The Cluj-Napoca Art Museum presented the solo exhibition of artist Oana Năstăsache from January 16 to February 2, 2025.
Oana Năstăsache, born in Galați in 1991, lives and works in Cluj-Napoca, where she completed her entire academic career at the University of Art and Design. She graduated from the painting department in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree, continuing her studies with a master until 2015. In 2022, she obtained her doctorate in visual arts. Throughout her career, Oana has participated in numerous national and international group exhibitions, winning an award at the Jeune Création Européenne (JCE) biennial in 2017. The public in Târgu Mureș and Cluj has already had the opportunity to familiarize themselves with her paintings in solo shows, but this is her first personal exhibition that includes the entire series of works created between 2017-2024, which is part of the area of artistic interest that was also the basis of her doctoral studies.
In painting, Oana Năstăsache follows the path of the essentialization process, starting from the figurative painting specific to the Cluj school, reaching the simplest and most abstract forms. The artist combines precise geometries with strong chromatic contrasts, creating a tension between control and spontaneity. Rigid forms combine with energetic gestures, generating a dynamic dialogue between stability and movement. In her practice, she explores the balance between reason and instinct, where color and shape become starting points for an intense visual experience. Her compositions invite the viewer to discover new perspectives and meanings in the newly created visual space: a two-dimensional space that aims to reduce the three-dimensional frames of the surrounding reality to a few essential lines.
“Through this approach, I filter external and internal experiences through my own perspective. My paintings are a synthesis of human complexity, organized in a captivating and subtle way, inviting reflection on the world and on oneself. Visual essentialization becomes a way to express clarity without diminishing the impact or complexity of the message,” said artist Oana Năstăsache.
