Romanian Artist Larisa Sitar’s Debut in New York

Larisa Sitar makes her New York debut at Independent Art Fair 2026 with a solo presentation by Suprainfinit Gallery. The exhibition introduces her practice to an international audience, foregrounding a distinctive approach to materiality, historical inquiry, and socio-political reflection.

Sitar’s work examines the evolution of social and cultural values in relation to political movements, shifting socio-economic contexts, technological change, and the human relationship with the natural world. Operating at the intersection of digital and physical processes, her practice brings together computational methods and traditional, hand-crafted techniques.

A defining element of her work is the use of concrete—a material deeply rooted in the visual legacy of modernism, social realism, and brutalism. Through it, Sitar creates forms that oscillate between permanence and fragility, probing questions of power, memory, and transformation.

This project is supported by the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, reaffirming a commitment to advancing contemporary Romanian art within an international…