Location : Romania
Backgroud:
Alin Iulian Vlad is a romanian artist who lives and works in Bucharest. Since childhood he was introduced to the art of painting by his mother, who was a well known fashion designer, artist and high school art teacher. Soon he started to won multiple gold, silver and bronze medals in national and international painting contests.
He also was allured by the age of 6 by martial arts, and then mastering different styles, like Shotokan, Shito-ryu and Goju-ryu, obtaining 2DAN-black belt level, and won multiple chapionships, cups, and the title of National Champion by the age of 21. At the age of 22, he gave up martial arts and dedicated himself to two collages, studiing International Relations & European Studies and Politics & European Economy, owning two licences and two Master’s degrees.

Style:
His painting style is unique, using nonconformist style, painting tools and instruments. His style has a powerful emotional intensity, being influenced by his life experiences and bold personality, with influences from abstract expressionism, all combined in allover compositions, calligraphic style, highly idiosyncratic and, some feel, even nihilistic. There are some stylistic similarities to the american painter Jackson Pollock from early 20th century. Although it is true that spontaneity or the impression of spontaneity characterized many of the abstract expressionists' works, most of these paintings involved careful planning, especially since their large size demanded it.