Andrada Anghel
Member Since September 24th, 2009
Andrada Anghel, born in Romania, moved to Montreal, Canada on 4th of July 2000 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. Recently, her works have been choose to be used by the Canadian Television in a new TV series on CBC channel.
EDUCATION:
- 1986-1990: High School Diploma, Liceul Mihail Sadoveanu, Pascani, Romania
- 2003-2005: Diploma of Collegial Studies, “Communication, Art, Media and Theater”, Vanier College, Montreal, Canada
- 2005-present: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art, Fibers Major, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
EXHIBITIONS:
Vanier College, Montreal, 2004
Vanier College, Montreal, 2005
Old Brewery Mission, Montreal, 2007
Le Social, Montreal, 2008
Centre d'art la Salamandre, Montréal, 2009
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, 2009
FOFA, Montréal, 2009
I would like to share with you some of my compliments from some fellow artists and customers:
“Andrada’s artworks seem to be captured in time at the moment of their most mysterious vibrancy. Her canvases emanate optimism and energy. Every inch of the painting is filled with color and texture creating images that reveal scenery of a familiar but mysterious stage.”
"I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT! It is the most beautiful thing I've EVER seen! It looks like it is made of glass, it is so smooth on the top. And so gorgeously textured on the bottom. I cannot describe how beautiful it is! Thank you!!!!"
“I feel that I want to get up close to this work and touch it. Superb.”
“Reminds me a little of some sort of ancient writing or Hieroglyphics. I love the color repetitions and arrangements!”
“You may be a student; you're certainly an artist. Lovely, evocative paintings. It will be fun to see what you're doing in a few years.”
“Great work! Textures, colors, expression..... Really good! Congratulations.”
“THIS PAINTING IS AMAZING! YOU WILL LOVE THE BOLD TEXTURE AND COLOR AND SPIRIT OF Andrada!!!!
“Moon Over the City" is a true work of art! Look forward to future purchases!!
“I hope this message finds you well. I just wanted to let you know I received the package today with your fabulous artwork. They arrived in prime condition and the pictures on website don’t do them any justice. Truly exquisite!!”
“Dear Andrada:
The painting arrived today. I just opened the carton and am very pleased to look at your work. In addition to myself there will be about 720 to 1,200 international students who also will have the opportunity to view your work on a daily basis. A title and artist plate will be placed below this painting identifying it by name, description and of course artist and where you are from, for the viewer’s reference as well.
Thank you.” (Painting bought by English Bay College from Vancouver)