Bad Weather2026
Legend for a Fragile Territory
Bucharest, Romania
Alexandra Baranyi
I make paper by hand, then work with fiber, stitching, carving, pigment, and time.
For me, paper is living matter. I make it, cut it, dye it, sew it, and let it keep the trace of touch, stress, repair, and memory.
Work
Selected works, 2024-2026
Self Portrait2025
Legend for a Fragile Territory
Held in Blue2026
Legend for a Fragile Territory
Metamorphoses2025
Vegetative
Resilience - or the Memory of What was Once Broken2025
Legend for a Fragile Territory
Wreckage2025
Selected works
2025 - 2026
Legend for a Fragile Territory
In this series I use paper as a map of trauma. Red, black, red, and blue mark inherited memory, boundaries, confrontation, and the slow work of putting the self back together.
Grounded to my Roots
2025 / paper-making, sewing
Troubled Times
2025 / paper-making
Born with it
2025 / paper-making, paper carving
Self Absorption
2025 / paper-making, paper carving
Blurry Fields
2026 / paper-making, paper carving
Untitled
2025 / paper-making, paper carving
2025 - ongoing
Vegetative
I bring plant matter into the paper itself. Leaf, root, fiber, and pigment become structure, not decoration: a quiet record of the living world held inside the sheet.
At Peace
2026 / mulberry fiber, indigo
Scars
2026 / mulberry fiber, hibiscus powder
Untitled
2026 / mulberry fiber, indigo
The Power of a Small Encounter
2024 / paper relief
Archive
Earlier works
Beneath the Surface
The Anatomy of a Broken Heart
Rock Garden I
Endless Knot
About
I came to paper through origami. I stayed because it felt alive.
Paper has been my way of thinking since childhood. I started with origami when I was seven, and I learned early how a single sheet can hold discipline, geometry, patience, and emotion.
I was born in Timisoara and now work in Bucharest. My connection with Japan led me to study its language, culture, and traditional paper techniques, including research with artisans connected to Echizen Washi.
In my workshop, I make paper from local mulberry fiber. I work slowly, by hand, letting the material keep the trace of where it came from, how it was touched, and what it can still carry.
Exhibitions and activity
Legend for a Fragile Territory, solo exhibition, Museum of Old Maps in Bucharest
Young Blood 5.0 - Hello, Math!, Art Safari, curated by Calina Coman
Art in Motion, Art Safari and Radisson Hotel, Bucharest
Rendez Vous Aux Jardins, international exhibition in Tokyo
In-Extenso, collaborative artwork with Beti Vervega, Romanian Cultural Institute in Venice
Beyond the Borders of the Floating World, National Museum of Art of Romania
Contemporary Art Closer to the Public, Stancu Gallery
Paper - Unfolding the Heart of Japan, Japanese Culture Days
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