Ioana Stanca (born in 1987, Romania) studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, Italy and at the National University of Arts in Bucharest.
Her works are intimate maps, mapping a geography in continuous transformation. These movements are reflected in sliding between different techniques of working with textiles: embroidery, collage, soft sculpture, installation or performance. Her imagery, follows a particular, intimate way of relating to the space of the studio with its variety of associations, textures and situations. Images of anthropomorphic scissors, female bodies or spools are recurrent in her work, questioning sexuality and oneness.
Ioana was an artist in residence at the Cité internationale des arts in Paris, through the Brâncusi Scholarship, offered by the Romanian Cultural Institute (2023) and was awarded the Brătianu Grant offered by the Romanian Ministry of Culture (2020). She is guest artist in residence at AIR Futura, Karlin Studios in Prague (2018).and at the Staycation Symposium Bucharest organized by Catinca Tăbăcaru Gallery, Sandwich Gallery and CTG Collective (2020).
Recent exhibitions: It will not be simple, it will not be long, Catinca Tăbăcaru Gallery , 10 years, Nicodim Gallery,I suddenly unfurled many eyes, ICR New York, Soft as water, PINCE, Budapest, Din fibre, un foc, Paris – Viitorului, TRANZIT, București, Staycation, Catinca Tăbăcaru Gallery & Sandwich Offspace Malmaison, Light clarity avocado salad in the morning, Galeria Jecza, Timișoara; May amnesia scratch our membrane, IOMO Gallery, București; Electric Crossroads, Nosco Gallery, Bruxelles; Horror Vacui, RCW, Braunstein Palace, Iași; Stasi Frenetica, Galleria D’Arte Moderna, Torino; Elastic structures. A performatine dialogue, MNAC Bucureşti; Yes Oui Canot, Maison de la Fontaine, Brest ; Centre Culturel de Rencontre Abbaye de Neumunster, Luxemburg