Studies: Graduate of the Academy of Arts Bucharest – 1996 (graphic & textile departments) Doctor in visual arts – 2007 with the work „Flamish tapestry– aesthetic study on composition and ornamentation” ; Postdoctorate in 2013 with the work „Cultural fingerprints in Fiber Art” published as a research study by the Romanian Academy.

Since 1997 works as PhD lecturer at National University of Arts in Bucharest, textile art & design department.

Member of professional associations:

• 1998 – Professional Artists Union in Romania ( UAP – https://uap.ro/)
• 2009 – 2011 European Textile Network ( ETN – https://etn-net.org/home.html )
• 2012 – Korea Bojagi Forum member of comitee ( KBF – https://www.beyondabove.com/korea-bojagi-forum/)
• 2014 – Nordic Textile Art ( http://www.nordictextileart.net )
• 2018 – Hungarian Association of Tapestry Artists | Magyar Kárpitművészek Egyesülete ( http://www.karpitmuveszek.hu ) member of European Textile Network

Personal exhibitions

• 1996 – Apocalyps, National Museum of Romanian Literature (MNLR), Bucharest, RO
• 1997 – One man show, Art Academy Gallery, Bucharest, RO
• 2005 – Romanian Embassy in Athens, and Zappeion Hall, GR (printed textiles – Protocol’s Administration of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Event)
• 2007 – Malerei und grafik, InterArt Gallery, Stuttgart, DE (2007.10.05-10.27)
• 2015 – Tradition and modernity (Tradiţie şi Modernitate) Romanian Cultural Institute in Beijing, Soho Galaxy, CD (https://www.icr.ro/paris/deschiderea-institutului-cultural-roman-de-la-beijing)
• 2015 – Apocalyps (Apokalipsis), Romanian Cultural Institute, Budapest, HU – (2015.12.07 – 2016.01.13 – https://www.icr.ro/new-york/expozitie-mircia-dumitrescu-grafica-si-anna-maria-orban-instalatie-la-icr-budapesta-24387/en)

Group exhibitions / Selection /

• 2025 – 2026 INTERWOVEN HORIZONS “From Lausanne to Beijing” 13^th International Fiber Art Biennale, Tsinghua University Art Museum and A.C. Art Museum in Beijing. (6^th December 2025 – 1^st of March 2026)
• 2025 – XI^th World Textile Art Biennial (WTA), The Four Elements, MIFA Miami International Fine Arts Gallery- Miami. Category Water (6th to the 29th of March 2025) https://wta-online.org/xi-biennial-miami-usa-2025/
• 2024 – MATERIAL THINKING – 2^nd International Contemporary Material Art Biennial, Karamay Art Museum – Thingua University, China (12 September – 30 December 2024) https://www.international-material-art-study.org/
• 2024 – 12^th International Artistic Linen Cloth Biennial, Museum of Crafts in Krosno, Poland (https://muzeumrzemiosla.pl/wyniki-12-miedzynarodowego-biennale-artystycznej-tkaniny-lnianej-z-krosna-do-krosna/)
• 2023 – GEOMETRY in TEXTILE ART, Saxon Art Gallery, Budapest (http://saxonartgallery.com/hu/geometry-in-textile-art-artworks/)
• 2023/2024/2025/2026 – FREEDOM project – exhibition, 2023– Book Art Museum, Łodz, Poland (https://freedomproject.art/) Curator Ania Gilmore; 2024– Muzeum of Writing and Printing, Grębocin, Poland (8 Mai – 2 June 2024); Muzeum Józefa Czechowicza | Lublin, Poland (oct. 18 – nov. 16, 2024); 2025 – MassArt x SoWa , Boston, MA (May 31 – July 6, 2025, https://sowa.massart.edu/exhibitions/); Museum of Printing, Haverhill, MA (from August 1st to November 1st, 2025); 2026 – Munroe Gallery, Concord Free Public Library, Concord, MA ( March 2026); Boston Public Library Boston, MA (May – July 2026);
• 2022 – YTAT Mentors – exhibition of Young Textile Art Triennial Mentors (coordonating professors), in Akademii Sztuk Pięknych, Łodz, (https://www.asp.lodz.pl/index.php/pl/galeria-hol/3556-ytat-mentors-2022)
• 2021 – Visiting Card, XII^th International Biennial of Textile Miniatures , Arka Galerija, Vilnius, LT – (2021.10.28-2021.11.26 – https://www.arkagalerija.lt/visos/parodos/xii-tarptautine-tekstiles-miniatiuru-bienale-vizitine-kortele)
• 2021 – Light in Nature/ Novy Museum, Petrograd, Russia (2021.08.05-08.29 – https://www.novymuseum.ru/events-muzeum_news-exch/vystavka_vengerskogo_soyuza_masterov_gobelena_svet_v_prirode_ili_solnechnye_peizazhi_dushi_v_iskusstve_gobelena.html)
• 2020 – Light in Nature/ Galeria U – Helsinki ( 2020.09.17 -2020.11.06 – https://karpitmuveszek.hu/2020-2/); and Sofia Cultural Center (2020.12.01.-2021.01.15) Helsinki, Finland; Ballasi Cultural Institute -Tallin, Estonia;
• 2020 – Intertwined Threads B44 Galéria Budapest (2020.03.06-03.30), HU
• 2019 – Harmony in Threads, Azerbajdjan National Carpet Museum, Baku, Azerbajdjan (2019.10.10 – 2019.11.10)
• 2018 – Narrative threads, MNLR Bucharest, RO (tapestry)
• 2018 – Spiral textil, Balassi Hungarian Cultural Institute, Bucharest, RO
• 2018 – Korea Bojagi Forum, Seoul, South Korea (textile object)
• 2018 – Celebration, 20^th TxT, Minitextile, Bratislava, Slovakia (minitextile object)
• 2017 – Spiraltextil, Borås, TextilMuseet (tapestry), Sweden; Crossover, Rydal Museum (experimental textile)
• 2014 – Contextile, Guimarães, Portugal (experimental textile)
• 2009/2015/2018/2021/2024 at the 8^th edition of International Textile Triennial – Szombathely, Hungary
• 2001/2010 – International Textile Triennial in Łódź, Poland (tapestry, printed textile)

AWARDS

• 1998 – First Prize of the Artists Union of Romania – for tapestry installation Apocalyps
• 2003 – National Award for Bibliophile Books – ”Emil Botta, Nu călcați florile” (Emil Botta, Don’t step on flowers), Ministry of Culture, Romania
• 2011 – Prize for Excellency in Art -the National Foundation for Science and Art (FNSA), Bucharest, Romania
• 2015 – APLER Prize – Graphic Designer of the Year ( APLER – Association of Literary Publications and Romanian Publishers)
• 2015 – Award of The 5^th International Textile Triennial Szombathely, Hungary, for the work „Fragility II” – FLAG category
• 2017 – Representation Award for tapestry: Technical Execution for the Golden Spiral Project / Ancient techniques & modern hands (research project of Ines Bogensperger and Julia Galliker)
• 2018 – „G. Oprescu” Award of the Romanian Academy, for currating the exhibition & album of Blessed Vladimir Ghika, „In spiritu caritatis” at the National Art Museum of Romania (MNaR)
• 2021 – Szombathely Gallery Award, at the 7^th International Textile Triennial in Szombathely-Hungary, for the Space textile „Blue Rhythm”
• 2022 – Prize of Harghita District Annual exhibition – 10^th edition, Miercurea-Ciuc. For the work „Blue Flow”
• 2024 – Award of the ASSOCIATION of HUNGARIAN FINE and APPLIED ARTS for Mural and Spatial Textile Art Category, at the 8^th International Textile Triennial in Szombathely-Hungary, for the tapestry „MANDA”

CURATORSHIP

• 2025 – VIA CRUCIS – Saint Joseph Catedral – Bucharest (5th April -16th Mai 2025) exibition for the chatolic martyrs, among them Blessed Vladimir Ghika and Blessed Anton Durkovici. https://arcb.ro/website/2025/04/07/5-aprilie-16-mai-via-crucis-calea-sfintei-cruci-expozitie-despre-martiri-la-catedrala-sf-iosif/
• 2023 – Blessed Vladimir Ghika – draftsman, book builder/ Jubilee exhibition at the Romanian Academy’s Library, Theodor Pallady Hall (10 -30 October 2023)
• 2021 – Master& apprentice ( Maestru & Ucenic | Mester & tanívány ), ICR Budapesta, 2021.08.24 – 2021.09.15 (https://www.icr.ro/pagini/budapesta-expozitie-satelit-pentru-trienala-internationala-de-arte-textile-din-szombathely/en)