I’m a visual artist from Romania currently living in Edinburgh. My recent work involves photography and moving image in which I use myself as a model, experimenting with my body and everyday objects to improvise scenes and create unnatural or subtly distorted images. (Oana Stanciu, b.1988)
AWARDS
- VACMA - Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award, 2023
- Stills Award 2023
- Order of Cultural Merit in the rank of Knight - for contribution to Romanian culture in the UK, Awarded by the President of Romania, 2022
- RSA Morton Award 2021
- Hope Scott Trust Grant, 2020
- Royal Scottish Academy Residencies for Scotland 2019
- Royal Scottish Academy Meyer Oppenheim Prize - for a work in any medium by an artist under 35, 2017
- Ingleby Award - Award offered by Ingleby Gallery, 2016
- Royal Scottish Academy Latimer Award - for meritorious work by artists under 35, 2016
- Bucharest National University of Arts Award - for best project in Fine Art Department, 2013
- Contempora2 - 3rd prize, 2011
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
- Evolutions - Award winners in focus, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 2024
- Studies Festive Exhibition at Studies in Photography, Edinburgh West End, 2024
- Society of Scottish Artists 126th Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 2024
- Outwith Festival, Pittencrieff House, Dunfermline, 2024
- Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh, 2024
- Touch Nature, /SAC (Contemporary Art Space) Malmaison, Bucharest, 2024
- Control, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery & Goethe Institute, Bucharest, 2024
- Visual Arts Scotland (VAS) Centenary, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 2024
- Viewpoint CutLog, Society of Scottish Artists (SSA), Maclaurin Art Gallery, Ayr, 2023
- All the Joy, Tatha Gallery, Newport on Tay, 2023
- Synthesis, Art Spot Korin, Kyoto, Japan, 2023
- Synthesis, Summerhall Meadows and Corner Galleries, 2023
- Environments, Hidden Door Festival - Edinburgh, 2023
- Twenty-Five, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, 2023
- Society of Scottish Artists (SSA) 130 years | Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 2022-2023
- British Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London, Sept — Oct, 2022
- Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh, 2022
- Iron: Translating Territories, Royal Scottish Academy, 2022
- Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, (invited artist) Edinburgh, 2021
- Instalments, Ingleby Gallery, 2020-2021
- The Unseen Masterpiece, Ingleby Gallery, 2020
- Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, 2020
- Contemporary Young Artist Award, Newcastle, 2020
- One Project Messe group exhibition, London, 2020
- Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh, 2019
- Amural Art Festival, Brasov Romania, 2019
- Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh, 2019
- Sometimes I disappear, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, 2019
- Inner, outer and physical landscapes, Mottaket, Alesund Norway, 2019
- Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, Edinburgh, 2018
- Left Bank Leeds Art Prize 2018, Leeds
- Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh, 2018
- Nucleu 0006 - Alert Studio, Bucharest, 2018
- Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, Edinburgh 2017
- Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh, 2017
- Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh, 2016
- Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, 2015/16
- Tinderbox Fest, Edinburgh 2015
- Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh, 2015
- Nucleu 0001, Tipografia Gallery, Bucharest, 2014
- The Art Cooperative, Imbold Gallery, Bucharest, 2014
- M.A. Degree Exhibition, Visual Arts Centre, Bucharest, 2013
- Princess Margarita of Romania Foundation Exhibition, Romanian National Library, Bucharest, 2012
- Princess Margarita of Romania Foundation Exhibition, Metropolitan Library, Bucharest, 2012
- E.G.G., Casa Arte, Bucharest, 2012
- University Degree Show - Simeza Gallery, Bucharest, 2011
- Contempora2, Palace Hall, 2011
- EBienale, Palace Hall, Bucharest, 2011
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Royal Scottish Academy Collection
Imago Mundi Luciano Benetton Scottish Collection
RESIDENCIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS
- Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop residency (RSA), 2019
- An Talla Solais residency (RSA), Ullapool, 2019
- Invited Artist at Hidden Door Festival, 2017
- Tinderbox: Room to Play - Interdisciplinary programme for musicians, artists and game developers, Edinburgh, 2016
- Princess Margarita of Romania Scholarship for young talents, 2012-2013
- Erasmus Scholarship - Jean Monnet University, Saint Etienne, France, 2011
PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
- Exhibition review: Society of Scottish Artists 126th Annual Exhibition, The Times Scotland, 2024
- Photography Down the Line Podcast, Stills Gallery, 2022
- Arta Magazine, Romania, 2021
- Review Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, The Times, 2021
- Source Photographic Review, Autumn edition: The Unsayable - beyond words, Ireland 2020
- Studies in Photography - Winter Edition, Edinburgh 2019
- Exhibition review: Sometimes I disappear at Ingleby Gallery, The Scotsman 2019
EDUCATION
- MA in Fine Art, National University of Arts Bucharest, 2011-2013
- BA in Fine Art, National University of Arts Bucharest, 2008-2011
- VACMA - Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award, 2023
- Stills Award 2023
- Order of Cultural Merit in the rank of Knight - for contribution to Romanian culture in the UK, Awarded by the President of Romania, 2022
- RSA Morton Award 2021
- Hope Scott Trust Grant, 2020
- Royal Scottish Academy Residencies for Scotland 2019
- Royal Scottish Academy Meyer Oppenheim Prize - for a work in any medium by an artist under 35, 2017
- Ingleby Award - Award offered by Ingleby Gallery, 2016
- Royal Scottish Academy Latimer Award - for meritorious work by artists under 35, 2016
- Bucharest National University of Arts Award - for best project in Fine Art Department, 2013
- Contempora2 - 3rd prize, 2011
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
- Evolutions - Award winners in focus, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 2024
- Studies Festive Exhibition at Studies in Photography, Edinburgh West End, 2024
- Society of Scottish Artists 126th Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 2024
- Outwith Festival, Pittencrieff House, Dunfermline, 2024
- Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh, 2024
- Touch Nature, /SAC (Contemporary Art Space) Malmaison, Bucharest, 2024
- Control, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery & Goethe Institute, Bucharest, 2024
- Visual Arts Scotland (VAS) Centenary, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 2024
- Viewpoint CutLog, Society of Scottish Artists (SSA), Maclaurin Art Gallery, Ayr, 2023
- All the Joy, Tatha Gallery, Newport on Tay, 2023
- Synthesis, Art Spot Korin, Kyoto, Japan, 2023
- Synthesis, Summerhall Meadows and Corner Galleries, 2023
- Environments, Hidden Door Festival - Edinburgh, 2023
- Twenty-Five, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, 2023
- Society of Scottish Artists (SSA) 130 years | Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 2022-2023
- British Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London, Sept — Oct, 2022
- Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh, 2022
- Iron: Translating Territories, Royal Scottish Academy, 2022
- Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, (invited artist) Edinburgh, 2021
- Instalments, Ingleby Gallery, 2020-2021
- The Unseen Masterpiece, Ingleby Gallery, 2020
- Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, 2020
- Contemporary Young Artist Award, Newcastle, 2020
- One Project Messe group exhibition, London, 2020
- Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh, 2019
- Amural Art Festival, Brasov Romania, 2019
- Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh, 2019
- Sometimes I disappear, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, 2019
- Inner, outer and physical landscapes, Mottaket, Alesund Norway, 2019
- Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, Edinburgh, 2018
- Left Bank Leeds Art Prize 2018, Leeds
- Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh, 2018
- Nucleu 0006 - Alert Studio, Bucharest, 2018
- Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, Edinburgh 2017
- Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh, 2017
- Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh, 2016
- Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, 2015/16
- Tinderbox Fest, Edinburgh 2015
- Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh, 2015
- Nucleu 0001, Tipografia Gallery, Bucharest, 2014
- The Art Cooperative, Imbold Gallery, Bucharest, 2014
- M.A. Degree Exhibition, Visual Arts Centre, Bucharest, 2013
- Princess Margarita of Romania Foundation Exhibition, Romanian National Library, Bucharest, 2012
- Princess Margarita of Romania Foundation Exhibition, Metropolitan Library, Bucharest, 2012
- E.G.G., Casa Arte, Bucharest, 2012
- University Degree Show - Simeza Gallery, Bucharest, 2011
- Contempora2, Palace Hall, 2011
- EBienale, Palace Hall, Bucharest, 2011
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Royal Scottish Academy Collection
Imago Mundi Luciano Benetton Scottish Collection
RESIDENCIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS
- Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop residency (RSA), 2019
- An Talla Solais residency (RSA), Ullapool, 2019
- Invited Artist at Hidden Door Festival, 2017
- Tinderbox: Room to Play - Interdisciplinary programme for musicians, artists and game developers, Edinburgh, 2016
- Princess Margarita of Romania Scholarship for young talents, 2012-2013
- Erasmus Scholarship - Jean Monnet University, Saint Etienne, France, 2011
PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
- Exhibition review: Society of Scottish Artists 126th Annual Exhibition, The Times Scotland, 2024
- Photography Down the Line Podcast, Stills Gallery, 2022
- Arta Magazine, Romania, 2021
- Review Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, The Times, 2021
- Source Photographic Review, Autumn edition: The Unsayable - beyond words, Ireland 2020
- Studies in Photography - Winter Edition, Edinburgh 2019
- Exhibition review: Sometimes I disappear at Ingleby Gallery, The Scotsman 2019
EDUCATION
- MA in Fine Art, National University of Arts Bucharest, 2011-2013
- BA in Fine Art, National University of Arts Bucharest, 2008-2011
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