B. 1994 Focșani, Romania

Lives and works in Bloomington, Indiana, USA

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Andreea Alunei is an artist and educator working in narrative figuration. Her mixed-media paintings and drawings, often on paper and silk, reinterpret Christian iconography and Eastern European mythology through the visual language of children’s book illustration, drawing on the intimacy and detail of medieval illuminated manuscripts to create a personal mythology that reclaims inherited narratives. With luminous color and refined, delicate surfaces, she constructs symbolic, emotionally charged works that explore belief, mortality, transformation, and the human condition in moments of tension and change. She is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Art at Indiana University Bloomington.

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Education

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2022–2025: MFA, Studio Art (Painting), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
2018–2020: MS, Social Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
2013–2017: BS, Psychology (Studio Art Minor), Beloit College, Beloit, WI, USA
2015: Study Abroad Program, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador

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Selected Exhibitions

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2025, Nicoleta (solo exhibition), Grunwald Gallery of Art, Bloomington, IN, USA
2025, College Invitational 2025 (group exhibition), Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
2025, Better Together (group exhibition), Tangent Gallery, Bloomington, IN, USA

2024, 15th Annual TAPPED Exhibition (group exhibition), Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, USA
2024, Figurative Painting Today (group exhibition), FAR Center for Contemporary Arts, Bloomington, IN, USA
2024, In the Midnight Hour (group exhibition), New House Art Space & Gallery, Guildford, England, UK
2024, Traces (group exhibition), Fields Projects Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2024, Mindscapes (solo exhibition), FS Fountain Gallery, Bloomington, IN, USA
2024, Yearning (group exhibition), Backspace Gallery, Bloomington, IN, USA
2024, art as storytelling (group exhibition), Midwest Nice Art (online), Aberdeen, SD, USA
2024, Last Minute… (group exhibition), Accrete Art Collective, Backspace Gallery, Bloomington, IN, USA
2024, 31st Annual Juried Art Exhibit (group exhibition), Thyen-Clark Cultural Center, Jasper, IN, USA
2024, sea change (group exhibition), Midwest Nice Art (online), Aberdeen, SD, USA
2024, Ladies Night (group exhibition), Covet Art Gallery, Oceanside, CA, USA
2024, Emerging Artists (group exhibition), John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN, USA
2024, Hot & Sweaty Summer (group exhibition), Accrete Art Collective, Backspace Gallery, Bloomington, IN, USA
2024, NSAL Visual Arts Competition and Exhibition (group exhibition), FAR Center for Contemporary Arts, Bloomington, IN, USA

2023, MADE in the USA (group exhibition), The Artists Gallery (TAG), Los Angeles, CA, USA
2023, Spokane Watercolor Society National Juried Show (group exhibition), Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane, WA, USA
2023, All About Women (group exhibition), Marin Society of Artists (online), San Rafael, CA, USA
2023, Femme Rage (group exhibition), 213 Rogers, Bloomington, IN, USA
2023, 2023 Georgia Watercolor Society Member Exhibition (group exhibition), Thomasville Center for the Arts, Thomasville, GA, USA
2023, Lineages of Birth (group exhibition), Monroe County Public Library, Bloomington, IN, USA
2023, Where It Started (group exhibition), Tangent Gallery, Bloomington, IN, USA
2023, 44th Georgia Watercolor Society National Juried Exhibition (group exhibition), Blue Ridge Mountains Art Center, Blue Ridge, GA, USA
2023, Mind & Mirror (group exhibition), Racecar Factory Gallery, Indianapolis, IN, USA

2022, The Shelley Lazarus Award for Excellence in Watercolor (group exhibition), TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2022, Inaugural Opening (group exhibition), Tangent Gallery, Bloomington, IN, USA
2022, Face to Face: Portraits (group exhibition), Site: Brooklyn Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2022, Of An Era International Juried Exhibition (group exhibition), TAG Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

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Selected Awards & Grants

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2024, Graduate Capstone Research Award, College Arts & Humanities Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
2024, Artistic Advancement Grant, Bloomington Arts Commission, Bloomington, IN, USA
2024, Special Project Fund Award, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, Bloomington, IN, USA
2024, Longlisted, Acts of Creation Competition, Hettie Judah, UK
2024, Honorable Mention, Thyen-Clark Cultural Center’s Juried Show, Jasper, IN, USA
2023, MFA Exhibition Fund Award, Eskenazi School of Art, Bloomington, IN, USA
2023, Mary Jane McIntire Endowed Fellowship, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
2023, Emerging Artist Grant, Bloomington Arts Commission, Bloomington, IN, USA
2023, 5th Place, 44th Georgia Watercolor Society National Juried Exhibition, Blue Ridge, GA, USA
2022, Mary Jane McIntire Endowed Fellowship, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
2021, Longlisted, Acts of Creation Competition, Hettie Judah, UK
2021, Honorable Mention, Thyen-Clark Cultural Center’s Juried Show, Jasper, IN, USA
2017, Phi Beta Kappa Society, USA
2017, Walter Van Dyke Bingham Fellowship, Beloit College, Beloit, WI, USA
2016, Psi Chi International Honor Society, USA
2016, Sanger Scholarship, Beloit College, WI, USA
2016, World Affairs Center and Moore Family Scholarship, USA

 

Selected Publications & Lectures

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2025 MFA Thesis Exhibition Catalog, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA

2024, Manifest Exhibition Annual, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, USA (to be released in 2026)
2024, Yearning Zine, Bloomington Arts & Humanities Council, Bloomington, IN, USA
2023, Artist Talk (online), Beloit College, Beloit, WI, USA
2023, Artist Talk, Lineages of Birth Community Archive Project, Monroe County Public Library, Bloomington, IN, USA
2023, Femme Rage Zine, IU Arts & Humanities Council, Bloomington, IN, USA
2017, “An Investigation of the Relationship Between Psychological Flexibility and Bisexuality,” Journal of Bisexuality, Taylor & Francis
2016, “Gender Disparities in the Romanian Society,” Eco-Economics Review, Romania

 

Teaching and Relevant Professional Experience

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2025–Present: Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
2025–Present: Adjunct Professor of Art, Ivy Tech Community College, Bloomington, IN, USA
2022–2025: Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA

2025: Participating Artist, Street Drawing #2, Arts Alley Parklet, Columbus Area Arts Council, Columbus, IN, USA

2022–2025: Gallery Volunteer, Tangent Gallery, Bloomington, IN, USA
2023: Gallery Technician (Contract), Constellation Stage & Screen (at The Waldron), Bloomington, IN, USA
2021–2022: Studio Artist, Dapper Cadaver, Middleton, WI, USA

 

Collections

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Andreea Alunei features in various national and international private collections.