Ana-Maria Panaitescu

nanuca68@gmail.com

Bio

Ana-Maria Panaitescu:
– Born 1968, Bucharest, Romania
– 1999: M.A. Universitatea de Arte Bucuresti (UNARTE)
– 1997: B.A. in Art, Universitatea de Arte, Bucharest
– 1997: Member of the Uniunea Artistilor Plastici, Painting (UAP-the Romanian artists’ union)
– Scenography artist at UNATC (The Romanian University for Film and Theater
– Self-employed as painter, graphic artist and illustrator, photographer, colorist in Adobe Photoshop for sites, illustrator for printing houses
– Both individual and group shows in galleries of the UAP and other galleries in Romania and Europe
– Paintings, collages and photos in private collections from Europe and United States

Art Statement

My intention is to use just a few elements and see how much I can transmit to people who are watching, in assamblage and in painting. A kind of “less is more.” In assemblages, I use different objects; one example is my collection of earth collected in different places around the world, which people brought me from their travels. This represents the travels that I only got to make in my imagination. I found a poem by e.e. cummings, titled “somewhere I have never traveled, gladly beyond,” and I liked it a lot; I used this name for some of my artwork. Much of my work has this theme, of travels never made. I also “build” white objects, completely without color, just as a small relief which drops different shadows, prompting us to “read” the form. I want to tell the story of light and its beauty.
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