ANA MARIA MICU
  • Works
    • On canvas >
      • 2025
      • 2023 - 2024
      • 2021 - 2022
      • 2019 - 2020
      • 2017 - 2018
      • 2015 - 2016
      • 2011 - 2013
      • 2009 - 2010
      • 2007 - 2008
    • On Paper >
      • 2025
      • 2022
      • What Hurts the Most Is Left for Last
      • The Apprentice with no Sorcerer
      • Sketchbook
    • Animations
    • Serigraphy
    • Videos
  • Projects
    • SOLO EXHIBITIONS >
      • Soul, Air, Animal
      • Woman, Scaffolding
      • This Is Not an Artspace
      • Left Hand To Distant View
      • Objects Must Be Comfortable
      • A Picture on the Wall
      • Self-portrait with Indoor Plant
      • Tender Heart, Keep Still!
    • DUO EXHIBITIONS >
      • Speaking About the Unknown
      • A Conscious Choice for Temporary Blindness
      • Understatement
      • Abstract Circle
    • COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
    • Visiting Artist >
      • Visiting Artist at National Tsing Hua University
    • RESIDENCIES >
      • The Insufficiency of Self
      • ​Can Serrat Art Residency
      • Production as Tableau Vivant
      • How to Mend Unbroken Things
    • OTHERS >
      • Eminescu Days
      • Scenography for Painting
      • The Wall Watcher
      • Freehand Digital Drawing Documented by Real-time Video Screen Capturing
      • Changing Background
      • Image Search
      • The Presentation
  • Publications
    • Touch Nature
    • PULS 20 – New Entries in the MNAC Collection
    • THE TWIST. Five Provincial Stories from an Empire
    • The other face of the world
    • (c​)​ovid's metamorphoses
    • Ana Maria Micu. Left Hand To Distant View
    • Ana Maria Micu
    • 500 Portraits
  • Art Fairs
    • Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
    • Frieze Seoul 2024
    • Art Taipei 2023
    • Art Taipei 2022
    • Taipei Dangdai 2020
    • Art Fair Philippines 2020
    • Art Fair Philippines 2019
    • Art Düsseldorf 2018
  • CV
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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

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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

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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).

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​THE TWIST. FAILING EMPIRES, TRIUMPHANT PROVINCES

Dates | June 14, 2024 - April 13, 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
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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

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​ETERNITY AS ATTEMPT - within Romanian Creative Week
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Venue | Turnul Goliei, 51 Cuza Vodă Street, Iași, RO
Visiting schedule | 15 - 26 May 2024, 12:00 - 20:00
Opening | Friday, 17 May 2024, 20:30

​Curator | Marlene Herberth/KraftMade
Artists |  Ana Maria Micu, Bogdan Gîrbovan, Ciprian Mureșan, Gabriela Vanga

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​EGOLOGIA - within Romanian Creative Week

Venue | Baia Turcească, Str. Cantacuzino G.M. 16, Iași, RO
Visiting schedule | 15 - 26 May 2024, 12:00 - 22:00
Opening | Wednesday, 15 May 2024, 18:00

​Curator | Marian Pălie
Artists | Ana Maria Micu, Ana Taină, Alexandru Ranga, Andrei Alecsandru Pantea, Andrei Arion, Andriana Oborocean, Constantin Cojocaru, Daniel Tudor Munteanu, Elena Pîrvu, Hideo Iwasaki, Iulia Bucureșteanu, Iulia Groves, Iulian Nan, Manuel Cojocaru, Marta Mattioli, Mihaela Lungu, Mihaela Vasiliu, Muro Muro, Sergiu Chihaia, Ștefan Damian, Ștefan Pruteanu, Thea Lazăr, Tudor Ciurescu, Vlad Albu
Exhibition architecture | Anda Zota, Elena (Viziteu) Ionescu

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​TOUCH NATURE
curated by Sabine Fellner & Alex Radu
with an exhibition design by Justin Baroncea & Maria Ghement

Artists | Uli Aigner, Matei Bejenaru, Floriama Candea, Codruța Cernea, Adriana Chiruta, Ciprian Ciuclea, Larisa Crunțeanu, Anna Dumitriu & Alex May, Michael Endlicher, Thomas Feuerstein, Peter Hauenschild, Barbara Anna Husar, Nona Inescu, Kitty Kino, Aurora Kiraly, Alexandra Kontriner, Ana Maria Micu, Nicoleta Mureș, Klaus Pichler, Monika Pichler, PRINZpod, Oliver Ressler, Gregor Sailer, Elisabeth von Samsonow, Hans Schabus, Ramona Schnekenburger, Marielis Seyler, Paul Spendier, Oana Stanciu, Mircea Suciu, Dan Vezentan, Judith Wagner, Nives Widauer, Laurent Ziegler

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​The TWIST. Five Provincial Stories from an Empire
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Curators | Călin Dan and Celia Ghyka
Artists | Horia Bernea, Ștefan Bertalan, Ion Condiescu, Roman Cotoșman, Cristian Dițoiu, Constantin Flondor, Dani Ghercă, Ion Grigorescu, Ana Maria Micu, Ciprian Mureșan, Paul Neagu, Sorin Neamțu, Mihai Olos, Iulius Podlipny, Șerban Savu, Liviu Stoicoviciu, Napoleon Tiron, Bogdan Vlăduță

Opening | Friday, 13 October 2023, starting at 19:00

Visiting schedule | 13 October 2023 - 11 February 2024, Wednesday to Sunday, 12 pm to 6 pm
Venue | Kunsthalle Bega, Calea Circumvalațiunii 10, Timișoara, RO
Organizer | Fundația Calina (Kunsthalle Bega), Timișoara, RO

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ECOLOGIILE GRIJII ȘI ÎNGRIJIRII. Capitolul 1: PLANTE UTILE

Curatorial input|Gabriela Mateescu
Research & curatorial output|Valentina Iancu (Visual Arts), Eliza Yokina (Architecture), Prof. Dr. Mihaela Georgescu (Botany), Lecturer Dr. Vasilica Luchian (consultancy and herbarium curator)

Artists|Horia Bernea, Nicolae Comănescu, Hortensia Mi Kafchin, Andreea Medar and Mălina Ionescu, Gabriela Mateescu, Diana Miron, Liliana Mercioiu, Ana Maria Micu, Roman Tolici, Iulia Toma, Miki Velciov
Architectural Proposals|Beros Abdul Architects, Stardust Architects, Nicolas Triboi, Eliza Yokina
Botanical research|Adrian Mureș - Master's student at the Faculty of Horticulture in Bucharest, Biodiversity Conservation Management Master's Program.
Anton Polyakov’s zines are available in all exhibition spaces.

Venue|Strata Gallery, Parângului 76 Street, Bucharest
Opening|Saturday, 2 September 2023, between 18.00 and 22.00
Visiting schedule|2-20 September 2023

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​THREAT TO THE EYE 
Artists |  Anca Bodea, Mathias Bar, Taisia Corbuț, Teodora Cosman, Felix Deac, Ana Maria Micu, Ada Muntean, Răzvan Neagoe
Curator | Ada Muntean 
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​Opening | Saturday, 8 April 2023, 18:00
​Visiting schedule | 8 April - 7 May 2023
​Wednesday - Saturday 16:00 - 19:00
​Guided tour offered by the Indecis team | Saturday, 6 May 2025, starting at 17:00
The guided tour is part of the mediation program "What's up with contemporary art?" of the Indecis space and is supported by BRD-Groupe Société Générale.
Venue|Indecis artist-run space, Coriolan Brediceanu 2 St., ap.6 (intercom 08), Timișoara

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​​STUDIES FOR A BURNING SILENCE
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Opening | Saturday, 24 September, 6 pm
Dates | 24 September - 24 October 2022, only Tuesdays & Thursdays, by appointement, between 4 pm - 6 pm
Sunday, 2 October 2022, between 6 pm - 10 pm​
Location | Hangar F, 12 Atelierului Street, Alba Iulia 510001, Romania
Curator | Ada Muntean
Artists | Răzvan Neagoe / Dragoș Neagoe / Ada Muntean / Mathias Bar / Ana Maria Micu (in collaboration with Alexandra Constantinescu and Radu Constantinescu) / Mircea Modreanu

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​​UNLIMITED VISUALITY

Dates | 8 - 25 September 2022
Opening | Thursday, September 8, 18:00
Location | Aparte Gallery, within the George Enescu National University of Arts, 6 Teodor Codrescu Street Copou, Iași 700479, Romania
Curator | Adrian Bojenoiu
Artists | ALB, Lucian Bran, Sarah Muscalu, Elizaveta Ostapenko, Ana Maria Micu, Ciprian Tocar​

Exhibition hosted by Aparte Gallery within the George Enescu National University of Arts in Iași.

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​THE AFTERMATH OF A LOSING BATTLE / RITES OF PASSAGE 
ROMANIAN CREATIVE WEEK

Dates | May 21 - ​May 30, 2022 with daily visiting hours 10:00 - 19:30
Opening | Saturday, May 21, starting at 17:00
Location | Braunstein Palace, ground floor, 2 Cuza Vodă Street, Iași 700259, Romania
Curators | Anca Bodea, Ioana Olăhuț
Artists | Anca Bodea, Anca Brânzaș, Tiziana Cellino, Ana Maria Micu, Oana Năstăsache, Ioana Olăhuț, UAU / Vanessa Sîngenzia, Iulia Toacaci 

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THE ARTIST'S WORKSHOP
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Dates | May 1, 2022 - ​​​August 1, 2022
Opening | Saturday, April 30, starting at 17:00
Location | Roman Catholic Episcopal Palace of Oradea, 2 Șirul Canonicilor, 2nd floor
Curator | ​Sorina Jecza
Artists | ​Marius Bercea, Oana Fărcaș, Ion Grigorescu, Márta Jakobovits, Gyöngyi Kerekes, Tincuța Marin, Ana Maria Micu, Ioan Aurel Mureșan, Paul Neagu, Lia și Dan Perjovschi, Marilena Preda-Sânc, Cristian Sida, Ujvárossy László.
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The event will be punctuated by the cello recital given by the soloist Alexandra Guțu from Timișoara.
Organizers | ​​Roman Catholic Diocese of Oradea, Interart TRIADE Foundation

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​FLOWING LIGHT - A GROUP SHOW OF CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS
Date|8 Jan - 23 Feb, 2022
​Mind Set Art Center
Location|1F, No. 20, Wenhu St, Neihu District, Taipei

Artists | IA Aili, Rao FU, SHI Jinsong, WU Yiming, YU Ji, SHI Jin-hua, LEE Ming-tse, Juin SHIEH, YANG Shih-chih, TANG Jo-hung, LIN Wei-hsiang, Lee YANG, LEE Jo-mei, Shinji OHMAKI, Marina CRUZ, Ana Maria MICU, Nona GARCIA, Patricia EUSTAQUIO, Robert BITTENBENDER, Buen CALUBAYAN, Rinus VAN DE VELDE

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​THE POETIC REALM
Artists: Miwa OGASAWARA, WANG Ya-Hui, Kawita VATANAJYANKUR, Ana Maria MICU, LEE Jo-Mei, LIN Guan-Ming, CHIU Chen-Hung, HSU Jui-Chien, Yoshihiro SUDA, YANG Chi-Chuan, Marina CRUZ, Hiraki SAWA

Dates | 26 June - 26 December 2021
Venue | 1F-3F, Yu-Hsiu Museum of Art, No.26, Ln. 150, Jianxing Rd., Caotun Township, Nantou County 542, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

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WORK ACQUIRED BY THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF ROMANIA

The painting "workers, will still be ... to stay" (2020) by Ana Maria Micu has been included in MNAC Bucharest Collection, alongside works by 100 artists selected through Art Aquisitions 2020, an open-call procedure, a major acquisition program organized with the purpose of increasing Romania's cultural heritage. 
​All the collected works are gathered within an open-depot display  "12 Years After. A Survey of Romanian Art in 180 Works", part of the museum's winter exhibition season.
The exhibition goes on tour as various selections of works and additions, each time including Micu's painting, at Kunsthalle Bega, Craiova Art Museum and again ​The National Museum of Contemporary Art.

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SELF-PORTRAIT

​Dates|2017 Apr. 8 - 2017 May. 6, Tue. to Sat, 11am - 6pm.
Reception|2017 Apr. 8 (Sat) 3pm
Venue|Mind Set Art Center| 7F., No.180, Sec.1, Heping E. Rd. Da'an Dist., Taipei

Artists|Victor BALANON, Shiau-Peng CHEN, Marlene DUMAS, Tracey EMIN, HSIAO Chu-Fang, JHONG Jiang-Ze, Ana Maria MICU, SHI Jin-Hua , SHI Jinsong, Juin SHIEH, Melati SURYODARMO, TANG Jo-Hung, Charwei TSAI

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​​​THE ROAD NOT TAKEN CH. 2

​23 April - 21 May 2016
Reception|16:00, Saturday, 23 April 2016
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Artists: Victor Balanon, Marina Cruz, Patricia Perez Eustaquio, Oana Fărcaș, Ana Maria Micu, Shinji Ohmaki, Cătălin Petrişor, Hanna Pettyjohn, Wu Yiming, Yee I-Lann , and Yu Ji

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​INSTALLING THE IMAGE
​by Ana Maria Micu
interactive reenactment of the studio 

performance  during irregular hours each day, May 20 - 23, 2014, Sala Tipografia, Bucharest

a part of the succession of projects Shortsighted. Presbyopic. Blindfolded curated by Igor Mocanu at Allegra Nomad Gallery

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  • Works
    • On canvas >
      • 2025
      • 2023 - 2024
      • 2021 - 2022
      • 2019 - 2020
      • 2017 - 2018
      • 2015 - 2016
      • 2011 - 2013
      • 2009 - 2010
      • 2007 - 2008
    • On Paper >
      • 2025
      • 2022
      • What Hurts the Most Is Left for Last
      • The Apprentice with no Sorcerer
      • Sketchbook
    • Animations
    • Serigraphy
    • Videos
  • Projects
    • SOLO EXHIBITIONS >
      • Soul, Air, Animal
      • Woman, Scaffolding
      • This Is Not an Artspace
      • Left Hand To Distant View
      • Objects Must Be Comfortable
      • A Picture on the Wall
      • Self-portrait with Indoor Plant
      • Tender Heart, Keep Still!
    • DUO EXHIBITIONS >
      • Speaking About the Unknown
      • A Conscious Choice for Temporary Blindness
      • Understatement
      • Abstract Circle
    • COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
    • Visiting Artist >
      • Visiting Artist at National Tsing Hua University
    • RESIDENCIES >
      • The Insufficiency of Self
      • ​Can Serrat Art Residency
      • Production as Tableau Vivant
      • How to Mend Unbroken Things
    • OTHERS >
      • Eminescu Days
      • Scenography for Painting
      • The Wall Watcher
      • Freehand Digital Drawing Documented by Real-time Video Screen Capturing
      • Changing Background
      • Image Search
      • The Presentation
  • Publications
    • Touch Nature
    • PULS 20 – New Entries in the MNAC Collection
    • THE TWIST. Five Provincial Stories from an Empire
    • The other face of the world
    • (c​)​ovid's metamorphoses
    • Ana Maria Micu. Left Hand To Distant View
    • Ana Maria Micu
    • 500 Portraits
  • Art Fairs
    • Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
    • Frieze Seoul 2024
    • Art Taipei 2023
    • Art Taipei 2022
    • Taipei Dangdai 2020
    • Art Fair Philippines 2020
    • Art Fair Philippines 2019
    • Art Düsseldorf 2018
  • CV
  • Contact