20, SRK-Hall Renko (Hameelinna), Finland

Symposiums
● 2000 - 2009, International Art Symposium, Maltese Social Help Service, Dorobanti, Romania ● 2003 - International Art Camp, Bekecscsaba, Hungary ● 2003 - International Art Camp, Ecka, Zremianin, Serbia ● 2004 - International Art Camp, Garana, Caras-Severin, Romania ● 2005 - ,, Fries Atelier ”, Nicklasdorf, Austria ● 2005 ,,Svetionik” International Symposium, Novi-Sad, Begec, Serbia ● 2006 - ,,United Energy”, the 7th International European Artists Symposium (EAA), Essen, Germany ● 2006 - ,,Plain Air ’06 XIV", Csongrad, Hungary ● 2007 - the 10th European Artists Symposium, the first Symposium of Rowaq Al-Balka, Amman, Jordan ● 2007- ,,Art Festival Besenova”, Slovakia ● 2007- Plein-Air Malarski, Milowka, Poland ● 2007 - ,,Ever dream”, Hovinkartano Hauho, E.A.A in collaboration with XXI Finnroart, Finland ● 2007 - ,,Mystery of the nature”, Liptov, Slovakia ● 2008 - ,,Art Festival Besenova”, Slovakia ● 2008 - Mezotur, Hungary ● 2008 - Csongrad, Hungary ● 2008 - ,,Interior-exterior”, Prague, Czech ● 2008- ,,Interior-exterior”, Bratislava, Slovakia ● 2009 - ,,Centu-Rays”, Tumkur, Karnataka, India ● 2010 - Gulbarga, India ● 2010, Mezotur, Hungaria ● 2010 - Plein–Air Niebylec, Poland ● 2010 ,,Taches – Taches" International Art Symposium, Saint-Lo, France ● 2010 ,,Connections’’ Caprioara, Arad, RO ● 2011 - Tarnowskie Gory, Poland ● 2011 – International Watercolour Symposium, Macedonia ● 2011 – Roumanian-Serbian meeting, Bezdin, RO ● 2012 – Bata, RO ● 2012 - Beckeszcsaba, Hungary ● 2012 - Maiden Tower Art Festival, Baku, Azerbaijan, ● 2012 – Thasoss, Grece ● 2012 - ,,Taches – Taches’’ International Art Symposium, Saint-Lo, France ● 2013 – Greece, Halkidiki ● 2013 - Contemporary Art Simposium ,, No Limit’’ Sangeorz-Bai (RO)

Workhop : ● 2009, Gulbarga, India

Awards
● 2009 - prize for Cults and Cultural Patrimony at IX-th edition of Contest Biennial ,,George Petrascu”, Targoviste, Romania ● 2009 - First edition ,,International Biennial of Painting’’, Chisinau, Moldavian Rep. (nominalization)