Biography
Ioana Băltan (b. Dragomirești, Dâmbovița) lives and works în London. She attended The National University of Arts, Bucharest, where she obtained a BA degree in painting in 2015. The same year, Băltan obtained the Teaching Training Department's BA degree issued by the same institution. She continued her studies at The Brera Fine Arts Academy Milan with a scholarship and got an MA Degree in Strategies of Creation in Painting released by the National University of Arts Bucharest.
Baltan's paintings reveal her strong preoccupation with contemporary approaches to the female figure. Her large-scale compositions are thought of as a body of visual research on portraying feminine archetypes with a strong focus on beauty standards /and body image on social media. In her work, Ioana captures the contrast between the image of contemporary glamour and the soft brutality of beauty standards. The idealised female figures are often placed between luxurious settings and deranged tables with broken make-up and pills, describing the violence against women's bodies in the way of perfection.Education
BA - National University of Arts, Bucharest, RO, 2015
MA - National University of Arts, Bucharest, RO, 2017
MA - scolarship- Brera Academy of Arts, Milan, IT, 2016-2017
Exhibition List
2024- "Fantastyfrolia: A Painted Tale With Tints of Marzipan", IOMO Art Gallery, Bucharest
2023- "Feast of the Immortals", Maggio Art Consultancy x Artsy
2015- "Anima Damnata", Go Contemporary
2025- duo show - "Aprons, Lipstick and Everything Unsaid", IOMO Gallery, Bucharest
2025- "The Blooming Dartemoor", LIAN Gallery, Hangzhou, China
2025- "Summer Group Show", 19KAREN Gallery, Queensland, Australia
2024- "Hair Stories", ART SAFARI, Bucharest
2024- "SOUND & VISION", ART ON A POSTCARD X THE AUCTION COLLECTIVE, London
2024 - "Hey! Teacher! Leave Us, Kids, Alone", A66 Gallery, Santanyí, Mallorca
2023- "The passerby who stays", Koppel X, London
2022- "Arte Vi.Ve", Biennale of Viterbo, Venice
2020-2021- "Summer Exhibition" Royal Academy of Arts, London
2024- RAD ART FAIR, IOMO Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2016- Art Safari, Go Contemporary, Bucharest, Romania.
