Artist, curator, collaborator, and environmental advocate.
Originally from Romania and based in Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, I am a multimedia artist and activist whose practice is deeply rooted in environmental awareness and climate change discourse. wWrking across sculpture, installation, photography, AI-assisted video and audio installation, performance, and curatorial practice, my work explores humanity’s relationship with nature and the urgent need to rethink patterns of consumption, waste, and environmental responsibility.
After studying oil painting for four years in Romania, I relocated to Ireland, where I earned a BA in Visual Arts, specialising in Photography, from Griffith College Dublin in 2019. In 2023, I completed a Postgraduate Programme in Curating at Zurich University of the Arts, where I specialised in Environmental Thinking in Artistic and Curatorial Practices. I currently serve as Head of the Curatorial Panel at SCÉAL Collective — Sustaining Creative Ecology Arts & Living, an Irish artist collective of more than 120 members.
My artistic practice has been supported through a broad network of arts, cultural, and institutional funding in Ireland. I have received support from the Arts Council, Fingal County Council, Creative Ireland, and Fingal Creative Communities, alongside bursary and programme-based support from the Centre for Creative Practices, the “Mother Tongue” Festival, and the Embassy of Romania in Ireland. My project and exhibition development has also been supported through Science Foundation Ireland / Research Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, Heritage Ireland, and Irish Aid, reflecting sustained cross-sector investment in my curatorial, collaborative, and environmentally focused body of work.
Over the past decade, my creative practice has become a platform for climate activism. I work primarily with discarded materials, collected from illegal dumping sites or from my own waste stream, and combine them with natural elements to highlight cycles of decay, transformation, and renewal. In painting, I use sustainably sourced earth pigments, while in sculpture and installation I transform upcycled plastics, textiles, media waste, and found objects into works that question human impact on the planet.
Through this environmentally conscious approach, I aim to raise awareness of climate change, provoke critical reflection, and inspire collective responsibility towards building a more sustainable and resilient future. My work acts as a social critique of consumer-driven society, inviting viewers to reflect on their own behaviours, habits, and relationship with the natural world.
My recent work is influenced by national identity, family memory, migration, and lived experience. As an immigrant, woman, and artist, I use my practice to explore belonging, transformation, and cultural inheritance, all through an environmentally focused practice..
EXHIBITIONS
Solo exhibition “Data Afterlife”, self-curated program (2024 – 2026) showcasing a sustainable body of work created using upcycled media materials: knitted VHS tapes, woven magnetic audio tape and reused glass. New works: “AfterFlow” large-scale suspended installation and “Afterlife Form I” & “Afterlife Form II “ large-scale sculptures with integrated automatic systems that introduce mechanical movement , automated smoke and smart light system. Exhibition Venue: GalleryX, Dublin, 26.05.2026-31.05.2026
Group exhibition: “On the Altar of the Arts 2026 - Black Line” curated by Martin Hughes and Rony Sidon. Work: “Confluence of Realms”( 2017-2026) B&W film photography, mixed media techniques using upcycled materials and video work created using AI powered creative tool: Runway ML, presented trough WebAR: Web Augurated Reality Platform. Exhibition Venue: Balbriggan Millfield Centre, Balbriggan 22.05.2026-31.05.2026
Group Exhibition “How It’s made Festival: Unmasking AI” , curated by Valeria Ceregini funded by Science Foundation Ireland (Research Ireland) with support from Fingal County Council in partnership with Smart Balbriggan, the CONNECT Centre and the SCÉAL Arts Collective. New work: AI-based Sculptural Interactive Installation “Synthetic Clairvoyance” Event organized for Science Week in Balbriggan at The Hub 13.11.2025- 15.11.2025
Group exhibition & Curatorial work: “Trinity Climate Gateway Exhibition” curated by Leia Mocan in collaboration with SCÉAL Arts Collective. New sculptural works: “When Oceans Rise, Wells Dry”, “The Machine Drinks First”, “Perforation”, Exhibition Venue: E3 LEARNING FOUNDRY, event funded by Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Ireland. November 2025
Group exhibition: “On the Altar of the Arts 2025- All is one, Reflections on Identity” curated by Martin Hughes Works: Photographic series: “A Visual Dialog between I and Me”. Exhibition Venue: Balbriggan Millfield Centre, Balbriggan 23.05-01.06.2025
Group exhibition “Weaving the Threads of Heritage” curated by Petra Skyvova, funded by Arts Council, Fingal County Council, Heritage Ireland. New Works: Sculptural installation “Inner Self”, Video performance “The Odessey”. Exhibition Venue: Argillan Castle Gallery 12.04-14.05.2025
Group exhibition “How It’s made Festival: Demystifying IOT in Transportation” curated by Valeria Ceregini funded by Science Foundation Ireland (Research Ireland) with support from Fingal County Council in partnership with Smart Balbriggan, the CONNECT Centre and the SCÉAL Arts Collective. New work: video performance “Last Breath”. Event organized for Science Week in Balbriggan at The Lark Venue 14-16.11.2024
Curatorial work: Culture Night 2024: “Roots Of Reuse” a self-developed initiative led by SCÉAL Arts Collective, where I serve as Head of the Curatorial Panel, co-curated with Shane Hoey in partnership with The Irish Institute of Music and Song (The Lark Venue), with funding from the Arts Council. The festival showcased four local artists—Murielle Celis, Tina Poole, Elizabeth Comerford, and David Newton—commissioning them to create new, sustainable, and collaborative bodies of work.
I also directed and produced a video journal, "Roots of Reuse," for the festival, which included in-depth studio interviews with each artist, offering viewers insight into their sustainable art practices.
Group Show: “On the Altar of the Arts 2024”, curated by Martin Hughes and Leia Mocan 31.05.2024- 09.06.2024 Balbriggan Millfield Centre/ Wearhouse Arts Centre, Balbriggan. The title of the show was given by the artist’s self-portrait B&W Large Format Film series with the same title, developed over seven years :2017-2024.
Curatorial work, group show: “The Road”, co-curated by Akvile Simanskiene, exhibition included in the Bike Week Festival. The program was developed for Sceal Artist Collective, funded by Fingal County Council with the support of Our Balbriggan and Smart Balbriggan, organized at The Wearhouse Arts Centre, Balbriggan 11.05.2024-19.05.2024
Solo exhibition of photography and mix media “Facing the Self” 25.03.2024-31.03.2024, self-curated organized at GalleryX, Dublin. The show included the B&W medium format film /Mix Media collage “Confluence of Realms” developed in collaboration with photographer Kelvin Hughes along the Mix Media Collage “Semn de Mama” translated as “Birthmark” from Romanian.
This was the first work titled in the artist native language and combines medium colour format film with stands of the artist own hair sealed under several layers of resin.
Solo exhibition of experimental videos “Soup of the day” including a new sculptural installation “Mass of Darkness” developed in collaboration with CFCP, based on the “Centre for Creative Practices Programme 2023”bursary award, curated by Monika Sapielak at D-Light Studios (11.12.2023 - 21.12.2023)
Group exhibition “How it’s Remade” organized by Sceal Collective, curated by Martin Hughes. The Wearhouse, Balbriggan (09.09.2023- 23.10.2023)
Group exhibition “How it’s made: meitheal” organized by Sceal Collective, curated by Valeria Ceregini, part of the How it’s made Festival . Culture night live performance: “The diary of a cotton thread”. The Vault, Balbriggan (09.09.2023- 23.09.2023)
“In the land of the Green” retrospective exhibition, curated by Tony Srtickland and co-curated by Leia Mocan , organized by the Embassy of Romania in Ireland at Palmerston House, Dublin 1. (August 2023)
“Under the Sterile" solo exhibition, works: "All that is left I", "All that is left II", "The death of the 160.000 years old child", "Point of implosion", "To be titled", "Slides" at GalleryX, Dublin (10.04 - 15.04.2023)
“Words Work" workshop series lead by Caroline Bergvall part of “Mother Tongues” Festival , video work “Blue/ Albastru/ Azul/ Neelam”, developed in collaboration with the professional dancer Subhashini Goda and the visual artist Cleide Regina (23.01.23 - 17.02.23)
Group show “Umbilical” at GalleryX, Dublin. Video work “New Umbilical” developed in collaboration with the visual artist Barbara O’ Meara, over nine months (January - September 22)
Guest Artist, Culture Night. "Many Voices" group exhibition by Arts Nomad, at Pallas Studio, Dublin. Live performance: spoken word poetry recital (bilingual);“New Umbilical” & “Umbilical Cord” (23.09.22)
2Group exhibition "Against the Odds: Open Studios", by Center for Creative Practices, video work: “Umbilical Cord” (11.02.21-01.04.21)
Group Exhibition: “Locale III” A4 Studios , Dublin, Ireland. “Flat Line” - sculptural series “Beat I” & “Beat II”; video performance “Life support system” developed in collaboration with the audio artist Robert David (24.10.19- 31.10.19)
Collective Ideas- collaborative and creative initiative funded by Irish Aid with a focus on global issues Sculptural work “Stop wearing dead skin” (15.06.19- 25.08.19)
installation ”Plastic Pillar”; video work “Instructions I” developed in collaboration with the audio artist Robert David; mix media installation “Mirror, a portrait of the community, a portrait of the artist” including a series of self-portraiture photography (13.09.19-20.09.19)
2027 Bursary award “New Voices of Ireland” for 2027 group exhibition :“Belonging in the Polycrisis” funded by the Centre for Creative Practices (CFCP), a national development and resource organisation for migrant and culturally diverse artists.
Bursary award “Collaborative Arts Training Programme (CATP) 2026” funded by Create Ireland – The National Development Agency for Collaborative Arts
Selected artist: 2024-2025 Bursary Award Fingal Creative Communities: “From Loom to Limb: Fine Threads of Balbriggan” program curated by Petra Sky
Culture Night 2024 “Roots of Reuse” program self-developed for Sceal Artist Collective in partnership with the Irish Institute of Music & Song with funding supported by the Arts Council. The Lark Concert Hall, curated by Leia Mocan and Shane Hoey 20.09.2024- 22.09.2024
“Centre for Creative Practices Programme 2023”- bursary award funded by CFCP/ Arts Council, 2023
Artist grant “How it’s made” funded by Sceal Collective, with the support of Arts Council, Fingal County Council and Creative Ireland, 2023
“In the land of the Green” artist grant funded by the Embassy of Romania in Ireland, 2023
“Third Space” bursary award funded by CFCP/ Arts Council, 2022
Bursary Award “Covid-19 Crisis Response Award”, funded by Arts Council, 2020
“New Voices of Ireland Series 7” bursary award funded by CFCP/ Arts Council, 2019
"Noone Casey Bursary Award" funded by Griffith College, 2019
EDUCATION
2026 Collaborative Arts Training Programme (CATP) led by Create Ireland – The National Development Agency for Collaborative Arts
Post-Graduate Program in Curating, Zurich University of the Arts. Environmental Thinking in Artistic and Curatorial Practices, 2023
Art and Tech: Digital Art, Christie’s Education Unit London, UK, Nov. 2019
BA Visual Arts in Photographic Media, Griffith College, Dublin, Ireland, 2016 - 2019
Romulus Ladea - Arts Institute, Oil Painting, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2002 - 2006 *Winner - National Art Olympics, Romania - Oil painting, 2005
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