Andrada Anghel

Artist Statement
“Andrada's painting consists of delicate landscapes, soft, even velvety, often evanescent and seductive... mysterious. Sometimes you may see a glimpse of moving waters, transfigured unicorns, roaring sea, abstract profile of poplars, relics, tinted black colored tracks (which contrast with blue which intertwine), golden arabesque, mysterious trees in the dark of the night, landscapes constructed with lights and shadows, amber textures.
All the pictorial elements exert a suggestive charm, especially in their infinite variations of grays and blues, which give a meaning to the dreamlike and evocative works. The colors here have a deep sound between transparency and diffuse light; they are at the dissolution of the matter, which turns into a fairy tale.
It is a musical and lyrical image: these two realities actually proceed in parallel. It seems as the painting comes from darkness toward the light.
For Andrada this is a tool for interpreting the world: we find a strong sense of balance and harmony within a matter charge of silences, expectations, sometimes lingering doubts. Although her technic is often abstract, there is always a close relationship with the outer and inner reality of the artist. In a sweet ...

Communication, Art, Media and Theater, Vanier College, Montreal Studio Art, Fibers Major, Concordia University, Montreal

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

L’espace Contemporain, Montreal, November, 2016
Mediateca Provinciale, Matera, Solo Exhibition, 2014
Palazzzo Dell’Annunziata, Matera, November-January, 2014-2015
Palais de Matera, Matera, Italy, May – June, 2014
Lamoureux Ritzenhoff Gallery, Montreal, 2013
Expression Art Gallery, 2013
Expression Art Gallery, December 2012
ERArt Gallery, Sarasota, 2012
Canadian Standards Association Show, Toronto, 2010
CSA Show, Toronto, 2011
Rio Tinto Alcan, Montreal, 2010
FOFA, Montréal, 2009
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, 2009
Centre d'art la Salamandre, Montréal, 2009
Le Social, Montreal, 2008
Old Brewery Mission, Montreal, 2007
Vanier College, Montreal, 2005
Vanier College, Montreal, 2004