Ioana Maria Sisea works at the borderline between various mediums of artistic expression – ceramics, drawing, installation, sculpture or video – pursuing the perpetual change of position between sign and discourse, by complicating the relationship of the audience with the subject of the gaze. Combining studio work with a rigorous process of conceptualization, Ioana Sisea focuses on the realization of complex series of works whose production usually spans over several years.
Sisea's works revolve around the concept of ‘desire’, although never with any pre-conceived moral viewpoint. Her sculptural scenes portray the physical expression of the ‘hedonism’ which she receives from the media and translates into a three dimensional form of art. Sisea's ceramic figures are both meaningful but also full of humour, illustrating the most noticeable situations exacerbated by a ‘money buys anything society’. The absence of moral judgement enables us to look at them as they are and decide for ourselves what they can say about ‘desire’ and the society which produces these extreme examples. Approaching a subject from various directions gives her works remarkable consistency and also gives her varied approach in different mediums an added richness.
In 2022, Sisea graduated from the MA program at the Royal College of Art in London and was awarded a PhD at the University of Art and Design in Cluj- Napoca. Her projects have been presented in solo and group exhibitions at the Museum of Art, Cluj-Napoca; Royal College of Art, London; MAGMA Contemporary Art Space, Sf. Gheorghe, Romania; Zina Gallery, Cluj-Napoca and Diehl Gallery, Berlin. Sisea's works are a part of the National Museum of Art of Romania (MNAC) numerous private collections.