Dan Voinea (b. 1970, in Brasov, RO) is a Romanian painter living and working in Craiova, known for psychologically charged figurative works. His dreamlike paintings exhibit the past and present in works that are at times alienating, at times disorienting, and at times foreboding but always powerfully rendered; the result is a body of work that is both ominous and nostalgic. Voinea blends traditional and contemporary practices in his emotional pieces—building scenes by staging live models, taking pictures of various of their moves and interactions, then painting using an old master’s technique. At a first glance there is an eerie tone underpinning these works, yet the longer one’s gaze lingers on these ambiguous surfaces, mysterious depths and bold perspectives herald a life-affirming uplift.

Voinea graduated from the National University of Arts in Bucharest, RO, with a Bachelor in Arts in Painting. He has exhibited widely at major institutions, including the National Museum of Art, Timisoara, RO; the Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu, RO; the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO; Les Cordeliers, Romans-sur-Isère, FR; and S.A.N., Sénart, FR. Most recently, Voinea presented his solo exhibition, Between Seconds: A Choreography of a Fall, at Borderline art Space in Iasi, RO.