Valeria Duca

Valeria Duca (b. 1995, Moldova) started her career at an early age. Her first exhibition took place when she was only 12 years old in her hometown, Chisinau, generating endless appreciation for her abstract work and her sense of colour.

Multiple museums from Eastern Europe have eagerly collected her works from the very beginning. Valeria's paintings can be found in the public collections of the Museum of History and Archaeology in Moldova, the Museum of Visual Art in Galati, Romania, the Museum of Western and Eastern Art in Odessa, Ukraine, the Museum of the Village, Bucharest, Romania and the Folk Museum, the Palace of Parliament, Bucharest, Romania.

Her participation at Venice Biennale in 2011 marked Moldova's debut on the international art stage. Her art evokes emotion. She explores the way in which colour and form connects to the viewer and creates sentiment. Valeria's appreciation for the Old Masters resides in their capacity to touch our soul through mere brushstrokes applied hundreds of years before us.

The artist moved to UK when she was 17. Currently she is studying towards a degree in Art History at the University of St Andrews and continues to paint.

2001 - 2012: attends “Prometeu Prim” Lyceum of Creativity and Inventiveness
2007 june - 2008 june: private disciple, class of professor Victor Ursu, member of the Union of Plastic Artists (UAP) of Republic of Moldova
2008 june - 2012: private disciple, class of professor Ion Serbinov, Master of Art, member of the Union of Plastic Artists (UAP) of Republic of Moldova
2010 – privat disciple of Alexander Sheversky of Canada
2012 - 2014 attends Truro School, Truro, Cornwall, Great Britain

2014- ... University os St. Andrews, Scotland, UK

Personal exhibitions
2008 –Valeria Duca. The Plastic Creation of Children from Chisinau, dedicated to the International Children’s Day, Exhibition Center “Constantin Brancusi”, Chisinau, June 1st – 10th
2009 –Valeria Duca. The Truth from Children’s Mouth, the National Museum of Archeology and History of Moldova, Chisinau, May 20th – June 10th
2009 – Valeria Duca, Personal Exhibition, Public Library Targoviste, Chisinau, June 11th
2009 – Valeria Duca, Personal Exhibition at the International BookFest, XVIII th Edition – National Library of RM, August 31st– September 30th
2009 – Abstract and not only… -- Romanian Embassy in RM, October 12th – December 9th.
2009 – Valeria Duca, Personal Exhibition, Amarillo Art Gallery, Reggio Emilia, Italy, November 27th – December 11th.
2009 – Valeria Duca, Personal Exhibition, Amarillo Art & spazio Cavour, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 16th – 26th December .
2010 – The Galaxy of the Colors, Folc costume Museum, Palace of Parliament, Bucharest, Romania, 04th fevrier - 08th mars/
2010 – Personal exibition dedicated to teacers day. "Prometeu-Prim" Lyceum
2011 - Personal exgibition "The world around me". Venice biennale. Moldavian national pavilion. 01.06 - 27.11.2011
2012 - "Color, Light, Ballet",...