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Marilena Zahiu

BUCURESTI SECTOR 1, Romania •
Artist (Painting, Collages) •
Born unknown date •
"My inspiration is drawn from the world around me"

Through art I try to capture emotions, thoughts and experiences that go beyond traditional constraints. My inspiration is drawn from the world around me, whether it’s the vibrant beauty of nature or the complexity of human relationships. Working in the studio allows me to constantly explore and evolve. It is an adventure of personal discovery and development, experimenting new materials, techniques and concepts. The process of creation is just as fulfilling as the final work.I expres my feelings painting what I know – figures (human and animal), still life and landscape, but with a different personal approach, in an abstract line, in a chromatic out of conventional patterns.  I quickly move from a realistic register to the abstraction and stylization of the real shapes we are used to. Stylization, unlike idealization, is not aimed to beautify, but to emphasize its characteristics by eliminating non-essential particularities. The purpose of transforming the organic shape into an abstract, synthesized one, has the role of revealing the inner, divine part, resulting as a way of spiritual communication. I build the compositional elements singularly, introducing them in various combinations, creating for each work an ensemble of sketches (shapes and colors), which I organize into a single large shape whose role is  to transmit the compositional message. 

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Through art I try to capture emotions, thoughts and experiences that go beyond traditional constraints. My inspiration is drawn from the world around me, whether it’s the vibrant beauty of nature or the complexity of human relationships. Working in the studio allows me to constantly explore and evolve. It is an adventure of personal discovery and development, experimenting new materials, techniques and concepts. The process of creation is just as fulfilling as the final work.I expres my feelings painting what I know – figures (human and animal), still life and landscape, but with a different personal approach, in an abstract line, in a chromatic out of conventional patterns.  I quickly move from a realistic register to the abstraction and stylization of the real shapes we are used to. Stylization, unlike idealization, is not aimed to beautify, but to emphasize its characteristics by eliminating non-essential particularities. The purpose of transforming the organic shape into an abstract, synthesized one, has the role of revealing the inner, divine part, resulting as a way of spiritual communication. I build the compositional elements singularly, introducing them in various combinations, creating for each work an ensemble of sketches (shapes and colors), which I organize into a single large shape whose role is  to transmit the compositional message. 

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Influences

Egon Schiele, Paul Cezanne, De Kooning

Education

2016 - 2018 MFA, Creative Strategies in Painting, National University of Arts Bucharest, Romania Bucuresti, Romania, Romania
2013 - 2016 BA, Painting, National University of Arts Bucharest, Romania Bucuresti, Romania, Romania

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2025 "Boarding Pass" , University Of Architecture And Urbanism "Ion Mincu", Bucharest Romania
2025 National Small Plastic Salon Braila 26Th Edition, Braila Art Gallery Romania
2024 Salon Of "Contactus" Painting - Art Nouveau Gallery In The Palace Of Culture, Targu Mures Romania
2024 National Art Biennial “Gheorghe Petrascu”- Xvii Edition – National Museum Complex “Curtea Domneasca” Targoviste Romania
2024 Gra-Fo-Media Art Salon 2024, 6Th Edition – Art Nouveau Art Gallery, Targu Mures” Romania
2024 International Contemporary Art Biennial “Ion Andreescu” – Art Galleries “Ion Andreescu”, Buzău Romania
2024 Salons Of Moldova – Xxxiv Edition, 2024, Alfa Galleries, Bacău And Republic Of Moldova Romania
2024 International Visual Arts Salon “Martha Bibescu” – Palatele Brîncovenești Cultural Center Romania
2024 Femina In Omnibus – Curtea Space Gallery/ H.d.u Cultural Center Romania
2024 2024: Quantum – Abstract Painting Exhibition – Hotel Caro Romania
2019 - Windows To The Soul, Longing For Italy (6Th Edition) - Italian Institute Of Culture Romania
2018 Master/Painting Alumni Exhibition – Una Galiera Romania
2018 Windows To The Soul, Longing For Italy – Italian Institute Of Culture Romania
2017 Fineste Sull Anima – Longing For Italy – Italian Institute Of Culture Romania
2017 Fineste Sull Anima – Longing For Italy – Italian Institute Of Culture Romania
2016 - Ex-Libris Constantin Brâncuși Museum Of National History And Archaeology Constanta Romania
2016 The Beginnings Of European Oil Painting, County Art Museum "Ion-Ionescu Quintus" Ploiesti Romania
2016 Unarte Painting 2016 – Visual Arts Center, Bucharest Romania
2016 Wip-Work In Progress – Una Galeria Bucharest, Romania
2016 Longing For Italy – Voglia D'italia 4Th Edition – Italian Institute Of Culture. Bucharest, Romania
2015 "First Step" – Painting Exhibition, Go Art Project Gallery, Bucharest Bucharest, Romania
2015 Windows To The Soul, Longing For Italy, Italian Institute Of Culture, Second Edition. Bucharest, Romania
2015 Windows To The Soul, Longing For Italy, Italian Institute Of Culture, Second Edition. Bucharest, Romania
2015 "New" Angels Of Justice, The Beginnings Of European Oil Painting, Ase, Bucharest. Bucharest, Romania
2015 Point, Trivale Shopping Center, By Go Art Project, Pitești / The New Angels Of Justice, The Beginnings Of European Oil Painting, Bucharest University Of Economic Studies / First Step Go Art Project Gallery Bucharest Bucharest, Romania
2014 Painting, Sculpture, Graphics, One At 150 Years Dalles Hall Bucharest/ Witnesses And Testimonies, The Holocaust Of The Jews In Romania, National Library Bucharest/ Windows To The Soul, Longing For Italy, Italian Institute Of Culture Bucharest, Romania
2013 Witnesses And Testimonies; The Holocaust Of The Jews In Romania, Exhibition Of Graphics, Painting And Fragments Of Broken Lives – National Library Of Bucharest. Bucharest, Romania

Solo Expositions

2025 "Tangent" , Double Solo Exhibition, "Brancovenesti Palaces" , Cultural Center, Mogosoaia Romania
2025 "Reflexio", Caminul Artei Gallery, Bucharest Romania

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