Name

Andreea Victoria Anghel

About

A bit about me: My name is Andreea Anghel, I am currently 19 and as of October 2009 I am studying for my Bachelor's Degree in Graphics at UAD Cluj-Napoca. I've developed a passion for photography and photomanipulation as a result of lack of time to actually draw what I visualise in my mind. The whole theme of my work is based on the human condition and degradation...from sins to problems or simply human nature. I've started to create them when I was 16 and I hope to keep exploring these depths. To me, they represent not only a message to my viewers, but also an attempt at trying to see beauty in imperfection.

Awards, distinctions and stuff: ● Winner of the "Design a CD cover contest" held over at www.gfxartist.com [Click here to see] ● Voted by members from www.gfxartist.com as an elite artist ● Participated in the final international exhibition from "Les 10 mots migrateurs", photography section on the front page, during the week of the French language, held by the French government in 2007 and 2008 [Click here for more info - article in Romanian language] ● Awarded a Daily Deviation on www.deviantart.com for my Bijou [Click here to see] ● Featured for over a month on the frontpage of www.humblevoice.com [Click here to see] ● Published in Photomagazine Romania, issue 27, september 2007 (www.photomagazine.ro) [Click here to see - Article in Romanian language] ● Included into Issue nr. 3 of Bulb Magazine with "Apples and pears" [Click here to see] ● Included into Issue nr. 9 of Bulb Magazine with "Centerfolds." [Click here to see] ● Participated with 4 works in a group exhibition organized by CCAB in Villefrance sur Saône, France [15.03 - 30.04.2008] ● Interviewed by DrexterMagz in Issue #8, work presentation included [Click here to download the pdf version] ● Featured on Artistaday.com on February 28 2008 [Click here to see] ● Awarded a Daily Deviation on www.deviantart.com for "The Judge III." [Click here to see] ● Second place at PhotoMagazine's contest, theme "Silhouettes" (www.photomagazine.ro). Photo featured in the February 2009 issue [Click here to see - Article in Romanian language] ● Voted as best Romanian photography blog of 2009 [Click here to see the judging page] ● Tv apprearance of my Conceptual/Surreal section (about 30 artworks) on the 15th of March 2009 at "Saptamana de stiri", a tv show on Antena3, a top news channel in Romania ● Interviewed live on Realitatea Tv Alba Iulia regarding me and my artworks on the 16th of March [Click here to see - conversation in Romanian!] ● Winner of the 2009 DigiPhoto contest in the photomanipulation category [Click here to see] ● Featured in the August 2009 issue of Fotoritim Turkish Magazine (on the cover) [Click here to see] ● Projects featured on Behance.net and Photographyserved.com ● Included into Datacolor's "Colors of my life" fine art photography book with 2 images from "The Judge" series (all benefits go to charity) [Click here to see or purchase] ● Included into George Cannon's "175 Photographers" contemporary photography book with "Schism" and "Ghosts. in your fucking closet" [Click here to see or purchase] ● Included into Viziomag's 4th edition with multiple artworks [Click here to see + Download] ● Included into Area Zinc Magazine's "Censure" issue with 3 artworks [Click here to see] ● Included into the Damned II - fine art exhibition in Detroit October 2009, alongside artists such as Marilyn Manson and H.R. Giger (3 artworks included: Greed, Inner Quarrel, L'Intrus) [Click here to see]