Alida Velea

Alida Velea currently lives and works in Bucharest, Romania.
With a degree in engineering, the decision to transition to the field of fine arts came from a strong inner passion. Thus, a few years later after graduating from the first university, in 2020, Alida obtained a First Class Honors Degree, in Fine Arts, from the University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
Alida's artistic focus lies in the exploration of one's own cultural identity and its interaction with the personal and social events that shape our lives. Her approach to painting predominantly embodies a figurative style, which she integrates into a cubism with slightly abstract or surrealist notes. She often combines this traditional approach with modern technologies and diverse mediums, resulting in the creation of unique and authentic works of art.
Her works have been included in various exhibitions, both personal and group, including "RENOVART: Inner Colors, 100 artists for the future" at the Naval League - Magna Grecia, Matera, Italy. Last year, in addition to the personal exhibition "Romania Stamp Collection: 1967-1985" in Piacenza, Italy she exhibited at the Contemporary Art Fair in New York (USA), in Heidenreichstein (Austria), Munich (Germany), Madrid (Spain). ...

2016 – 2020 BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of Hertfordshire
1985 - 1990 BA (Engineering) University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest

Solo exhibitions
2025
August, 21 – September, 07, "IN ENIGMATA", double solo exhibition, curator Mihaela Pascu, "Brancoveneşti Palaces" Cultural Center, Bucharest;
October 12 – 27, Solo Exhibition, “Romania Stamp Collection: 1967-1985”, art curator: Elena Jelmoni, Studio Gallery Jelmoni, Piacenza, Italia;
Group exhibitions
October, 10 – 23, “Remembering to Be”, collective exhibition of contemporary art, organized at the CAEL gallery, Milan, Italy;
October, 10 – November, 14, “Alexandru Ciucurencu” Painting Biennial, Art Museum, Tulcea, Romania;
August, 21 – September, 07, “SOULSCAPES”, group exhibition, curator Diana Roman, Brancoveneşti Palaces" Cultural Center, Bucharest;
July, 18 – August, 18, “Ethereal Horizons”, collective exhibition, Spazio Levante Gallery, Venice, Italy;
July, 15-30, “Authentic Self”, collective exhibition, Europe Gallery, Brasov, Romania;
June, 20-22, Basel International Biennale;
April, 24 – May, 07, "Boarding Pass", collective exhibition (part of the Wanderlust project), curator Mihaela Pascu, University of Architecture and Urbanism "Ion Mincu", Bucharest;
2024
October, 25 – November, 10, “Serenade”, collective exhibition organized by Van Gogh Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain;
September, 26 – December, 18, “The...