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 /

• 2026 XIAMEN INTERNATIONAL DESIGN ART WEEK, themed “Harmonious Resonance: Design Shaping a Sustainable Future,” academically supported by the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University Beijing, and jointly organized by the Xiamen Municipal Office for Cultural Industry Development, China National Interior Decoration Association, Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, Xiamen Radio and Television Group, and the Xiamen Federation of Literary and Art Circles. Exhibition in Xiamen Art Museum (25^th April – 20^th of May 2026)
• 2026 – „BRÂNCUȘI 150 – WORLDWIDE” – Romanian GRAPHIC ART EXIBITION, National Museum Târgu -Jiu, under the patronage of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, organized by Inter-Art Foundation – project exhibited on 19th February 2026 simultaniously in 21 countries – 6 continents, celebrating the 150 birthday of Constantin Brancuși.
• 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) https://www.imagofactory.ro/evenimente/ghika/ghika1.html
• 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 – Maestru & ucenic ( Master & Apprentice ), Romanian Academy’s Library Theodor Pallady Hall (09 -19 December 2025) https://www.imagofactory.ro/artisti/anna_orban/anna.html;
• 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)