Maria !

Bălan

Maria ! Bălan is a graphic artist established in Bucharest where she studied graphics at the University of
Arts and building architecture at the University of Architecture and Urbanism "Ion Mincu". She is
involved in various artistic projects and has also participated in a number of national and international
exhibitions. In 2013 she took the prize for poster design of the International Biennial of Poster and Book
Illustration of Young Artists from Timișoara. In 2015 she published in a limited edition, an object book
that became part of the "artist's book" selection of the contest "The most beautiful books in Romania".
In the area of street art Maria activates mainly through small interventions in the public space made in
various engraving techniques.

Date of birth: 05-05-1987, Campina

2015 - Trainee member of the Union of Plastic Artists from Romania, Bucharest, Graphics section
2016 - 2017 - Member of the Illustrators Club
Studies
2011-2014 University of Arts, Bucharest, Graphic Section, prof. Carmen Apetrei
2005-2011 “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest, Building Architecture
Section, prof. Octavian Neculai
e-mail: maria.e.balan@gmail.com
pagini artist: http://mariaebalan.tumblr.com/
https://www.facebook.com/mariaebalan/
https://www.instagram.com/mariabalan_printmaker/

Awards
2013 - Prize of the Free Theme Poster Section of the Biennial of Poster and Book Illustration of Young
Artists, Timisoara
2016 - Doodlers Anonymous Drawing Challenge, Miami, USA

Articles about the artist

https://www.doodlersanonymous.com/post/2422/the-winner-of-our-latest-drawing-challenge-maria-
balan/#
http://www.experimentalist.ro/work/display/14160/grolsch-residence-folclor-urban-by-maria-balan
https://www.feeder.ro/2019/01/19/mariabalan-interviu-unhiddenbucharest/?
fbclid=IwAR3fGaa4mTdzMd3Tl1apSbI3m_ctXuezmlx8P7Rlrb7eIaYLUZ34n5eYR2U
https://www.iqads.ro/articol/47145/strada-e-pe-bani-maria-balan-important-e-sa-ramai-integru-in-
atelier-si-fata-de?fbclid=IwAR1MTvtwpD3t8NqlO0Es1zjt_mQ-SW1W-KOIcIP3irEA1mliObO4nSRpHIQ