Mona Ardeleanu Germany, b. 1984

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. The pictorial subjects are composed of various painted elements such as folded and patterned textiles, porcelain, threads, or hair. Ardeleanu gives her object-like representations a realistic effect. The result is an archaeological specimen never before seen. 

Mona Ardeleanu (b. 1984 in Lörrach, Germany) studied under Alexander Roob, Frank Ackermann, Daniel Richter, and Karin Kneffel at the Staatlichen Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Vienna and Munich.  Ardeleanu’s work has been featured in numerous institutional shows, including Vom Werk zum Display, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany (2024);  "Now! Younger Painting in Germany”, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (2020); the Marta Herford Museum, Herford, Germany (2018, 2015); Kunsthalle Nuremberg, Germany (2018); and the Stuttgart Art Museum, Stuttgart (2013). Her works are part of various collections including the State of Baden-Württemberg, the Stuttgart Art Museum, the Marta Herford Collection, and the Würth Collection. She lives and works in Germany.