Anca Danila

Anca Danila is a visual artist born in Transylvania, Romania and based in Dublin. She graduated in Fine Arts, BA (2008) and MA (2010), at the University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Anca Danila explores the convoluted world of modern identities. Specifically, her paintings investigate the interplay between our ‘true’ selves and the ever-multiplying identities we adopt in our lives. Leaning into the mobile affect of digitalised globalization, they attempt to make sense of how past and present, family and larger social dynamics, are playing in the kaleidoscope of the identities we hold at different moments in our lives.
By visually translating insights from psychology, sociology and anthropology, Anca’s paintings create a dialog between “past” and “present”, “here” and “there” in a space of togetherness beyond borders. She draws on her and her brother’s personal experiences as migrants, him being the main model for many of her works. Through the deep psychological investigation of family constellations, Anca’s work highlights the cyclicity of patterns and the layered narratives we tell ourselves and the others. Her paintings offer pathways towards escaping or breaking these patterns in order to grow and move forward in ...

Master Degree (MA), University of Arts and Design, Cluj-Napoca,
Romania
Area(s) of Specialization: Fine arts
University degree ( BA) issued by the University of Arts and Design,
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Area(s) of Specialization: Fine arts

2023 T(here)’s past meeting present, Embassy of Romania to Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
2022 Embassy of Romania to Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
2019 Woman Power in Art, Cantacuzino Castle, Busteni, Romania
2018-2019 137th Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2016 135th Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2015 Self Identity and Society, Nasui Collection & Gallery, Bucharest
2014 Art International, Zurich, Switzerland
2014 Early years, Art Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013 - "I am" -White Canvas Gallery - Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2013-International Art Fair Stuttgart-Sindelfingen,
Germany
2012-Red Dot Art Fair, EUART, Miami, USA
2012-New Living Art III, Moxie Studios, IMOCA ( Irish
Museum of Contemporary Art),Dublin, Ireland
2012-Independent 84 Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2012-Aqua Art Miami/ EUART during Art Basel Miami, USA
2011-The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science,
Tallahassee, USA
2011-Biennale Internazionale d'Arte Contemporanea,
Florence, Italy
2011-Start Gallery, Leoben , Austria
2011-ArtParis, Saatchi Gallery, Le Grand Palais, Paris,
France
2010-Ioan Sigma Art Gallery, History and Art Museum,
Zalau, Romania
2010-Art Museum, Arad...