B. 1994 Focșani, Romania
Lives and works in Bloomington, Indiana
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EDUCATION
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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
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EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
2025
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“College Invitational 2025”, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
“Better Together”, Tangent Gallery, Bloomington, IN
2024
“15th Annual TAPPED Exhibition”, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
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“Figurative Painting Today”, FAR Center for Contemporary Arts, Bloomington, IN
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“In the Midnight Hour”, New House Art Space & Gallery, Guildford, England
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“Traces”, Fields Projects Gallery, New York, NY
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“Mindscapes: A Solo Show by Andreea Alunei”, FS Fountain Gallery, Bloomington, IN
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“Yearning”, Backspace Gallery, Bloomington, IN
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“art as storytelling”, Midwest Nice Art, Aberdeen, SD (online)
Juror: Aline Smitson
“Last Minute…”, Accrete Art Collective, Backspace Gallery, Bloomington, IN
“31st Annual Juried Art Exhibit”, Thyen-Clark Cultural Center, Jasper Community Arts,
Jasper, IN
“sea change”, Midwest Nice Art, Aberdeen, SD (online)
Juror: Cort Hartle
“Ladies Night”, Covet Art Gallery, Oceanside, CA
“Emerging Artists”, John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
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“Hot & Sweaty Summer”, Accrete Art Collective, Backspace Gallery, Bloomington, IN
“NSAL National Society of Arts & Letters Visual Arts Competition and Exhibition”
FAR Center for Contemporary Arts, Bloomington, IN
2023 “MADE in the USA”, The Artists Gallery (TAG), Los Angeles, CA
Juror: Edward Goldman
“Spokane Watercolor Society National Juried Show”
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane, WA
“All About Women”, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA (online)
“Femme Rage”, 213 Rogers, Bloomington, IN
“2023 Georgia Watercolor Society Member Exhibition”, Thomasville Center for the
Arts, Thomasville, GA
“Lineages of Birth”, Monroe County Public Library, Bloomington, IN
“Where It Started”, Tangent Gallery, Bloomington, IN
“44th Georgia Watercolor Society National Juried Exhibition”
Blue Ridge Mountains Art Center, Blue Ridge, GA
Juror: John Salminen
2022
“Mind & Mirror”, Racecar Factory Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
“The Shelley Lazarus Award for Excellence in Watercolor”, The Artists Gallery (TAG),
Los Angeles, CA
“Inaugural Opening”, Tangent Gallery, Bloomington, IN
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2021
“Face to Face: Portraits”, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, New York
“Biafarin Awards”, Biafarin, Vancouver, Canada (online)
“Of An Era International Juried Exhibition”, TAG Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
Juror: Thomas C. Jackson
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GRANTS AND AWARDS
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2024 Eskenazi School Special Project Fund Award
2024 Hettie Judah’s Acts of Creation Competition Longlist
2024 Thyen-Clark Cultural Center’s Juried Show Honorable Mention
2023 Eskenazi School MFA Exhibition Fund Award
2023 Mary Jane McIntire Endowed Fellowship
2023 Bloomington Arts Commission 2023 Emerging Artist Grant
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
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PUBLIC SPEAKING & WORKSHOPS
2023, Nov; Virtual Artist Talk at Beloit College, Beloit, WI
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”
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