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Biography
Between Heart and Mind
Every time I touch the palette, I return to myself — to the one who might have vanished had I not once opened my heart to art. My work is a journey of falls, ascents, and healing, where paint becomes alchemy, transforming personal experience into universal emotion.
My name is Olesea. I am an artist from Moldova, working at the intersection of figurative painting and abstraction. The landscapes of the southeast, where I grew up, are not my subject but an impulse: their contrasts of light, textures, and sharp lines form the foundation of my visual language, bridging the rigor of academic tradition with rebellion against literalism.
After graduating in scenography from the Academy of Music, Theatre, and Fine Arts (Chisinau), I learned to craft narratives — now they live in my paintings, turning canvases into spaces for dialogue between the viewer and the idea. My shift from realism to abstraction was not a break but a liberation. By dismantling form, I sought to express what lies beyond the visible: the tension between human fragility and resilience, inner conflicts, and strength.
Thick impasto techniques, glazes, bold palette knife strokes, and delicate brushwork — these layers capture life’s contradictions. Blurred backgrounds dissolve to illuminate what matters: the interplay of light and shadow, the gesture of an archetypal figure, the choreography of symbols in an ephemeral void. By stripping away the superfluous, I leave room for the viewer’s question: what remains when form disappears?
Each of my works is a stage where texture becomes metaphor. Inspired by the harmony of antiquity, Warhol’s pop art, Marina Abramović raw vulnerability, and the quiet dramaturgy of theatrical space, I hybridize symbols to provoke a confrontation with the self.
My works are held in private collections across Europe, the UK, and the US, and have been exhibited in galleries that value the dialogue between tradition and avant-garde. But what matters most to me is to create a space where the viewer, like my past self, permits oscillation — between heart and mind, control and surrender, the earthly and the boundless.
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Nationality:
MOLDOVA
- Date of birth : 1989
- Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
- Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary Moldovan Artists
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Influences
Education
2015 - 2017
Академия Музыки, Театра и Изобразительных искусств (Магистратура)
Кишинев,
Moldova
2011 - 2015
Академия Музыки, Театра и Изобразительных искусств
Кишинев,
Moldova
2005 - 2010
Бендерский высший художественный колледж им. В.И. Постойкина
Бендеры,
Moldova
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Achievements
Prizes and Awards
2014
Exhibition-Competition ”150 Years Since The Founding Of Kitkani Monastery”, Art Gallery (Grand Prize)
Tiraspol,
Moldova
Collective Expositions
2025
Exhibition "Spring Salon" | Art Gallery "Nicolae Mantu"
Galati,
Romania
2025
International Prize “Artist Of The Year 2025” Pucci Palace
Florence,
Italy
2024
Exhibition "Winter Salon" | Art Gallery "Nicolae Mantu"
Galati,
Romania
2024
Exhibition "Autumn Salon" | Art Gallery "Nicolae Mantu"
Галаць,
Romania
2024
Exhibition-Contest Of Contemporary Fine Art "We: Creative Youth " | National Art Gallery "Constantin Brancusi" (Nominated)
Кишинев,
Moldova
2024
Exhibition "Summer Salon" | Art Gallery "Nicolae Mantu"
Галаць,
Romania
2023
International Exhibition - Video Expo "The Power Of Art" | Art Gallery Tolomeo
Милано,
Italy
2023
Exhibition "Autumn Salon" | Art Gallery "Nicolae Mantu"
Галаць,
Romania
2023
Exhibition "Summer Salon" | Art Gallery "Nicolae Mantu"
Галаць,
Romania
2023
Contemporary Art Exhibition "Spring Salon" | National Art Gallery "Constantin Brancusi"
Кишинев,
Moldova
2023
Exhibition "Spring Salon" | Art Gallery "Nicolae Mantu".
Галаць,
Romania
2022
Exhibition "Winter Salon" | Art Gallery "Nicolae Mantu".
Галаць,
Romania
2022
Contemporary Art Exhibition "Spring Salon" | National Art Gallery "Constantin Brancusi".
Кишинев,
Moldova
2021
Exhibition "Pocrov Vernissage" | Art Gallery.
Тирасполь,
Moldova
2021
Contemporary Art Exhibition "Spring Salon" | National Art Gallery "Constantin Brancusi".
Кишинев,
Moldova
2020
Contemporary Art Exhibition "Spring Salon" | National Art Gallery "Constantin Brancusi". Moldova, Chisinau
Кишинев,
Moldova
2020
Exhibition-Contest Of Contemporary Fine Art "We: Creative Youth " | National Art Gallery "Constantin Brancusi".
Кишинев,
Moldova
2019
Exhibition-Contest "Automnala" | National Art Gallery "Constantin Brancusi".
Кишинев,
Moldova
2016
Exhibition-Contest Of Contemporary Fine Art "We: Creative Youth " | National Art Gallery "Constantin Brancusi".
Кишинев,
Moldova
2015
Exhibition-Contest Of Contemporary Fine Art "We: Creative Youth " | National Art Gallery "Constantin Brancusi".
Кишинев,
Moldova
2014
Exhibition Of Graphics And Painting | Art Gallery.
Бендеры,
Moldova
2014
Scenography Exhibition "Carnival M. Lermontov" | Theater Of An Actor.
Кишинев,
Moldova
2014
Exhibition-Contest "150 Anniversary Of Kitkani Monastery " (Grand Prize) | Art Gallery.
Тирасполь,
Moldova
2014
Scenography Exhibition | Republican Puppet Theater "Likurich".
Кишинев,
Moldova
2013
Xhibition-Contest Of Contemporary Fine Art "We: Creative Youth " | National Art Gallery "Constantin Brancusi".
Кишинев,
Moldova
2012
Scenography Exhibition | Republican Puppet Theater "Likurich".
Кишинев,
Moldova
2012
Exhibition-Contest Of Contemporary Fine Art "We: Creative Youth " | National Art Gallery "Constantin Brancusi".
Кишинев,
Moldova
2011
Painting Exhibition | Art Gallery.
Бендеры,
Moldova
2011
Painting Exhibition | Art Gallery.
Тирасполь,
Moldova
2009
Restoration Exhibition | Art Gallery.
Тирасполь,
Moldova
2009
Restoration Exhibition | Art Gallery.
Бендеры,
Moldova
Solo Expositions
2019
Exhibition Of Graphics "Between Black And White" | Art Gallery.
Тирасполь,
Moldova
2018
Solo Exhibition Of Paintings And Graphics "Between Black And White" | Palace Of Culture, Braila,
Ianca,
Romania
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