Andreea Ilie

Andreea Ilie (b. 2001, Romania) is a visual artist whose practice explores the profound intersection between architecture, the human psyche and the ideological frameworks that shape collective experience. Drawing from a research-intensive approach, she investigates social buildings, from the utopian infrastructures of the Soviet era to contemporary common spaces, examining how these structures function as active organisms that model human behavior and political identity.

Her work often adopts an archaeological lens, deconstructing the friendly brutalism of the 20th century to reveal the tensions between aesthetic beauty and ideological intent. By isolating and recontextualizing architectural motifs, she transforms historical ruins into autonomous sculptures and installations. Through this process of extraction, Ilie invites viewers to reflect on the endurance of form and the ways in which contemporary societies continue to build and inhabit new utopias.