Zina Gallery is pleased to invite you to Codruța Cernea’s first solo exhibition at Zina Gallery. Entitled “Isychia. The Phantom Island”, the exhibition reunites the artist’s new series of acrylic and watercolour paintings. The opening will take place on Saturday, June 15th, between 6 and 9 PM at the gallery’s venue- Axente Sever 14A, Cluj-Napoca.

“Isychia represents a continuous search – an ongoing journey to an unknown destination. In the process of piecing the series together, Codruța Cernea shifts through profoundly personal life inquiries – from the ambivalence related to the supreme biological impulse of “femininity actualization” (motherhood), to the prefiguration of a spiritual connection felt equally on an interpersonal level and in relation to a rapidly changing environment. Drawing from diverse research and inspiration sources: images of the cosmos, botanical elements, vegetal and anatomical structures, while keeping in touch with future aspects of human existence – interstellar travel, genetic engineering, cloning, artificial organ harvesting – Isychia becomes an expression of silent reconciliation with a reality whose potential future hostility is neutralized through a serene sense of hope.”

-excerpt from text by Tea Vindt