I am a Romanian / British artist living and working in London, UK.

My work explores the cycles of exile and return, and the transformation that happens in between. Displacement, separation, disconnection: these are not just physical, but emotional and existential conditions. The return is never a simple homecoming, but a journey of becoming.

Painting, for me, is a way to process, to unearth, to reimagine. It is a search for a way back, not just to what was, but to what could be. 

I draw from personal experience. Growing up in Romania under Ceausescu’s regime, I experienced the duality of a magical childhood amidst political turmoil, followed by the trauma of the 1989 revolution. Those early contrasts – beauty and violence, belonging and estrangement – shaped my understanding of identity, home and the human condition. Leaving Romania was a self-imposed exile that sparked ongoing questions about who I am and where I belong, and these questions remain central to my practice.

My work frequently engages with myth, religious iconography, and enduring cultural narratives – such as the expulsion from the Garden of Eden – as frameworks for interrogating inherited beliefs about sin, guilt, and shame. Through these lenses, I seek to challenge old narratives and open up space for renewed meaning and transformation.

I bring a diverse background to my painting practice, spanning theatre directing and life sciences, both of which enrich and shape the emotional tone and conceptual perspective of my visual language.

I am currently part of the 2024/2025 cohort of the Turps Banana Correspondence Course.

Recent Exhibitions

A Gallery of One’s Own, Ethereal Maison, London, 26/07 – 9/08 2025

Split 3, Candid Arts, London, 20 – 22/06 2025

Jersey Summer Exhibition, CCA Galleries International, Jersey, 19/06 – 30/07 2025

Split 2, Cross Street Arts, Wigan, 26/04 – 7/06 2025

Shifting Sands, CCA Galleries International, Jersey, 3/04 – 2/05 2025

SPLIT, The Dispensary Gallery x Hypha Studios, Wrexham, 21/02 – 6/04 2025