Common Field: UNFOLDS Sergiu Chihaia, Sorin Dan Cojocaru, Mirela Ivanciu, Mircea Modreanu, Răzvan Neagoe, Alina Tudor and Silvia Trăistaru

Common Field: UNFOLDS 

08.03 – 03.05.2026 

Artists: Sergiu Chihaia, Sorin Dan Cojocaru, Mirela Ivanciu, Mircea Modreanu, Răzvan Neagoe, Alina Tudor and Silvia Trăistaru

Curators: Anne-Marie Lolea & Anamaria Grigor 

Location: Atelier Silvia Trăistaru: Room 30 | Atelierele Malmaison 

Calea Plevnei 137C, Building B, 2nd Floor, Bucharest

The exhibition “Common Field: UNFOLDS” proposes a shared exploration of memory and materiality — an approach in which the works signed by Sergiu Chihaia, Sorin Dan Cojocaru, Mirela Ivanciu, Mircea Modreanu, Răzvan Neagoe, Alina Tudor and Silvia Trăistaru converge within a common conceptual field, each maintaining its own aesthetic and visual identity. The connection between the invited artists is not merely biographical, but a constitutive element of the “common field.” Pre-existing research and the exchange of ideas create a framework that allows difference to coexist. The exhibition thus becomes a meeting space — an open structure in which the works communicate through thematic echoes and material resonances. The concept of a “common field” can be theoretically understood in relation to Rosalind Krauss’s notion of the “expanded field” of sculpture, where artistic practice is conceived not as a fixed category, but as a network of relationships and positions. Similarly, this exhibition does not aim to homogenize discourses; rather, it places distinct practices in tension, allowing them to coexist within a shared conceptual matrix. The field thus becomes a relational space, a territory of intersections in which difference is not annulled but amplified. Memory is understood as sedimentation and transformation, materiality as a carrier of time, and internal structures as spaces of tension between fragility and coherence. Together, the artists construct a field in which differences articulate themselves within a network of relations, and communion becomes the invisible infrastructure of an authentic artistic dialogue.

Sergiu Chihaia, a graduate of the National University of Arts Bucharest, is currently a tenured lecturer in the Fashion Department at the same institution. He lives and works in Bucharest. He participates in national and international exhibitions (Bucharest, Constanța, London and Venice). His works are included in private collections in England, Italy and Romania. In 2014 he received the UAP Award for Decorative Arts – Textile within the project Arts in Bucharest, 5th edition. He is a sculptor, textile artist and designer, combining these practices and often assuming the role of scenographer. The artist reconstructs the history of the world as if it were a stage — a space of display for human dramas, joys and triumphs.
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Sorin Dan Cojocaru is a visual artist based in Bucharest whose practice operates within conceptual art and manifests through installation, drawing, printmaking, painting and multimedia. He graduated from the Painting Department of the National University of Arts Bucharest and continued his studies for three years at Accademia di Brera (Milan), later as an Erasmus student at Akademie der Bildenden Künste München. For four years he was part of the Attiksfabriken Artist-Run Space project, working in parallel in Sweden and Romania. In 2017 he participated in the residency program organized by the Rothko Centre Daugavpils. His conceptual orientation follows an analytical approach focused on observing ideological structures, social dynamics and cognitive mechanisms.
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Mirela Ivanciu graduated from the Academy of Art in Bucharest (1996), obtained an MA in British Cultural Studies from the University of Bucharest (1997), was a laureate of the Jan van Eyck Academy (2000), completed an MFA in Photography at the State University of New York at Buffalo (2002), and earned her PhD from the National University of Arts Bucharest (2017). She has exhibited nationally and internationally. Her artistic practice, centered on visual experimentation, unfolds through textile projects and drawing, exploring change, stability and stillness, as well as relationships of interdependence.

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Mircea Modreanu is a visual artist, cultural project manager and gallerist. A graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca, he continued his professional path in Bucharest, where in 2014 he completed his Master’s degree in Graphic Arts at the National University of Arts Bucharest. In 2015 he founded an NGO, marking the beginning of his activity as a cultural project organizer. Since 2018 he has coordinated the artist-run space E T A J in Bucharest (George Enescu Street no. 43), where he has organized exhibitions with over 200 invited artists. During the lockdown period, he initiated a series of filmed interviews with artists, published on the YouTube channel ETAJ TV, a project with documentary and archival value. He is also
the coordinator of E T A J Magazine, a publication dedicated to promoting contemporary art and local artists. Since 2021, he has represented the Romanian artist-run scene internationally, participating in art fairs dedicated to independent initiatives in Aarhus, Stockholm, Budapest, Madrid, Milan, Los Angeles and Mexico City.

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Silvia Trăistaru is a visual artist and independent conservator-restorer, distinguished by an interdisciplinary practice that combines painting, drawing, photography and textiles. Since 2021 she has been part of the artistic community at Atelierele Malmaison, Bucharest, where she works in Room 30. In 2005 she founded STart CONSERVATION, a studio focused on modern and contemporary art, building on her training in Conservation and Restoration at the National University of Arts Bucharest. She collaborates with private collections, galleries and auction houses in Romania and across Europe, successfully combining artistic intellectual inquiry with the rigor of cultural heritage preservation.
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Razvan Neagoe is a visual artist based in Bucharest whose practice explores the relationship between memory, space and image. His works develop at the intersection of photography and painting, using overlay, fragmentation and intervention as strategies of visual construction. Photography functions as working material, subjected to processes of rewriting and layering rather than serving as a final result. The project Overlays (2022) marks a central direction in his artistic research, later expanded in solo and group exhibitions. Since 2024 he has collaborated with Ars Monitor Gallery, where he presented the exhibition Sinegrafia. His practice has been presented in various international contexts, including biennials, art fairs and exhibitions across Europe, shaping a coherent visual discourse on space as a carrier of memory.
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Alina Tudor is a Bucharest-based visual artist with an extensive activity in sculpture, object-based art and ceramics, exploring diverse media and techniques with a constant interest in materiality and form. A PhD candidate at UNArte, she received the Decorative Arts Award (2025) and the Youth Award (2007) from the Union of Visual Artists of Romania. Since 2024 she has been a member of Galateea Group, and in 2006 she co-founded, together with Răzvan Neagoe, the group focAR, involved in projects presented at Urban Jealousy – Tehran Roaming Biennial, Bucharest Biennale 5 and the Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon. Her artistic practice is complemented by solid experience in art education and cultural management, which further nuances her creative approach.
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Curators 

Anamaria Grigor holds a BA in Art History and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree at CESI. Her activity extends beyond theoretical research, being involved in curatorial projects and collaborations with various galleries. She works as a graphic designer, combining conceptual thinking with visual expression. She occasionally writes about contemporary art, film and visual culture and is interested in collaborative projects and the continuous exploration of the cultural scene.
https://draft-journal.com/indarat-backwards/no-named-artist-an-opening/
https://draft-journal.com/parentheses/hypnagogia-reverse-awakening/
https://draft-journal.com/bucharestology/bakhtin-city/

Anne-Marie Lolea holds a BA in Art History and is currently pursuing a Master’s program at CESI, where she is developing a research project focused on contemporary art interventions in heritage spaces. She works as a curatorial assistant at /SAC @ Bucharest and is also an independent curator. She occasionally writes exhibition reviews and is interested in collaborative projects and the ongoing exploration of the cultural scene.

Graphic Design Credit: Anamaria Grigor
 

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