Artist Valentina Brostean

Artist Valentina Brostean Interdisciplinary VISUAL ARTIST. Barcelona | Turin | Novi Sad Valentina Brostean was born in 1983 in Novi Sad, Serbia, and is currently based in Turin, Italy.

Brostean holds a BFA in Graphic Design and an MFA in Illustration and Book Design from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Novi Sad. Brostean is a multidisciplinary visual artist. With over 10 years of experience in the creative world, her artistic practice takes inspiration from different art forms: she has participated in curated international gallery exhibitions but has also developed a strong portfolio of applied illustration and graphic design. Her bold, colorful style, often described as "new contemporary figuration" is striking for its use of courageous, unexpected compositions, a bold color palette, and unique, very intimate imagery. In her personal work, which has taken the form of drawings and paintings, she has been strongly inspired by the human subconscious, emotional states, dreams, and the surreal. Combining all these elements, Brostean has developed her own, very personal, technique and style - the result of a perpetual journey, a constant search for identity and complexity of meanings. Since 2006 she has exhibited her work in a variety of forums, ranging from personal to group exhibitions throughout Europe (Italy, Germany, Portugal, Spain, and the UK) as well as in the Middle East and the United States. When it comes to the field of applied art, Brostean has specialized in editorial and fashion illustration, applying her well known playful mixed media technique, experimenting often with collage, using both traditional and digital media. She seeks powerful solutions for creative clients who don’t shy away from pushing boundaries, by exploring bold aesthetics and surprising outputs across all platforms. Her widely recognizable style has established her as one of the emerging contemporary artists appreciated by selected international clients such as Armani Exchange, The Washington Post, Il Corriere Della Sera, Bicycle USA and Kabinet Brewery, amongst many others. Brostean is working as an independent multidisciplinary visual artist focusing on her personal self-expression and collaborating with internationally acclaimed clients, galleries and individuals. Represented by Illozoo creative agency, USA
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11/10/2026
"Lost in the forest"Ink on paper,2026________________________Come closer and seeSee into the treesFind the girlWhile you...
08/10/2026

"Lost in the forest"
Ink on paper,
2026
________________________

Come closer and see
See into the trees
Find the girl
While you can

Come closer and see
See into the dark
Just follow your eyes
Just follow your eyes

I hear her voice
Calling my name
The sound is deep
In the dark

I hear her voice
And start to run
Into the trees
Into the trees

Into the trees

Suddenly I stop
But I know it's too late
I'm lost in a forest
All alone

The girl was never there
It's always the same
I'm running towards nothing
Again and again and again and again...

(By The Cure)

"Citizens"Ink drawings on paper2026
07/10/2026

"Citizens"
Ink drawings on paper
2026

Madonna with big hands and a child Ink and watercolour on paper, 2026
07/10/2026

Madonna with big hands and a child
Ink and watercolour on paper, 2026

"Growing"Ink on paper, 2026Following the journey of internal self discovery..Planted seeds are growing!Branches are expa...
07/10/2026

"Growing"
Ink on paper,
2026

Following the journey of internal self discovery..
Planted seeds are growing!
Branches are expanding
When the right season comes
The fruits will be revealed....





Who's afraid of the dark(ness)?!Oli on canvas, 2026115W x 147HWho’s Afraid of the Darkness explores the unstable territo...
06/10/2026

Who's afraid of the dark(ness)?!
Oli on canvas, 2026
115W x 147H

Who’s Afraid of the Darkness explores the unstable territory between belonging and displacement, inheritance and self-invention, fear and transformation rooted in everyday courage.

The painting considers home not as a fixed place, but as a psychological and inherited condition carried through memory, family, and the body, yet never entirely stable. The house suspended on moving roots becomes a kind of paradox: an image of belonging that is perpetually in motion.

At its centre, the child stands as both witness and participant, a​ leading figure through which memory, vulnerability and resilience coexist. The opposing creatures suggest a battle between fear and courage or a continuous negotiation between them. Fear is instinct​ or simply awareness; courage is the capacity to remain responsive within uncertainty. To survive is not necessarily to become stronger, but to become more adaptable, more fluid, capable of changing form.

The roots point backwards, toward ancestry and what is inherited; the house ​in limbo moves forward, without a fixed ground. Between these two directions, the figure of the child occupies a vertical axis, almost a warrior of light, but one whose strength does not come from certainty.

The cross-like structure of the painting therefore becomes a meeting point between the horizontal world of lived experience and the vertical dimension of inner consciousness.

The work asks what remains of the idea of home when the ground beneath it is constantly shifting and whether identity is something inherited, remembered, or continually constructed in response to the unknown.

Perhaps darkness is not the absence of ​hope, but the condition in which transformation becomes possible ✨

Who's afraid of the dark(ness)?!Oli on canvas, 2026115W x 147HWho’s Afraid of the Darkness explores the unstable territo...
06/10/2026

Who's afraid of the dark(ness)?!
Oli on canvas, 2026
115W x 147H

Who’s Afraid of the Darkness explores the unstable territory between belonging and displacement, inheritance and self-invention, fear and transformation rooted in everyday courage.

The painting considers home not as a fixed place, but as a psychological and inherited condition carried through memory, family, and the body, yet never entirely stable. The house suspended on moving roots becomes a kind of paradox: an image of belonging that is perpetually in motion.

At its centre, the child stands as both witness and participant, a​ leading figure through which memory, vulnerability and resilience coexist. The opposing creatures suggest a battle between fear and courage or a continuous negotiation between them. Fear is instinct​ or simply awareness; courage is the capacity to remain responsive within uncertainty. To survive is not necessarily to become stronger, but to become more adaptable, more fluid, capable of changing form.

The roots point backwards, toward ancestry and what is inherited; the house ​in limbo moves forward, without a fixed ground. Between these two directions, the figure of the child occupies a vertical axis, almost a warrior of light, but one whose strength does not come from certainty.

The cross-like structure of the painting therefore becomes a meeting point between the horizontal world of lived experience and the vertical dimension of inner consciousness.

The work asks what remains of the idea of home when the ground beneath it is constantly shifting and whether identity is something inherited, remembered, or continually constructed in response to the unknown.

Perhaps darkness is not the absence of ​hope, but the condition in which transformation becomes possible ✨

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Novi Sad

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