My artistic practice is an unsystematic yet persistent probing of the subconscious, revealing emotional textures through a meditative flow. I seek a delicate balance between controlled technique and intuitive expression. Through calligraphic ink drawings or knife-painted abstractions, I create hybrid fluctuating structures inspired by nature, patterns, and archaic forms.
Influences
North American Abstract Expressionists: Jackson Pollock, Jean-Paul Riopelle
Post-Painterly Abstraction, Conceptual Art, Op Art, Minimalism: Gerhard Richter, Agnes Martin, Mark Rothko, Sol LeWitt
Asian Art : Yayoi Kusama, Hiroshi Sugimoto
Romanian-Canadian, b. 1975, Oneşti (Romania), lives in and works in Montreal (Canada)
Exhibitions
2023 – “À fleur d’âme” - Bertrand Gallery - Montreal, Canada - duo show: Eva Lapka and Lali Torma
2022 – Weartberlin Gallery - Hamburg Art Fair – Group Show – Hamburg, Germany
2021 – “Lent Dépliage" - Feral Art et Vin Gallery - Bordeaux, France - solo show
2019 – “Forma - Figur - Exemplar” – Weartberlin Gallery - Berlin Art Week - group show
2019 – Weartberlin Gallery - Hamburg Art Fair – Group Show – Hamburg, Germany
2019 – In collection at Art and Design Foundation (https://artdesignfoundation.org/en/artist/lali-torma)
2018 – “All over the Map” – artist group Janzen/Ságy/Torma – within NO (B)ORDERS – Group Show – Netzwerk freier Projekträume und -initiativen – Senate of Berlin subsidy - Berlin, Germany (http://www.projektraeume-berlin.net/termin/no-b-orders/)
2018 – The Woven Tale Press magazine – site review (http://wtpcentral.thewoventalepress.net/2018/06/11/site-review-lali-torma/)
2017 – Weartberlin Gallery - Köln Liste – Art Fair – Group Show – Köln, Germany
2017 – “Darker” – Monti Café – Solo Show – Berlin, Germany
2017 – Professional Artist Magazine - cover of February/March 2017 issue – “Prism 4 - Open Heart Furnace” - International
2016 – Weartberlin Gallery - Hamburg Art Fair – Group Show – Hamburg, Germany (http://www.weartberlin.de/artists/lali-torma)
2016 – “Anima Lamina” - ECC Weißensee - Artist Collective –– Solo Show – Berlin, Germany
2016 – “Prisms – Selection” - Monti Café – Solo Show – Berlin, Germany
2016 – “Borders of Canada” - ECC Weißensee - Artist Collective – Solo Show - Berlin - Germany
2015 - 2016 – Humboldt University – Humboldt Innovation Department – Artist in Residence – Berlin, Germany
2015 – “Time Series” - Berliner Liste art fair – Solo Show – Berlin, Germany
2015 – “Digital Series” - ECC Weißensee - Artist Collective - within Group Show – Open Studios – Berlin, Germany
2015 – “Prisms” - ECC Weißensee – Artist Collective – Solo Show - Berlin, Germany
2009 – McGill University – Desautels Faculty of Management - MBA Lounge – Group Show – Montreal, Canada
2004 – “Women in Spring” - Romanian Consulate – Group Show - Montreal – Canada
Education
2009 – McGill University – Master of Business Administration – Montreal, Canada
2001 – John Molson School of Business – Bachelor of Business Administration – Montreal, Canada
1993 – Philology and History High School – European Bachelor Degree – Modern Languages – Oneşti, Romania
Other:
2010 – Corso professionale per l'applicazione di resine per pavimenti e rivestimenti – Resin Application Professional Course - Teknai - Milano, Italy