# Ana Maria Micu

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**Ana Maria Micu** (born 1979) is a Romanian visual artist who works and lives in [Botoșani](/source/Boto%C8%99ani), Romania. She graduated from the [Art and Design University of Cluj-Napoca](/source/Art_and_Design_University_of_Cluj-Napoca), receiving a B.A. in Fine Arts in 2002 and an MFA in 2004.

## Biography

Micu was born in 1979, in Botoșani, Romania. Her mother, a math teacher, encouraged her to pursue studies in mathematics. Instead, Micu elected to study fine arts in high-school, and later at the Art and Design University of Cluj-Napoca. She chose to study painting at a time when the trends in contemporary Romanian art favored photography, video, and [conceptual art](/source/Conceptual_art).[1]

## Career

Early in her career, Micu became known as a figurative painter, exploring body language and movement through informal portraiture, and incorporating paintings within paintings in her work.[2] Her more recent work has focused on self-portraiture and the depiction of interior, personal spaces,[3] which attempt to demonstrate that a woman approaching her 40s can live alone in an apartment and produce significant artistic output.[4]

Micu is a realist painter, working with photography, sketching, graphite drawings, and [easel](/source/Easel) painting. She often takes snapshots of her apartment and studio, using the photographs as the basis of works that incorporate elements of still life, landscape, and self-portrait.[5] Her artworks are celebrated for their attention to detail of every object in the painting, where "light is the star of the show".[4]

Micu has had solo shows in Romania, China, and Taiwan, and in addition has participated in group exhibitions in the Netherlands, the UK, and the United States.

## Exhibitions

- *Speaking About the Unknown* ([Mind Set Art Center](/source/Mind_Set_Art_Center), Taipei, 2019)[6]
- *A Picture on the Wall* (Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, 2018)
- *Self-portrait and Indoor Plant* (Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, 2015)
- *Tender heart, keep still!* ([C-Space](/source/C-Space,_Beijing), Beijing, 2012)
- *Ideal Spleen* (Anaid Art Gallery, Bucharest, 2007)
- *Bloom* (Anaid Art Gallery, Bucharest, 2006)

## References

1. Chen, Jake. ["Ana Maria Micu Pt.2 -- Paintings and Inspiration"](https://en.rti.org.tw/radio/programMessageView/id/100409). *Stroke of Light*. Radio Taiwan International.

1. Brennan, Mike. ["Romanian contemporary art Transition: trauma and the Cluj connection"](http://www.modernedition.com/art-articles/romanian-art/cluj-art-school-romania.html). *modernedition*

1. Chen, Fei-Hao (Jan 2019). "Exhibition Review: Ana Maria Micu, A Picture on the Wall". *ARTCO*. '***(316): 193.***

1. Chen, Jake. ["Ana Maria Micu Pt.1 -- Paintings and Inspiration"](https://en.rti.org.tw/radio/programMessageView/id/100371). *Stroke of Light*. Radio Taiwan International.

1. Petrescu, Alina. ["Self-portrait with Indoor Plant"](http://revistaarta.ro/en/self-portrait-with-indoor-plant-2/). *REVISTA ARTA*. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

1. ["Speaking About the Unknown by Ana Maria Micu & Pencil Walker by Shi Jin-Hua"](https://taipeidangdai.com/2019-program/residency-presentation-a-picture-on-the-wall-ana-maria-micu/). Taipei Dangdai. Retrieved 14 January 2019.

## External links

- [http://www.anamariamicu.com](http://www.anamariamicu.com)

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