Member of LNM and NBK
Email: info@valeriaduca.com
Website: www.valeriaduca.com
Instagram: @valeria_duca

Education

2014–2018
University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK
Master of Arts (MA) with Honours in Art History

Solo Exhibitions (selected)

2026
February 2022: Echoes, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France

2025
February 2022: Echoes, Lithuanian Parliament, Vilnius, Lithuania

Voices of Moldova, European External Action Service, Brussels, Belgium

February 2022: Echoes, National Museum of Art of Moldova, Chișinău, Moldova

2024
Solo exhibition, Gamle Rådhuset, Romanian Embassy, Oslo, Norway

2023
Solo exhibition, Gallery Ramfjord, Oslo, Norway

2022
Refugees Sleeping, charity auction Panter and Hall Gallery, London

2021
Solo exhibition, Gallery Ramfjord, Oslo, Norway

2020
It’s the End of the World, solo exhibition, Panter & Hall Gallery, London, UK

2019
Solo exhibition, Gallery Ramfjord, Oslo, Norway

2017
Life in the Meantime, Tehran, Iran

2015
Between the West and the East, Goodwood House, UK
Solo exhibition, Organ Hall, Chișinău, Moldova

2012
Color, Light, Ballet, Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Odessa, Ukraine

2011
Intermission, Museum of Fine Arts, Galați, Romania
The World Around Me, Venice Biennale, Moldavian National Pavilion, Venice, Italy

2010
The Galaxy of the Colors, Folk Costume Museum, Palace of Parliament, Bucharest, Romania

2009
The Truth from Children’s Mouth, National Museum of Archaeology and History, Chișinău, Moldova
Solo exhibition at International BookFest, 18th Edition – National Library of Moldova
Abstract and Not Only…, Romanian Embassy in Moldova, Chișinău

2008
Solo exhibition, Amarillo Art & Spazio Cavour, Reggio Emilia, Italy
International Children’s Day Exhibition, Constantin Brâncuși Exhibition Centre, Chișinău, Moldova

International Collaborations & Residencies

2025
WERKSTATTWOCHE Art Festival, Luben, Germany

2024–2025
The Hills of Change, Norway–Romania
Intercultural collaboration between Romanian and Norwegian visual artists and composers

2022
Gallery Ramfjord Artist Residency, Oslo, Norway

2019
Gallery Ramfjord Artist Residency, Oslo, Norway

2017
Artist in Residence, Whitgift Independent School for Boys, London, UK

Other Achievements

2025
Member of LNM and NBK, Norway

2023
Portrettmesterskapet, Finalist, Season 1, NRK

2020
RBA Annual Show (Royal Society of British Artists)

The work Alice in Wonderland selected for the annual exhibition

2018
ROI Annual Show (Royal Institute of Oil Painters)

The work Self-portrait in the studio selected for the annual exhibition

2014
NADFAS / RBA Scholar

The work Dancer selected for the annual exhibition at Pall Mall Gallery, London

2012
Ministry of Youth and Sport Award, Moldova

National award for distinguished activity in the category “Art and Literature”

2009
Award for the catalogue Valeria Duca. Painting. Graphics, Moldova
Nominated for the Contest of Improvised Painting, Chișinău

2008
Second Prize, Municipal Painting Contest for School Students, Chișinău

2007
Second Prize, Municipal Painting Contest for School Students, Chișinău

Works in Public Collections

• Papal Collections, Vatican
  
• Royal Art Collection of Norway
  
• National Museum of Archaeology and History of Moldova, Chișinău
  
• Folk Museum, Palace of Parliament, Bucharest, Romania
  
• Museum of the Village, Bucharest, Romania
  
• Regina Pacis Foundation, Italy
  
• Romanian Embassy, Chișinău, Moldova
  

Works in Private Collections

Lithuania, Republic of Moldova, Romania, United States of America, Italy, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Russia, Great Britain, Sweden, Norway, Iran, Austria