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Delia POPA  is one of the most relevant contemporary Romanian artists of her generation. Her feminist art includes painting, drawing and prints, installation, video and performance, taking up important topics such as gender relations, power relations and the human-animal relationship. She is the co-founder and leader of ArtCrowd – Artists in Education, an arts organization committed since 2013 to creating positive change in society via art education. In 2024 she co-founded the duo ART ROSA with fellow Romanian artist Nita Mocanu.
 
POPA received a Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art from Goldsmiths College, University of London, and both a Master in Visual Arts and a Bachelor of Arts in Painting from The National University of Arts Bucharest. She also expanded her research into the field of Arts Management and obtained a Doctor in Philosphy in Arts Management from Lucian Blaga University in Sibiu, Romania.
 
Her involvement with education activism and her commitment to social justice have been informing her activity as an art educator, cultural mediator, as well as her studio practice. Her mediums include painting, drawing, installation and performance, as potential tools for social intervention. 

She has been awarded international residencies including artist in residence at AFAR Residency, MaramureÈ™, Romania (2024), Q21/MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, Austria (2018), index Freiraum, Zurich, Switzerland (2015), Bains Connective, Brussels, Belgium (2012), Romanian Cultural Institute in Venice, Italy (2010) and in Paris, France (2009).
 
Delia POPA's work has been shown in prestigious national and international group exhibitions, screening and performance events, including at The National Museum of Contemporary Art/MNAC, Bucharest (2023), at Pragovka Gallery, Prague (2024), at Anca Poterașu Gallery, Bucharest (2024), at the Toplocentrala, Sofia, Bulgaria (2022), at The Cologne Biennial, Germany (2022), at the Occupy Art Festival New York City, USA (2022), at Kunsthalle Bega, Timisoara, Romania (2021), at WASP Studios, Bucharest (2018), at Lateral ArtSpace, Paintbrush Factory, Cluj, Romania (2017/2016), at Advanced Performance and Scenography Studies/a.pass, Brussels, Belgium (2012).

In 2020 some of POPA's works have been included, by public acquisition, in the collection of the National Museum of Contemporary Art of Romania (MNAC).


 
Artist Statment
Solo and Duo Exhibitions

2025                   Loc de acÈ›iune CreÈ›eÈ™ti (CreÈ›eÈ™ti- Place for Action), Anca PoteraÈ™u Gallery, curated by Julie                                 Crenn, Bucharest, Romania


2024                   The Portrait of the Artist as a Teacher ( ART ROSA duo, with Nita Mocanu)
                              Casa Artelor, TimiÈ™oara, Romania

2019                    The Beach (An Erotic Fantasy), GrawBöckler Garage, curated by GrawBöckler,                                                              Berlin, Germany

2017                    The Girl with Tentacles, Sandwich Gallery, Bucharest, Romania

2015                    Growing Up and Staying Young- Stories about Heidi, curated by Anca Sînpălean,                                                        Haus zum Palmbaum/index Freiraum, Zürich, Switzerland

2014                    Unfinished Sympathy-Vampire Diaries, Performance part of Chelen Amenca, with                                                      Ellen Rothenberg, UNA Galeria, Bucharest

2013                    Anca Munteanu Rimnic and Delia Popa at Salonul de Proiecte,  MNAC Annex,                                                             Bucharest

2012                    Chelen Amenca/Dance with Us, with Ellen Rothenberg, curated by Anca Mihulet,                                                        National Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu, Romania


Selected Group Exhibtions coming soon


 

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