Visual creators
eugen Dediu
Eugen Dediu (b. 1996) is a director and screenwriter, a graduate in film and TV directing from UNATC “I.L. Caragiale”, where he also earned his PhD in film. Since 2018, he has been working in the film industry, writing and directing a number of short films (both fiction and documentaries), screened and awarded at various national and international festivals. He is currently preparing his feature film debut and directed the opera performance D’ale carnavalului.
alexandru-claudiu maxim
Alexandru-Claudiu Maxim (b. 1990) is a visual artist who explores themes such as absurdity, irony, and the powerful emotions that govern human nature. His work addresses topics such as the inevitability of death and its perception in the contemporary imagination, the passage of time and how it manifests, and the choices made between the extremes of existence — as well as what love means as a form of presence. Since 2017, Maxim has been part of the artistic group Pastila Roz (which includes Beaver and Marian Codrea), known for its satirical, jovial, and nonconformist spirit, contributing to numerous artistic projects. He was the manager of The Art Machine, a unique art vending machine launched in Bucharest in 2019. The Art Machine marks an innovative beginning for democratizing art and boosting art collecting in Romania.
anita m. frâncu
Anita M. Frâncu (b. 1991, Brașov) is a visual artist who explores, through mixed media, the symbolic and sensory dimensions of existence, balancing between the abstract and the figurative. Her works create a dialogue between vulnerability, spirituality, and plastic expression, inviting the viewer to a profound reflection on the human condition.
nichita stamate
Nichita Stamate (b. 1995) is a visual artist, writer, philosopher, and world-builder. The receptacle of a vast interior universe, with an interest in history, architecture, languages and signs, and preoccupied with perfecting a fantastic world, his creations can be seen as forming a continuum, a separate visual world that involves text, inspirations from linguistics, and a special preoccupation with calligraphy and writing systems. His architectural studies find their echo both in his visual creation and in other fields where he has been active, such as graphic design or product design, being a member of the A0plus studio.
alexandra duță
Alexandra Cristina Duță (b. 2001) is a visual artist specialized in 3D and digital art, interested in the relationship between human, identity, and environment, against the backdrop of inner and social tensions. Her practice combines graphics, animation, and digital installation, exploring themes such as consumerism, the struggle with human impulses, or the dissolution of the self. In her recent projects, she uses different types of software to create visual experiences that provoke and engage the viewer, both emotionally and physically.
ana vîrdol
Ana Vîrdol (b. 1999) holds a Master’s degree from the National University of Arts in Bucharest, specializing in graphic arts. She primarily works with traditional techniques, particularly watercolor, but also experiments with combining traditional and digital media in her visual projects, such as drawing and animation. Her artistic focus revolves around mythology, symbolism, and introspective inner spaces.
roxana bărbulescu
Roxana Bărbulescu (b. 1995) is an architect, graphic designer, and visual artist, working interdisciplinarily at the border between space, image, and illustration. Trained at UAUIM Bucharest and ETSAM Madrid, she combines architectural rigor with intuitive visual expressiveness. Her works include live animations, short films, visual identities, and editorial projects, developed in collaboration with artists, institutions, and independent brands. She is active in cultural initiatives in the field of performing arts, architecture, and urban research. Her practice reflects a contemporary and emotional aesthetic, articulated through a contemporary visual language.
daniel munteanu
Daniel Munteanu (b. 1981) is a Romanian visual artist and photographer, known for the long-term project Transience and for the way he explores the fragility of memory, the transformation of spaces, and the ephemerality of human presence in seemingly ordinary landscapes. His works combine documentary with a poetic approach, offering a visual reflection on time, identity, and the relationship between man and environment.
vlad basarab
Vlad Basarab (b. 1977) is a visual artist working with multimedia installations, ceramics, sculpture, performance, and video. He has held over 20 solo exhibitions in the United States, China, Romania, and Hungary. His works are included in important international public and private collections in China, Taiwan, the USA, South Korea, Romania, Hungary, Moldova, Croatia, Switzerland, and Germany.
Basarab holds a PhD in visual arts (National University of Arts, Bucharest, 2023). In 2013, he returned to Romania after 18 years abroad as a Fulbright scholar. In 2001, he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics from the University of Alaska Anchorage, and in 2013 a Master of Fine Arts in Multimedia from West Virginia University, USA.
In 2020, he received the Award for Art in Public Space from the Union of Visual Artists and the Romanian Ministry of Culture. In 2017, he received the Excellence Award at the Cluj International Ceramics Biennale.
In 2014, he won first prize in the International Competition for the Design of the Romanian Language Monument, organized by the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova.