Ioana Urma

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I am an artist and LEED AP (green/sustainability) California registered architect with degrees from MIT and Cornell University (studying interior design, architecture, & urban/landscape design).

ART
I believe the principal place for art is the public realm, public space, and as such have devoted most of my artistic endeavors toward public art projects, such as murals and installations. To date most of these have had an educational, and sometimes also ecological, component. More recently, my art projects have undertaken a more socio-critical direction.

ARCHITECTURE
As an architect, I have worked on and designed projects ranging in scale from small modern residential up to 2km long complex urban infills, and individually managed the design/implementation of built projects up to $11,000,000.

TEACHING
I have taught design and architecture at Art Center College of Design, Otis College of Art & Design, Roger Williams University, and Boston Architectural College. I have served as invited juror on reviews at MIT, Harvard, RISD, CalPoly Pomona, Woodbury, Art Center, Otis, Wentworth, Roger Williams, and BAC. I have lectured on design topics at USC AME, BAC, Jerde and Otis.

AWARDS
My art/design has won an international design competition, been a semi-finalist in an NSF competition, and has been featured on TV in the news, in commercials, on Top Chef Masters, Weeds, and Warehouse13.

OTHER
Born in Romania, I emigrated to LA as a child and moved to Boston as a teen. I have also lived in Denmark, Germany, North Carolina, and Princeton.