Adina Andrus

Born in Romania/ Works in NY

BIO

Adina Andrus works across various media, creating 2D mixed media pieces, sculptures, drawings and installations that confront questions of memory, belonging, and visual culture across time and space. Her works, while rooted in the ancient and folk art of her native country, Romania, allude to a universal pool of images and symbols that we inherit, consume and are guided by, while simultaneously interpreting them and contributing new, contemporary meanings.

Andrus has exhibited work in New York City and in numerous galleries across the United States, including the St. Louis Artists Guild, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild and Ely Contemporary Art Center, as well as in Bucharest, Romania. She studied art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA and the Art Students’ League in New York City. In 2020 she was a recipient of the Queens Council for the Arts New Work Grant.

You’ll like Adina if: you love hearing stories that have been passed down from generation to generation

"My work is symbolic of everyday habits and momentous rituals that signify our sense of belonging and cultural identity. Drawing in part from ancient imagery, as well as folk art from my native country Romania, I find commonalities across history and place, eliciting a recognition of various signs and symbols, while also opening them up to modern interpretation."