Elena Parau
Artist from Colombia
at Jose Art Gallery since April 8th, 2021
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About the artist 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 currently lives in Bogota, Colombia, and Guadalajara, Mexico, where she continues painting and selling her artworks Internationally. Her paintings are shipped from Romania, Colombia and Mexico (it is specified for each painting).
Exhibitions of Elena Parau
- 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”, Museo Leonora Carrington, Xilitla, San Luis Potosi, Mexico – April 02- May 12, 2023 - collective exhibition “Sentimentología”, Museo MUFE, 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 “Pop Up de Invierno”, Galeria Cup Cafe, Guadalajara, México – Dec 3- Dec 20, 2022 - auction organized in the Galeria Cup Cafe, Guadalajara, Mexico – Nov 26, 2022 - collective exhibition “Día Internacional de la Eliminación de la Violencia contra la Mujer " No somos hijas de Pedro Paramo”, Museo Regional de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico – Nov 22-Dec 2, 2022 - collective exhibition "2rd Encuentro de arte abstracto de pequeño formato", 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 - solo exhibition "The power of color" 2020- Bogota, Colombia - solo exhibition " Colorful flowers" 2018- Toronto, Canada - solo exhibition "Angels" 2017- Cluj, Romania - solo exhibition "Romantic art" 2014- Rome, Italy
Education of Elena Parau
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.