NORA NEAGOE
Cluster Exhibitor | Cluster Contemporary | 2022
Nora Neagoe is an artist born in Romania. She graduated with a Bachelor’s in painting and printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University, in the United States. Her work has been shown in multiple group shows in Romania, Shanghai, the United States, and London. Her first solo show was in 2019, in Richmond, Virginia, United States, called “ Shadows of Red”, curated by her. She was part of the digital group show of the graduating year of 2020 of Virginia Commonwealth’s University School of Art.
Constant reassurance of Power | 2022
Bows and Latex | 2021
One of her paintings was featured in the exhibition “Colour Boom” at Boomer Gallery in London in 2020. She also took part in the group show “Coping in Colour” at RuptureXIBIT, in London in 2021. Other exhibitions in London in 2021 include “ Come one, come all” at the Function Suite Gallery, “What is becoming us” at RuptureXIBIT , “Work in progress” Online show, part of the Royal College of Art and she was part of the RCA painting’s winter zine, created by the students.
Nora completed her Master's at the Royal College of Art in painting in June 2022.
“Thinking of desire and innocence, I made paintings of groups of girls, painted in pastel colors but also colors such as green, magenta and cobalt blue. For my latest paintings, I took inspiration from the fashion world and brands like Mugler and Balmain, with elements of futurism and sci-fi. I experimented in changing the color pallete , creating a mirror like effect in the background of the painting, or a metallic surface.”
Behind The Scenes
Behind The Scenes
“My practice revolves around the idea of beauty in social media, and how surveillance impacts our world right now. I started this representation by thinking of fish-eye views and peepholes. In the paintings, the heads are shown as bigger in the foreground and the bodies smaller in the background. Bringing discomfort to the viewer, the figures look innocent but also wanting the attention of the viewer, through warm and pastel colors, that represent the purity of the bodies. In my latest work, I am focusing more on the high heels and the legs of the women, as they are seen as the etiquette of femininity. The bodies look distorted, such as the filters on social media change the bodies, showing a different version of the person. ”
