Maria Bălan (b. 1987, Câmpina) is a graphic artist based in Bucharest, where she studied graphics at the University of Arts under the supervision of Prof. Carmen Apetrei and architecture at the University of Architecture and Urbanism “Ion Mincu” under the supervision of Prof. Octavian Neculai. Maria is involved in various artistic projects and has also participated in a series of national and international exhibitions. In 2013, she won the prize at the International Poster and Book Illustration Biennial of Young Artists in Timișoara. In 2015, she published a limited edition object book that became part of the “artist book” selection of the “Most Beautiful Books in Romania” contest. In 2019, she launched the object book “Anomalica”, entirely handmade in the linocut technique, as part of the personal exhibition “One Night Gallery. Love. Maria Bălan”, hosted by the Bucharest Metropolitan Circus. In the area of street art, Maria works in public spaces, especially through small paste-up interventions made using various relief engraving techniques. You can discover Maria's murals or street interventions on the streets of Bucharest, Ploiești, Brașov, Iași, Galați or Câmpina.