Irina Buca

P.A.C.E.S. PROFILE: IRINA BUCA

Multi-talented artist, Irina Buca was born in Romania. She always loved art but her parents (and former communist government) encouraged her to pursue a degree in engineering. So, putting her own ambitions aside, she became a science teacher. Then, at the age of twenty-five, she took her first classes in painting and drawing, hoping to also teach art.

Irina and her husband came to California six years ago, after winning a U.S. visa lottery. She worked as a textile colorist and interior designer in Orange county, then attended the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in L.A.
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Irina has been working as a substitute math and science teacher, while preparing for her credential in math. Last year she became a PACES artist. "It has been a great experience, " she says.
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Irina continues to take private painting and ceramic classes. Her goal is to teach art and have a solo exhibition at the end of summer. "My art is my way of thinking and expressing myself in color." she says.

Multi-talented artist, Irina Buca was born in Romania . She always loved art but her parents (and former communist government) encouraged her to pursue a degree in engineering. So, putting her own ambitions aside, she became a science teacher. Then, at the age of twenty-five, she took her first classes in painting and drawing, hoping to also teach art.

Irina and her husband came to California six years ago, after winning a U.S. visa lottery. She worked as a textile colorist and interior designer in Orange county, then attended the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in L.A.
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Irina has been working as a substitute math and science teacher, while preparing for her credential in math. Last year she became a PACES artist. "It has been a great experience, " she says.
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Irina continues to take private painting and ceramic classes. Her goal is to teach art and have a solo exhibition at the end of summer. "My art is my way of thinking and expressing myself in color." she says.