Crepuscular, 2016; Oil on canvas; 22 x 28 in. 

About the artist: 

Manuela Holban is a visual artist that lives and works in Maryland.

Represented by Gallery Chiz (Pittsburgh, PA), Pierogi 2000 (Brooklyn, NY), Muse Gallery (Columbus, OH), and Maria Pestana (Madrid, Spain).

Recent news: Solo art show “Parables,” curator: Ana Maria Ascano, Salon de las Artes, Embassy of Uruguay, Washington DC, May-June 2016

Echoes of Romania: For Manuela, the echo of Romania is herself and is to be found within herself, as reflections of what the artist witnessed, experienced, admired, criticized, dreamed, and learned in Romania, including the streets, the people, many books, and her art teachers, especially Corneliu Baba, who taught her to see beyond the surface.

Portrait (2015); Mixed media on paper attached to board; 12 x 9 in.

About the artist: 

Manuela Holban is a visual artist that lives and works in Maryland.

Represented by Gallery Chiz (Pittsburgh, PA), Pierogi 2000 (Brooklyn, NY), Muse Gallery (Columbus, OH), and Maria Pestana (Madrid, Spain).

Recent news: Solo art show “Parables,” curator: Ana Maria Ascano, Salon de las Artes, Embassy of Uruguay, Washington DC, May-June 2016

Echoes of Romania: For Manuela, the echo of Romania is herself and is to be found within herself, as reflections of what the artist witnessed, experienced, admired, criticized, dreamed, and learned in Romania, including the streets, the people, many books, and her art teachers, especially Corneliu Baba, who taught her to see beyond the surface.

Voyager (2013); Mixed media on paper; 12 x 9 in.

About the artist: 

Manuela Holban is a visual artist that lives and works in Maryland.

Represented by Gallery Chiz (Pittsburgh, PA), Pierogi 2000 (Brooklyn, NY), Muse Gallery (Columbus, OH), and Maria Pestana (Madrid, Spain).

Recent news: Solo art show “Parables,” curator: Ana Maria Ascano, Salon de las Artes, Embassy of Uruguay, Washington DC, May-June 2016

Echoes of Romania: For Manuela, the echo of Romania is herself and is to be found within herself, as reflections of what the artist witnessed, experienced, admired, criticized, dreamed, and learned in Romania, including the streets, the people, many books, and her art teachers, especially Corneliu Baba, who taught her to see beyond the surface.

Column for My Homeland (2011); Gilded stoneware; 26” 4’ high.

One way of engaging with this piece is to think of it in relation to the heritage of Brancusi’s oeuvre, especially the motif of the column, the monumentality of the piece, and the modular approach to sculpture.

The Romanian version of the title is “Coloana dorului de tara” (literally “the column of longing for the homeland”).  Patrick’s column was installed outdoors in Rachitoasa, Romania, the artist’s birthplace, in 2011. 

About the artist:

Patrick Mateescu is a sculptor and ceramist that lives and works in New Jersey. His work ranges from small-scale cast porcelain to large-scale stoneware monuments.

Public art in numerous locations worldwide, including the UCLA campus and outdoor venues in multiple Romanian cities (Bucharest, Galati, Mangalia, Targu Mures, etc.).

Recent news: The artist’s monograph, including an analysis of Mateescu’s work by the essayist and art critic Ionel Jianu, was recently published by Simetria Publishing House (Bucharest, Romania).

Gilded Thorns (2015)- Gilded stoneware; 72” high.

About the artist:

Patrick Mateescu is a sculptor and ceramist that lives and works in New Jersey. His work ranges from small-scale cast porcelain to large-scale stoneware monuments.

Public art in numerous locations worldwide, including the UCLA campus and outdoor venues in multiple Romanian cities (Bucharest, Galati, Mangalia, Targu Mures, etc.).

Recent news: The artist’s monograph, including an analysis of Mateescu’s work by the essayist and art critic Ionel Jianu, was recently published by Simetria Publishing House (Bucharest, Romania).

Transilvania Flower (2016); Polyester and fiberglass; 13’ diameter.

This piece of public art was installed, in May 2016, in the square in front of the prefectural government main building in the Romanian city of Bistrita Nasaud, Northern Transylvania.

About the artist:

Patrick Mateescu is a sculptor and ceramist that lives and works in New Jersey. His work ranges from small-scale cast porcelain to large-scale stoneware monuments.

Public art in numerous locations worldwide, including the UCLA campus and outdoor venues in multiple Romanian cities (Bucharest, Galati, Mangalia, Targu Mures, etc.).

Recent news: The artist’s monograph, including an analysis of Mateescu’s work by the essayist and art critic Ionel Jianu, was recently published by Simetria Publishing House (Bucharest, Romania).

Danube River Delta – On the Way to Mila 23 (2014); Digital photography.

About the artist:

Cris Orfescu is a scientist and multimedia artist that lives and works in Los Angeles, California. For more than 30 years he has been perfecting a new art form, NanoArt, which merges science and art through innovative uses of technology.

Echoes of Romania: The artist’s images of Romania are travel photographs that reflect a documentary impulse and a keen sense of attention to changing colors and light effects.

Scarisoara Ice Cave – The Church (2014); Digital photography.

About the artist:

Cris Orfescu is a scientist and multimedia artist that lives and works in Los Angeles, California. For more than 30 years he has been perfecting a new art form, NanoArt, which merges science and art through innovative uses of technology.

Echoes of Romania: The artist’s images of Romania are travel photographs that reflect a documentary impulse and a keen sense of attention to changing colors and light effects.

Scarisoara Ice Cave – The Entrance Shaft (2014); Digital photography.

About the artist:

Cris Orfescu is a scientist and multimedia artist that lives and works in Los Angeles, California. For more than 30 years he has been perfecting a new art form, NanoArt, which merges science and art through innovative uses of technology.

Echoes of Romania: The artist’s images of Romania are travel photographs that reflect a documentary impulse and a keen sense of attention to changing colors and light effects.

Acvila, DOR #14 (Eagle, illustration for the magazine DOR / Decat o Revista, issue no. 14) 2013; Digital art.

This image illustrated a text by Lavinia Gliga about the eagle and its ecosystem in Romania. 

About the artist:

Ionut Radulescu is a designer and illustrator that lives and works in New York City. He has a MA in Arts Illustration and Graphic Design from SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design). He has worked as a designer with agencies such as Pearlfisher, Prophet, Kayser-Roth, and the Frye Company.

Jurnal, DOR # 8; (Diary, illustration for the magazine DOR/ Decat o Revista, issue no. 8) 2012; Digital art.

This image illustrated Philip Ó Ceallaigh’s essay “Victima” (“The Victim”), translated into Romanian by Alina Purcaru.  The diary mentioned in the title of Ionut’s illustration as well as in Ceallaigh’s essay is that of Romanian playwright and novelist Mihail Sebastian (1907-1945).  Ceallaigh’s essay won First Prize in the 2012 “Superscrieri” creative writing and journalism competition in Romania. 

About the artist:

Ionut Radulescu is a designer and illustrator that lives and works in New York City. He has a MA in Arts Illustration and Graphic Design from SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design). He has worked as a designer with agencies such as Pearlfisher, Prophet, Kayser-Roth, and the Frye Company.

Romanesc (“Romanian”) 2013; Type illustration.

This type illustration – an exercise in understanding Romanian identity – calls to mind archaic Romanian calligraphic styles.  Ionut drew upon multiple sources of inspiration, including vintage publications such as Viata si Opera lui Miron Costin or Poporul Romanesc and covers of old editions of books by the Romanian novelist Mihail Sadoveanu (1880-1961). 

About the artist:

Ionut Radulescu is a designer and illustrator that lives and works in New York City. He has a MA in Arts Illustration and Graphic Design from SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design). He has worked as a designer with agencies such as Pearlfisher, Prophet, Kayser-Roth, and the Frye Company.