Romanian emerging artist, Vlada Popescu resides in the United Kingdom, after graduating from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee, with a first-class degree in Fine Art. Vlada exhibited in various group exhibition in Romania and Scotland. Throughout her artistic journey, Vlada has won several competitions and awards like the Farquhar Reid Trust Prize 2023. Her work focuses on oil painting and illustrates moody cityscapes and scenes of daily lives captured in urban settings. Her paintings are inspired by the beauty of the present moment and how its simplicity can gain significance when we pay more attention to it.