Daria Lupan conceives her artistic practice as an exploration of the inner world, where emotions, tensions, and personal or collective experiences are transposed into symbolic and expressive imagery. Her artistic vision moves beyond the mere representation of external reality, filtering it through her own perception and transforming it into visual reflections that challenge the viewer to engage with profound themes such as human fragility, dependency, violence, belonging, and the search for self. Her works are distinguished by the intensity of recurring symbols and by a visual language that merges raw expressivity with an underlying lyricism.
Her style is in constant evolution, reflecting the personal and spiritual transformations she undergoes. Oil painting becomes her primary medium due to the depth and density it affords, enabling her to articulate contrasts and emotional intensity with precision. Through tense compositions and figures that appear distorted or constrained, the artist conveys a sense of claustrophobia, of struggle with the self and with the world, rendering in visual terms the psychological and social realities that shape us.
For Daria, painting is not merely an aesthetic exercise but an existential necessity, an integral part of everyday life. She approaches it as a process of self-inquiry and confrontation, an act of authenticity through which she expresses herself fully. Her work does not seek to adapt to market demands; rather, it remains committed to preserving absolute sincerity while simultaneously inviting the viewer to reflect on their own emotions and inner conflicts. In this way, her artistic vision emerges as introspective, intense, and uncompromising, with each work standing as a visual testimony to her ongoing inner evolution.
Education
2022–2024 – Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, International and Economic Studies, Venice, Italy
March–May 2024 – University of Tartu, course “Democracy and Autocracy in the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood”, Tartu, Estonia
Solo Exhibitions
2023 – Pop-up exhibition, in collaboration with the university collective Liberi Saperi Critici, Venice, Italy
2022–2023 – Emotional Bricolage, Galleria Itinerarte, Venice, Italy
June–July 2022 – Inner Soul Portrait, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
June 2021 – High Brain Activity, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
Group Exhibitions
March 2025 – Shift Art, “Constantin Brâncuși” Exhibition Center, Union of Visual Artists of Moldova, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
November 2023 – Exhibition of the work Quanti MINUTI-UOMO per morire at Archivio Fondazione “Luigi Nono”, during the 6th edition of the festival dedicated to composer Luigi Nono, Venice, Italy
September 2022 – Ukraine Our Home, 2nd Edition, charity event, St. John’s College, Oxford, United Kingdom
September 2022 – Fragility of Life, Venice, Italy
September 2022 – Super International Art Festival, 10th Edition, Bucharest, Romania
June 2022 – Ukraine Our Home, 1st Edition, charity event, LTB Rooms, Coventry, United Kingdom
March 2022 – Woman Body, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
March 2022 – I Am Here, “Constantin Brâncuși” Exhibition Center, Union of Visual Artists of Moldova, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
February 2022 – There Is Sun in Moldova, “Constantin Brâncuși” Exhibition Center, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
November–December 2021 – City’s Dreams, Venice, Italy
September 2021 – Alteration, Super International Youth Art Festival, 9th Edition, Bucharest, Romania
Art Fairs
May 2023 – MOBU International Art Fair, Bucharest, Romania
Interactive Art
July 2022 – Creation of a collaborative artwork with visitors during the closing event of the solo exhibition Inner Soul Portrait, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
Performance
November–December 2022 – Live painting of the work Life Acquisitions, Galleria Itinerarte, Venice, Italy
Publications
2024 – CREA World NGO, Visible/Invisible Competition
7 November 2023 – La Nuova di Venezia e Mestre
September 2022 – St. John’s College, Oxford, United Kingdom
September 2022 – Cherwell College, Oxford, United Kingdom
September 2022 – The Oxford Magazine
November 2021 – Artlecture.eu
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