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LAURA IOSIFESCU | THE WORK

STATEMENT

Laura was born and raised in Romania but she has been living and working in London, UK for almost seven years now. She first graduated Fine Art High School in Romania in 2002 and then in 2012, she graduated from The School of Arts and Digital Industries (ADI) London, UK, gaining a Bachelor Degree in Fine Art. Her style is fresh and her use of bright colours makes her work really distinctive. She has participated in many exhibitions in UK and USA and has been shortlisted for numerous art awards and art competitions.

The contexts of Laura`s paintings are rooted to her cultural, social and personal experiences .But Nature is what inspires her work the most. Her extreme love for Nature, for colours and paint reflects in each of her paintings .When she is painting she loves to explore the paint. Every time she discovers something new about the paint but also about herself. To her there are no boundaries on what she can do and neither to her creativity... What she does now is transforms the paint into a physical imaginary landscape; literally she is creating her own nature and Earth, through the use of thick paint and layers which are often extreme. An intention is to break down the boarders between two and three dimensionality in the painting. Her paintings aims are to seduce and lure the viewer in, however the density of the landscape also acts as a type of overbearing threat or beautiful repellent.

 

CV

EDUCATION

  • 2009-2012, Fine Art BA Honours, University of East London, School of Architecture & the Visual Arts,       
  • Fine Art (BA).
  • 1998-2002 Music and Fine Arts High School Fine Arts: Painting Obtain certificate "With distinction”.      

 

EXHIBITIONS

Joint exhibitions:

. T4C-Thank you for Creating,16th August 2012- 06th September 2012,The Arch Gallery, London

. “THE ART HAS NO BORDERS” – “A ARTE NÃO TEM FRONTEIRAS” Porto,Summer Salon 2012,Friday 20th July – Friday 10th August, Islington Arts Factory, LondonBeep.

. Wale's International Painting Prize - Through Tomorrow's Eyes 20th July- 11th August 2012, Volcano Theatre, Swansea, Wales.

. STANDPOINT: Quay Arts, Sea Street, Newport Harbour, Isle of Wight, PO30 5BD, June 2012.

. “It is Green” Exhibition, Cultivate Gallery, Vyner Street, 1st of March, London,2012

. The Peace Project Exhibition, Gallery 9, Los Angeles, CA, October 22nd ,2011

. Parallax Art Fair, La Galleria, Royal Opera Arcade, Pall Mall, London, July 1st - 10th 2011.

. Barnet Open Art exhibition, Gallery 89, High Barnet, Herts, EN5 4AZ, London, 9th of June 2011.

. Showcase Exhibition, RichMix Arts & Culture Centre, London, 25th of May 2011.

. Open House Exhibition, The Rag Factory, 16 Heneage Street,off Brick Lane,London,14th April, 2011.

. Full Circle Exhibition, The Crocus Gallery, Nottingham,3 Feb.2011.

. 100 Sqft Launch Exhibitions, London, 27 November, 2010.

. Arts After Dark Exhibition in collaboration with 100sqft Exhibition, Oct- 2010, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

. 100 Sqft Exihibition, London, 1 August 2010.

. First Year Final Show at AVA Gallery, London.

. ArtWorks Open 2010 Exhibition, Blackhorse Lane Studios, May 29th 2010.

. Trinity Buoy Warf Gallery, April 2010,London

. First Year Show- AVA Gallery, 2009,London

. Residencies artists exhibitions, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne 2006

. Fine Art Graduate Exhibition, 2002,Targoviste,Romania

 

AWARDS

Awarded by Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery with a Special Recognition Certificate for an Outstanding Art, April 2012.

One of the finalists of the Peace Project Exhibition 2011 organised by The Whole 9 Gallery in Los Angeles. The exhibit will subsequently make several other stops in Southern California before travelling to San Francisco, New York and London.

One of the finalists of Barnet Open Art Competition 2011 organised by Gallery 89, London.

Chosen the Artist of the Week by Commissioning an Artist Ltd, April, 2011.

Shortlisted from over 1600 entries for the Stage 2 to The National Open Art Competition 2010, Chichester, West Sussex.

Finalist of the Artworks Open 2010 Painting Competition organized by Barbican Arts Group Trust.

One of the 100 finalists of the Fringemk 2010 Painting Competition.

 

PUBLICATIONS

June 2012, Phobia, Issue 16, page 9, HESA Inprint Magazine,Finland

2010, 3rd -100 Sqft Exhibition Catalogue, page 26, London.

2010 FringeMK 2010 Painting Competition Catalogue, page 48, London.