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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Tahira Noreen - Through meticulous blade-cutting, sculptural layering, and a conceptual engagement with mapping, memory, and movement, Noreen has developed a practice that sits at the intersection of Minimalism, cartography, and personal narrative.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Zero Point Precision cutter on wasli Image courtesy: Tahira Noreen</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Tahira Noreen</image:title>
      <image:caption>My Memory Fails Me Precision cutting and pasting with wasli paper Image courtesy: Tahira Noreen</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Tahira Noreen - She notes with amusement that people often ask whether a work is three-dimensional: “It’s all 2D — the shadows create the illusion. I paint with a cutter.”</image:title>
      <image:caption>Inset I Precision cutting on wasli paper Image courtesy: Tahira Noreen</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Tahira Noreen - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Loop Precision cutting on wasli paper Image courtesy: Tahira Noreen</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Tahira Noreen - “The constant feeling is that time is passing and you sit with the work and absorb that movement.”</image:title>
      <image:caption>Home Precision cutting and pasting with wasli paper Image courtes: Tahira Noreen</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Tahira Noreen - Yet her imagination extends further still: “One day, I dream of making a time–space portal,” she says with a smile. Half-joking — but half-literal. Her work already performs this gesture, carving space and time into paper, inviting viewers to cross into a different kind of landscape.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Installation view of the artist’s Inset series (I-V) Paper cutting on wasli paper Image courtesy: Tahira Noreen</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Tahira Noreen - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>I Am Not A Machine Precision cutting on wasli paper Image courtesy: Tahira Noreen</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Tahira Noreen - Tahira Noreen embodies the spirit of Opera Art Advisory &amp; Collective — thoughtful, precise, and concept-driven, with a practice that bridges continents and histories.</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.operaadvisory.com/artists/artist-spotlight-raluca-drghici</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-01</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d159030bf3417b618b7254/cdccfd46-deea-457f-8281-34d9872a6cfa/WhatsApp+Image+2025-11-28+at+19.38.59+Medium.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Raluca Drăghici - Raluca-Ioana Drăghici is a painter whose work moves quietly between abstraction and figuration, building a visual language rooted in intuition, symbolism, and a long-standing fascination with harmony. She approaches painting as an ongoing exploration of form: an attempt to understand how images emerge, shift, and stabilize on the threshold between perception and imagination.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Raluca Drăghici - Raluca Drăghici’s artistic vocabulary began with the unexpectedly fertile motif of the butterfly. This fragile symbol of transformation, with its nearly perfect bilateral form, offered her a philosophical lens through which to examine the world. From afar, the butterfly seems ideally symmetrical; up close, every wing carries small variations. This tension between what appears perfect and what truly is gave shape to her early research.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Fleeting Wings II, Raluca Drăghici Acrylic on canvas Executed in 2025 Image courtesy of Anca Arambașa</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Raluca Drăghici - Shadows play a central role in this vision. They are not distortions but divisions of reality, traces that shape how we perceive the world’s permanence and fragility. Her images often feel staged yet transient, like fragments of a larger, imagined set that disappears the moment one attempts to define it.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Re-creating flight, Raluca Drăghici Acrylic and oil on canvas Executed in 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Raluca Drăghici - The artist’s entry into the arts was shaped by a series of unexpected turns. Before painting, she studied engineering—an experience that honed her structural thinking but left her searching for deeper expression. An early mentor in Brașov introduced her to oil painting, a moment she now describes as pivotal.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Emergence III, Raluca Drăghici Acrylic on canvas Executed in 2025 Image courtesy of Anca Arambașa</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Raluca Drăghici - After winning the Fresh competition at Elite Gallery Bucharest, Raluca Drăghici took part in a study trip to Balchik, Bulgaria, where she created ‘Vase of Flowers I’. The Balchik residency became a moment of artistic consolidation, after which her intuitive process, digital reworking, and meticulous painting were presented publicly in the group exhibition Balchik Art Residency 2025 at Elite Gallery.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Vase of Flowers I, Raluca Drăghici Acrylic on canvas Executed in 2025 Image courtesy of Anca Arambașa</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Raluca Drăghici - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Detail of Emergence III, Raluca Drăghici Acrylic on canvas Executed in 2025 Image courtesy of Anca Arambașa</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.operaadvisory.com/artists/artist-spotlight-kishwar-kiani</loc>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Kishwar Kiani - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Kishwar Kiani in her studio. Image Courtesy: Kishwar Kiani</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Kishwar Kiani - VM: Let’s go back to the beginning. How did you first find your way into sculpture? KK: I always imagined I would be a painter. But painting never gave me the same high. I ventured into sculpture as a dare to myself, and it turned out to be the best decision I ever made. My influences range from Monika Sosnowska and Cornelia Parker to Rodzy Payne and Conrad Shawcross. Furthermore, my practice still moves between representation and abstraction — and I’ve realised that abstraction, in particular, is not easy.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Installation view of Airbnb. Image Courtesy: Kishwar Kiani</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Kishwar Kiani - VM: The motif of scaffolding recurs throughout your practice. What does it signify to you? KK: Initially, it appeared as a metaphor for coexistence — for the act of building and holding things together. But over time, it became far more personal. It’s about the internal architecture that shapes who we are. Everything I create feels like an act of dismantling that — of understanding what supports me and what I must eventually let go of.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Space Between. Image Courtesy: Kishwar Kiani</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Kishwar Kiani - VM: You’ve said before that “every work takes form from the previous one.” How do continuity and disruption coexist in your creative process? KK: Continuity keeps me grounded; it’s how I trace my process. Disruption keeps me alert. Nothing is ever fixed or permanent. Every work is like an unfinished sentence — I resolve it in the next one. I enjoy the impossibility of replicating a process in exactly the same way twice; when something unexpected happens, I respond intuitively. That tension between what carries forward and what breaks apart defines my entire rhythm.</image:title>
      <image:caption>False Relics. Image Courtesy: Kishwar Kiani</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Kishwar Kiani - VM: Beyond recognition, what has been most valuable to you in terms of career development? KK: Recognition is wonderful, but what truly matters are the conversations it brings. Each award or show becomes a moment of expansion. These exchanges — the human connections — are far more valuable than any title. “Exposure through human exchange gained in exhibitions has been far more transformative than any feather in my cap.”</image:title>
      <image:caption>Installation view of He Made Me Do It. Image Courtesy: Kishwar Kiani</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Kishwar Kiani - VM: What advice would you give to younger artists who are trying to find international footing? KK: Stay true to your own vision — easier said than done, I know. Don’t bend to every shift in the market; trends fade quickly. The work that is most honest will eventually find its audience. “Work grounded in conviction leads to longevity. Recognition follows naturally from something you truly enjoy making.”</image:title>
      <image:caption>Snagging. Image Courtesy: Kishwar Kiani</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Kishwar Kiani - Kishwar Kiani’s practice is one of equilibrium — between restraint and risk, solidity and disintegration. Her works extend beyond material, becoming meditations on resilience and change. With a language rooted in persistence, she continues to build bridges across geographies and disciplines. Enquiries regarding available works or upcoming exhibitions by Kishwar Kiani may be directed to info@operaadvisory.com or explore further via operaartadvisory.com.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Space Between. Image Courtesy: Kishwar Kiani</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.operaadvisory.com/artists/artist-spotlight-andra-victoria-popescu-pav</loc>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Andra Victoria Popescu (PAV) - “I want my work to exist as an ecosystem. My art, my ideas, the way I use colour — they should all connect back to who I am.”</image:title>
      <image:caption>Girl With Pink Ribbon, collage on paper, executed in 2023. Image Courtesy: PAV.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Andra Victoria Popescu (PAV) - “My parents don’t understand what I do, yet I paint them [laughs]. They’ve always supported me, even if they couldn’t always see what I see.”</image:title>
      <image:caption>A Happy Home, oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm, executed in 2024. Image Courtesy: PAV.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Andra Victoria Popescu (PAV) - “Hilma af Klint’s work carries an abstract, spiritual weight that predates Kandinsky. It’s time to rewrite that story.”</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hilma af Klint, Group X, No. 1, Altarpiece, oil on canvas, 237,5 x 179,5 cm, executed in 1915. Image Courtesy: Guggenheim Museum, New York.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Andra Victoria Popescu (PAV) - When it comes to galleries or representation, PAV prioritizes flexibility over exclusivity. “If the relationship is right, I’m open [PAV says]. But at this stage, I want the freedom to explore.”</image:title>
      <image:caption>She Is Just Like Me?, collage on paper, 70 x 70 cm, executed in 2025. Image Courtesy: PAV.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Andra Victoria Popescu (PAV) - PAV’s artistic journey embodies the essence of Opera Art Advisory &amp; Collective’s mission: to support emerging talent, encourage dialogue between artists and collectors, and foster a new generation of art that is as honest as it is daring. Her story — a blend of reflection, colour, and courage — stands as a reminder that art’s most powerful starting point is often the self.</image:title>
      <image:caption>A Happy Ending, collage on paper, 70 x 70 cm, executed in 2023. Image Courtesy: PAV.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.operaadvisory.com/artists/artist-spotlight-alexandra-baranyi</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Alexandra Baranyi - With a practice rooted in patience and precision, Alexandra Baranyi stands among the most distinctive emerging voices in Romanian contemporary art. Working primarily with hand-processed paper and mixed media, her works explore the intersection between material fragility and emotional endurance — tracing themes of memory, trauma, the body, and poetic absence.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Alexandra Baranyi - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Installation view of Alexandra Baranyi, Wreckage, mulberry origami, 80 × 30 × 30 cm. Image Courtesy: Alexandra Baranyi</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Alexandra Baranyi - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Installation view of Anatomy of Paper, mixed media (linen, mulberry bark, mulberry paper, strings, branches), 170 × 130 cm. Image Courtesy: Alexandra Baranyi</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Alexandra Baranyi - VM: Your connection to Japan runs deep — you even teach Japanese. How has that culture shaped your artistic sensibility? AB: Japan taught me patience and respect for the process. There’s an attentiveness to materials there — to the way they breathe, the way they rest. My works are like rice fields: open, rhythmic, breathing. I don’t use Japanese concepts like ikigai as direct references, but they define my mindset. I think in that rhythm even when I work here, in Romania.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Alexandra Baranyi - VM: What are you focusing on next?   AB:   I am really keen on reconnecting with my roots in this country — exploring local pigments, studying the materials and tools used in our traditional crafts, and trying to further uncover the essence of Romanian culture. I am also interested in merging it all with my “Japanese” side, which I admit has had a stronger influence on me in recent years. That would hopefully uncover new horizons for my practice in general.   I’m also very curious to see what Opera will do in and for the Romanian art space. I believe it’s time for more independent voices and professional networks to appear — platforms that can connect Romanian artists to the wider world.</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.operaadvisory.com/artists/artist-spotlight-maria-langu</loc>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Maria Langu - She nonetheless ranked near the top of her class, later pursuing a Master’s degree whose dissertation, tackling the human body, explores the body as both matter and language: “Each person is different. The body is substance — and it expresses the mind.” For Langu, the material is never just technical; it comes from emotion itself. “If I feel anxiety,” she says, “I reach for something fragile, like plaster. If want to portray calm or strength, I use metal — something shining and unyielding.” Her approach is intuitive and experimental, oscillating between mediums: sculpture, painting, and drawing all exist as fluid stages of her expression.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Image Courtesy: Maria Langu</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Maria Langu, POST DAD, Epoxy resin, 143 x 168 x 74 cm. Image Courtesy: Maria Langu</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Maria Langu, ‘Détachement’, oil on canvas, 50 × 70 cm. Image Courtesy: Maria Langu</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Maria Langu - “My grandmother taught me determination: to try again, to insist until you get it right.”</image:title>
      <image:caption>Maria Langu, ‘Crina’, oil on canvas, 50 x 70 cm Private collection Image Courtesy: Maria Langu</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Radu Pandele - Based in Bucharest, Pandele studied painting at the National University of Arts, where he earned his BFA, before completing two separate MAs in Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca. His academic journey also included an Erasmus+ scholarship at the École Supérieure d’Art de Grenoble—an experience that, in his words, greatly broadened his international outlook on art-making and its systems of circulation.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Radu Pandele - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Detail of: Melted History, 2021, oil on canvas, 100 x 70 cm Image Courtesy: Ans Azura</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Radu Pandele - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>POINT Mural, Eremia Georgescu Street, Bucharest, Romania Image Courtesy: Sweet Damage Crew</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Radu Pandele - Space Laboratory</image:title>
      <image:caption>Airbrushed acrylic ink on canvas 150/100 cm Executed in 2023 Image Courtesy: Radu Pandele</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Artists - Artist Spotlight: Radu Pandele - VM: And what about the life of the artist—how do you see your role today?</image:title>
      <image:caption>RP: I think an artist’s life should aim toward completeness as well. For me, that means aligning thought, action, and words. It’s not just about making good paintings; it’s about striving to be a complete man. In my artistic universe, I’m constantly trying to dissect and question reality—through art, but also through daily life.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - ‘Dans Ma Rue’, Ioana Aron - “I am an artist driven by the intricate interplay of text and image in our media-saturated world,” Aron writes. This interplay has guided her through a career that spans painting, textiles, writing, performance, installation, and editorial work. International residencies, global exhibitions, and doctoral research have shaped her approach, while her role as co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of ETAJ magazine reflects a fierce commitment to artists authoring their own narratives.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Projects - ‘Dans Ma Rue’, Ioana Aron - In Dans Ma Rue’s project book, PhD art historian and curator Beth S. Gersh-Nešić begins with Hemingway’s famous line: If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man [...] Paris is a moveable feast. But as Gersh-Nešić argues, Hemingway’s sentiment “rings hollow” for many foreigners. Paris does stay in one’s memory—but more often, one feels compelled to return, to reorient oneself in its labyrinth of quartiers, arrondissements, bridges, and riversides. Each long-term visitor or immigrant carries a personal Paris, a mental map shaped by homebases and proximities: the street one lived on, the café one frequented, the alleys that filled one’s solitude or one’s joy.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Projects - ‘Dans Ma Rue’, Ioana Aron - The installation asks: Which Paris belongs to which immigrant women artists? Where did they walk, work, struggle, dream? What streets shaped their lives—and how did those spaces enter art history?</image:title>
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      <image:title>Projects - ‘Dans Ma Rue’, Ioana Aron - The installation is deeply personal: ”It developed alongside the birth of my son, who has accompanied me to every city and residency… His longing to touch and engage with art inspired a project where artworks can be entered, felt, and lived.”</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Project View of Dans Ma Rue. Courtesy of the artist</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Project View of Dans Ma Rue. Courtesy of the artist</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Projects - ‘Dans Ma Rue’, Ioana Aron - Dans Ma Rue debuted at MNAC Bucharest (2022), later traveling to: Centrul de Interes, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Awarded the Cultural Inact Foundation Prize (2024) Supported by the Goethe-Institut Culture Moves Europe grant (2024) Developed further through the Juxta Foundation monthly support program (2022–2023) Aron’s broader career includes major institutional exhibitions, international solo shows, interdisciplinary collaborations, and experimental projects such as Our Dirty Bedroom (2023), in which she lived inside her installation for three weeks.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Projects - ‘Dans Ma Rue’, Ioana Aron - At its essence, Dans Ma Rue is an invitation: To walk through someone else’s memory To inhabit the Paris of another To recognize how cities are built from the stories of those who arrive from elsewhere If one sentence could summarize the project: A walkable memory-scape where personal history meets the untold stories of women who built the city. And the emotion Ioana Aron hopes visitors carry: A sense of belonging—to a street, to a lineage, to a shared and evolving Paris.</image:title>
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