Artist statement
I had my first portfolio put together when I was five. I grew up with brushes in both hands and paints in my hair. Artistic medium has always been not only my way of expression and communication of deepest thoughts, but a bodily experience as well. I am truly happy only when my clothes bear paint stains and the air is embedded with the smells of freshly painted canvas – “art work in progress” I am thinking, and my pulse rises. I treasure the creative process more than the final product. I relax sketching and I put myself through an addictive hell combined with heavenly delight when I work in the studio.
And so I confess the relationships that are always transforming me, bringing consequences to my life and work, inducing directions and predispositions just as the main stem of a tree generates its branches into a scheme of countless twists and angles. Art is my way of being; it is my life.
-Andra Ghecevici
Andra holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia. |
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010 Forest Revelry, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver BC
2008 Elevated Flow into Emergence, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver BC
2007 Organic Disclosure, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver BC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 UNLEASHED: A Benefit for the Vancouver SPCA, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver BC
2010 The Road Less Travelled, Drawn Festival, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver BC
2009 Re-Gifted, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver BC
2009 The Evolution of Line: Drawings from Past to Present, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver BC
2008 Gifted, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver BC
2008 Vistas and Visions, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver BC
2008 The Body Exposed: Classical and Contemporary Nudes, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver BC
Selected Exhibitions
2005 Annual of Arts Exhibition, Romanian Artists’ Association, Baia Mare Branch, Romania
2005 Baia Mare Art Gallery, Group Exhibition, Romania
2004 Debut in the Annual of Arts exhibition, Romanian Artists’ Association
2004 Exhibition Centre Expo-Transylvania, Graduation Diploma Project Show, University of Art and Design
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2002 Annual Art Students Exhibition, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2001 Annual Art Students Exhibition, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2000 Annual Art Students Exhibition, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2000 Painters’ House, Exhibition Centre, painting exhibition, School of Fine Arts, Baia Mare, Romania
1999 Third Place Award at National Sculpture Holiday Camp, Third Edition, Buzau, Romania
Education
2010 Master of Arts, University of British Columbia
2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts and Design, University of Art and Design, Faculty of Decorative Arts and Design
(specialization in Field Painting, Textiles, Fashion Design, and Tapestry) Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2000-2004 Art Teacher training, University of Art and Design, Department of Teacher Training, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Awards
1999 Second Place Award – National Olympics of Fine Arts and Art History, Craiova, Romania |
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