Andreea in her studio in front of her seascapes
“I return to the ocean for its honesty, where power, clarity, and stillness exist simultaneously in a single scene, and I build layer upon layer of paint in each work to hold that feeling.”
Andreea Ionela Berindei

Andreea is a contemporary fine artist whose career was established by more than a decade of practice in California. Born in Romania, she now lives in New Zealand with her husband and young son. Her work is fundamentally defined by her faith and a rigorous approach to hyper-realism.

She is best known for her immersive waterscapes and marine environments. Through a meticulous study of light, form, and tension, Andreea isolates the complex, kinetic realities of waves and atmospheric seascapes, translating the raw momentum of the ocean into highly exact, static compositions.

Working in acrylic on cotton and linen canvas, Andreea builds layer upon layer of paint in each work to hold the feeling of a single scene, where power, clarity, and stillness exist simultaneously. Her portrait work is drawn in professional-grade pencil.

Every painting is strictly original. Each work is finished with a protective coating, accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity, and never reproduced: no prints, no editions.

Selected Exhibitions

2025New Shores, solo exhibitionQuay Gallery, Whitford, Auckland, New Zealand
2022Women in Art, group exhibitionLagunaART Gallery, Mission Viejo, California, United States
2021Group exhibitionLagunaART Gallery, Mission Viejo, California, United States
2018Group exhibitionParadigm Gallery, Santa Ana, California, United States

Projects and Benefit Exhibitions

2019Installing Hope Gala, participating artistPen + Napkin, Los Angeles, California, United States
2012 to 2013The Peace ProjectArt for social change initiative, United States

Collections

PublicPresidential Palace, United Arab EmiratesInstitutional collection, one work
PrivatePrivate collectionsNew Zealand, United States, Canada, Europe, China, the Philippines, United Arab Emirates

Selected Press

Commissions

2017Editorial illustration, The Seven Secrets of a Beautiful MindUSC Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, 7 September 2017
OngoingPrivate painting commissionsNew Zealand and United States

Artist Talks

2020Artist talk and testimonyBonfire Ministries, Sarasota, Florida, United States