Education
2002 – 2004
M.A., Visual Arts, University of Art and Design of Cluj- Napoca, Romania
2004
3 months scholarship, Socrates-Erasmus Program, Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece
1997– 2002
B.A., Fine Arts/ Painting, University of Art and Design of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Solo Exhibition
2024
Woman, Scaffolding, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2023
This Is Not an Artspace. Ana Maria Micu, Institute of the Present, Bucharest, Romania
2022
Left Hand To Distant View, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania
2021
Objects Must Be Comfortable, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2018
A Picture on the Wall, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2015
Self-portrait with Indoor Plant, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2012
Tender Heart, Keep Still! C-Space Gallery, Beijing, China
2007
Ideal Spleen, Anaid Art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2006
Bloom, Anaid Art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
Selected Group Exhibition
2024
The TWIST. Failing Empires, Triumphant Provinces, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania
Touch Nature, /SAC, Bucharest, Romania
2023
Puls 21. 2020x2022 MNAC Art Acquisitions, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania
THE TWIST. Five Provincial Stories from an Empire, Kunsthalle Bega, Timișoara, Romania
Ecologiile grijii și îngrijirii. Capitolul 1: Plante utile, Strata Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
Threat to The Eye, Indecis artist-run space, Timișoara, Romania
2022
Studies for a Burning Silence, Hangar F, Alba Iulia, Romania
Flowing Light, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2021
The Poetic Realm,Yu-Hsiu Museum of Art, Nantou, Taiwan And
Heartbeat 20. New entries in the MNAC Collection, Kunsthalle Bega, Timișoara, Romania
2020
Anniversary II, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
12 Years After.A Survey of Romanian Art in 180 Works, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania
2019
Speaking About the Unknown, residency project installation, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2017
Self-Portrait, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2016
The Road Not Taken Ch.2, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2015
The New Wave of Realism, Kirk Gallery, Aalborg, Denmark
2012
A Conscious Choice For Temporary Blindness, a dual show by Ana Maria Micu & Cătălin Petrişor, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2011
Colouring the Grey – The State of Mind, Artists’ House Tel Aviv, Israel
Post Humanism, curator Cosmin Năsui, V-Art Gallery, Moscow,Russia
Colouring the Grey. The Second Wave of the ContemporaryRomanian Artists, curator Cosmin Năsui, Special Projects Section of The Fourth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Art Play, Russia
2010
Impermanence, Hendershot Gallery, New York, USA
Tales of the Unexpected, off-side show Art Rotterdam, Dek 22, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2009
Fast Forward, C-Projects, The Hague, The Netherlands
....Expectations, curator Maria Rus Bojan, temporary space, Dé is Ka & de Verzameling, Barbara Strozzilaan 314-316,Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008
Strategies for Concealing, curator Maria Rus Bojan, C-Space Gallery, Beijing, China
2007
BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London and on tour, at Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne and in 2008 at Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2006
BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London and on tour, at Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen and in 2007 at Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, United Kingdom
Residency
2019
În Context Art Residency, «Compost» edition (Romania - Iceland),curator Simona Nastac, Slănic-Moldova, Romania
2016
Can Serrat, El Bruc, Barcelona, Spain
2014
my art, (finissage project: How to Mend Unbroken Things, work-inprogress duo show with Cătălin Petrişor), Vienna, Austria
2012
my art, ( finissage project: Production as Tableau Vivant, co-signed with Cătălin Petrişor), Vienna, Austria
2008
În construcţie - 2, International Centre of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania
Workshop
2023
Animation Exercise , Near / Far, 18 March, , The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania
2014
Abstract Circle, a mobile painting workshop 22 - 29 July, daily 8-11 and 17-20, held together with Cătălin Petrişor in different areas of Brestei neighborhood, Craiova, Romania
2012
5. ART:aussee workshop, Altaussee, Austria
Performance
2014
Installing the Image,20 – 23 May, curator Igor Mocanu, Allegra
Nomad Gallery, Sala Tipografia, Bucharest, Romania
Talk
2023
Ana Maria Micu, Simona Vilău, Călin Dan, 13 April 2023, MNAC
Bucharest Facebook Page
MNAC International Academy, March 16, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania
2021
Artist talk - Ana Maria Micu, 29 March, hosted online by The Painting Departement of University of Art and Design of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2019
Întâlniri în atelier: despre practici artistice în arta contemporană#8, SwitchLab, 18 October, Bucharest, Romania
2015
Start with Ana Maria Micu - A brief introduction on Romanian contemporary art, 3 April, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Art Fair
2023
ART TAIPEI, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2022
ART TAIPEI, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2021
ART TAIPEI, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2020
Art Fair Philippines, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Landscape • Theatre, Taipei Dangdai, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2019
Art Fair Philippines , Mind Set Art Center, Makati, Philippines
2018
Art Düsseldorf, Germany
2011
Exotic East, Jecza Gallery, Art.Fair Köln, Germany
2010
C-Space, Art Beijing, China
C-Space and MB Art Agency, Art Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2006
Anaid Art Gallery, Art.Fair Köln, Germany
Collection
daylight apertures, ... system consists of systems (2021) - CMC Art Collection Taiwan
workers, will still be ... to stay (2020) - The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania
Reasons why humans must be (2008) - Fontys Art Collection, Tilburg, The Netherlands