Oana Ionel (29. Mai 1984 – 28. Mai 2023) war eine bildende Künstlerin und unabhängige Kuratorin, die in Bukarest lebte und arbeitete, bis sie bei einem tragischen Autounfall vorzeitig starb. Sie machte ihren Abschluss an der Nationalen Universität der Schönen Künste“ (Bukarest). Seit 2018 hat sie einen Doktortitel in Bildender Kunst und war außerdem Absolventin der Fakultät für Psychologie“ (Universität Bukarest). Zwischen 2009 und 2010 studierte sie an der „Ecole Supérieure d’art“ (Grenoble, Frankreich).
Bildung:
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
Einzelausstellungen:
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
Gruppenausstellungen:
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
Kuratorische Projekte:
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
Andere Projekte:
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
