Ioana Georgescu is a Montreal-based artist and novelist born in Bucharest, Romania. She is presented in North America, Asia, the Middle East and Europe. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature (Aesthetics) with a dissertation on frames, framing and artistic space. In the past, she taught cinema and cross-disciplinary courses in the Italian and Cultural Studies Departments at McGill University. She speaks Romanian, English, French, Italian, Spanish and German. Her work encompasses performance, video, installation, photography, painting, drawing and writing. She has published three novels in French: Évanouissement à Shinjuku (2005), L’homme d’Asmara (2010) and La Jetée, elle s’appellera Mo (2013). Daughter of Here translated in English by Katia Grubisic was published in 2020 by LLP. Her art projects are often process-based and site-specific with a strong interest in body, site, memory, identity and displacement. Selected art venues and residencies: Homesession Barcelona,Hangar Visual Arts Center Barcelona, Jiwar Barcelona, Townhouse Gallery Cairo, Museum of Contemporary Art Novi Sad, Museum of Civilization Quebec City, Agora de la Danse (Piscine-Théâtre ) and La Centrale/ Powerhouse Gallery Montreal, Tupada’05, Tama’06 and Tutok’08 International Festivals Manila, Generali Foundation Vienna, Kapelica Gallery Ljubljana, Music Gallery and 7 *11 Festival Toronto, RIAP Quebec City, Centro em Movimento Lisbon, Biennale di Venezia in Budapest, Podwil and Tacheless Arts Centers Berlin, Jogja National Museum and Performance Klub Jogjakarta, 798 Art Zone Open Art Beijing, Manila Art Biennale.
CONTACT
E-MAIL : IOANAGEOART(@)GMAIL.COM
SELECTED LINKS BOOKS
https://www.lindaleith.com/en/Pages/bookDetail/Daughter_of_Here
http://www.marchanddefeuilles.com/portfolio-item/ioana-georgescu/
SELECTED LINKS ART
HOMESESSION ART CENTER BARCELONA
www.homesession.org/ioana-georgescu/
www.homesession.org/blog/ioana-georgescu-artista-en-residencia/
BUREAU DU QUEBEC À BARCELONE