Elena Parau

Elena Parau is a Romanian painter, from Transylvania, whose works have been widely exhibited on a national level, as well as in Europe (Gibraltar, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, UK), the United States, Canada, Taiwan, Japan, Mexico and Colombia. She incorporates the beauty she experienced during her travels into her art, including sights, colours, shapes, sounds, and flavours. Through her works, Elena also tries to create a universe of beauty, femininity, and connection with true self-nature. Her intuitive compositions are made using oils and acrylics. She had numerous personal and collective exhibitions in various countries where she lived. She has more than 16 years experience in selling Internationally her paintings. She has been engaged for commission work and as a consultant for collectors all over the world. She currently lives in Guadalajara, Mexico, where she continues painting and selling her artworks Internationally. Her paintings are shipped from Romania and Mexico (it is specified for each painting).

- collective exhibition Centro Cultura Tijuana July 26 - August 23, 2024 - individual exhibition Galeria Piso5, Presidency of the Zapopan Comprehensive Services Center, Guadalajara, Mexico – June 06- July 06, 2024 - individual exhibition Mosto Pizztería March 14 – April 14, 2024 - collective exhibition “Always Leonora”, Universidad Tecnológica de Tulancingo, Tulancingo, Hidalgo, Mexico – Dec 15, 2023 – Mar 30, 2024 - auction held by Galeria Casa Masua, Guadalajara, Mexico – Sept 07, 2023 - collective exhibition “Women and Literature”, Public Library of the State of Jalisco “Juan José Arreola”, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico – Sept 07- Oct 23, 2023 - mural painting made at the headquarter of the association for children with cancer Mi Gran Esperanza, Guadalajara, Mexico – June 19 - June 21, 2023 - collective exhibition “Celebrate art with colour”, Opulent Art Gallery, London, UK – May 14- May 28, 2023 - individual exhibition Galeria Casa Masua, Guadalajara, Mexico – April 20- May 31, 2023 - auction held by Galeria Casa Masua, Guadalajara, Mexico – March 31, 2023 - collective exhibition “Always Leonora”, Leonora Carrington Museum, Xilitla, San Luis Potosi, Mexico – April 02- May 12, 2023 - collective exhibition “Sentimentology”, MUFE Museum, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico – March 02- March 31, 2023 - voluntary activity “Arte anima” carried out in Hospital Mi Esperanza, San Agustín, Mexico, organized by the Mexi-HA association and Mi Gran Esperanza association, for the benefit of children with cancer – Febr 25, 2023 - auction organized in the Galeria Aimee Yañez, Guadalajara, Mexico – Dec 15, 2022 - collective exhibition “Winter Pop Up”, Galeria Cup Cafe, Guadalajara, Mexico – Dec 3-Dec 20, 2022 - auction organized in the Galeria Cup Cafe, Guadalajara, Mexico – Nov 26, 2022 - collective exhibition “International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women "We are not daughters of Pedro Paramo", Regional Museum of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico – Nov 22-Dec 2, 2022 - collective exhibition "2rd Small Format Abstract Art Meeting", CIANF & SOMAAP, Jalisco delegation, Mexico – Nov 5, 2022-Jan 15, 2023 - auction held by Casa Cultural Calavera, Guadalajara, Mexico – Oct 15, 2022 - artist-in-residence program in Guadalajara, Mexico - July-August 2022 - only exhibition "The power of color" 2020- Bogota, Colombia - solo exhibition "Colorful flowers" 2018- Toronto, Canada - only exhibition "Angels" 2017- Cluj, Romania - only exhibition "Romantic art" 2014- Rome, Italy

In 2008 she decided to turn her lifelong aspiration for artistic expression into a career and she began selling her creations Internationally. She also developed an interest in psychology, spirituality, meditation and personal development, all these subjects deeply influencing her as a human being and as an artist. Along the way she was inspired by thinkers such as Louise Hay, Wayne Dyer, Neale Donald Walsh, Deepak Chopra. Furthermore, she started to learn about angel therapy from Doreen Virtue. Elena is a self-taught artist and she loves travelling and taking long walks in the nature, as nature is the mother of us all, a perfect masterpiece of beauty. In the period 2020-2021, she completed various courses of MOMA (The Museum of Modern Art, New York City). In 2022, she participated in a residency program in Guadalajara, Mexico.