SHIZEN Print

Growing up in communist Romania, any form of artistic creation from literature to painting was strictly controlled and censored. However, Balint embrace painting as a form of self-expression, which was often supressed by the authoritarian ideology which dominated Romania after World War II. What she painted was more or less dictated by the communist believes of the time but how she painted was not. As an adolescent, Balint painted on clothes, creating unique garments which were seen as sign of authority defiance by her teachers and colleagues. At the age of 20, along many other students, she rebelled against the communist regime, rallying in the streets during the 1989 revolution that eventually led to democracy being restored in Romania. Three years ago, she became obsessed with Japanese philosophy and aesthetics which brought her work to a turning point. She explored one stroke painting and Sumi-e style and once she understood space and silence in creation, wanted to try more complex techniques. By bridging more than 2 mediums in one surface, her paintings flow in rich structure, texture and chromatic emotions. Her current artistic focus is on “Beginning of The Earth”, the primordial time, an artistic expression of the Earth before the poisoning touch of humans.