Elena Pătrășcanu
Name
Biography
..., (she/her) visual artist, (b. 18..., city) of Romanian ethnical background, has lived in Romania and several countries of choice, such as ... ...
Artistic disciplines:
- Painting
- Drawing
- Installation
- Queer art (e.g. mixed media, queer gaze)
Other interests: Writing
Artistic practice
Field research & direct experience. Socially engaged art developed at the intersection of visual art, journalism, and storytelling. Her practice is built around a drive to tell stories that connect with her experience as an Eastern European woman living a rather nomadic life throughout Europe. She extracts her themes directly from her nomad life though Europe, creating work on the way, within the encountered spatial and temporal restrictions, concerned with the poetics of the everyday, employing minimal gestures and observational precision to create spaces of quiet resilience when facing unfamiliar or shifting environments.
Notable themes
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Works in collections and public recognition
- exhibited nationally and internationally, at biennales, museums, art galleries.
- preselected for Evans Foundation Prize, (Arts / The Fact Finder interventions).
- works in public institutions collections, art museums collections and private collections.
A selection of works are in the Romanian National Museum of Contemporary Art Collection.
Selected exhibitions
1.Selected solo exhibitions
2.Selected group exhibitions
Press
Gallery Representation
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