I was born in Salonta, a small lovely Romanian town. Currently, I live in Oradea, a town in the Transylvania region of Romania. I have graduated from the University of Visual Arts Oradea and I am a member of the Romanian Professional Artists Association, painting Department.

I take my inspiration out of nature, I am fascinated by the interaction of the four elements: fire, water, sky and earth. I am also interested in the intensity of the light at different times of the day, and its influence over the colors. The intensity of human emotions is another theme which has a lot of my attention. I try to filter all these through my personality and express them through various techniques, focusing on the chromatic aspects. My works are created in oil, acrylic or mixed media on canvas using both brush and “dripping” techniques. Depending on the theme of the composition, the pair of dripping and lines either confer a dynamic aspect or provide a calming atmosphere when the case. The theme is the deciding factor for the proportions of the different techniques. I also sometimes tend to use the directed fusion technique, usually delimiting the impacted areas by black embossed lines. Thus, this creates a stained glass-like effect.

The majority of my paintings are created in the abstract style with impressionist influences in regards to color and especially light. Sometimes the abstract elements are combined with figurative ones. When this is the case, the harmonization of stylistic contrasts is achieved through chromatics and technique. Feminine figures are sometimes represented in a realistic style, with focus on relaying the character’s emotion. Abstract elements and the “dripping” technique are not missing from the composition. Here, I would fall under postmodernism, using an older style in a modern context.

Like a multicolored stained glass, the paintings of the artist Eugenia Mangra have a specific impact, generated by the intense and vivid brightness of the spectral colors, arranged in a subtle balance, and alternating between the solar shades of red, yellow, orange and the cold ones of blue, green, violet. Whatever the addressed motif, abstract compositions help define a subjective style, a universe of wonderful beauty, where the alert graphism separates the mosaics of color shades.

The modernism of the images derives from the dynamism of plastic expression: color spaces defined by undulating lines crisscrossing large, pictorial surfaces, giving rise to random rhythms, always unique, enriched by the specific footprint of the dripping. Through the specific processes of gestural painting, Eugenia Mangra transfers on canvas not only her primordial passion for color, but also the emotion, the intensity of the feelings induced by the beauty of creation, synthesized by four elements: Fire, Water, Sky and Earth. The intense and rich brightness of the solar shades help define the symbolic meaning of the works, the artist frequently explores cosmic implications, but also the spiritual or passionate side of the fire element. Depending on the subject of the work, the red color corresponds to the sun, the summer, or to emotion, heart passions and inner fire: The Land of the Sun, Burning Light, Under the Moonlight, Triumph of the Sun, Dawn, Sunshine through the Rain, Seasons of the Sun, Sunset Touch, The Birth of the Phoenix, The Glow of Love, The Passion of Life, Love, The Rhythm of Love, On the Wings of Love, Eternal Love. Other important works: The Other Side of the Ocean, The Glare of the Night, Waiting for Tonight, Skylight, From Dusk Till Dawn impress through the discrete glow of shades of cobalt blue or green. Another pictorial series capitalizes the geometric symbolism of the circle, the wheel of destiny, par excellence symbol of movement, transformation and cosmic infinity:Circle of Life, Across Time, Endless Moment, Fire and Water. The temperate modernism of the artist sometimes integrates figurative elements, especially portraits, exploring the mystery of feminine subjects: Desire, Ancestral Dream, Sensuality, Moon Dance, Fire and Ice, Flamenco Dancer.

Whether they express the essence of cosmic elements and metamorphoses, or suggest the intensity of a state of mind, the paintings of Eugenia Mangra conquer the viewer through the mirage of blazing colors and a deep inner dynamism, inherent to the approached techniques and themes.

Dr. Agata Chifor, art historian

2022 - International Festival of Arts Recycling Therapies Education, curator dr. prof. Ofelia Hutul, Iasi, Romania

2022 - International Exhibition Contest EMINESCIANA, curator dr. prof. Ofelia Hutul, Iasi, Romania

2021 - Visual Art Exhibition CAREU DE DAME, ION NEAGOE Art Galleries, Iasi, Romania

2021 - Moldavian Salons, C. Brancusi Exhibition Center, Chisinau, Moldova

2021- CONSTRUCT - SALON 2021, curator dr. Ramona Novicov, art historian and art critic, Oradea REPERAJ Fortress Gallery, Romania

2021 - Luminescence, curator dr. Ramona Novicov, art historian art critic, Oradea REPERAJ Fortress Gallery, Romania

2020 - After 30 years - look back to the future, Teodora Talhos - curator, REPERAJ CETATE Galleries, Oradea, Romania

2020 - 100 ANNUAL CENTENARY SALON, REPERAJ CETATE Galleries, Oradea, Romania

2020 - Rochester Contemporary Art Center, NY, U. S. A.

2020 - Portrait and Self-Portrait - Visual Art Exhibition / Ion Neagoe Art Galleries - Iasi, Romania

2019 - ART AND EXPERIMENT - MATRIX, Oradea REPERAJ Fortress Gallery, Romania

2019 - UAP Art Salon, Oradea REPERAJ Fortress Gallery, Romania

2019 - Visual Art Exhibition CAREU DE DAME, ION NEAGOE Art Galleries, Iasi, Romania

2019 - Rochester Contemporary Art Center, NY, U. S. A.

2018 - 100 ANNUAL CENTENARY SALON, REPERAJ CETATE Galleries, Oradea, Romania

2018 - International Festival A. R. T. E., Victoria Gallery, Iasi, Romania

2018 - Rochester Contemporary Art Center, NY, U. S. A.

2018 - Palace of the Parliament Bucharest, C. Brancusi Hall, Biennale of Arts THE STORIES OF THE UNICORN, Bucharest, Romania

2018 - World Fair Exhibition, Canton Museum of Art, Ohio, U. S. A.

2017 - UAP Art Salon, Oradea Fortress Gallery, Romania

2017 - LASCAR VOREL National Art Biennale, Piatra - Neamt Art Museum, Romania

2017 - Moldavian Salons, C. Brancusi Exhibition Center, Chisinau, Moldova

2017 - FEMINA INVICTA Exhibition, Carol Galleries, Bucharest, Romania

2016 - Bridges and Signs, UAP Art Gallery, Oradea, Romania

2016 - ArtRiyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2016 - International Exhibition Contest EMINESCIANA VI, N.TONITZA Art Galery, Iasi, Barlad, Romania (awarded with Distinction of Dr. Constantin Teodorescu Cultural Foundation, Barlad)

2016 - International Exhibition ART. CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, Cupola Art Gallery, Iasi, Romania

2015 - Municipal Art Salon Oradea - National Museum of Fine Arts, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

2015 - National Art Biennial, Piatra Neamt Art Museum, Romania

2015 - Moldavian Salons, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

2015 - Selected by the international Selections Committee to participate in the 10th Edition of the Florence Biennale, Italy

2015 - Zenit Nadir Gallery, Oradea, Romania

2014 - Municipal Art Salon, Crisurilor County Museum, Oradea, Romania

2014 - Palace of the Parliament Bucharest, C. Brancusi Hall, International Art Salon

2013 - Crisurilor County Museum, Baroque Palace, Oradea, Romania

2013 - International Biennial of Painting CHISINAU - 2013, Moldova

2013 - International Exhibition, BALCIC – Artists Without Borders, Ruse, Bulgaria

2012 - International Exhibition, Silistra Art Gallery, Bulgaria

2012 - SAFTH Expo 2012, Newaygo, Michigan, USA

2012 - National Fine Art Exhibition, Cultural Center "George Topirceanu" Curtea de Arges, Romania

2012 - National Salon of Fine Arts - Attitudes, Miercurea Ciuc, Romania

2012 - UAP ARTEX Gallery, Ramnicu Valcea, Romania

2011 - National Fine Art Exhibition, UNESCO Cultural Center “Ionel Perlea” Slobozia, Romania

2011 - National Salon of Fine Arts - Contemporary Attitudes, Curtea de Arges, Romania

2011 - UAP Gallery Tonitza, Iasi, Romania

2011 - SALON D’ETE 2011, Galerie Art Present , Paris

2011 - National Salon of Fine Arts - Contemporary Attitudes, Tulcea, Romania

2011 - Maria Filotti Theater, Braila, Romania

2011 - Ion Andreescu Gallery, Buzau, Romania

2011 - UAP ARTEX Gallery, Ramnicu Valcea, Romania

2011 - Art Gallery Hunedoara, Romania

2011 - Tony Bulandra Theater, Targoviste, Romania

2010 - "Ion Andreescu Biennale", Buzau, Romania

2010 - National Fine Art Exhibition, UNESCO Cultural Center Ionel Perlea Slobozia, Romania

2010 - National Salon - Competition of Fine Arts "Contemporary Attitudes", Curtea de Arges, Romania (awarded with Diploma of Excellence)

2009 - Crisana Gallery, Felix , Romania

2006 - Decoration of Rodenta Stomatology Clinic, Oradea, Romania

2005 - Cultural Centre Liviu Rebreanu, Aiud, Romania

2004 - Crisurilor County Museum, Baroque Palace , Oradea, Romania

2001 - 2004 - Oradea Fortress Gallery, Romania

2000 - Michigan, USA

1990 - 2000 - Crisana Gallery, Felix , Romania

1994 - Lotus Hotel Gallery, Felix, Romania

1991 - Art-Expo. Vat, Hungary

1991 - Art-Expo. Budapesta, Va, Hungary

1990 - Schwedt , Lewerkusen, Germany

1990 - Crisana Gallery, Felix, Romania

1987 - Dalles Gallery, Bucharest, Romania

Painting Prize, CAREU DE DAME Exhibition,2021

Painting Prize - Iasi identities,Visual Art Exhibition, 2020

Diploma of Excellence - Portrait and Self-Portrait - Visual Art Exhibition, Iasi, Romania, 2020

Painting Prize - Portrait and Self-Portrait - Visual Art Exhibition - Iasi, Romania, 2020,

Diploma of Excellence, CAREU DE DAME Exhibition, UAPR Iasi, Iasi, Romania 2019

Painting Prize, CAREU DE DAME Exhibition, UAPR Iasi - Iasi, Romania 2019

International Competition of Eminescian Creation VI, Distinction of the Dr. Constantin Teodorescu Cultural Foundation, Barlad 2016 (International)

Artslant 1st 2014 Showcase Winner (International)

Silver Award, Artmajeur, 2012 (International)

Artslant 4th 2011 Showcase Winner (International)

Silver Award, Artmajeur, 2010 (International)

National Salon - Competition of Fine Arts - Contemporary Attitudes, Diploma of Excellence, Curtea de Arges, Romania 2010 (National)

Artslant Juried Showcase Winner, 2009 (International)