Textile artist
Six pieces, between the loom and the wall: woven, felted, stitched, mended.
Welcome to the textile universe of Ioana Ciuciulică, where threads are transformed into artistic expressions.
Video work
part of the collection “Expendable Bodies”
I want to show here the story of the Expendable Body — where only the body is the lead character: no thought, no intention, no context. Just the mechanics of a repetitive movement.
In this moment the Body is a tool, but also the object of art. It is a thread winder or a warping board, but also a weaving loom, or even part of a tapestry.
Ioana Ciuciulică was born in Eastern Europe during the communist era.
As a teenager, dissatisfied with the fashion offer in Romania after the fall of dictatorship, Ioana began working with textiles, creating her own designs, and quickly achieved success within her community.
In 2007, she began a multi-year exploration across different media in search of her artistic means of expression: audiovisual production, graphic design, metals, gemstones, soutache, 3D modelling and more.
This exploration gave her a clear sense of the path she wanted to pursue: not staying on the surface but going deeper into her preferred medium — textiles.
In 2020, she enrolled in the Faculty of Arts in Bucharest (Romania), specialising in Weaving.
In 2021, her research took her for several months to Vienna (Austria) through the Erasmus+ programme, where she encountered new approaches to learning.
While completing the last year of her Master’s degree, Ioana Ciuciulică developed her own technique combining tapestry and felting, which became her signature.
In 2025, her first solo exhibition was held, showcasing her Master’s work.
My work explores a variety of textile techniques, ranging from traditional weaving to experimental approaches. Each piece is conceived as a dialogue between the material and the artistic intention.
“Weaving is not merely a technique; it is a way of thinking about the world, of connecting disparate elements to create a harmonious whole.”
My work explores the fundamental question: “What is reality?” and the space between reality and illusion. In the philosophical tradition, Maya’s veil represents the illusion that prevents us from perceiving the true nature of things. Through my weavings, I attempt to repair these fragmented perceptions and to build bridges between different understandings of the world.
When certainties slip away, when the sound of the wind falls silent, when the echo of footsteps ceases, it is in these voids that art finds its place. My textile works seek to inhabit these spaces of silence, to give form to the unspeakable, and to weave connections between seemingly contradictory ideas.
Thus, the process of weaving becomes a meditation on how we interpret the world and give it meaning — an act of resistance against fragmentation and isolation.
Solo exhibition · Master’s dissertation
This exhibition presents the outcome of my research into the relationship between textile art and the symbolic repair of the world. Through a series of textile works, I explore the themes of connection, healing, and transformation.
The pieces on display combine traditional weaving techniques with contemporary approaches, using hand-dyed threads in shades of blue, yellow, and green to create compositions that evoke both the natural landscape and human emotions.
For any enquiries, exhibitions or collaborations, please feel free to get in touch.
