B. 1994 Focșani, Romania
Lives and works in Bloomington, Indiana
EDUCATION
2025 M.F.A. Studio Art Candidate in Painting, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, Indiana University, IN, USA
2020 M.A. Social Psychology, Texas A&M University, TX, USA
2017 B.A. Psychology, Minor: Studio Art, Beloit College, WI, USA
2015 International Exchange Program, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
2012 Private Oil Painting Classes with Daniel Turliu, Bucharest, Romania
2005 Secondary Art School Number 2, Bucharest, Romania
EXHIBITIONS
2023, Aug. – Sept.; ALL ABOUT WOMEN 2023 Online Exhibition at the Marin Society of Artists, CA
2023, Aug. – Sept.; 2023 Georgia Watercolor Society Member Exhibition at Thomasville Center for the
Arts, Thomasville, GA
2023, Jul. – Aug.; MADE in the USA Freedom of Expression Juried Exhibition at The Artists Gallery
(TAG), Los Angeles, CA
2023, May; Lineages of Birth Community Archive Project Exhibition at the Monroe County Public
Library, Bloomington, IN
2023, Apr. – May; 44th Georgia Watercolor Society National Juried Exhibition at Blue Ridge
Mountains Arts Association and Art Center, Blue Ridge, GA
2023, Apr. – Mind & Mirror Show at Racecar Factory Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2023, Apr. – May; Spokane Watercolor Society 2023 at The Helen South Alexander Gallery,
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane, WA
2023, Apr; Earth Day in Collaboration with Bloomington Gallery Walk at the Indiana Memorial Union
Bookstore, Bloomington, IN
2023, Mar.; Where It Started: A First-Year MFA Group Exhibition at Tangent Gallery, Bloomington, IN
2023, Mar. – Apr.; The Shelley Lazarus Award for Excellence in Watercolor at The Artists Gallery
(TAG), Los Angeles, CA
2022, Nov.; Group Exhibition Inaugural Opening at Tangent Gallery, Bloomington, IN
2021, Nov. – Dec; Group Publication and Online Exhibition Biafarin Awards – 2021, Canada
2021, Nov. – Dec; Online Group Exhibition Face to Face: Portraits at Site:Brooklyn Gallery, New York
2021, Nov. – Dec.; Group Exhibition Of An Era International Juried Art Exhibition, organized by The Art Effect at The Trolley Barn, New York
2016, Group Student Exhibition at Wright Museum of Art – Beloit College, Wisconsin
CURATORIAL WORK
2021, February – March; The Smile Behind the Lens – Photography by Stephen Webster at UW Health: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin
2017, July – August; Collaborative George Dureau Exhibition at Longue Vue House and Gardens, New Orleans, Louisiana
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2023 44th Georgia Juried National Exhibition, 5th place
2022 Mary Jane McIntire Endowed Fellowship
2019 Best 2nd Year Poster Awards, 3rd place
2017 Phi Beta Kappa Society
2017 Departmental Honors in Psychology
2017 Walter Van Dyke Bingham Fellowship
2016 Psi Chi International Honor Society
2016 Sanger Scholarship
2013 Moore Family Endowed Scholarship
2013 World Affairs Center Scholarship
PUBLIC SPEAKING & WORKSHOPS
2023, May; Artist Talk at the Lineages of Birth Community Archive Project, Monroe County Public
Library, Bloomington, IN
2023, Feb.; Critique-A-Thon with Hale Ekinci and Akirash at the Studio Arts Annex, Eskenazi School of
Art, Architecture + Design, Bloomington, IN
PUBLISHED WORKS
Journal of Bisexuality, Taylor & Francis
“An Investigation of the Relationship Between Psychological Flexibility and Bisexuality”, 2017
Eco-Economics Review
“Gender Disparities in the Romanian Society”, 2016
Other Research Experience:
Master’s Thesis, Aug. 2018 – May 2020
“Genetic Attributions, Behavior, and Well-Being: A Psychological Study of Free Will Beliefs”
Graduate Collaborative Project, Aug. 2018 – May 2019
“How Do Perceptions About Heritability Influence Complex Child-Parent Interactions and Character Development?”
Honors Term, Aug. 2017- Dec. 2017
“Experimental Existential Psychology – A Literature Review and Investigation of Reflexivity”
Paid Internship – Sanger Research Program, May-Jul. 2016
“Exploring Faculty and Student Perceptions of Deadlines and Related Course Policies”