“What makes a tight circle or a tight little square box more of an intellectual statement than something done emotionally, I don't know. Art is an essence, a center." Eva Hesse
Andrada, born in Romania, moved to Montreal, Canada, where her dreams to became a full time artist transformed to reality.
When she creates art she prefers to let her natural instinct and spontaneity guide her. For her is the material used in artwork that has the quality to express something and tell the story. The guidance in creating art is coming from canvas and medium that she uses. Most of her works have a relief and a thick texture that give dimension to the piece. She has a symbiotic relationship with her art.
Andrada experiments with different mediums and her works, inspired by the nature, world mysteries and legends, suggest a duality between the abstract and figurative, between textures of mixed media and fine lines of drawing, between reality and fairy tale.
In the past time she moved from earth tones for which she feels a strong attraction being part of her Romanian roots, to an extremely broad color palette, ranging from very organic to the brightest colors of nature depending on the story the artist is wishing to tell. As a result her art exudes tremendous intensity and in every piece you can find her inner spirit.
Andrada’s works can be found in many private collections through Canada, United States, New Zealand, Singapore, Australia, South Africa, Dubai, Brazil and Europe.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
L’espace Contemporain, Montreal, November, 2015
Stewart Fine Art Gallery, Sydney, July, 2015
Palais de Matera, Matera, Italy, Solo Exhibition, 2015
The Fourth Dimension Gallery, Toronto, 2014
Mediateca Provinciale, Matera, Italy, Solo Exhibition, 2014
Palazzzo Dell’Annunziata, Matera, Italy, 2014
Palais de Matera, Matera, Italy, 2014
Expression Art Gallery, Laval, 2013
Lamoureux Ritzenhoff Gallery, Montreal, 2013
Expression Art Gallery, Laval, December 2012
ERArt Gallery, Sarasota, 2012
Castle Gallery, Prague, 2011
CSA Show, Toronto, 2011
Rio Tinto Alcan, Montreal, 2010
Canadian Standards Association Show, Toronto, 2010
FOFA, Montréal, 2009
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, 2009
Centre d’art la Salamandre, Montréal, 2009
Le Social, Montreal, 2008
Old Brewery Mission, Montreal, 2007
Vanier College, Montreal, 2005
Vanier College, Montreal, 2004
SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS AND CLIENTS:
UROK Productions, televisions series “Mad Men”, 2014
University of Minnesota
University of Texas, San Antonio
English Bay College, Vancouver
Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston
Children’s Hospital Orange County, California
Vanier College, Montreal
Canadian Standards Association, Toronto
Rio Tinto Alcan, Montreal
Rempart, Montreal
Rushmark Properties, Richmond
Marcin Lambirth, LLP, Los Angeles
Space as Art Interior Design, Sarasota
Vanessa Francis Design, Toronto
Crosby Design Group, Atlanta
Boston Art Inc., Boston
Luxury Design, Santa Monica
Goldsmith and Associates, Houston
Erica Slaw Design, New York
Sicily Robinson Design, Seattle
Boston Art Inc, Boston
Stewart Title Ltd, Mila, Italy
Indigo Retreat, Murrah Beach, Australia
Clifford Chance Law, Perth, Australia