Cristina Balan

L Above All
mixed media on canvas
100x100 cm / 39x39'

L Above All

Acrylic on canvas
100x100 cm / 39x39'

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Acrylic on canvas
120 x 120 cm / 47 x 47'
This is my collab with
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We have titled it this way because 1440 represents the number of minutes in a day. It is a reminder to stop wasting time on insignificant matters, let go of past hurts and embrace a new level of harmony.

Divine Masculine
Oil, acrylic on canvas
120x90 cm / 47x35'
Authors: Cristina Balan & Olesea Muntean

This is another collab of the community, which took us 7 months to complete. It all started with a vision and because it was unusual, I invited my dear colleague Olesea Muntean to create this painting with me. The artwork reminds of what true masculinity is. It honors the strong, disciplined, confident and protective, yet kind, loving, gentle and intuitive energy.

“If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair…”

One happy day in

Thanks to everyone who contributes to the cause of the Ukrainian artist Oleg Yurov who heals through art therapy the hearts and souls of hundreds of women who lost their beloveds during the war.

I am still raising funds, any contribution is greatly appreciated! 🙏💗

Here is a feedback of one of Oleg's beneficiaries:

"After this art class, I discovered remnants of signs of life in me, although I considered myself dead for almost half a year.

At the very beginning of my journey after the loss ... I was sure that I would never be able to smile again, but I could, and realized this only when I looked at the photo after the our art class.

But the most important thing is that I LIVED these two days. I lived them in my emotions and thoughts about my beloved. My emotions were transformed from negative (exhausting pain ......) into positive. It's all thanks to you! You made my weekend. Art therapy truly works!"

În perioada 17-29.01.2023 te așteptăm la Galeria Galateca la expoziția „𝐈 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐖𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥”.

🔸 Artiste: 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧 – 𝗗𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮 - 𝐎𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐧 - 𝐘𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐯𝐬𝐤𝐢
(membre ale colectivului de artiști 𝐈𝐧𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐀𝐫𝐭 din 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐯𝐚)

🔸 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐣: 𝟏𝟕.𝟎𝟏.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑, 𝟔 𝐏𝐌
cu participarea lui 𝐃𝐉 𝐒𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐳

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Spirala a fost considerată în multe culturi drept un simbol sacru, fiind întâlnită în mai toate reprezentările cu referire la viață, dezvoltare și progres. Un simbol al naturii ciclice a evoluției, în care ritmurile se repetă, evocând un traseu arhetipal al creșterii și transformării, în sens fizic și spiritual. Forța cercurilor concentrice în jurul unui punct central – o exprimare vizuala a divinității, o reprezentare a legăturii sacre și neîntrerupte între macrocosmos și microcosmos, o conexiune între armonia universală și echilibrul din noi, o resursă infinită a vieții.

Spirala constituie și punctul de legătură al artiștilor reuniți în colectivul InSpirArt din Republica Moldova. Uneori cu semnificații simbolice puternice, alteori mai degrabă cu valențe estetice, în reprezentări abstracte, lucrările semnate de membrii colectivului creează un univers artistic în care spirala este omniprezentă, evocând ideea vieții și a evoluției în cele mai complexe sensuri: de la imaginea primordială - cea a divinității și a maternității, la universuri interioare și manifestări exterioare, dar și forme geometrice care se încarcă de semnificații printr-o repetiție evolutivă. Ideea dezvoltării nu se manifestă doar la nivelul reprezentării vizuale, ci și la nivelul colaborărilor artistice dintre membrii colectivului, acest proces de co-creație dând naștere unor lucrări care unesc estetici diferite, într-un tot unitar, mai complex.

𝐼 𝑊𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑒 – este titlul unui celebru cântec scris și interpretat de Johnny Cash. Dar atunci când energiile creatoare converg, linia poate trece printr-un proces transformator, evoluând sub forma complexă a unei spirale, cu toate semnificațiile pe care aceasta le conține. Așadar: 𝐼 𝑊𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑒. 𝑊𝑒 𝑊𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑎𝑙.

În context mai extins, expoziția își propune să marcheze Ziua Culturii Române, printr-o întâlnire artistică între București și Chișinău.

◼️ Un eveniment organizat de creart & Galateca

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I Walk the Line. We Walk the Spiral Cristina Balan – Daciana – Olesea Muntean – Yuliana Kilchevski (membre ale colectivul de artiști InSpirArt din Republica Moldova) Galeria GALATECA (C.A. Rosetti 2-4) 17.01 – 29.01.2023 Vernisaj: 17.01.2023, 6 PM, cu participarea lui DJ SASHA LOPEZ Spirala a fost considerată în multe cu....

Happy to announce our upcoming art show in Bucharest 🌀

𝐈 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐖𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥

𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧 – 𝗗𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮 - 𝐎𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐧 - 𝐘𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐯𝐬𝐤𝐢
members of 𝐈𝐧𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐀𝐫𝐭 artists' community

𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐀 art gallery
17.01 - 29.01.2023

𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐣: 𝟏𝟕.𝟎𝟏.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑, 𝟔 𝐏𝐌
Special guest: Host organization:

Madonna
Acrylic on canvas
100x120 cm
My collab with @ / 39x47'

This artwork depicts the mother with child. It will be featured in January at the InSpirArt art show in Bucharest art gallery. It will be exposed to a silent auction and the money will be donated to Hospices of Hope.

F a i t h
acrylic on canvas
120x100 cm / 47x39''

This is my collab with artist that will be featured on January 17th at oir art show at Galateca gallery in Bucharest.

Winter Solstice
Acrylic on canvas
120x120 cm / 47.2x47.2''

This is my collab with , my talented fellow artist for the artists' community. It will be featured at our upcoming art show in Bucharest. 🙏

This beautiful mandala depicts many ancient symbols of the Universe. It represents the energy of creation, the dance of the yin and yang, the sacred unity of life, the passage of the illusion of the time, intertwined with the energy of the winter sun 🌀

Happy winter Solistice eveyone!

F a i t h
acrylic on canvas
120x100 cm / 47x39''

This is my collab with artist Olesea Muntean❤️ The painting will be featured on January 17-29 at our art show at Galateca art gallery in Bucharest.

December 8th is the International Day of the Artist, established in 2007 by the International Association "Art of the World's Peoples".

5 years ago I decided to ditch my career, comfort, predictability and all possible rationality for something I have been always longing for - art. Was it easy? No. Was it fun? Definitely yes! Would I change anything? Never ever.

Happy artists' day to all my fellows and art lovers! ❤️

Thanks to Mr Plamen Milanov, Honorable Chairman of Association for Supporting Community and Sports Initiatives for purchasing my painting at the auction last year and for acquiring the paintings of the members this year donated to us in support of beneficiaries.

Only with common effort we can uplift our community in these trying times.

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Cristina Balan apare din nou pe prima pagină a unei publicații de artă londoneze - BreakingNews Artcolul întinulat “De ce arta are puterea de a schimba lumea” este publicat de Yulia Chmelenko, absolventa Universității din Chicago, curator, critic si istoric de artă, membru al Asociatiei Internationale a Criticilor de Artă. “Ne afectează oare arta vizuală? Este oare una dintre resp...

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Cristina Balan, pe prima pagină a unei publicații - Evenimentul.md Cristina Balan, membru al comunitatii InSpirArt, apare din nou pe prima pagină a unei publicații de artă londoneze. Artcolul întinulat “De ce arta are puterea de a schimba lumea” este publicat de Yulia Chmelenko, absolventa Universității din Chicago, curator, critic si istoric de artă, .....

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INSPIRART ARTISTS’ COMMUNITY I have met four amazing young artists at a group show “Moldova Has Art” in June of 2022, and decided to join forces and create an artist community, which we titled InSpirArt. As each artists had their own style, we decided to use the Spiral, the symbol of evolution, as our main theme for a serie...

Thanks to Yulia Chmelenko, assyriologist, art historian, and art consultant, member of International Association of Art Critics (AICA) for my art review ❤️. Yulia has been my teacher at the Kiev-based Art Business Academy / global postgraduate institute

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Why art has the power to change the world - Russian Art + Culture Does visual art affect us? Is one of the major responsibilities of artists to make people feel the art emotionally and physically?

The InSpirArt exhibition came to an end in Moldova. It was of such success that we couldnt even imagine.

Four months ago me and my fellow artists came up with the idea to create a series of paintings depicting the spiral as a symbol of evolution. For this beautiful project to come to life, an incredibly large team has joined our efforts. They all understood the purpose and shouldered our cause. We aimed to inspire people and our spirals have reached hundreds of hearts.

Our art show had an spectacular outreach, over 25 media outlets featured it. We had visitors who came to the exhibition for 3 times in a row. We have witnessed the entire range of reactions, including tears. I don't if there is anything that can be more precious than this. People need art, people need beauty and hope. This is something that no one can take from us.

Thank you all for the supoort, I see and feel each one of you❤️

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5 хороших выставок, на которые стоит сходить прямо сейчас - Locals 5 главных выставок этого месяца.

В Арткоре пройдёт выставка четырёх художников творческого сообщества "InSpirArt" - Locals Открытие состоится в среду, 2 ноября, в 18:00, с участием авторов.

Hospices of Hope Moldova: Expoziție caritabilă, vernisată de artiștii plastici ai comunității InSpirArt Premiera vernisajului de tablouri realizate de comunitatea artiștilor plastici de artă modernă InSpirArt, dedicat unuia dintre cele mai vechi semne care alcătuiau prima scriere din lume, SPIRALA, a avut loc pe 1 noiembrie la Chișinău.

So grateful to my fellow artists from , and and everyone who attended the last night Charity Exhibition Pre-opening event! Our artists community donated four paintings to Hospices of Hope ❤️