Visiting Artist Serban Ionescu

Oct 12 - Oct 23, 2026

Community Engagement and Dialogue

Join us for a conversation in Schermer Meeting Hall at Anderson Ranch Arts Center with Visiting Artist Serban Ionescu.

Visiting Artist lectures are free, open to the public, and available in person or via livestream.

Serban Ionescu (b. 1984) was born in Romania and moved to New York City at ten years old. He currently lives and works between Paris and New York. Ionescu’s multidisciplinary practice spans sculpture, painting, drawing, and architecture. Known for his vibrant use of color, Ionescu has consistently explored the relationship between line, plane, and volume, negotiating a constant and intuitive play on shifting forms and formats across mediums. Large-scale steel and aluminum sculpture-follies—Chapel for an Apple (2020), Tower for an Hour (2022), Smokey (2023)—are Ionescu’s return to a post-architectural studio practice. He recently finished his first public sculpture, the 33-ft. tall Room for a Shroom (2024), in Zonhoven, Belgium.

Ionescu has presented solo exhibitions at R & Company (New York), Larrie (New York), and Everyday Gallery (Antwerp). His work has been published in The New York Times, Wallpaper*, Architectural Digest, Dwell, DAMN, and New York Magazine. His first book, A Thing on a Table in a House, which surveys the artist’s colorful steel works, was published by Apartamento in 2021; its spiritual sequel, 148 Oblique Drawings, followed in 2023. He received his bachelor’s degree in architecture from Pratt Institute and, from 2010–16, was an adjunct professor of Architecture at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The Great Outdoors is the artist’s first solo presentation with Marta, following his participation in the expansive group outing Under / Over, in 2021.

The Visiting Artists program is a core part of the Anderson Ranch Arts Center experience, welcoming contemporary artists across disciplines to work on campus through residencies and special projects. Artists receive dedicated time, space, and technical support to develop new work and advance their practice. Visiting artists engage with students and residents through studio visits, critiques, and public lectures, creating a meaningful exchange that enriches the Ranch community and the broader public. Learn more.