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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. Her current research focuses on the representation of landscape and local topography in relation to ecological awareness, rurality and agriculture.
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. 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 Anca Poterașu Gallery, Bucharest (2025), at The National Museum of Contemporary Art/MNAC, Bucharest (2023, 2020, 2014, 2013), at Pragovka Gallery, Prague (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, (2018), at Sandwich Gallery (2019/2017), at Lateral ArtSpace, Paintbrush Factory, Cluj, Romania (2017/2016), at Salonul de Proiecte (2013), 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). Current solo show at Anca Poterașu Gallery Bucharest

 
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,  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 

2024                The Line of the Valley, Săcel Cultural Center, MaramureÈ™ and Anca PoteraÈ™u Gallery, Bucharest                            The Ecology of the After Life, curated by Rafaela Bîrlădeanu, Anca PoteraÈ™u Gallery, BucureÈ™ti                              A Spring of Hope, A Winter of Dispair, curated by Olivia NiÈ›iÈ™, AsociaÈ›ia Contrasens| Faber,     
                          TimiÈ™oara, România, Pragovka, Praga, Czech Republic
                          Symptomatic/Asymptomatic, curated by Luciana TamaÈ™, Magma Medium, Sfântul Gheorghe,                                Romania

2023                 Puls 21, Aquisitions 2020 x 2022| Muzeul NaÈ›ional de Artă Contemporană, BucureÈ™ti, România                             Now the Impulse is to live! TimiÈ™oara Edition, curated by Adelina Luft| Pavilionul Riverside,                                   Minitremu, TimiÈ™oara, România   
                           Virus Diary Biennial | Cryptic Lineages, curated by Alina Andrei, Magdalena PelmuÈ™, Luciana                               TămaÈ™, Silvia Trăistaru| SAC Malmaison/Dyptich Art Space, BucureÈ™ti, România

2022                 Now the Impulse is to live! Sofia Edition, curated by Raluca Voinea, Adelina Luft|                                                       Toplocentrala, Sofia, Bulgaria   
                           Now the Impulse is to live! , curated by Raluca Voinea, Adelina Luft| Ordinul ArhitecÈ›ilor din                                   România, BucureÈ™ti, România     
                           Virus Diary, Occupy Art Festival| Occupy #3 Networks, New York City, SUA| B5, Târgu MureÈ™|                                  Institutul Cultural Român Viena, Austria| Cologne Biennial, Köln, Germania, Nuit blanche                                        Heraklion, Greece

 

Delia Popa Full CV

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