‘I am a creative force, an artist inspired by the power of color and pattern. Recently featured in the “Art of the Portrait” section of American Art Collector magazine, Aug 2025, my art is bold and vibrant, a unique expression of my own ideas and passions. I revel in creating captivating works that challenge the boundaries of art and design. With a creative flair and an eye for detail, I strive to create pieces that are unique and eye-catching. I take pride in my ability to combine vibrant colors and intricate patterns to create works that evoke emotion and wonder.’
ELENA ZAHARIA
I create art to break the passivity of the spectator. My work is a vibrant collision of original Pop Art and cutting-edge digital design. By weaving popular culture into an exploration of personal identity and the hidden textures of daily life, I invite you to step beyond the frame and become an ‘added component’ of the artwork itself.
From Survival to Seduction
My journey as an artist began as a search for freedom. Growing up in communist Romania—a world often defined by restriction—I found my first sparks of liberty by reinterpreting the characters in my schoolbooks. What started as a childhood escape evolved into a lifelong professional practice where I reshape the “banal” into something extraordinary.
The Paper Trail: Precision Meets Passion
My creative evolution is a unique intersection of logic and expression. While I pursued a rigorous career path in Textile Engineering, I continued to feed my soul through the arts. This balance of the analytical and the intuitive was formalized through my studies in Fashion Design and Fine Arts at the “Titel Popovici” School of Arts in Iași, under the guidance of Professor Alina Anghelini.
This dual foundation—the engineer’s precision and the designer’s flair—allows me to construct works that are technically sharp yet emotionally liberated.
My Style: The Equilibrium of the Odd
Whether I am painting a bold acrylic portrait or constructing a multilayered new media piece, my work is defined by:
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Vibrant Pop Art Energy: Using bold color harmonies and sharp graphic lines to celebrate modern icons and the complexity of modern femininity.
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Aesthetic Equilibrium: I strive for a state of “serene contemplation,” often disrupted by subtle, eccentric, or odd details that challenge your perception of reality.
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The Fragile Reality: In my new media designs, I use transparency and layering to question the stability of our world, capturing the quiet “intervals” that exist within the stream of daily life.
Art with a Global Pulse
Represented by Saatchi Art and featured in international exhibitions from New York’s Times Square to London, Rome and Zurich, my pieces are designed to radiate “descriptive intensities.” My mission is to find the poetic meaning in the mundane and to empower the viewer through a vivid manifestation of color and form.
