Ioana Joa received her BFA from National University of Arts in Bucharest, Romania, and an advanced degree in painting from Accademia delle Belle Arti in Rome, Italy. Her work has been shown internationally, including Transfer:rumanien 2, Europaisches Kunstlerhaus Oberbayern,  Freising, Germany, Spazi Aperti, Rome, Italy, Shadows, Laika Gallery, Cluj, Romania; Figure in, Figure out, LC Foundation - Contemporary Art Centre, Bucharest, Romania; Buy What You Love, Rema Hort Mann Foundation, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York; Girls just want to have funds, P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York; In Between, Slag Gallery, New York; Cum a fost posibil?, sub Carturesti, Bucharest, Romania; Knesset, Jerusalem, Israel.