works
exhibitions and installations
”Ecology of the After Life”, Anca Poterașu Gallery, Bucharest, Romania, 08 May - 01 July 2024
Anca Poterasu Gallery presents Ecology of the After Life, an exhibition that revolves around recurrent and obsessive questions regarding human existence, science, nature’s resilience, and the echoes of our actions.
The exhibition serves as a metaphor for the regeneration of life as a whole, exploring not only human existence but also the intricate connections between organisms that sustain life on Earth. From Aurora Király’s landscapes to Delia Popa’s introspective reflections, Iosif Király’s blurring of reality and fantasy, Ioana Cîrlig’s documentation of coal miners, and Matei Bejenaru’s chronicles of forgotten spaces, Ecology of the Afterlife contemplates the interconnectedness of living beings". More here
Curated by Rafaela Bîrlădeanu
Artists: Matei Bejenaru, Ioana Cîrlig, Aurora Király, Iosif Király, Delia Popa
”A Spring of Hope, A Winter of Despair”, Faber, Timișoara, Romania, 9 - 30 May, and Pragovka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic, 7 June - 29 August 2024
”A Spring of Hope, A Winter of Despair creates a context for observations and reflections on a particular segment of the conceptual art of the 1970s and 1980s in the former Socialist Republic of Romania and Czechoslovakia as well as în the period following the fall of the Iron Curtain. Starting from a quote from the introduction of Charles Dickens’ book A Tale of Two Cities published in 1859, the project aims to present insights into the tensions generated by political emergencies and deeply human needs in two geographical areas part of the former Eastern Bloc following an apparently contradictory structure based on the relationship between hope and despair. (...)” Curator Olivia Nițiș
Artists: Kamila B. Richter & Michael Bielicky, Irina Botea, Vladimir Havlik, Jiří Kovanda, Gabriela Mateescu, Iulian Mereuță †, Karel Miler, Delia Popa, Gheorghe Rasovszky, Marilena Preda Sânc, Decebal Scriba, Roxana Trestioreanu, Jiří Valoch. More info here
”Puls 21. 2020x2022 Mnac Art Acquisitions”,National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest, Romania, 02 November 2023 - 6 October 2024
”In 2020 and 2022 a total of 385 artworks entered the MNAC Bucharest collection. PULS 21 brings together a selection of works from both sessions and obviously benefits from the gains and conclusions of both episodes.” More here
”Now the Impulse is to Live, Timișoara Edition” July 1- 15, Riverside Pavillion, Minitremu ArtCamp #8, Timișoara, Romania, 2023
Participants: atelier d’architecture autogérée, r-urban, CASCO, nethood, Remix the commons, tranzit.ro; Gilles Clément, Georgiana Strat;Alex Axinte, Bogdan Iancu, Monica Stroe, Alexandru Vârtej, GreenMogo, Legumim/ Gastronaut, Luca’s Farm, Nettle Garden, Țopa Farm, Soil and Soul, Seed Bank “Casa Semintelor”; Delia Popa, Vlad Brăteanu, Eduard Constantin, Oto Hudec, Anamaria Pravicencu, Andreea Medar & Mălina Ionescu, Nita Mocanu, Roberta Curcă, Studio Peisaj, TerraPia; Ovidiu Țichindeleanu; more here
We are here to stay, MNȚRplusC, National Peasant Museum Project Space, Bucharest, Romania, November 5-11 2022
Artist Facilitators: Delia Popa, Katia Pascariu, Nicoleta Moise, Diana Miron, Mircea Modreanu, Atelier Adhoc Comunitate (George Marinescu and Daria Oancea)
"Now the Impulse is to Live, Sofia Edition", Toplocentrala, Sofia, Bulgaria, September 2-17, 2022
Participants: atelier d’architecture autogérée, r-urban, CASCO, nethood, Remix the commons, tranzit.ro;
Gilles Clément, Georgiana Strat; Alex Axinte, Bogdan Iancu, Monica Stroe, Alexandru Vârtej;
-GreenMogo, Legumim/ Gastronaut, Luca’s Farm, Nettle Garden, Țopa Farm, Soil and Soul, Seed Bank “Casa Semintelor”; Vlad Basalici, Vlad Brăteanu, Adriana Chiruță, Eduard Constantin, Oto Hudec, Delia Popa, Sorin Popescu, Anamaria Pravicencu; Ovidiu Țichindeleanu; New Rural Agenda, Adelina Luft; More here
”Heartbeat 20/Puls 20”- New Entries in the National Museum of Contemporary Art of Romania, Kunsthalle Bega, Timisoara, Romania, 14th of May 2021 - 11th of July 2021
The acquisition session organized by MNAC in 2020, with the generous support of the Ministry of Culture, was not only a cultural policy mechanism. Through the synergy between an enthusiastic artistic scene (which waited 12 years for this moment of recognition) and the competence of the specialists in and around the museum, a remarkable act of collective curation was born. The result is this exhibition, opened at the MNAC headquarters under the title ”After twelve years. Artistic production from Romania in 180 works”, and now presented at Kunsthalle Bega under a more appropriate title: PULS 20. More here
”The Apocalypse of the White Elephant”, The Garrison Commend, Timisoara, Romania, 5th of August 2021 - 5th of September 2021
Dona Arnakis, Anna Bantiuc, Matei Bejenaru, Josepha Blanchet, Alexandra Boaru, Alex Boca, Dorian Bolca, Daniela Brill, Cătălin Bătrînu, Mimi Ciora, Claudiu Cobilanschi, Ștefan Radu Crețu, Markus Guschelbauer, h.arta, Cosmin Haias, Agnes Hamvas, Hubert Hasler, Herne Hiilli, just wondering, Max Jurasch, kinema ikon, Rafael Lippuner, Michael Koch, Ana Kun, Bogdan Matei, Andreea Medar, Liliana Mercioiu, Silvia Moldovan, Dragoș Neagoe, Delia Popa, Dan Perjovschi, Marilena Preda Sânc, Robert Reszner, Sergiu Sas, Eva Maria Schartmuller, Denise Schellmann, Digital Self, Patricia Teodorescu, Iulia Toma, u.kustic
”After 12 Years. Artistic Production in Romania in 180 Works”, National Museum of Contemporary Art of Romania, MNAC, Bucharest, 11th of December 2020 - 11th of April 2021
This exhibition showcases 180 works by 100 contemporary Romanian artists that were acquired by the museum after the last acquisition in 2008, spanning the production time frame of 1970-2020. Two of my works were also purchased and are shown in the exhibition. More here
”Back to the Future- A Commemorative Exhibition for Architect Ion Popa”, Romanian Architects' Union, Bucharest, Romania, 22nd of October- 12th of November 2020
Artists: Ion Popa, Vlad Calboreanu, Delia Popa, Claire Murgan, Design & Pedagogy students, organized by ArtCrowd- Artists in Education, exhibition design Vanda Maria Sturdza, co-funded by AFCN
”Europa Wonderland”, Garrison Commend, Timisoara, Romania, 13th of October- 13th of November 2020
Artists: Matei Bejenaru, Catalin Burcea, Delia Calinescu (Zoita), Cosmin Haias, Delia Popa, Decebal Scriba, Valeriu Schiau, curated by Olivia Nitis, in conjunction with "Bodyspace: Citizenship and Territories", organized by Contrasens Association, co-funded by AFCN
”Contemporary Art Biennials – Our Hegemonic Machines in States of Emergency”, online Symposium, BB9, 27th - 28th of June 2020
Artistic Interventions by: Delia Popa, minim (Diana Dulgheru), Roma Jam Session art Kollektiv
curated by Dorothee Richter and Ronald Kolb, Conference alongside the 9th Bucharest Biennale, Goethe Institut Bucharest.
GARAGE SALE/[The Great Romania - China Friendship Cafeteria], Sandwich Gallery, Bucharest, 22st of June- 6th of September 2019
Artists: Vlad Basalici, Liliana Basarab, Geta Brătescu, Na Buqi, Alexandra Croitoru, Wu Di, Sun Han, Ma Jianfeng, T.K.L., Peng Lu, Zhang Miao, Alexandru Niculescu, Jin Ningning, Daniela Palimariu, Wang Peng, Dan Perjovschi, Delia Popa, Yao Qingmei, Cristian Raduta, Dan Vezentan, Tan Yingjie, Liu Yue, Xin Yunpeng
The Beach (An Erotic Fantasy), GrawBöckler Garage, Berlin, Germany, 13th of June 2019
Delia Popa, Solo Exhibition at GrawBoeckler, Berlin, Germany
13th of June 2019, curated by GrawBoeckler, part of Berlin Traveling Artists program, generously supported by Bezirksamt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg.
"Monument to the Unknown Nurse" in Artists React to WAR Exhibition, WASP Studios, Bucharest, Romania, 21st of December- 15th of December 2018
Artists: Delia Popa, Aurora Kiraly, Valeriu Schiau, Vasile Rata, Sorin Oncu
Curated by Olivia Nitis,WASP/Working Art Space and Production, Bucharest and several high schools across Romania, 21st of November-15th of December 2018, part of War in Images project, supported by AFCN
The Girl with Tentacles, Sandwich Gallery, Bucharest, Romania, 29th of June - 21st of September 2017
Delia Popa, Solo Exhibition at Sandwich Gallery, Bucharest
Girls with Ideas [Boys and Painting], Paintbrush Factory, Cluj, Romania, 10th of June - 30th of June 2016
Artists: Aurora Kiraly, Liliana Basarab, Ioana Gheorghiu, Delia Popa, Raluca Popa
Curated by Giles Eldridge and Delia Popa, Exhibition at Lateral ArtSpace, Paintbrush Factory, Cluj, Romania
Roundtables at Paintbrush Factory, Cluj and at ODD, Bucharest, RomaniaA Project of ArtCrowd- Artists in Education, supported by AFCN
"Almost Said and Half Done" in Art on Display #2, Bucharest Public Space, 15th- 25th of October 2015
ART ON DISPLAY #2, was a series of site-specific projects in unconventional Bucharest spaces, visually animating the city from October 15th to October 25th, 2015.
Artists: Larisa David, Arantxa Etcheverria, Liliana Basarab & Delia Popa, Gonzalo Escobar, Kiki Mihuta & Bogdan Olaru, Jon Dean, Octav Avramescu & Lucian Sandu Milea, Ioana Gheorghiu, Sillyconductor, Carmen Nistor. Curated by Irina Botea Bucan
"Growing Up and Staying Young - Tales of Heidi", Haus zum Palmbaum, Zurich, Switzerland, 2015
Delia Popa, Solo Exhibition at Haus zum Palmbaum, Predigerkirche, Zurich. Curated by Anca Sînpălean, part of index Freiraum residency program.19th - 27st of December 2015
"We, Our Friends and Us" in "Anca Munteanu Rîmnic and Delia Popa at Salonul de Proiecte", Bucharest, 25th of April- 2nd of June 2013
Anca Munteanu Rîmnic and Delia Popa at Salonul de Proiecte, curated by Salonul de Proiecte,
25th of April - 2nd of June 2013, MNAC Anexa, Bucharest
"Good Girls - Memory, Desire, Power", The National Museum of Contemporary Art Bucharest, Romania, 20th of June- 29th of September 2013
Artists: Nina Arbore (Ro), Ethel Baias (Ro), Ana Banica (Ro), Jurga Barilaitė (Lt), Bureau of Melodramatic Research – Irina Gheorghe & Alina Popa (Ro), Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz (De), Geta Bratescu (Ro), Irina Broboana (Ro), Mina Byck-Wepper (Ro), Filipa Cezar (Pt), CHIRKLI Collective (Can), Anetta Mona Chisa & Lucia Tkačová (Cz), Ioana Ciocan (Ro), Maria Ciurdea Steurer (Ro), Alexandra Croitoru (Ro), Larisa Crunteanu (Ro), Cecilia Cutescu – Storck (Ro), Suzana Dan (Ro), Anna Daučikova (Sk), Cristina David (Ro), Lucia Dem Balacescu (Ro), Bianka Dobo (Hun), Simona Dobrescu (Ro), Sandra Dukić & Boris Glamočanin (BiH), Elian (Ro), Suzana Fântânariu (Ro), Aniela Firon (Ro), Mariela Gemisheva (Bg), Chengyao He (Cn), Iraida Icaza (Pa), Corina Ilea (Ro), Orit Ishay (Isr), Hristina Ivanoska (Mkd), Sanja Iveković (Hr), Anna Jermolaewa (Rus), Regina José Galindo (Gtm), Adela Jušić (BiH), Gülsün Karamustafa (Tur), Mihaela Kavdanska (Ro), Lesya Khomenko (Ukr), Aurora Kiraly (Ro), Katrazyna Kozyra (Pol), Elke Krystufek (Aut), Ana Lupas (Ro), Flavia Lupu (Ro), Romana Mateias (Ro), Olivia Mihaltianu (Ro), Adina Paula Moscu (Ro), Anca Munteanu – Rimnic (Ro), Ioana Nemes (Ro), Ilona Németh (Sk), Alexandra Pirici (Ro), Delia Popa (Ro), Marilena Preda – Sânc (Ro), Renee Renard (Ro), Necla Ruzgar (Tur), Véronique Sapin (Fra), Liina Siib (Est), Hito Steyerl (De), Patricia Teodorescu (Ro), Milica Tomić (Srb), Roxana Trestioreanu (Ro), Martha Wilson (USA). Curated by Bojana Pejic, co-curated by Olivia Nițiș
"I am Gustav von Aschenbach or How to Spend your Eternity in Venice", The Romanian Institute for Humanistic Research, Venice, Italy, 1st -27th of February 2010
Delia Popa's project was awarded 2nd prize by the international committee selecting a 6 residency artist in 2009. She was invited to implement her project during the Venice Carnival, in February 2010.
Curated by Anca Sînpălean
"Chelen Amenca/Dance with Us", The Contemporary Art Gallery of the National Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu, Romania, 5th of October- 11th of November 2012
Delia Popa and Ellen Rothenberg at the Contemporary Art Gallery of the National Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu
Curated by Anca Mihuleț
"Scraper" site-specific installation in an abandoned space, European Cultural Centre, Sinaia, part of an ArtistNe(s)t Residency, October 2009
Artistic residency awarded by Artistne(s)t and Pro Helvetia to an artist from Romania and one from abroad each year for one month, up until 2009. The residency in Sinaina was for visual artists and it was awarded to Delia Popa (RO) and Anne Touquet (FR) in October 2009. We both chose to address the many abandoned buildings of Sinaia and make works in undisclosed locations.
"Secret Life of Houseplants" at the 13th Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, Bari, Italy, June 2008 and Teutsch Haus, Sibiu, Romania, 24th of April - 22nd of May 2009
At the Biennial in Bari, Puglia, Italy participated 713 artists from 37 Countries
The theme of the biennial was Kairos: Our creative diversity
Delia Popa was selected, alongside other artists, by a Romanian Committee led by Meta Foundation and her travel was supported by the European Cultural Foundation.
The exhibition at Teutsch Haus in Sibiu was an uncurated solo exhibition, at the generous invitation of the Lutheran pastor in charge of Teutsch Haus Cultural Centre. At the opening curator Liviana Dan made a presentation of Delia Popa's project.
"Retrospective in a Landscape", MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA, May - June 2007
Delia Popa's Master in Fine Art thesis exhibition project was part of a selection of works brought together under the title "Psychic Architecture" curated by Lisa Wainwright and Marco Poloni, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
"Constantin Yosurov", in "Text OFF the Page" exhibition, class of Ellen Rothenberg, Gallery 2,School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA, December 2006
Delia Popa's work addressed history and its selective memory as exemplified by the artist's research of her grandfather's involvement in the Stalingrad battle during WWII and the relative lack of mentioning in international history books of the contribution of Romanian soldiers. Constantin Yosurov is a Russion fictional character devised by the artist in order to tell this story.
"Against Grey", Community project, Militari Neighbourhood, Bucharest, Romania, June - July 2004
This project was initiated by Delia Popa and made in collaboration with other artists in a Bucharest neighbourhood rich in Communist era apartment buildings that lacked color and care. Neighbourhood children became involved in the project but finally it did not gain general approvel of the buildings' inhabitants and the painting was removed.
"Wedding in the Sky with Bottles", at the Performing Places Festival, Historic Center and International Center for Contemporary Art/CIAC/ICCA, Bucharest, Romania, October 2003
A team of artists and architects, lead by Delia Popa, were one of the 5 prize winners at the "Performing Places" festival, organized by the British Council Bucharest, to make a project that would draw attention at the precarious state of the capital's historic center. The festival lasted only one day and was vehemently sabotaged by the then mayor of Bucharest. In spite of obstacles we managed to make a "bride" out of recycled plastic bottles and to offer passers by some performative moments on 7 streets. A video showing plastic waste in a river near Bucharest was shown on the 10 feet high sculpture.