Lidia Kuneca

My artistic practice revolves around the exploration of identity and the inner world, where reality and imagination intersect and influence one another. I primarily work in oil painting on canvas, constructing images that originate from reality but evolve into ambiguous spaces charged with subtle meanings.
Through my recent paintings, I explore the hidden layers of identity and the introspective inner world, creating scenes that blur the boundary between reality and dream. My approach lies at the intersection of the real and the surreal, where familiar elements are reconfigured to generate an atmosphere of uncertainty and introspection.
I am interested in what is not immediately visible — in inner states, the fragility of identity, and the tension between presence and absence.
In my work, figuration becomes a starting point for exploring deeper dimensions, where space, body, and environment undergo transformations that reflect mental and emotional processes.
Influenced by contemporary artists such as Sasha Gordon and Tishk Barzanji, as well as by philosophical perspectives, I develop my artistic practice as a space for reflection on the human condition within an ever-changing context.
Through my work, I aim to create visual situat...

-University of Fine Arts, Bucharest - Master Degree Painting - 2025 - Present

-Bachelor of Fine Arts - Painting : University of Arts and Design, Cluj-Napoca 2014

-Degree of pedagogy - Painting: University of Arts and Design, Cluj-Napoca 2014

-Scholarship : University of Fine Arts Cuenca, Spain, 2013, 5 months

-Technology of film photographs- course, Postproduction - course, University of Fine Arts Cuenca, Spain, 2013

- High school of Arts - Monumental painting, Hans Mattis Teutsch Brasov, 2011

**SELECTED GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS**

* *Landmarks in Contemporary Art* (Group Exhibition), Europe Gallery, Brașov, Romania, June 20 – July 7, 2026

* *ROUNIT – MOBU* (Group Exhibition), Romexpo, Bucharest, Romania, June 3–7, 2026

* *Living with a Bag* (Group Exhibition), Municipal Museum, Călărași, Romania, May 23 – July 15, 2026

* *Mirabilis Hortus* (Group Exhibition), Gallery 9, Brașov, Romania, February 7 – March 2, 2026

* *Green Horses* (Group Exhibition), UnaGaleria, Combinatul Fondului Plastic, Bucharest, Romania, January 15–26, 2026

* *Winter Salon* (Group Exhibition), Europe Gallery, Brașov, Romania, December 1–22, 2025

* *White Night of the Galleries (NAG)* (Group Exhibition), Coworkperativa Brezoianu, Bucharest, Romania, October 3–5, 2025

* *The Space Between Becoming* (Group Exhibition), Europe Gallery, Brașov, Romania, September 2–16, 2025

* *Authentic Self* (Group Exhibition, Organizer and Curator), Europe Gallery, Brașov, Romania, July 17–30, 2025

* *Ottoxotto* (Group Exhibition), Palazzo Ponti, Brescia, Italy, May 16–31, 2025

* *City of Arts* (Group Exhibition), Art Museum of Brașov, Romania, May 30 – August 3, 2025

* *Emotional Intelligence* (Group Exhibition), Coworkperativa Brezoianu, Bucharest, Roma...