Ela Morar

My work begins where architecture meets emotion — in the spaces shaped by feeling, the memories woven into our surroundings, and the experiences that continually shape who we are.


Ela Morar is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in London. Her body of work moves between figuration and abstraction, often beginning with a feeling, a concept, or a trace of something remembered.

Layer by layer, Morar builds each image through oil paint, drawing, raw marks, texture, and touch. Working with brushes, sponges, her hands, and instinctive gestures, she allows accident and intuition to guide the painting as it develops. There is always an unknown element in her process — something that appears through movement, pressure, and time.

Her background in architecture has shaped the way she sees form, composition, and space, but painting allows her to move beyond structure and reach something more emotional, intuitive, and human.

For Morar, painting is a way of looking inward and bringing something unseen into the world. Her work invites viewers to pause, feel, and connect with their own memories, emotions, and inner landscapes.

Morar first studied Advertising and Media Communication at Babeș-Bolyai University, before pursuing Architecture and Urban Planning at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, where she developed her foundation in drawing, perspective, composition, and spatial thinking. She also completed a residency in Rome, further enriching her visual language through direct engagement with art, architecture, and the city. She later completed professional studies at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, in London. She now lives and works in London.

VENICE INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR – 25TH EDITION 2026, Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, Venice
BARCELONA CONTEMPORARY – 10TH EDITION 2026
THE OTHER ART FAIR LONDON - October 2026