Elena Popa

An artist is just a simple instrument through which the energies of the Universe flow. (Zen proverb)
Painting is not only an expression of the reality through images, but an escape from reality to an imaginary artist’s interior soul, a dialogue in the future revealing sequences of the past. Without art, shape and colour, the world would be poorer and lifeless.
My art shows respect for emotion and form, trying to reach their greatness and majesty, to tune and harmonize them with all the tendencies of the spirit and the soul. My way of working tries to make the emotion more intense, more perceptible, finally more beautiful, from a plastic point of view. I have a romantic temperament, a lively sensitivity and a kind of sentimental intimidation with spirituality, which I look for in any work I do. Day by day, I discover the wonder of painting and enjoy it, having in my mind the perfect interlocutor for a sincere and bright plastic discourse!
I started painting at the age of 5, painting being my first great love. When I paint, I take refuge in my world and reach the highest levels of happiness.
I find inspiration in the beauty of Creation that surrounds me: in a flower, in a sunset, in the mountains, in the forests and in the wonderfu...

1996 - 2001 Fine Arts National Academy, Bucharest, Romania, class of professor Mircia Dumitrescu

1991 - 1995 Geophysics University, Bucharest, Romania

2024 Nov. 28 – 2025 Febr. 28, Cultural Symphony: Echoes Of Contemporary Western Art In China Hong Art Museum in Chongqing, Chongqing, China

2025 April 10 - 13 Artdesuisse Zürich Frühlingsausgabe

2024 May 30 - June 2, Artdesuisse Luzern 2024, Kornschütte (Town-Hall) Luzern, Switzerland

2024 ARTE LAGUNA WORLD - Arté Laguna Prize Venice, Italy

2023 September, Artdesuisse Luzern 2024, Kornschütte (Town-Hall) Luzern, Switzerland

2021 Nov., “U ART” Gallery, “Reflection” Exhibition, Bucharest, Romania

2020 October 7-20, Sutu Palace, Exhibition “Spirituality”, Bucharest, Romania

2019 April 19, Galateca, Group exhibition "Reasoning”, Bucharest, Romania

2017 March 24, Mogosoaia Palace, Group exhibition "Colour, Image, Sound and Word - Colour Vibrations", Bucharest, Romania

2005 - 2015 Permanent Exhibition at Lido “In the Sound of Violins”, Bucharest, Romania

2005 Group exhibition, “Room 19”, Artis Gallery, The National Theatre, Bucharest, Romania

2004 Group exhibition, Frankfurt, Germany

2002 Group exhibition, the Embassy of Romania in Sweden

2002 Group exhibition, Iosif Iser International Engraving Biennale, Ploiesti, Romania

2001 Group exhibition, the Embassy of Romania in Copenhagen, Denmark

2001 Group exhibit...