Oana Ionel (May 29th 1984 – May 28th 2023) was a visual artist and independent curator that lived and worked in Bucharest until her premature death in a tragic car crash. She graduated the National University of Fine Arts” (Bucharest). She held a PhD in Visual Arts since 2018 and she was also a graduate of the Faculty of Psychology” (The University of Bucharest). Between 2009 and 2010 she studied at „Ecole Supérieure d’art” (Grenoble, France).
Education:
2018 – 2012 Phd in Visual Arts, National University of Fine Arts, Bucharest, Romania
2012 – 2010 Creation Strategies in Painting, Master Degree , National University of Fine Arts Bucharest, Romania
2010 – 2009 Cinema and Painting, L`Ecole Superiure d`art, Grenoble, France (Eramsus scholarship)
2010 – 2007 Ba Degree (Painting), National University of Fine Arts, Bucharest, Romania
2007 – 2003 Faculty of Psychology, (Experiential Therapies), Ba Degree, University of Bucharest, Romania
Solo Exhibitions:
2020 – “The Secret Stories of Danube River, Art9Teen Gallery, Vienna
2020 – Danube – River as Life, Visual Art Museum, Galați, Ro
2019 – The Secret Stories of Danube River, Galateca Gallery, Bucharest, Ro
2019 – Hidden Stories of Ada Kaleh (during Forbes Gala 500), Palace of Parliament, Bucharest, Ro
2019 – Danube -River as Experience, ICR (Romanian Cultural Institute), Bucharest, Ro
2014 – Hipnotic, The New Gallery, Bacău, Ro
2013 – The DreamMachine (curator: Olivia Nitiș), Aiurart Gallery, Bucharest, Ro
2013 – Hipnotic, Metropolis Center, Bucharest, Ro
2010 – Introspections, Paul Amarica Gallery, Paris, France
Group Exhibitions:
2022 – “Parallel Vienna” Art Fair, Vienna with Kunsthaus 7B
2021- The fifth edition of the Art Festival Mementerrae (curator Dr. Elmar Zorn, Munich), Villamaina, Italy
2020 – “Global Contemporary – Art from Romanian Private Collections”, Art9Teen Vienna’s Private Art Club, Vienna
2019 – “Spirit of Ecstasy”, Rolls Royce Season opening, Munich
2018 – Aici – Acolo, Cotroceni National Museum, Bucharest, Ro
2018 – GPL collection, Kunsthaus 7 B Gallery, Cisnadioara-Michelsberg, Ro
2018 – Impreuna – Gemeinsam (Together), Sibiu International Airport, Ro
2017- ArtPrivat , Kunsthaus7B, Cisnadioara-Michelsberg, Ro
2017 – Colonia 21, The National Library of Romania (curator: Anca Verona Mihulet), Bucharest, Ro
2017 – Art Safari (Lina Gallery), Bucharest, Ro
2016 – MulticulturalARTwalk – Galateca Gallery, Bucharest, Ro
2016 – The Palace of Parliament , Inter-Art, Bucharest, Ro
2016 – Trans_Art (The fortified church in Cincsor, Făgăraş, Ro
2014 – You might see rainbows. Or Not (International art residence, X Platform) WASP, Bucharest, Ro
2013 – Women in Colours, Mătăsari Home, Bucharest, Ro
2012 – Palace of Parliament, Bucharest, Ro
2012 – Art House, Art Yourself Gallery, Bucharest, Ro
2011 – Ebiennale (during the International Festival G.Enescu), The Palace Hall, Bucharest, Ro
2011 – Alpha Gallery, Bacău, Chișinău, Ro
2010 – The Visual Art Center, Bucharest, Ro
2010 -Graduation Exhibition, Artis Gallery (National Theater), Bucharest, Ro
2009 – Les Portes Ouvertes, ESAG, Grenoble, France
2008 – The Suțu Palace, Bucharest
2007- The New Gallery, Bucharest, Ro
2006 – Ava Gallery, New Hampshire, USA
2005 -Opera Theater, Bucharest , Ro
2004 -Visual Dialogue Gallery, Bucharest, Ro
2004 -The Small Theater, Bucharest, Ro
Curatorial Projects:
2023 – SPATIU INTRE – IN BETWEEN – Gabriela von Habsburg, Muzeul de Arta, Cluj-Napoca
2021 – SPATIU INTRE – IN BETWEEN – Gabriela von Habsburg, Kunsthaus 7B, Cisnadioara-Michelsberg, Ro
2019 – ARTIST AND THE MODEL – Frédéric Léglise, Art Museum Timisoara, Ro
2019 – ARTIST AND THE MODEL – Frédéric Léglise, Kunsthaus 7B, Cisnadioara-Michelsberg, Ro
2019 – MORPHOGENETIC FIELDS , Visual Art Museum, Galați, Ro
2018 – ART PRIVAT, second edition, Kunsthaus 7 B, Cisnadioara-Michelsberg Ro
2018 – FLOWING MINDSCAPES, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Bucharest, Ro
2018 – ROMANIAN MODERN ART ( Tonitza, Luchian, Pallady, Iser, Iorgulescu-Yor, Ghiaţă, Theodorescu-Sion, Ciucurencu, Bălţatu, Dărăscu) – Kaleidoscope Gallery, Bucharest, Ro 2018 – DECONSTRUCTING THE PATTERNS, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Bucharest, Ro
2017 – VICTOR VASARELY, Kunsthaus 7B, Cisnădioara-Michelsberg, Ro
2017 – TUDOR BANUŞ – HONORÉ DAUMIER, The National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest, Ro
2017 – TUDOR BANUŞ- Retrospective, Art Museum, Timişoara, Ro
2017 – MORPHOGENETIC FIELDS ( Mircea Cantor, Adrian Ghenie, Şerban Savu, Ecaterina Vrana, Teodora Axente, Maxim Liulca, Răzvan Boar, Mircea Suciu, Ciprian Mureşan) – Kaleidoscope Gallery, Bucharest, Ro
Projects
2022 – Lecturer at “International Summer-Academy of Visual Arts” in Cisnadioara, Romania together with Irena Popiashvilli, New York-Tbilissi and Gabriela von Habsburg-München
2022 – The Role of Turkish and Tartarian Minority in Romanian Modern Art, Book published by Department for Interethnic Relations of the Romanian Government
2021 – SPATIU INTRE – IN BETWEEN, the first album about work of Gabriela von Habsburg in Romanian language
Works in private collections:
Franz Herzog von Bayern (Duke of Bavaria) Munich, Georg Peithner Lichtenfels (GPL Gallery) Vienna, PAV Collection Vienna, David Coole UK, Kunsthaus 7B Cisnadioara-Michelsberg
