Oana Maria Pop (b 1989) is a Romanian mixed media artist who employs silicone, colour and photography as her primary mediums to depict the human form, exploring themes related to its evolution, existence, and connection with the broader world and universe.

 

She is a PhD candidate at the University of Fine Arts and Design, Cluj-Napoca, focusing on the study of feminism and the representation of women in art and society. Her research and work explore abusive behaviour in contemporary society and the treatment of underprivileged citizens, especially women and young girls. 

Through her practice, she aims to expose the disparaging language in which women’s issues get reviewed and to alter the idea that women’s bodies should perform as dictated by rigid societal principles.

 

For her BA and MA degrees, she investigated the subject of R.E.M. dreaming as a commentary for the 80s and 90s generations in contemporary Romania and on Romanian consumerism depicted through a visual metaphor of the act of eating. She was awarded an Erasmus scholarship in Italy at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia and in Berlin at Tanya Leighton Gallery. 

 

In 2023 she undertook an artist in residency program in Berlin granted by Urban Nation Museum and Stiftung Berliner Leben, exploring media linguistics and analysing the written use of language in the press reports of domestic violence and femicide.