Iolanda Crețoiu

Renaștere (Rebirth)mixed media · 50 × 40 cm

I fondly remember the art classes in secondary school, held in a bright studio, where Mr. Șinca, with his usual cigarette, would greet us with the question "How's it going, lions, are you ready?". He was not only a teacher but the mentor who taught me to look at art and at the world around me. He told us that drawing is more than replicating reality; it is interpreting it through our own sensibility. He taught us to notice the details, to be patient and to be guided by emotion, not only by technique. He taught us that mistakes are part of creation, and that art is about exploration, not perfection. Beyond the art lessons, he gave us lessons in life — about patience, beauty in the details, and the courage to be creative.

— Iolanda Crețoiu, on Ion Șinca

A visual artist, graduate of the Faculty of Arts and Design in Timișoara, specializing in Conservation and Restoration, with a master's in graphic art at the National University of Arts in Bucharest. She has taken part in many exhibitions and won significant prizes; in 2007 she joined the "Art Of Us" intercultural exchange in Slovakia, and since 2020 she has been a member of UNRMI and of the Romanian Artists' Union. In restoration she has worked on churches in Prahova and Argeș counties. One of her paintings is held in the first museum dedicated to Vlad Țepeș in Italy.

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