The first solo exhibition by Romanian born artist Syona opens at the “Au Fond du Bois” Gallery, in Tervuren, Belgium, on Monday 3rd of February 2020, from 7 pm, in presence of the artist. The exhibition features 34 abstract acrylic paintings, which will be on display until 9th of February.

​

Romanian by birth, Syona moved to the UK in 2018 and started to paint “upon a call received in her heart”, as she likes to say, embracing painting as a career, after a brilliant previous career as a dancer and choreographer. 

 

Syona has always been an adventurer. She constantly explores new territories, seeking to be in-tune with the energy around her. In a state of resonance with the world, she attempts to ride a way with every instant, acting as a channel through her brush and other tools for the forces of nature, not least the power of gravity, that carries paint onto her canvas.

Her work is one deeply rooted into the material world, connected to spirit, as much as to matter, to the winds that shape clouds, the currents that animate water, the slow movements of the earth’s crust, as hills and valleys are shaped, as well as to the movements of her own consciousness and imagination.

 

“When I paint with a certain colour, I become that colour. When I paint water, I become water. The words are clear of meanings, the questions are silent and leave me with that reaction of astonishment facing the truth, which flows in silence over me. I deconstruct stories and listen deeply. I create by allowing myself to be guided by the energy released. It’s something that happens spontaneously. I feel it powerfully in my heart and it comes out in an abstract form.”