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EMINESCU DAYS
I am participating in the series of events “Eminescu Days” organized by the Ipoteşti Memorial − “Mihai Eminescu” National Center for Studies, June 2025 Edition. Thursday, June 12, 10:00 a.m. Ana Maria Micu, Artist talk - How do I tell stories through images?, with students from the “Stefan Luchian” Art High School Venue | “Laurenţiu Ulici” indoor amphitheater, Ipoteşti Memorial − “Mihai Eminescu” National Center for Studies, Ipoteşti Village, Mihai Eminescu Commune, Botoşani County, Romania Sunday, June 15, 6:00 p.m. Collaborative project: Reading by Dan Sociu of poems by him written together with the artificial intelligence on the projection of the video work "Pretty Removal" by Ana Maria Micu Venue | Cafeneaua Artelor, 36A Mihai Eminescu Boulevard, Botoșani, Romania go to page ⮕ |
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THE TREE OF LIFE – MSAC 15TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION
Artists | Buen Calubayan, Chou Kai-Lun, Marina Cruz, Syaiful Garibaldi, Dani Ghercã, Rao Fu, Lin Wei-Hsiang, Ana Maria Micu, Shinji Ohmaki, Albert Yonathan Setyawan, Juin Shieh, Tang Jo-Hung, Rinus Van de Velde, Bogdan Vlăduță, Yang Yu-Ning Date｜June 7, 2025－August 8, 2025 Opening Reception｜Saturday, June 7, 2025, 3:00 – 6:00 pm Venue | Mind Set Art Center: No. 20, Wenhu St, Neihu Dist, Taipei City Panel Discussion｜ “Artists, Galleries and the Market” Saturday, June 21, 2025, 2:30 – 5:00 pm www.art-msac.com Mind Set Art Center will celebrate its 15th anniversary with two special exhibitions set between June and September: “The Tree of Life” and “Shi Jin-Hua”. “The Tree of Life” is scheduled to run from June 7 through August 8, and it will continue the curatorial direction of MSAC’s 5th-anniversary exhibition, “Revision”, and the 10th-anniversary showcase, “As Life Goes On”. The exhibition will feature fifteen artists from Taiwan, Asia, and Europe, and showcase the fruit of our collaboration in the last 15 years. The exhibition also reflects on the gallery’s growth, as symbolized by “The Tree of Life”, and looks ahead to MSAC’s next fifteen years. The second exhibition, “Shi Jin-Hua”, will run from August 16 to September 25 as a memorial for artist Shih Jin-Hua, who passed away in a tragic accident in the summer of 2024. Both exhibitions hold profound significance for us at Mind Set Art Center. The opening reception for “The Tree of Life” will be held on Saturday, June 7, at 3:00 PM, followed by a panel discussion on “Artists, Galleries, and the Market” on the afternoon of June 21. We cordially invite you to join us for the exhibition. Behind “The Tree of Life”, the title of MSAC’s 15th anniversary exhibition, is a beautiful story of a collector’s enduring support for the gallery and its artists. When MSAC was first established in the spring of 2010, collector Dr. Chen Po-Wen planted a knee-high tea olive in his garden to mark the occasion. Fifteen years later, the sapling has grown into a full-size tree standing over 2.5 meters tall. It has become a living symbol of MSAC’s journey. Around the tree’s third year, I suggest to Dr. Chen that I would prune it annually, trimming away the unnecessary to help foster its growth. On several New Year’s Days, I visited Chen’s place in Beitou, either by myself or with MSAC’s colleagues and artists, to tend to the tree. “The Tree of Life” is thus befitting as an exhibition title as it carries profound significance to us, our collectors, and the artists we champion. The exhibition brings together fifteen artists from Taiwan, Asia, and Europe. They including Buen Calubayan, Chou Kai-Lun, Marina Cruz, Syaiful Garibaldi, Dani Ghercã, Rao Fu, Lin Wei-Hsiang, Ana Maria Micu, Shinji Ohmaki, Albert Yonathan Setyawan, Juin Shieh, Tang Jo-Hung, Rinus Van de Velde, Bogdan Vlăduță and Yang Yu-Ning. Their works span various mediums such as painting, installation, sculpture, photography, and mixed media, exploring the themes of "plants" and "time”, which are the two aspects of the symbolic Tree of Life. Stylistically, the exhibition encompasses realistic and expressionist paintings, contemporary reinterpretations of ink brush paintings, as well as reflections on spatial and three-dimensional compositions. |
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SOUL, AIR, ANIMAL
Solo Show by Ana Maria Micu, curated by Kassandra Catrinescu Opening | 28 April 2025, at 12:00 pm, in the presence of the artist and curator Dates | 28 April - 8 June, 2025 Visiting Schedule | Winter program (September 17 - May 15): Tuesday - Sunday 8:00 - 16:00, Summer program (May 16 - September 16): Tuesday - Sunday 9:00 - 17:00. Please go to the MIHAI EMINESCU FAMILY HOME and ask the museologists who are permanently on duty there to come and open the “Horia Bernea” Exhibition Hall. The last guided tour is 30 minutes before closing time. Venue | “Horia Bernea” Exhibition Hall, Ipoteşti Memorial − “Mihai Eminescu” National Center for Studies, Ipoteşti Village, Mihai Eminescu Commune, Botoşani County, Romania Exhibition Coordinator | Gabriel Azamfirei, Ipotești Memorial www.eminescuipotesti.ro comunicat de presă în română (pdf) The gentle tremble of figures and clay elements coming to life, the echo of a breeze behind every movement, the eerie sense that matter remembers. Clay – humble, organic, malleable – becomes a channel for transformation. It stretches, cracks, laughs, dances, suffers, and restructures. The stop-motion process reflects the act of breathing life: not instantly, not effortlessly, but deliberately and with care, developing into a choreography of becoming. As if animation were not just a technique, but a ritual of invocation. Not a perfect movement, flawless, of the digital illusion, but a celebration of irregularity, imperfection, the human touch – embracing the flicker, fumbling, strange grace of things learning to move – like dreams still unsure of their form. What is the soul if not the ability to move, to desire, to change? In clay, we see the metaphor of our own body: soft yet strong, subject to time, always in becoming. go to page ⮕ |
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MIND SET ART CENTER AT ART BASEL HONG KONG
Venue | Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center Booth No. | 1D34 Preview | 26-27 March, 2025 Open to Public | 28-30 March, 2025 Mind Set Art Center is honored to present “Flâneurs Across Spaces” at the Galleries section of Art Basel Hong Kong 2025. The group exhibition is set to showcase the latest artworks of nine artists from Taiwan and abroad. They are Marina Cruz, Rao Fu, Dani Ghercã, Lee Ming-tse, Lin Wei-Hsiang, Ana Maria Micu, Juin Shieh, Tang Jo-Hung and Wu Tseng Jung. In the Kabinett sector, we will put on display “Pencil Walker” as a memorial to late Taiwanese artist Shi Jin-Hua. The event is scheduled to run from 28 to 30 March, 2025, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. The preview session will kick off at noon, March 26. We extend a warm invitation to all of you. go to page ⮕ |
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RECONFIGURATIONS - 2024 Contemporary Art Acquisition Session
Opening | 7 February 2025, 12:00, with art critic Dr. Maria Bilașevschi as guest speaker Dates | 7 February - 2 March 2025 Artists | Felix Aftene, Gabriel Caloian, Marinela Ciobanu, Petru Lucaci, Carmen Marin, Marilena Preda Sânc, Bogdan Mateiaș, Liviu Nedelcu, Vasile Tolan, Radu Șerban, Dan Covătaru, Darie Dup, Nicolae Golici, Peter Jecza, Cristina Russu, Lucian Smău, Ștefan Tasi Tajo, Ana Golici, Nicu Ilfoveanu, Adrian Sandu, Ana Maria Micu, Cosmin Păulescu Venue | the Art Museum of Iași, 1st floor of the Palace of Culture, 1 Ștefan cel Mare Square, Iași, 700028, Romania The Art Museum of the National Museum Complex "Moldova" Iași opens the 2025 exhibition year with a project that brings together the works acquired during the 2024 Contemporary Art Acquisition Session, an approach that underlined the importance of developing and diversifying museum collections. "Reconfigurations" is an exhibition that reflects the Iași Art Museum's vision to actively contribute to the history of contemporary art in Romania through the acquisition of significant works that depict the evolution and diversity of Romanian art. "This acquisition session has been guided by the objective of fostering the development of a diverse heritage that supports the evolution of contemporary art in Romania. In this way, the Art Museum confirms its role as a keeper and promoter of a constantly changing national artistic heritage", emphasizes Andrei Apreotesei, manager of the National Museum Complex "Moldova" Iași. go to page ⮕ |
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TOUCH NATURE
Catalogue edited by Hemma Schmutz & Sabine Fellner, published in conjunction with the group exhibition "Touch Nature", curator Sabine Fellner, 24 January - 18 May 2025, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, AU Date: 14 Feb. 2025 Hardcover, 24 x 30 cm. 128 p. with 98 col. ISBN-10 : 3753307734 ISBN-13 : 978-3753307732 Published by: Walther and Franz König Language: German/English online purchase: www.shop.museenderstadtlinz.at www.buchhandlung-walther-koenig.de www.www.amazon.de This publication showcases international artists and their takes on the devastating consequences of the Anthropocene. A practice that can take the form of documentation and resistance, but also offer utopias and hopeful visions. The economic exploitation of huge tracts of land, rising levels of soil sealing and the global effects of consumerism are addressed by artists today, alongside the capitalist manipulation of waste. A series of cooperative ventures, some of which are interdisciplinary in character, results in art projects that deal with the global food situation, the spread of epidemics and the consequences of colonialism, aiming at a change of perspective – projects that develop encouraging visions of a new relationship between humanity and nature and of an approach to our environment marked by mindfulness and respect. go to page ⮕ |
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TOUCH NATURE
Opening | 23 January 2025, 7 pm. Dates | 24 January - 18 May 2025 Venue | Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Ernst-Koref-Promenade 1, 4020 Linz, Austria Works by, among others Werke u.a. von Uli Aigner, Iris Andraschek, Matei Bejenaru, Julius von Bismarck, Vanja Bučan, Floriama Candea, Laura Codruța Cernea, Adriana Chiruta, Sevda Chkoutova, Larisa Crunțeanu, Mark Dion, Veronika Dirnhofer, Ines Doujak, Anna Dumitriu/Alex May, Latifah Echakhch, Christian Eisenberger, Titanilla Eisenhart, Michael Endlicher, İnci Eviner, Thomas Feuerstein, Andrea Francolino, Dorothee Frank/Ben Fodor, Birgit Graschopf, Nicola Hackl-Haslinger, Maximilian Haidacher, Jitka Hanzlová, Peter Hauenschild, Beáta Hechtová, Edgar Honetschläger, Anaïs Horn, Alfred Hruschka, Barbara Anna Husar/Elmar Bertsch, Gözde İlkin, Nona Inescu, Fatoş İrwen, Tobias Izsó, Maren Jeleff/Klaus Pichler, Sabine Jelinek, Anna Jermolaewa, Anne Duk Hee Jordan, Johanna Kandl, Eginhartz Kanter, Anton Kehrer, Kitty Kino, Aurora Király, Alexandra Kontriner, Nina Koželj, David Kranzelbinder, Elena Kristofor, Hans Kupelwieser, Antonio Kutleša, Christiane Löhr, Linda Luse, Haruko Maeda, Péter Mátyási, Claudia Märzendorfer, Katharina Meister, Ferdinand Melichar, Karina Mendreczky, Sylvie de Meurville, Ana Maria Micu, Claire Morgan, Alois Mosbacher, Yvonne Oswald, Monika Pichler, Margot Pilz, PRINZpod, Julia Reichmayr, Oliver Ressler, Hubert Roithner, Gregor Sailer, Elisabeth von Samsonow, Davor Sanvincenti, Judith Saupper, Hans Schabus, Scheibe & Güntzel, Ramona Schnekenburger, Gabriele Schöne, Martin Schrampf, Claudia Schumann, Marielis Seyler, Milica Simonović, Rebecca Smith, Paul Spendier, Oana Stanciu, Thomas Stimm, Mircea Suciu, Maria Szakats, Adrienn Újházi, Hana Usui, Dan Vezentan, Judith Wagner, Manfred Wakolbinger, Violetta Wakolbinger, Betsy Weis, Nives Widauer, Eva Yurková, Laurent Ziegler/Georg Blaschke Curator and exhibition concept: Sabine Fellner Project assistance: Laurenz Fellner Exhibition design: wienerhalle go to page ⮕ |
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"EMINESCU DAYS" - STUDIO VISITS
Ana Maria Micu Studio Visit | Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 10 am. The artist Ana Maria Micu, the poet Dan Sociu, the artist Gheorghe Stanciu and the Botoșani Museum Complex (the sculptor Marcel Mănăstireanu's studio and the Constantin Dracsin painting collection), are hosting groups of 7 visitors each, curious to meet them at their home and discuss their work. Participation in the studio visits is free of charge and is on a first-come, first-served basis, using the form at this link. In the framework of the “Eminescu Days” organized by the Ipoteşti Memorial − “Mihai Eminescu” National Center for Studies, January 2025 Edition www.eminescuipotesti.ro |
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BOOK PUBLISHED
"PULS 20 – New Entries in the MNAC Collection" Publishers: National Museum of Contemporary Art of Romania & DCV – Dr. Cantz'sche Verlagsgesellschaft, Berlin PULS 20 unites the most valuable finds from a communal treasure hunt. Exponents of the Romanian art scene and representatives of the National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC) in Bucharest selected works from the oeuvres of countless eminent Romanian artists of outstanding quality that reflect the diversity of the country’s creative production over the past fifty years. In time for the celebrations of MNAC’s twentieth anniversary in 2020, the institution acquired the 180 works reproduced in this catalog. PULS 20 gathers a selection of key works of Romanian art, and it is the result of a successful cooperative curatorial process. All in all, this catalog is the perfect choice both for newcomers to Romanian contemporary art and for specialists. The volume is available for purchase in Bucharest, Romania, in the MNAC Shop on the ground floor of the museum and internationally, in the dcv-books.com webshop. go to page ⮕ |
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OBSERVATOR
Dates | November 9, 2024 - January 31, 2025 Public presentation, public reading and exhibition opening | Saturday, November 9, 5 p.m. Venue | tranzit.ro/ Iași, Sf. Atanasie Street no. 25, Iași, RO Participants | Astronomical Observatory in Bârlad & Ciprian Vîntdevară (RO), Mona Vătămanu & Florin Tudor (RO), Andreea Cioară (RO), Ana Maria Micu (RO), Andrei Nacu (RO), s.a.b.a. / Silvia Amancei & Bogdan Armanu (RO), Edi Constantin (RO), Mălina Moncea (RO), Tudor Pătrașcu (RO), Kristin Wenzel (DE/RO), Ovidiu Țichindeleanu (DK/RO) Curators | Florin Bobu & Delia Bulgaru OBSERVATOR is a cultural project organized by Satelit Association (Iași) between August and November 2024 in partnership with tranzit.ro/ Iasi, 1+1 (Iași), Oberliht Association, GAP (Gazeta de Artă Politică), Vasile Pârvan Museum (Bârlad). go to project ⮕ |
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FRIEZE SEOUL 2024
Mind Set Art Center｜Galleries Booth B4 Venue｜COEX Convention & Exhibition Center, 513 Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea Preview｜04 – 05 September, 2024 Open to Public｜06 – 07 September, 2024 Artists｜Andreea MEDAR, Ana Maria MICU, Juin SHIEH We are delighted to announce that Mind Set Art Center will participate in the main gallery section of the third edition of Frieze Seoul in early September this year. We will curate an exhibition titled "Herstory" featuring works by our three female artists, Juin SHIEH, Andreea MEDAR, and Ana Maria MICU. Each born in the 60s, 70s, and 90s, respectively, these three artists explore the intricate relationships between memory, existence, motherhood, and femininity, each crafting a unique interpretation of feminine space. Combining mixed media, and paintings, we aim to present the theme of "Herstory" from a female perspective, showcasing the richness, diversity, and subtle levels of contemporary art. go to page ⮕ |
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VISITING ARTIST AT NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
From 1 September to 30 November 2024, I was employed as Visiting Artist at the Department of Arts and Design, College of Arts, National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Hsinchu City, Taiwan. I was invited to submit an application, being recommended by Fine Art Professor Hong-Juin Shieh, under which guidance and supervision I conducted my activity. My main task was to produce 4 works on-site, actually painting for my own in front of the students so that they can follow my process. Throughout six meetings, I assisted Professor Hong-Juin Shieh, under the frame of the "The Multiple Aspects of Painting Workshop", guiding students through the process of designing and implementing murals. I am also invited to assist teacher Yu-Fang Chi, in her Class of Drawing, Year 1, for eight weekly sessions on the practice of drawing. go to page ⮕ |
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THE TWIST. FAILING EMPIRES, TRIUMPHANT PROVINCES
Dates | June 13, 2024 - October 12, 2025 Opening | Thursday, 13 May 2024, 19:00 - 22:00 Venue | Ground Floor & Marble Hall, The National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC Bucharest), The Palace of Parliament, 2-4 Izvor Street, Wing E4, Bucharest, Romania www.mnac.ro Curators | Călin Dan & Celia Ghyka Artists | Dan Acostioaei, Florian Lazăr Alexie, Alexandru Antik, George Apostu, Matei Bejenaru, Anca Benera, Horia Bernea, Ștefan Bertalan, Ion Bitzan, Geta Brătescu, Mircea Cantor, Boris Caragea, Ion Condiescu, Roman Cotoșman, Călin Dan, Cristian Dițoiu, Sorin Dumitrescu, Constantin Flondor, Marin Gherasim, Dani Ghercă, Nicolae Golici, Ion Grigorescu, Pavel Ilie, Peter Jacobi, Stela Lie, Ana Lupaș, Maria Manolescu, Ana Maria Micu (in collaboration with Alexandra Constantinescu and Radu Constantinescu), Gili Mocanu, Ciprian Mureșan, Paul Neagu, Sorin Neamțu, Mihai Olos, Neculai Păduraru, Romelo Pervolovici, Dionisie Popa, Virgil Preda, Marilena Preda-Sânc, Leonard Răchită, Laurențiu Ruță-Fulger, Șerban Savu, Liviu Stoicoviciu, Patricia Teodorescu, Napoleon Tiron, Titu Toncian, Mona Vătămanu, Dan Vezentan, Ion Vlad, Bogdan Vlăduță, Gheorghe Zărnescu go to project ⮕ |
No title, 2022, collage of raw video footage and 3D animation, 1920 x 1080 px, 2m49s continuous loop, audio
Ana Maria Micu - concept, raw video footage Alexandra Constantinescu, Radu Constantinescu - concept, 3D animation, and editing |
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WOMAN, SCAFFOLDING
Solo Show by Ana Maria MICU 16 March – 27 April, 2024 (Closed for Tomb Sweeping Day from Apr. 5 to 6) Opening Reception｜3:00 pm, Saturday, 16 March, 2024 Guided Tour by the Artist｜4:30 - 5:00 pm, Saturday, 16 March, 2024 Mind Set Art Center | 1F, No. 20, Wenhu St., Neihu Dist., Taipei City 114, Taiwan www.art-msac.com The artist's accommodation for 11 days was sponsored by The Place Taipei 南港老爺行旅. Vlad IONESCU: The exterior world will always dispute interiority. And interiority will always fashion a temporary, mobile, flexible shield. Ana Maria MICU: Through conceptual processes like this, I’ve learned that my decisions are not only a product of inspiration and creativity, but also of vast sets of external circumstances that are both in and out of my control and awareness. A key aspect of my practice is trying to understand these mechanics. Art today is a consumption of non-renewable energy. And I would like to think about where this energy comes from, how is consumed in me, and what I do afterwards, when I wake up empty. go to project ⮕ |
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BOOK LAUNCH
"Cealaltă față a lumii / The other face of the world" Date | Friday, January 26, 2024, at 18:00 Venue | Meron Roastery, Horea 5 Street, Cluj-Napoca, RO Artists Ioana Olăhuț and Anca Bodea invite you to the launch of the bilingual book "Cealaltă față a lumii / The other face of the world", which they edited and produced with the support of the Hassium Cultural Association. The event will take place in the presence of the authors of the critical texts that supported this initiative: Adriana Oprea, curator, art critic and museographer, Liviana Dan, curator and art critic, Alexandra Chiriac, art historian. The volume presents the work of nine artists professionally trained in Cluj-Napoca at the University of Art and Design between 2002 and 2015: Ana Maria Micu, Ioana Olăhuț, Anca Bodea, Ioana Iacob, Mirela Moscu, Anca Brânzaș, Oana Năstăsache, Roxana Ajder, Andrea Tivadar. These artists are distinguished by a relevant and constant activity in the competitive field of contemporary painting, this being one of the fundamental criteria in the selection made by the editors of the book. How does one survive in the paradigm of contemporary painting? How relevant is it and how does it assert itself in the multitude of mediums of expression of current art? Is there a "women's" perspective on painting made in Cluj in the last twenty years? Together with our guests, we will celebrate the publication of this volume which presents a sample of contemporary Romanian painting and analyses these aspects of the art world. go to project ⮕ |
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ARTISTIC COLLABORATION
Ana Maria Micu's animation "A State of Blindness" (2021) is part of the artistic project and multimedia publication "(C)ovid's Metamorphoses". Idea | Bernd Herzogenrath Curators | Bernd Herzogenrath & Lasse-Marc Riek Design | Vildana Memic Audio Mastering | Lorenz Lindner Released on 15 December 2023 under Meakusma label, Belgium. Contributions | 133 artists from film, sound art and music, writing, visual art, and photography go to project ⮕ |
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