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Cristina Popovici

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Australian painter.

(b. 1969, Cluj, Romania. arr. Aust. 2009 )

 

Cristina Popovici graduated in 1995 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Painting
department, from Academy of Visual arts, Cluj, Romania. She started to
exhibit regularly from 1989 in either solo or group exhibitions. Between
1994 and 1997 she exhibited regularly in Berlin where she was represented
by Marianne Westerheide Gallery.
In 2000 January she moved with her family to New Zealand. She lived
and worked four years in Christchurch and later she moved to Auckland.
Throughout nine years spent in New Zealand, her art made an impact in
the local scene, and she was dubbed as one of the most daring abstract
expressionist of the country. Her works are admired by a large number of
followers. She gained further recognition by winning Coca Art Award 2003
and later on as finalist in Wallace Art Award competition.
Cristina Popovici studied a Bachelor of Fine Arts - Painting at the Academy of Visual Arts, Cluj, Romania and graduated in 1995. She exhibited regularly from 1989 in either solo or group exhibitions and from 1994 to 1997 she exhibited in Berlin, where the Marianne Westerheide Gallery represented her.


In January 2000, Christina moved with her family to New Zealand, and lived and worked for 4 years in Christchurch before moving to Auckland. Christina spent 9 years in New Zealand and during this time her art made an impact on the local scene, and she was dubbed one of the most daring abstract expressionists of the country. Her work is admired by a many followers and recognitions include winning the Coca Art Award 2003 and finalist of the Wallace Art Award competition.