Liliana Mercioiu Popa

Liliana Mercioiu Popa (b. 1975, Târgu Jiu) lives and works in Timişoara. She uses text, drawing and painting in a conceptual manner, as well as photography and site-specific intervention in relation to the city, covering macro- and micro-historical contexts. Her own becoming in relation to the development of the world, the historical evolution of social and cultural climate in which she lives, the balance of forces and determinations that create the identity of a community, of a social group or of an individual, are recurrent aspects in her art. She is also interested in deciphering those “incidents/accidents”, which make it possible to access some aspects of existence beyond the visibility. In the last years, she has been very involved in the exhibitions activities of the Avantpost Platform, contributing to the initiation of some of them such as: Becoming Connected, 2015 or Universallowed, 2017. Selected exhibitions: Common Space, Art Encounters, Timişoara (2018); Medial Space, Galateca, Bucharest (2016); Variable Geometry, Jecza Gallery, Timişoara (2014); Universallowed, Tower of the Battery Factory, Timişoara (2017); Hidden Agenda, Scena9, Bucharest (2016); Becoming Connected, Art Encounters Biennial, ’89 Revolution Memorial, Timişoara (2015); Possible-Unsure, Timco Halls, Timişoara (2011); In the Light of Utopia, Romanian Cultural Institute, London (2010); and 7 Terraces Open to the World, Sanaa Building, Essen (2009).