An updated list of some of the interviews and media appearances I’ve given can be found at: https://linktr.ee/elenaparau
I’m including details about some of my media appearances (unfortunately, I didn’t save some interviews). For those of you interested in my artistic development, you can enjoy watching them.
09.06.2026, interviu Elena Parau, Radio Romania International, Arta si butoaie, Mexic FIFA 2026 conducted by Mihaela Dincă-Băjănaru
Elena Parau, a Romanian painter based in Guadalajara is the creator of the artwork “Entre lo humano y lo divino” (“Between the Human and the Divine”—an ancestral vision of the world that shapes Mexican culture), part of the “Arte y Barricas” (“Art and Barrels”), organized by the City of Zapopan, in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, through which 48 Mexican artists celebrate culture and identity in an initiative associated with the 2026 FIFA World Cup (a tournament hosted from June 11 to July 19 by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico)
“Between the Human and the Divine” reveals an ancestral worldview that shapes Mexican culture. The goddess Mayahuel, the Mexica deity of the maguey and fertility, represents the ability to give life in hostile environments, symbolizing that the human spirit can flourish even in times of scarcity. The pulque that flows from her “maguey” is the nectar that soothes earthly pain and allows communion with the cosmos—the true abundance that comes through sacrifice and transformation. The Sun of Tonalá represents life; it is not merely a celestial body that illuminates; it is a telluric presence, a deity of fire that shapes clay, spirit, and time. The sun invites introspection—that capacity, as traditional medicine teaches, to heal and renew the body and soul from within. Between the sun and Mayahuel, human and divine elements emerge: the Tequila volcano, agave fields, cornfields of various colors, crystal-clear turquoise waters, the Zapopan Basilica, the mariachi band, and the vast sky, which in Mexico is an infinite blue. Because Jalisco is the cultural heart of Mexico.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUE6BqjP10g
03.06.2026, selected by Florence Biennale Curatorial Board to participate in the XVI Florence Biennale 2027 with the artworks titled “Time to bloom”, and “Water lily paradise”