LAURA BURUIANA - Banana Geisha Dog

Banana Geisha playfully associates the refined elegance of the geisha with the irreverence of Pop Art. On a deep Klein blue background, dominated by a striking red sun, the traditional figure calmly walks a surprising companion: a banana inspired by Andy Warhol, transformed into a dog. Humor, cultural references and graphic simplicity meet in a bold contemporary composition, where Japanese tradition and the Pop Art spirit engage with whimsy. Technique: Acrylic on canvas. LAURA BURUIANA AN ARTISTIC PATH BETWEEN MUSIC AND PAINTING A concert cellist, teacher, and painter of Romanian origin based in France, Laura Buruiana has developed an artistic path at the crossroads of music and the visual arts. PAINTING A Second Artistic Expression Laura Buruiana’s painting explores the links between music, identity, emotion, movement and contemporary visual culture. Fueled by her experience as a musician, her pictorial gesture translates rhythm, vibration and movement: the line evokes the bow stroke, the matter the pressure and vibration, while the composition seeks to create a form of visual rhythm. Since 2025, her work has been distinguished and selected in several international competitions and artistic projects. She notably received the 1st Prize of Terrain and Towers from the Golden Duck Gallery (New York–Vienna–Budapest, 2025), the 2nd Prize of Interconnecting Lines at Artio Gallery in New York (2026), as well as a Certificate of Merit at Premio Brera 26 in Milan (2026). In 2026, she was also selected for The Universal Genius – Tribute to Leonardo da Vinci, presented at the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci in Milan, and received a Finalist Award at the 10th Color International Juried Art Competition in TERAVARNA. Her work is also featured by the Circle Foundation for the Arts for its exhibition competition in Zurich, as well as by Arts to Hearts Project and Biafarin / Gallerium for several international selections. Selected Exhibitions Since 2025, Laura Buruiana has presented her work in several exhibitions in France and internationally. In 2025, she participated in Terrain and Towers at the Golden Duck Gallery, shown in New York, Vienna and Budapest, as well as at the Venice International Art Exhibition. In 2026, her works were shown in Paris, Nantes, La Rochelle, Lyon, Monaco and at the Carrousel du Louvre, as well as in Milan, Turin, Graz, Munich, Barcelona, Madrid, Marbella, New York and Venice. Among the exhibitions and events are Fragments d’Émotions (The Muisca Gallery, Paris), Margini di Pagina and Premio Brera 26 (Milan), The Universal Genius – Tribute to Leonardo da Vinci at the Museo nazionale delle scienze e delle tecnologie Leonardo da Vinci (Milan), Art Expo Graz, ARTMUC Munich, Interconnecting Lines at the Artio Gallery in New York, Where Art Begins in Barcelona, the Summer Collection of Van Gogh Art Gallery in Madrid, as well as art3f Monaco, art3f Paris and Art Shopping Paris at the Carrousel du Louvre. VIOLONCELLE Winner of the First Prize Young Concert Artists, New York (2003) and of the First Prize at the Arturo Bonucci International Competition, Rome (2003), Laura Buruiana has performed as a soloist in major international venues, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, the Kennedy Center in Washington, the Kaufmann Hall in New York, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Flagey Hall in Brussels and the Château de Fontainebleau. She has performed with the Paris Chamber Orchestra, the Bari Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Chamber Orchestra, the George Enescu Philharmonic of Bucharest, the Romanian Radio Philharmonic, the Shanghai Philharmonic, the Santander Orchestra, the North Carolina Symphony and the Ohio Symphony Orchestra, under conductors such as James Gaffigan. Her solo repertoire includes concertos by Shostakovich, Dvořák, Saint-Saëns, C.P.E. Bach and Vieru, as well as Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations. “A true virtuoso, whose sounds are full of color and drama.” The New York Times “She embraces the cello as an extension of her own body.” The Washington Post Training & Teaching Training at the George Enescu Music High School and the National University of Music in Bucharest, then at the Hochschule für Musik Köln, in the class of Frans Helmerson. Doctor of Music from the National University of Music of Bucharest (2012). Teacher of Artistic Education (PEA) since 2013. Since 2014, she has taught cello and viola da gamba at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Brest. She regularly performs in Brest and Brittany with various ensembles, notably Entre Sable et Ciel, conducted by Marc Schuster, the Ensemble Spirali and the Ensemble Romantique de Bretagne, founded by violinist Laure Juillard. She also practices baroque cello and viola da gamba, studied extensively since 2009. Discography Recordings on Naxos, Zig-Zag Territoires/Outhere, Coviello Classics and Avie Records, devoted notably to Enescu, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich and Prokofiev. Several recordings have received distinctions from specialized press, including 5 Diapasons; some have also been named “CD of the Year” by France Musique, Radio Romania Muzical and The Violoncello Foundation. BREST Based in Brest since 2014, Laura Buruiana continues parallel work as a teacher, concert pianist and painter. Her artistic path thus reflects a desire to make music and the visual arts dialogue, developing in Brest a cultural activity that is at once educational, musical and artistic, while participating in projects and exhibitions in France and internationally.

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