“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 and PUBLICATIONS:
Saatchi Art Catalog, Holiday 2019
Saatchi Art Catalog, Fall 2019
Narrated Objects Magazine, Los Angeles, 2018
Adorno Gallery, Bucharest, Romania, 2018
L espace Contemporain,
Montreal, November, 2017
ARCO Lisboa, Portugal, 2016
Hong Kong International Art Fair, 2016
L'Officiel Australia, 2016
Stewart Fine Art Gallery, Sydney, July, 2015
Mediateca Provinciale,
Matera, Italy, Solo Exhibition, November-December, 2014
Palazzo Dell Annunziata, Matera,
Italy, November-January, 2014-2015
Palais de
Matera, Matera, Italy, May June, 2014
Expression Art Gallery, Laval, 2013
Lamoureux Ritzenhoff
Gallery, Montreal, 2013
ERArt Gallery, Sarasota, 2012
Canadian Standards Association Show, Toronto, 2011
CSA Show, Toronto, 2010
Rio Tinto Alcan, Montreal, 2010
FOFA,
Montr al, 2009
Canadian
Centre for Architecture, Montr al, 2009
Centre
d'art la Salamandre, Montr al, 2009
Le Social, Montreal, 2008
Vanier College, Montreal, 2005
SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS AND CLIENTS:
UROK Productions, television series Mad Men
Levitan Productions, television
series Modern Family
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, USA (various
locations)
Split Watermelon Design, Alexandria, Australia
Rushmark Properties, Richmond
Goldsmith and Associates, Houston
Stewart Title Ltd, Milan, Italy
Bing International Design Group, Kuala Lumpur
Indigo Retreat, Murrah Beach,
Australia
Clifford Chance Law, Perth, Australia
Dana
Concept, Bucharest, Romania
cole l mentaire
catholique Notre-Place, ORL ANS, ON
Caf Baci, Sarasota, Florida
Wilson Meany Property Management, San Francisco
RDI Diamonds, Rochester
The Benefits Trust, Toronto
HPA Realty, Inc., Brea, CA
Boston Art Inc, Boston
Geri True Design, Lincoln
Public Imagery, Tampa
Vanessa Francis Design, Toronto
Space as Art Interior Design, Sarasota
Luxury Design, Santa Monica
Kevin Tang Interior Design, Hong Kong
Crosby Design Group, Atlanta
Sicily Robinson Design, Seattle
Erica Slaw Design, New York
Den Architecture, London, UK
Sarah Kidder Design, Ottawa
JM Design LLC, Seattle
Bechtel Frank Erickson Architects, Lexington
Temple Beth Avodah, Newton Center
Adval Corporation, Japan
Goosehead Insurance, Fort Worth
Blanc Space Art, Santa Barbara
JBL Design & Associates, Sydney, Australia
Theravance Biopharma Inc, San Francisco
Helen Gray Architecture and Design, Los Angeles
BDC Architects, Singapore