Doru Ivan

My artwork represents an introspection of human nature and of what can result from an exploration of our interactive day-to-day existence. Knowing that our lives have significance in a context beyond a mundane everyday existence at the level of biological needs that drive selfishness and aggression. It means knowing that we are a significant part of a purposeful unfolding of life in our universe.

Emotions can be found hidden within my paintings, speaking to the thoughtful and meditative process of creating the images. The evolution of my works reveals a portraiture of the individual’s destiny, which was not explored enough as an interior of the conception of existence.

More than that, I willfully exaggerate certain aspects of human existence expressed through form gestures, and symbols, what a person could experience over a lifetime: moments of bliss, panic, uncertainty, reflection and mystic states. There is a back-and-forth conversation with the work, where the figure and the process inspire my emotions, and then my emotions are entered into the painting itself, to become part of the reflections.

My goal is to inspire those who see my work to look more carefully at the world around them to discover the beauty and ugliness i...

1991 - 1997 - National University of Arts Bucharest, Faculty of Fine Arts, Romania

2017 to present - Member of VAI - Visual Artists Ireland

Solo Exhibitions:
2025 20th - 26th Nov, REDS Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2024 30th Sep - 13th Oct, Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Ireland
2023 13th - 20th July, Gallery X, Dublin, Ireland
1997 June-July - Gallery Academy of Arts, Bucharest, Romania
1999 January - “Ecce Homo”, Berlin, Germany
2000 March - Gallery of the Museum of Arts, Ploiesti, Romania
2000 September - Gallery of the Palace “Mogosoaia”, Bucharest, Romania

Group Exhibitions:
2021 27 September - 30 October - 191st RHA Annual Exhibition - RHA Gallery - Dublin, Ireland - This year, the RHA saw a total of 3900 works of art submitted from which, following a very rigorous 2 rounds of selection, 323 works were accepted and will be exhibited throughout all gallery spaces at the RHA. Irelands largest and longest-running exhibition of visual art, the RHA Annual Exhibition
1999 October - International Fair of Art organized by Foundation Society Club UNESCO, Palace “Cotroceni”, Bucharest Romania
1999 October - “Romanian Artists” Cultural Centre Venice, Italy
1999 November - “The Ship of fools”, International Centre of fantastic art, Castle Gruyeres, Switzerland
1999 December - “The Ship of fools”, Art Europe Reggio 2000, Reggio Emilia Italy