Ioana Lupașcu is a Romanian interdisciplinary artist based in Rotterdam. Their practice moves between writing, experimental publishing, facilitation and collective research, with a particular interest in rural knowledge and domestic practices. They are currently focusing on how diasporic knowledges and informal solidarities shape relational networks across villages and diaspora landing places.
Ioana develops printed zines and hosts writing groups and workshops as counter-archival platforms, using DIY and pedagogical methods. Their research-gatherings, such as Rural Relations and Food Is Political, foreground rurality, the politics of what we eat, and East European imaginaries. They have been a member of Seasonal Neighbours since 2020, are a co-founder/member of Burta Qollective since 2024, and a collaborator of Myvillages.
Found between Romania during the harvest season and the Netherlands, where they work as a print technician and bookseller with KIOSK Rotterdam, alongside independent cooking work, Ioana is interested in supporting small acts of resistance in the form of picking, writing, and printing.
They trained in architecture at ‘Ion Mincu’ University (2014), followed by a traineeship at the European School of Urban Game Design, Trust in Play (2020). They graduated from the Dutch Art Institute (2022) and are currently a fellow at WHW Akademija (2026).
