Mona Ardeleanu

Mona Ardeleanu studied under Alexander Roob, Frank Ackermann, Daniel Richter, and Karin Kneffel at the Staatlichen Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Vienna, and Munich respectively. Building images in layers, Ardeleanu takes a...

Mona Ardeleanu studied under Alexander Roob, Frank Ackermann, Daniel Richter, and Karin Kneffel at the Staatlichen Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Vienna, and Munich respectively. Building images in layers, Ardeleanu takes a sculptural approach to her paintings, using the visual vocabulary of the everyday to produce hyper-real objects with a mysterious, intangible quality. Her detailed renderings seem to be collaged bits of historical vessels and utensils, presented on a striking, contrasted background like an archaeological specimen never before seen.