Delia Illesiu Prvacki was born in Baia Mare, Romania and graduated from the Bucharest institute of Fine Arts in 1975 with a master in applied arts. Subsequently, she moved to former Yugoslavia to practice and received numerous awards including the Special Award and Critics Award (1981) at the Yugoslav Triennial of Ceramics, and the Annual Art Award (1982) by the Serbian Association of Applied Artists. She relocated to Singapore in 1991 with her family.
Since the early 80s, Delia’s work has focused on establishing a new vocabulary and significance for the sculptural medium, grounded by a constant experimentation with new technologies, mixed techniques, and the endless modalities of expression in ceramics.
Having moved to Southeast Asia in 1991, the experience of a radically different natural surrounding and cultural environment have generated new subject matters—in particular the need to respond to dilemmas posed by modern urban society. These accumulated experiences have but moulded and reaffirmed her choice to work predominantly with ceramic, and to re-examine its boundless potential.
Delia is widely recognized for her major public projects which have been a focal point in many urban areas and institutions . Her work is also in the permanent collections of Museum of Modern Art and Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Serbia, Museum of Ceramics, Porvoo-Borgaa, Finland, Singapore Art Museum, NUS Museum, Terra sculpture park, Serbia among others.