Sinziana Velicescu
Summer 2025 Cycle – Photography
Los Angeles, CA sinzianavelicescu.com
American Mirage documents moments across the American landscape that feel quietly impossible, uncovering architectural fragments and overlooked spaces in a country where the line between real and unreal has become increasingly blurred. Drawing inspiration from Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, these images explore how places hold traces of different eras simultaneously, suspended between what was promised and what remains.
Artist Statement Biography
Sinziana Velicescu is an artist and photographer based in Los Angeles, California. Her work explores the subtle tension between built and natural environments, often focusing on quiet, in-between spaces shaped by time. Appropriating architectural vocabulary, Velicescu disrupts everyday topography via careful composition to develop an elegant narrative to tell the story of place. Velicescu's work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including the Palm Springs Art Museum, Architecture & Design Museum, Rencontres D'Arles, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Atlanta. Her photographs have been featured in Los Angeles Times, Fast Company, Juxtapoz, CNN Style, Architectural Digest, The Architect's Newspaper, and Icon Magazine. Her series On the Periphery was published as a hardcover monograph by Aint-Bad.
Sinziana Velicescu is an artist and photographer based in Los Angeles, California. Her work explores the subtle tension between built and natural environments, often focusing on quiet, in-between spaces shaped by time. Appropriating architectural vocabulary, Velicescu disrupts everyday topography via careful composition to develop an elegant narrative to tell the story of place. Velicescu's work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including the Palm Springs Art Museum, Architecture & Design Museum, Rencontres D'Arles, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Atlanta. Her photographs have been featured in Los Angeles Times, Fast Company, Juxtapoz, CNN Style, Architectural Digest, The Architect's Newspaper, and Icon Magazine. Her series On the Periphery was published as a hardcover monograph by Aint-Bad.
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