Mihaela Vezentan
Mihaela Vezentan
Biography
Mihaela Vezentan (b. Mihaela Moldovan, in Baia Mare, Romania), (she/her), visual artist, of Romanian ethnical background, grew up in Romania, lives and works in Bucharest. She works at the intersection of textile practice, memory, and feminist reflection on time and domesticity, grounded in lived experience rather than theory alone.
Artistic disciplines:
Process
Mihaela Vezentan's working process unfolds along two interconnected trajectories: one begins with textile gestures — knots, threads, repetitive structures derived from domestic lace, enlarged until they become immersive environments, the second trajectory revisits childhood as a form of healing by reclaiming joy and creativity, inspired by early tactile memories — simple gestures of folding, interlacing, and constructing small or large scale surfaces, by hand.
Notable themes
Recurring theme in Mihaela Vezentan's works is living room memories, the fragility and sacrifice of women caught in the domestic sphere, feminine identity, community and aspects of commoning. She investigates the ways in which time is perceived, fragmented, and reclaimed, especially in relation to women’s lived realities shaped by care, routine, and invisible labor.
Works in collections and public recognition
- exhibited nationally and internationally, at art galleries.
- works in private collections.
Works included in private collections in Romania, France and Netherlands.
Selected exhibitions
1.Selected solo exhibitions
- 2025 - solo exhibition, „Timpul celorlalți” (The time of others), Galeria Creart, Bucharest, Romania[1]
- 2025 - solo exhibition, Everyday Interweaving, 15Design Gallery, Bucharest, Romania[2]
- 2024 - solo exhibition, The Endless Thread of Hope, Snagov, Romania[3]
- 2022 - solo exhibition, Living Room Memories, White Cuib Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- 2003 - solo exhibition, Apparent Universe, Galeria Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2.Selected group exhibitions
- 2025 - group exhibition, Bucharest Scenes: Voices of Contemporary Art, Galerie Callot, Paris, France[4]
- 2025 - group exhibition, Topographies sensibles, Librairie Galerie Métamorphoses, Paris, France[5]
- 2025 - group exhibition, Bloc operator, Sandwich Neurohope, Bucharest, Romania
- 2024 - group exhibition, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, Anca Poterașu Gallery, Bucharest, Romania[6]
- 2024 - group exhibition, The Line of the Valley, Anca Poterașu Gallery, Bucharest
- 2024 - group exhibition, Natural Dyes, National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest
- 2024 - group exhibition, Us Among Us, Scena 9, Bucharest
- 2022 - group exhibition, UAP Annual Salon, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest
3.Art biennales, museum retrospectives, comprehensive retrospective exhibitions, art fairs
- NA
Artistic Residencies, Art Researches, Collaborations, Art Projects
- 2024 - Art Residency: Textile Art Residency in Săcel, Maramureș, Romania[7]
- 2023 - Art Residency: Remarkable Romania, Bârsana, Maramureș, Romania
Selected works
Error, 2025, oversized lace, 200cm x 120cm, work by Mihaela Vezentan (c) Mihaela Vezentan
Dust, 2024, oversized lace, 230cm x 160cm, work by Mihaela Vezentan (c) Mihaela Vezentan
Livingroom memories, 2022, oversized lace, 200cm x 120cm, work by Mihaela Vezentan (c) Mihaela Vezentan
The Time of Others, 2025, paper cut, 270cm x 200cm, work by Mihaela Vezentan (c) Dan Vezentan
Installation view, The Time of Others, 2025, paper cut, 270cm x 200cm x 400cm, work by Mihaela Vezentan (c) Dan Vezentan
Exhibition views
View from show Bucharest Scenes: Voices of Contemporary Art, at Galerie Callot Paris, 2025, work Error by Mihaela Vezentan (c) Dan Vezentan
View from show A Journey to the Center of the Earth, at Anca Poterașu Gallery, 2024, work Dust by Mihaela Vezentan (c) Mihaela Vezentan
View from show at National Contemporary Art Museum MNAC Romania, 2022, work Livingroom memories by Mihaela Vezentan (c) Mihaela Vezentan
View from solo show at Galeria Creart, 2025, work The Time of Others by Mihaela Vezentan (c) Mihaela Vezentan
View from solo show at Galeria Creart, 2025, work The Time of Others by Mihaela Vezentan (c) Mihaela Vezentan
Publications
1.Published books
NA
2.Published articles in journals & magazines, interviews
- NA
Curating activity (Artist as curator)
NA
Catalogues
NA
Press
- Article in art news online journal Modernism[8]
- Presentation of the artist in Weekend a l'est online magazine[9]
Gallery Representation
No.
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Social Media Links
Hashtags
(artistic practices, currents, techniques, themes - applicable hashtags for this artist)
archive
collective memory, collective practices, conceptual art
environment
feminism, figurative
gender issues, geometric abstraction
humor
improvisation, installation, interactivity
land art
multimedia
optical art
performative practices
sculpture, site-specific installation ,symbolism
textile art
women, women’s traditional knowledges
Compatible and inspirational artists:
(artist-mentioned reference list) Annette Messager , Ana Lupaș for her ability to create during the communists times, Mona Hatoum because of multiple interpretation of her work, Sheila Hicks because of her technique, Chiharu Shiota for her vision of the space, Joana Vasconcelos for her large-scale pieces that she creates for specific spaces
- Annette Messager (because of her multidisciplinarity, artist note)
- Ana Lupaș (or her ability to create during the comunist times, artist note)
- Mona Hatoum (because of multiple interpretation of her work, artist note)
- Sheila Hicks (because of her technique, artist note)
- Chiharu Shiota (for her vision of the space, artist note)
- Joana Vasconcelos (for her large-scale pieces that she creates for specific spaces, artist note)
- ↑ https://www.creart.ro/timpul-celorlalti-solo-show-mihaela-moldovan-la-galeria-creart/
- ↑ https://empowerartists.org/en/experiences/everyday-knitting-personal-exhibition-by-mihaela-moldovan-at-15design-gallery/
- ↑ https://ro.tranzit.org/en/project/0/2024-12-21/mihaela-moldovan-the-endless-thread-of-hope
- ↑ https://weekendalest.com/SCENES-DE-BUCAREST-VOIX-DE-L-ART-CONTEMPORAIN?lang=en
- ↑ https://weekendalest.com/TOPOGRAPHIES-SENSIBLES?lang=en
- ↑ https://artguide.artforum.com/uploads/guide.007/id14959/press_release00.pdf
- ↑ https://www.afarnetwork.com/mihaelavezentan/
- ↑ https://www.modernism.ro/2025/11/20/nomazi-in-propriul-oras-artistii-dan-vezentan-si-mihaela-moldovan/
- ↑ https://weekendalest.com/Mihaela-248?lang=fr#ancre_invite
