DRAGA-IRINA POPA

visual artist

born: 1965 , Iasi , Romania
studies: 1989: MA in Fine Arts, The Academy of Fine Arts "George Enescu", Iasi
member: of Union of Artists in Romania, of "Axart" Foundation, of "Ars continua" Association


artistic activity


one man show

> 2007 - "return to innocence " (installations, graphic) - Iasi,"Tonitza" Galleries
> 2006 - "milk and honey " (installations) - Baia-Mare,"The Colony of painters"
> 2006 - "here/now" (installations,video) - Iasi,"Cupola" Galleries
> 2004 - (beyond) "SENSORIAL" (3 installations) - Iasi,"Cupola" Galleries
> 2001 - "THE LOST WAY" (installation , object, video performance) - Iasi,"Cupola" Galleries
> 2000 - "MARNE.TRAVEL IMPRESSIONS"(installation, object) - Iasi, French Cultural Center
> 1999 - "THE GREAT PASSAGE"(installation, object, painting) - Iasi, "Cupola" Galleries
> 1998 - "SANCTUARY"(installation, object) - Iasi, "Trianon" Galleries
> 1988 - "ZAMOLXE"(painting) - Iasi, "Studio" Hall
> 1988 - "MANOLE THE CRAFTMAN"(painting) - Tirgu Neamt

group exhibitions, Romania

> 2007 - "my monday day "- "Stefan Luchian"Gallery, Botosani
> 2006 - "the nourishment "- "The Colony of painters", Baia-Mare
> 2005 -"To relive a place through art: Cucuteni”, Palace of Culture, Iasi
> 2005 -"HILL" - "Cupola" Galleries , Iasi
> 2004 -"URBAN PINK" "Tranzit" house , Cluj-Napoca
> 2001 -"13 YOUNG ARTISTS OF IASI" "Apollo" Galleries , Bucuresti
> 2001 -" ART and SACRALITY" "Cupola" Galleries , Iasi
> 2000 -"FROM ICON TO CONTEMPORARY ART " German Cultural Center, Iasi
> 1998 - The Biennial National Salon of Small Sculpture - Arad
> 1998 - The exhibition "TRANSITION" - "Cupola" Galleries , Iasi
> 1997 - The Biennial Festival Exhibition "LASCAR VOREL", Piatra-Neamt
> 1997 - The exhibition "THE SACRED" - "Cupola" Galleries , Iasi
> 1997 - 1998 -The exhibition of icons - "Trianon" Galleries , Iasi
> 1996 - The First tourism Scholarship - Bucuresti
> 1995, 1998, 2001 -The National Exhibition "MOLDAVIAN HALLS" - Bacau
> 1994 - The exhibition "THE LADDER'' - "Cupola" Galleries , Iasi
> 1994…2001 -The Districtual Exhibition of Artists - Iasi
> 1990 - The exhibition "STUDY and SYNTHESIS" -"Cupola" Galleries , Iasi
> 1989 - The exhibition of the diploma works -"Victoria" Hall , Iasi

group exhibitions, abroad

> 2005 -"Roumanian Cultural Week"- International Cultural Center Caisa, Helsinki, Finland
> 2001 -"Oscillations - Transgressions" , C.C.of Romania , Montreal , Canada
> 2000 - The Summer Salon of "Pieter Pauwel" Gallery , Dendermonde , Belgium
> 2000 - Balkan Exhibition - Patras , Greece
> 2000 -"Univers roumain - Le Neamt" -district of Marne , France
> 1999 - The International Small Art Exhibition , organized by Art Addiction-Venice , Italy
> 1997 - The tourism Scholarship -Toulouse , France
> 1992 -"POPA FAMILY -Traditional and Modern Art"-Chisinau, R.Moldova

installations

> 2007 - june, "The self ","The smile "- Iasi, "Tonitza" Galleries
> 2006 - october, "The mist ","The air "- Iasi, "Cupola" Galleries
> 2006 - june, "Milk","Honey"- Baia-Mare, "The Colony of painters"
> 2004 - october, "Red","White","Black"- Iasi, "Cupola" Galleries
> 2001 - November, "The Lost Way"- Iasi, "Cupola" Galleries
> 2001 - September,"The Labyirinth"- Iasi,"Cupola" Galleries
> 2000 - November, "The Cathedral" - Iasi, French Cultural Center
> 1999 - July, "The Way" and "The Sun's Ark" - Iasi, "Cupola" Galleries
> 1998 - October, "The Mirror of the Souls" and "The Sun's Hearth" - Iasi, "Trianon" Galleries

video

> 2007 - "centre on myself ", 1 min. Pal DVD
> 2006 - "hora" , 3 min. Pal DVD
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2005 - "paparuda" , 7 min. Pal DVD
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2005 - "to white" , 4 min. Pal DVD
> 2004 - "Black" 10 min. / pal DVD
> 2004 - "moment to moment" 1 min. / pal DVD
> 2003 - "The wheel" 2 min. / pal DVD
> 2001 - "The Lost Way ", 4 minutes, VHS and VCD

creations camps

> 2007 - ceramics, Zlakusa, Serbia
> 2006 - "Human", Cucuteni, Romania
> 2005 - Cucuteni, Romania
> 1988 - Piriul Rece, Romania
> 1987 - Slanic - Moldova, Romania
> 1986 - Tusnad, Romania

awards

>1987 - First prize, Slanic-Moldova
>1986 - U.A.P. Prize, Tusnad

artistic residency

>october 1999 - Department of Marne, France 


works in private collections in:
Romania, France, Germany, Canada, U.S.A., Belgia, Holland and Greece


tel./fax: +4 0233/ 785112 / mobil 0745059957

e-mail: dragapopa@gmail.com

web: www.draga.3x.ro......... http://arts.iasi.roedu.net/draga/....



Works