DIANA CEPLEANU

In her works, Diana Cepleanu processes impressions from her surroundings, reflecting on her subjets from a personal and intimate perspective. Cepleanu is by choice a discrete presence in the Romanian art scene.
Yet, her paintings are powerful and convey a sense of timelesness that connects her with artists of her generation such as Ioana Batranu, although they have very different approaches. Whether she is painting the portraits of her children, her self-portraits or elements from nature, Cepleanu acts with a sharp sense of observation, revealing the essence of people and things that surround her: from onions and cabbages, wild flowers or trees in her favourite corner of a Bucharest park to an empty plastic bag shaped by the wind.

Diana Cepleanu (*1957 in Bucharest, Romania) lives and works in Bucharest.

Selected exhibitions include: The Quiet, Yutaka Kikutake Gallery, Tokyo (2026); Late Summer Spritz, Museum of Recent Art / MARe, Bucharest (2026); Galeria Plan B, Berlin (solo exhibition, 2026); Salon, Lismore Castle Arts, Lismore (2026); Looking Back / The 16th White Columns Annual, White Columns, New York (2026); IT’S NO CRIME TO TICKLE TIME. 20 Years of Plan B, Galeria Plan B, Berlin (2025); Madeleine Moments, Union Pacific, London (2025); Now, kaufmann repetto, New York (2025); Denonce-Moi, dependance, Brussels (2025); There were times I wanted to change the world, Paltim Timisoara, Timisoara (2025); Reunion, AYE Project Space, Hong Kong (2025); Last Night I Dreamt of Manderley, curated by Daniel Malarkey, Alison Jacques, London (2025); snow falls over car hoods over david’s valley, Lutnita, Chisinau (2024); The Humming of Colors, Art Chosun Space, Seoul (2024); autoportret, Galeria Plan B, Berlin (2023); Lutnita, Chisinau (2023); Voyage dans la couleur (Journey in Color), Vila Magdalena, Nice (2020); Galeria Anticariat Curtea Veche, Bucharest (solo exhibitions, 2019 and 2014); Predelut 4, Arcus Cultural Center, Sf. Gheorghe (2019); Pentimento – 5th International Biennial of The Art of Miniature, Ruse (2015); P_ictori olteni de ieri si de azi,_ Muzeul de Arta, Targu Jiu (2010); Volare (Fly), Desenzano del Garda (2010); EMOZIONI TRA CIELO E MARE (Emotions between sky and sea), Il Gazebo di Gaeta (2010); I ritrattisti (The Portraitists), Il Borgo Gallery, Milan (2009); Pictori peisagisti in gradina Palatului Cotroceni, Galeria Muzeului National Cotroceni, Bucharest (2007); Pictura ca murmur, Galeria Anticariat Curtea Veche, Bucharest (2007); Chipuri de pictori, Galeriile Artexpo, Bucharest (1996).

Courtesy Galeria Plan B