Ioana Tamas

Artist Biography
Ioana Tamas was born in 1988, in Cluj in Romania. It was quickly discovered by her teachers at school, that she was very passionate about drawing and it was suggested she should attend art school. She started her study in the Art College in the same city, age fourteen. In the first year, when she tried out the available departments, she chose to specialize in ceramics. After college she studied at the University of Art and Design, Cluj, where she received her Bachelors and Master's Degrees in ceramics. During her study she undertook two internships abroad, one in Belgium, Liege and one in Turkey, Eskisehir. This helped her broaden her perspective in art and secured her future as an artist. She discovered that her personal experiences have an interesting influence on her work. When she graduated from the University of Arts, Cluj, she moved to The Netherlands. There, she found a very good studio where she could work and develop her skills as an artist and where she found her mentor for the following years.


Artist statement
My work is mostly figurative with an inclination towards the abstract. Combining the figurative with the abstract alludes to a confusion between reality and illusion. It represents my per...

2010-2012- University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Section ceramics (MA)
2007-2010- University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Section ceramics (BA)
2003-2007- High School of Art: “ Romulus Ladea”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, ceramic department
Ceramic internship
Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey
Experience
Study abroad Student at Ecole supérieure des arts Saint-Luc,Liège,Belgium,
2009
Intern at Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey, 2011
Work Experience Assistant to the head of the ceramics department in Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey.
Ceramic workshops and demonstrations at organized events or at the studio.

2022 Exil- photo-video project
2022 Foto festival” Imagine”, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2021 Exhibition about fear “Bang!”, Antwerpen, Belgium
2021 Polaroid photography published in Body & Fight and exhibited at Ateneu de fabricacio de Les Corts, By Ilium Collective Barcelona, Spain
2020 Project proposal for Bosch Parade "The Head"
2019 Work in progress “The stories unheard”, project about mental health awareness
2019 Work in progress “Horns”
2018- Fracas Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2019
2018 Ceramic Art Andenne, Belgium
2017 “Inspiratie”, Onomatopee gallery, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2016 Project Exhibition KEK 040 (Kollektief Eindhovense Kunsten), Van Abbemuseum and pop-up gallery Molenveld, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Search of Identity, Kunstencentrum Weert, Weert, Netherlands
Personal exhibition, Brooklyn Square Gallery, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2015 Pink Screens festival, Brussels, Belgium
“Identity”, TAC, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Bergeijkse internationale Keramiekmarkt, Netherlands
Ceramic Art Andenne, International ceramics market, Andenne, Belgium
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