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 17 years experience in selling Internationally her paintings. Her paintings are found in private collections on 5 continents in over 23 countries. 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).

- solo exhibition "Colors of Sensuality", Galeria Chocolate Xofia, Guadalajara, Mexico, May 8, 2025 - August 28, 2025 - solo exhibition "Reinventing Yourself on a Friday", Café Galeria CafeArtesano, Guadalajara, Mexico, May 2, 2025 - July 26, 2025 - collective exhibition "Divinity", Centro Cultural Antigua Presidencia Ajijic, Museo de Arte Ajijic and Cultural Chapala, Mexico - April 11, 2025 - May 4, 2025 - collective exhibition "Being a Woman", Restaurante Tradicional Yucatan, Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico - March 15, 2025 - April 12, 2025 - collective exhibition "Corazón-Arte", Galeria Luis López Terríquez, Chapala, Mexico - February 16, 2025 - March 16, 2025 - collective "Finale catalog publication competition & online" exhibition” Aedra Fine Arts, Atlanta, Georgia, US – January 1, 2025 – January 31, 2025 - collective exhibition “From My Soul, 2nd Edition” Antigua Presidencia Cultural Center, Ajijic, Ajijic Art Museum and Cultural Chapala, Mexico – December 15, 2024 – January 8, 2025 - collective exhibition “Mexican Art. Small Format” Rocio Valdez Studio, Jocotepec, Mexico – November 23, 2024 – January 23, 2025 - collective exhibition “Art and Community” Prof. Ramón García Ruíz State Central Library, Guadalajara, Mexico – November 19 – November 28, 2024 - collective exhibition “Beautiful Mexico. Mexican Customs and Traditions” Tetsu-Hi Gallery, Guadalajara, Mexico – November 2 – November 29, 2024 - collective exhibition Municipal Presidency Juchitlan, Jalisco, Mexico – October 30–November 3, 2024 - attending the Day of the Dead Festival “Between Life and Death We Find Our Roots” in collaboration with The University of Guadalajara, Juchitlan, Jalisco, Mexico – October 30–November 3, 2024 - collective exhibition “Day of the Dead: Devotion, Tradition, and Symbolism” Antigua Presidencia Cultural Center, Ajijic, Ajijic Art and Cultural Museum, Chapala, Mexico – October 30–November 16, 2024 - collective exhibition “Commemorating Our Dead” Carol Rolland Foundation, Queretaro, Mexico – October 21–November 4, 2024 https://www.facebook.com/100064563285355/videos/8617653751684229 - collective exhibition "Raising Awareness" Art&Plastic Clinic, Gynecology Area, Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico – October 19 – November 4, 2024 - Collective exhibition, Tijuana Triennial 2nd International Pictorica, Centro Cultura Tijuana, Mexico, July 26, 2024 – February 23, 2025 - Solo exhibition, "The Garden of Fulfilled Dreams," Piso5 Gallery, Presidency of the Zapopan Comprehensive Services Center, Guadalajara, Mexico – June 6 – June 28, 2024 - Solo exhibition, Mosto Pizzería, March 14 – April 14, 2024 - Collective exhibition, "Always Leonora," Technological University of Tulancingo, Tulancingo, Hidalgo, Mexico – December 15, 2023 – March 30, 2024 - Auction held by Galeria Casa Masua, Guadalajara, Mexico – September 7 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 2- March 31, 2023 - Voluntary activity “Arte anima” held 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 – February 25, 2023 - Auction organized in the Galeria Aimee Yañez, Guadalajara, Mexico – December 15, 2022 - Collective exhibition “Pop Up de Invierno”, Galeria Cup Cafe, Guadalajara, Mexico – December 3- December 20, 2022 - Auction organized in the Galeria Cup Cafe, Guadalajara, Mexico – November 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 – November 22-December 2, 2022 - Collective exhibition "2nd Meeting of Small Format Abstract Art" CIANF & SOMAAP, Jalisco delegation, Mexico – Nov 5, 2022-Jan 15, 2023 - auction held by Casa Cultural Calavera, Guadalajara, Mexico – Oct 15, 2022 - selected for artist-in-residence program in Turkey, by Helikon Art Center - Aug 2022 - artist-in-residence program in Guadalajara, Mexico - July-August 2022 Collections: “The Garden of Fulfilled Dreams” 2024 - Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico “Fertile Land: Between Goddesses and Women” 2023 - Guadalajara, Mexico “Colors of Sensuality” 2022 - Bogota, Colombia “The Power of Color” 2020 - Bogota, Colombia “Whimsical Stories” 2020 - Bogota, Colombia “Colorful Flowers” 2018 - Toronto Canada “Femininity” 2018 – Bucharest, Romania "Angels" 2017 – Cluj-Napoca, Romania "Romantic art" 2014 - Rome, Italy "Pastel collection" 2008 – Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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. In 2024 she translated her poems and from February 8, 2025 she debuted as a poet, won awards and began to make this side of her poetry known to the public, written during the period of adolescence, marked by communism.