I was born in a small mining town in Transylvania, Romania. My family moved to Australia in 1990. I completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at National Art School, Sydney, majoring in painting.

My mining background and heritage determine my interest in the centuries old struggle between the forces of industry and nature. That small mining town I was born in is now is filled with structural foundations of silent mine ‘heads’ which had been reduced to anonymous minimal concrete monuments. There is something mystical about the modern ‘menhirs’, they are at once placid and confronting. They carry the power and mystical sense of the past but also address the concerns of current culture.