VLADA POPESCU
Fine Arts BA
Duncan of Jordanstone University of Dundee
Specialisms: Fine Art / Painting / Drawing
Location: London, United Kingdom
VLADA POPESCU
First Name: VLADA
Last Name: POPESCU
Specialisms: Fine Art / Painting / Drawing
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My Location: London, United Kingdom
University / College: Duncan of Jordanstone University of Dundee
Course / Program Title: Fine Arts BA
About
Romanian emerging artist, Vlada Popescu resides in the United Kingdom, after graduating from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee, with a first-class degree in Fine Art. Vlada exhibited in various group exhibitions in Romania and Scotland, with her own successful Degree Show exhibition marking a great start of her career as a graduate artist. Throughout her artistic journey, Vlada has won several competitions and awards, the Farquhar Reid Trust Prize (2023) being one of the most recent ones. Her work focuses on oil painting and illustrates moody cityscapes and scenes of daily life captured in urban settings.
In her practice, Vlada illustrates moody cityscapes and scenes of daily lives captured in urban settings. A recent visit to London, a dynamic and complex city, has led to her graduate collection of paintings consisting of urban landscapes and populated subway scenes. The series conveys potential scenarios the everyday life might unravel. Her paintings are inspired by the beauty of the present moment and how its simplicity can gain significance when we pay more attention to it. She invites the viewer to see the world through her eyes, whilst leaving space for their personal interpretations and emotions. Her interest in light, movement, colour and contrast forms the foundation of her atmospheric cityscapes. She observes them with a curiosity to unearth the complex stories these scenes hold. Through her figurative scenes, though distant and isolated, she intends to capture the dreamlike feeling of the mundane, romanticising the often-overlooked simple moments of life that shape its beauty.
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