Sanda Iliescu is a Romanian-born, American artist and educator whose work spans the media of painting, drawing, and collage. Outside the studio, she makes murals and installations, some with students at the University of Virginia, where she is associate professor of art and design. Molly Krom Gallery based in New York and Berlin, and Les Yeux du Monde Gallery in Charlottesville represent Iliescu’s work. Iliescu received her B.S.E. in civil engineering and M.Arch. in architecture, both from Princeton University. Her professional awards include The Rome Prize, a MacDowell Fellowship in painting, and The Distinguished Artist Award of the New Jersey State Council of the Arts. Scholarly writing on Iliescu’s artwork include essays by Carmen Bambach of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and Paul Barolsky of the University of Virginia.
Sanda Iliescu
Studios
Eastman
Sanda Iliescu worked in the Eastman studio.
Thanks to the generous support of MacDowell Fellow and board member Louise Eastman, this century-old farm building was reinvented as a modern, energy efficient live and workspace for visual artists. Originally built in 1915 to house a forge and provide storage when the residency program was expanding, this small barn was simply converted for…