In my work, I always try to translate my emotions into pieces that I can transfer to others, into images that often do not illustrate reality but my own world. I love to work with light, mainly natural light, and use the infinite opportunities that light offers, from unbearable brightness to the darkest shadows. My experimental and abstract works always have their starting point in facts of life that are first artistically dissolved and later put back together into a new shape, sharing only the essence of the initial emotion. When working with people, I also love to extract the heart of their being and paint it with light into what we use to call a portrait. Old masters knew how to capture the light into an artwork to last for over the centuries. They are my greatest inspiration. Despite the bright colours, there is a certain sadness in my work, and I must admit that most of my works were created within moments of melancholy and longing of times gone by.

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About

Ioana Cobzaru has been exposed to art and culture at a very young age but chose to become a scientist. She started to photograph in her twenties and has been involved in the organization of international photography events. Along with her autonomous photography work, she is currently studying at the Photo Academy of Amsterdam and aims to become a photography curator soon. Group exhibitions: Rotterdam, Berlin, New York, Wales, Milan and Melbourne. In November 2021, she will be part of Paris Photo Off and The London Photo Show. Work: mainly portraits, still lives with a twist and experimental/mixed media. The artist has a fascination for Old Masters and early 20th-century art movements.