Carmen is known for her realistic, multi-faceted oil paintings that are inspired by nature and themes of femininity and beauty. By drawing on a (neo-)expressionist discourse of painting, combined with a feminist dialogue and the relationship between nature, art, and beauty, her works contribute to a broader concept of female perception and identity.
Carmen, the Romanian artist, graduated in Cluj, Romania, studied in Athens, Greece, and recently received her doctorate in fine art from the Academy of Fine Art in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), where she still holds a professorship.
Since 2004 she has exhibited internationally, including in the Czech Republic, Romania, Greece, Spain, Poland, the Netherlands, and Germany.
Carmen is known for her realistic, multi-faceted paintings that are inspired by nature and themes of femininity and beauty. By drawing on a (neo-)expressionist discourse of painting, combined with a feminist dialogue and the relationship between nature, art, and beauty, her works contribute to a broader concept of female perception and identity.
Carmen contributed to the Golden Globe winner animated movie ‘Loving Vincent’ by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman which bases the animation on actual oil paintings inspired by van Gogh.
She lives and works in Cluj-Napoca, RO and Stuttgart, DE.
| 2023 | Leisure, BBK (Bund Bildender Künstlerinnen Württembergs) Stuttgart, DE (SOLO) |
| 2022 | XmART, EXOgallery, Stuttgart, DE |
| 2021 | Annual Art Salon, Cluj Museum of Art, Cluj, RO Spotlighting Cluj, Mitreo Arte Contemporanea, Rome, IT |
| 2020 | Personal Nature, Atelier Intact, Centrul de Interes, Cluj, RO |
| 2018 | Loving Vincent, Contemporary Art Centre M Contemporary, Seoul, KR Your Vincent, Upper Silesian Art Museum, Bytom, PL Your Vincent, Noordbrabants Art Museum, Den Bosch, NL Close Encounters, Hilton City Art Space, Cluj, RO Van Gogh Revisited, Chios Cultural Centre, Chios, GR |
| 2017 | Loving Vincent, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2016 | Oil sketches, Romasto Art Centre, Athens, GR (SOLO) Van Gogh Revisited, Technopolis Art Centre, Athens, GR |
