Catalin Ilinca

fragments from an interview given to ARTDEX:

// What motivates you to create? //
I'm a very creative person, so I just create! It's in my nature, I simply can't imagine life otherwise. If I didn't paint or draw, I would definitely write or compose music, or I would make my own movies.

// Tell us about your artistic style? //
Most of my works are figurative, but I also have an abstract landscapes series. Generally speaking, what we call abstract painting could fall into various genres or categories, but my tryout in this field could be labeled as lyrical abstract. While my work in the figurative area could be simply associated to contemporary realism or contemporary figurative.
I've always been a very versatile artist, I've experienced a lot of different insights and perspectives, I've embraced various styles or genres, depending on my inner evolution and on the faces of my evolution as an artist. At some point in this evolution, I've even felt like creating a new style, a style which I called Magic Expressionism. It's about a series of compositions that remind of the surrealistic current, as I put together elements that have could suggest an oneiric state, but, at the same time, personal manner and the visual expression I...

University of Fine Arts, Bucharest

solo exhibitions

Private Estate
Fort Lauderdale, FL USA
May 2015

Office Estate
Fort Lauderdale, FL USA
September 2015

Private Estate
Fort Lauderdale, FL USA
December 2015

collective exhibitions

2019/20 - collective exhibition at Nova Rúa Gallery, Lugo, Spain

2017 - collective exhibition at The Art House Asia, Hong Kong

2013 - collective exhibition at Pullman Hotel, WTC Bucharest

2013 - collective exhibition at the King Jaume Hall, (Town hall of Tarragona, Spain)

1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 - graphics, collective exhibition / TIAV (The International Visual Arts Fair, Bucharest)

1998 - art performance, visual experimentation / Mediawave Film Festival / Gyor

1993, 1994 - painting, collective exhibition / Student Fest / Art Students Festival / Timisoara