VALENTINA BROSTEAN

About VALENTINA BROSTEAN:

On artwow.co since: September 2017

Description:
About my art:
My body of work is built of melancholic interaction between man-made status symbols and frozen moments of the Utopian childhood memories. Strongly focused on figurative narration my characters simply reflects us – modern society without it’s masks. Yet the only place where we are truly revealed the way we are – is one from the inside. If you examine my work closely, you might come to the realization that my creatures are really kind of self portraits, set in a fantastical landscapes of imaginary world which echoes of her own… a bitter, yet sweetly coated prescription for modern life.


Beside being full time painter/ illustrator i\\\\\\\'m also specialized in Graphic communications and design, illustration and Book design, UI Design, Branding, Typography and visual development of graphic interface for iOS and Android Application. I have developed various projects related to different sectors, ranging from fields of culture to the arts as well as consulting and art direction, markets including bolt fabric, gift, editorial, greetings, wall art. I hold a Masters degree in Graphic design (area of specialization: illustration) and i’m always interested in learning new things as well as implementing them into my current expertise, with a strong multitasking capability: handling several projects simultaneously. Across the years i was strongly inspired by urban pop culture, surrealism movement, street art, Absurd genre fiction, life, people, animals, nature, dreams i have developed my own, very personal, technique and style. I have been invited to participate in collaborative art projects all around the world as well as in diverse significant solo and group gallery shows. Currently I’m working as an independent artist focusing on developing my personal self expression through the creative process and collaborating with worldwide talents, agencies, companies, individuals and galleries on various art projects which allow me to apply my eclectic creativity

SOLO SHOWS:

2014 \\\\\\\"Djoon\\\\\\\", Paris, France - mixed media project presentation - Samsara
2013 “Amantes cultural center”, Torino, Italy - mixed media works“Samsara”
2012 “Dorothy Circus Gallery”, Rome, Italy - paintings “Last drop of innocence”
2012 “Galo Art Gallery”, Torino, Italy - paintings “visiONs OFF an empty mind”
2011 “Pagus gallery”, Philadelphia, USA - serial of paintings ”Circle of life”
2011 “Fache Arts” Gallery Miami, USA - paintings and drawings - “Meaning of life”
2010 “Belgrade cultural center”, mixed media illustrations “Why ladybirds eat people?”
2009 “Fache Arts” Gallery Miami, USA - paintings and drawings “Stories from a Neverland”

Group shows (selected):

2015 \\\\\\\"Gallery 1988\\\\\\\" L.A. USA, group show Comedians / annual collaboration
2014 Art Auction organized by KOLEKTIV1 taking place in NY, townhouse off of Central Park, built by steel magnate Phipps and now owned by the Liederkranz Club
2014 group show ATB Art Gallery, Torino, Italy.
2014 \\\\\\\"MAD in Italy\\\\\\\"group show, \\\\\\\"EnimAritst gallery\\\\\\\", Milan, Italy
2014 \\\\\\\"Hidden Kingdoms show\\\\\\\", \\\\\\\"Dream factory gallery\\\\\\\", Frankfurt, Germany
2014 \\\\\\\"Il posto delle favole\\\\\\\", Edizione 2014, Rocca Sinibalda, Museo A.Miniucchi
2013 “Lacrima Aquarium”, Aquario Romano MUSEUM, collaboration with Dorothy Circus Gallery, Rome, IT
2013 “Wanderlust”, Modern Eden gallery, San Francisco USA
2013 “6 impossible things before breakfast”, Dream factory gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
2013 “Abu Dhabi Art Hub” / Italian Month Exhibition/ Abu Dhabi UAE
2013 “Stroke art fair”/ Munich, Germany - represented by Pretty Portal Gallery
2013 “Bears in the honor of spring”/ UK Parobord, Belgrade, RS
2013 “Painted sound”, Flower-pepper gallery, Pasadena, USA
2012 “Urban Expo,” Pretty Portal gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
2012 “Pop surrealism- Stay foolish”, Museo Casa del Conte Verde, Rivoli, Italy
2012 “Runaway circus”, August Clown Gallery, Melbourne- Australia
2012 SWAB, International contemporary art fair, Barcelona - Spain
2012 “Game over”, the Nova Belgica Art Gallery, Saint Truden - Belgium
2012 “Illustrated”, Pretty Portal gallery, Dusseldorf - Germany
2011 “Summer show”, Hive Gallery, LA - USA
2011 “Alterazioni Visive”, Arcidosso - Italy
2009 “Golden Pen of Belgrade”, International Triennial of Illustration, Belgrade - Serbia
2009 “Cut & Paste / postcard exhibition” international exhibition, digital graphics, Stockholm – Sweden

REFERENCES – Clients, magazines publications & editorials, blogs, various selected art related web portals / collaborators:
Beautiful Bizarre
Digital Arts UK
DEPTHCORE artist collective USA (member/ voted)
Juxtapoz / USA
Creative review/ UK
Get inspired/ NL
Lamono / SPAIN
New Web Pick/ JAPAN
Castle / USA
Candy / USA
Digital Ink / USA
Chew / USA
Art Nectar / UK
Empty Kingdom / UK
Catapult Art Mag / USA
Dailyartfixx / Spain
Sweet Station / NYC,USA
Upperplayground / USA
Living Design / Sloavakia
Robot mafia/ GERMANY
Date-Hub/ ITALY
ELLE
JOY
Gloria
OSCE/OEBS
Telekom
Telenor
and many others..