Bianca Pirlog
b. 1994, Brăila, Romania
Lives and works in London
I am a London-based contemporary artist working across painting and mediated mixed-media processes. My practice is defined by a restrained yet emotionally charged visual language, exploring psychological interiority and healing.
I graduated from the University of the Arts London and developed my vision through studies in Japan, where engagement with Eastern philosophy and aesthetics shapes the contemplative precision of my work, in which silence, surface, and material presence exist in deliberate balance.
My trajectory across Romania, London, and Japan informs a practice in which identity is fluid and continuously reconfigured. Romania grounded me in historical awareness and emotional depth, London exposed me to hybridity and reinvention, and Japan cultivated a sensitivity to impermanence and restraint.
Portraiture lies at the core of my visual language. Figures exist in suspended psychological states, often beginning from self-portraiture and subtly altered, forming a camouflage — a recalibration of the self within shifting cultural and emotional landscapes.
I build each work slowly, through accumulation and restraint. Texture becomes structural — at times recalling skin: luminous, layered, and resilient, reinforcing vulnerability and endurance while leaving a sense of quiet affirmation. Layered surfaces of oil, ink, diamond dust, and gold leaf on canvas carry conceptual and emotional weight. Some compositions are refined through mediated processes, exploring new possibilities of perception without replacing the tactile process of painting.
A lasting influence is Kintsugi — the visible integration of rupture. Fracture becomes structure; damage becomes history. Gold fissures in my portraits mark transformation rather than conceal it.
I have presented selected works internationally, including in London, Paris, New York, Kyoto, Cologne, Dubai, Venice, and Miami, and at institutions such as the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant (UNESCO), National Library of Romania, Romanian National Commission for UNESCO, Bucharest, Romania. My practice has been recognised with selected distinctions, featured in publications and television, and I am the recipient of the Excellence in Culture Award.
Selected Exhibitions
Florence Biennale — Florence, Italy | October 2027 (Upcoming)
The Grand Egyptian Museum — Cairo, Egypt | December 2026 (Upcoming)
European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM) — Barcelona, Spain | October 2026 (Upcoming)
Modern Fine Art Gallery — Vienna, Austria | October 2026 (Upcoming)
TAP Gallery, Turner Art Perspective — Chelmsford, UK | October 2026 (Upcoming)
James Baird Gallery — Canada | September
Monaco Art Fair — Monaco | September
Women in Art Biennale — Chelsea Old Town Hall — London, United Kingdom
Venanzo Crocetti Foundation and Museum — Rome, Italy | June
Artio Gallery — New York, USA | June
European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM) — Barcelona, Spain | April
Carrousel du Louvre — Paris, France | April
Face to Face — Creative Debuts — London, United Kingdom | March
Bellini Museum — Florence, Italy | January
Modern Fine Art Gallery — Vienna & Graz, Austria - Artist Representation & Representation of Selected Works, 2026–present
Awards & Distinctions
International Prize “Artist in the Art History” — Palazzo Borghese, Florence
“The Universal Genius” — Tribute to Leonardo da Vinci — National Museum of Science and Technology “Leonardo da Vinci”, Milan
Excellence in Culture Award — Romanian Ministry of Culture, Directorate for Culture Brăila
Rotary Club Brăila Art Competition — Certificate of Merit & Bursary — Rotary Club Brăila
Women in Art Excellence Award — Recognising Outstanding Achievement and Impact in the Visual Arts
Women in Art Prize 2026 — Finalist (Top 25) — Women in Art Prize CIC, British Library, London.
RBSA Prize Exhibition 2026 — Selected Artist, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA), Birmingham, UK
Selected Press & Publications
Women United ART Magazine — Issue XIV
Artist interview and feature
Monaco Info
Le salon art3f s’expose à Fontvieille
Artwork featured in coverage of art3f Monaco
Culturalee
The Women in Art Prize Celebrates its 9th Annual Awards Ceremony at the British Library
Event coverage by Lee Sharrock
Magazine Lifestyle
Women in Art Biennale, London.
Event coverage
AATONAU
Bianca Pirlog: Gilding the Fractures of Identity. Artist feature
Art Seen Magazine — Issue 19
Artist feature
Libertatea
Bianca Pîrlog, the Contemporary Artist Transforming Fragility into Strength
Profile and interview by Ana Botezatu
Getty Images / WireImage
Art Shopping Paris 2026 Press Preview — Arrivals at Carrousel du Louvre
Photography by Foc Kan
The Gulf Observer
Romanian Artist Bianca Pirlog to Exhibit Across Major European Art Venues in 2026
Editorial feature
Romania Insider
Romanian Artist Bianca Pîrlog to Exhibit Work in Barcelona, London, Paris and Monaco in 2026. By Irina Marica
România Culturală
Artist profile exploring Bianca Pirlog’s practice and international career
Empower Artists Magazine
Artist interview
Artistcloseup Contemporary Art Magazine — Issue 43
Artist feature and print publication
Books & Catalogues
International Prize “Artist in the Art History”.
Published book
“The Universal Genius” — Tribute to Leonardo da Vinci. Published book
The Form of the Invisible: Art as Revelation and Cure for the World. Contemporary art catalogue. Curated by Monica Ferrarini with Alice Di Piero. Editore International.
''The gold is not placed over the fracture. It is placed because of it.''
