After a decade in which she dedicated herself to gaining experience in the field of restoration of historical monuments she began, starting from 1990, to constantly participate in group and personal exhibitions with works of graphics and icons.

[3][4] Elena Murariu's paintings combine calligraphic and lyrical lines, light touch, and painterly sensibility manifest as transparent, unique compositions.

[2] As one of the most important contemporary painters and iconographers her works were exhibited in Romania[5][6] all over Europe (Paris,[7] Barcelona,[8][7] Athens,[9] Lisbon, Prague, Venice, St. Petersburg, Rome, Kyiv, Belgrade) and also in the US (New York[10]).

In an inspired synthesis, one of the most innovative reconfigurations of the icon, Elena Murariu succeeds in capturing within a single image the complex meaning of this iconographic subject.

Michel Quenot considers Elena Murariu, in regards to her project "Martirii", as being someone that created a remarkable work, that will be taken as an inspiration source in the future and also a great homage to the Romanian peoples.