Cosmina is a French multi-warded recently who moved to New York
Cosmina defined her unique and personal style from the influences of the theories of the founders of abstraction (Vassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee). She adopted the techniques of dripping adopted by Jackson Pollock.
Cosmina minimizes to the extreme point and line shapes-colors that appear in what she calls a “controlled serendipitous painting.”
Numerous layers and minute touches compose her paintings. Her colors are surprising and sumptuous.
Biography
Cosmina’s art attempts to translate her reflexions on the origins, and the future of humanity. She does not title her works, but only her collections based on a philosophical or metaphysical meditation. Cosmina’s paintings capture the spectator by their beauty, and induce introspection.
Cosmina’s unprecedented style is considered as unclassifiable by experts who suggested a new movement “Atmospheric Abstraction.” A bestseller, Cosmina’s works are sought-after by collectors worldwide.
She got a Master’s Degree in Japanese – INALCO (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales), and a Master‘s Degree in International Business – CPEI (Centre Préparatoire aux Echanges Internationaux).
She studied art in Paris, London, and New York.
Art experts have qualified Cosmina’s style as “Atmospheric Abstraction.”
She expresses her ideas in paintings (oil or acrylic), drawings, etchings, lithographs, screen prints, sculptures, and ceramics.
Since 2005, she has had 16 solo shows and participated in 10 international art fairs and more than 100 group exhibitions in Europe and the United States.
Cosmina is a fast-rising artist. Since 2018, Cosmina has an official certified quotation for her paintings by eminent European experts. The official average value of Cosmina’s paintings for 2019 is published on the famous guide Akoun (“The Bible” for art collectors, dealers, and experts)
She is represented exclusively by Max Laniado since 2007, and her works are part of numerous prestigious collections on the five continents.
Many art books and publications have been dedicated to her work. “COSMINA: Paintings 2006-2021” published in August 2021 gathers 153 color photos of her paintings achieved from 2006.
Passionate about art history, Cosmina explained her views about abstraction in numerous writings. Three books have been published: “Toward Abstraction -The Path to Abstraction in Modern Art” (2017), “Paul Klee’s Legacy” (2018), and “Paul Klee – Art and Teachings” (2018).
In 2018, Cosmina started a series of books called “The Seeds of Creation” dedicated to the creative process of living artists. Three books assembling interviews conducted by Cosmina with artists based in New York have been published until now: “Interviews with 18 Contemporary Women Artists” (2019), “Artists During the 2020 Pandemic” (2020), and “Art and Spirituality” (2021).
The Most Remarkable Paintings By Cosmina
Biography
Cosmina ENE is a French artist born in Romania in 1968.
She lived in France for 31 years before moving to New York in 2015.
She got a Master’s Degree in Japanese – INALCO (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales), and a Master‘s Degree in International Business – CPEI (Centre Préparatoire aux Echanges Internationaux).
She studied art in Paris, London, and New York.
Art experts have qualified Cosmina’s style as “Atmospheric Abstraction.”
She expresses her ideas in paintings (oil or acrylic), drawings, etchings, lithographs, screen prints, sculptures, and ceramics.
Since 2005, she has had 16 solo shows and participated in 10 international art fairs and more than 100 group exhibitions in Europe and the United States.
Cosmina is a fast-rising artist. Since 2018, Cosmina has an official certified quotation for her paintings by eminent European experts. The official average value of Cosmina’s paintings for 2019 is published on the famous guide Akoun (“The Bible” for art collectors, dealers, and experts)
She is represented exclusively by Max Laniado since 2007, and her works are part of numerous prestigious collections on the five continents.
Many art books and publications have been dedicated to her work. “COSMINA: Paintings 2006-2021” published in August 2021 gathers 153 color photos of her paintings achieved from 2006.
Passionate about art history, Cosmina explained her views about abstraction in numerous writings. Three books have been published: “Toward Abstraction -The Path to Abstraction in Modern Art” (2017), “Paul Klee’s Legacy” (2018), and “Paul Klee – Art and Teachings” (2018).
In 2018, Cosmina started a series of books called “The Seeds of Creation” dedicated to the creative process of living artists. Three books assembling interviews conducted by Cosmina with artists based in New York have been published until now: “Interviews with 18 Contemporary Women Artists” (2019), “Artists During the 2020 Pandemic” (2020), and “Art and Spirituality” (2021).
Statement
A Very Personal Style (Artistic Approach explained by Cosmina)
My painting style was built little by little through my personal life experience. Born in Europe and raised in France, I was initiated into oil painting at the early age of eight. Since then, I have always used oil paint that European painters have used for many centuries. I think it is the most durable and pleasing medium with which to work.
I graduated from university with a degree in the Japanese language and culture. I also studied Chinese painting and practiced Japanese calligraphy. This is why I like to structure my compositions based on the duality symbolized by the yin and the yang, light and dark, empty and full. I spend a lot of time on each painting, finding this balance, emphasizing the spiritual expression, and creating colors suitable for meditation.
Since 2006, I have chosen an abstract idea to give a common thread to my works and build a collection. I usually develop my views through ten or twelve paintings in varying colors and compositions.
After reading Wassily Kandinsky’s and Paul Klee’s writings, I decided to reduce the graphics to their simplest expression: point and line. The unique purpose of these “shapes-colors” is to trigger the expression of feelings. The absence of any object suggestion strengthens the idea that there is no need for words – something does not need to be described to be felt. I do not expect viewers to search for any hidden representation of subjects or visual interpretation.
I chose the approach of “drip painting” adopted by Jackson Pollock. These unexpected and unpredictable flecks of paint, flung with controlled randomness upon the canvas, are a way to free the deeply buried emotions within us. Painting in this way led me to create an approach that I call “controlled serendipitous painting.” I use different unconventional tools to control the shape of my paint marks and the intensity of their color. This method allows me to work upon a canvas in a spontaneous manner that reflects the nature of the universe. It also serves to express the complexity of human thinking and the unpredictability of human reactions.
I work until these unpredictable paint marks translate perfectly the feelings I wish to express. When I reach this goal, a painting is finished.
Working on the floor and turning around my canvas, as the Amerindians did on the sand, gives me the feeling of actively participating in the construction of my work and allows me to physically and mentally absorb myself into the pictorial universe.
I like being overwhelmed by colors, and I enjoy this journey “into” the painting. I expect the same behavior from viewers: to immerse in my universe and allow their senses to awaken. I just want to induce an emotional experience.
Press
“Cosmina – Paintings 2006-2021” is the first to book to showcase most of Cosmina’s paintings on canvas between 2006 and 2021. 338 pages – 153 color photos of her paintings. – Texts are in English and French.
this book is available on Amazon