Raluca Iancu is currently an Associate Professor in Art & Visual Culture, Printmaking, at Iowa State University (ISU). She earned her MFA from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and her BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, Canada. Recent awards include a 2026 Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievement from the College of Design (ISU), a 2026 Research Grant from the Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities (ISU), and a 2025-2026 Faculty Professional Development Appointment (sabbatical) (ISU).

She is interested in the contradictions of our relationship with technology: how it can enhance and extend our lives while also creating new forms of vulnerability. Her current body of work investigates the relationship between infrastructure and ecological change, exploring how the deterioration of built environments creates opportunities for environmental recovery. Her broader practice encompasses contemporary printmaking, artist books, experimental papermaking, sculpture, performance, and animation.

Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, at venues including the International Print Center of New York (NY), the CICA Museum (Korea), the Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca (Romania), the Bradbury Art Museum (AR), the Art Institute of Boston (MA), and the Hunterdon Museum (NJ), among others. Artist Residencies include the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences (GA) and the Vermont Studio Center (VT), Art Print Residence (Spain), the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts (Poland), St Michael’s Printshop (Canada), Studio Kura (Japan), BetterPress Lab (Italy), and, most recently, MI-LAB and Letterpress Letters (Japan).