Education 1977-1981 Academy of Fine Arts "I. Andreescu" , Cluj, RomaniaGroup exhibitions (selection)2019 Biennial of Decorative Art - Bucuresti2018 National Art Exibition - National Museum of Art2017 Kölner Liste - The Fair for Contemporary Art, Köln2016 European Glass Context 2016...
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Education 1977-1981 Academy of Fine Arts "I. Andreescu" , Cluj, Romania
Group exhibitions (selection)2019 Biennial of Decorative Art - Bucuresti2018 National Art Exibition - National Museum of Art2017 Kölner Liste - The Fair for Contemporary Art, Köln2016 European Glass Context 2016 Bornholms Kunstmuseum Denmak 2015 The Venice Biennial of Contemporary Art 2015, Palazzo Bembo, Venice2015 International Art Biennial of Beijing, China2014 The Coburg Prize for contemporary Glass, Coburg, Germany2014 The Glass Biennial, Haacht, Belgium2013 Das Metadekorativum, Dusseldorf, Germany2011 Art Collection, European Parliament of Bruxelles, Belgium2010 The International Exhibition of Glass, Kanazawa, Japon2006 Constantin BrancusiNational Sculpture Salon, Targu-Jiu, Romania2006 Coburg Glass Prize for Contemporary Glass in Europe 20061991 International Glass Contest, Kanazawa, Japon1987 Young Glass '87, International Competition, Glassmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmak
Solo exhibitions (selection)2019 Manifest- Art Festival EUROPALIA, Chateau de Beloeil - Belgia2018 Manifest, Centrul Cultural Palatele Brâncovenești, Mogoșoaia; 2018 Manifest, Galeria ICR Lisabona 2015 SacriFACE, La Piccolla Galleria dell’Istituto Romeno di Venezia, Venice, Italy2013 Sculpture, Demeure Sellier Museum, Cogolin, France2012 ShakespeareanCharacters in Glass, Craiova, Romania2010 Anatomy of Glass, Craiova Art Museum, Romania2010 Glass rétrospective exhibition at The National Museum of Cotroceni, București,2006 Sculpture, The Glass Art Museum, Craiova, RomaniaWorksin museums(selection) Parlamentul Uniunii Europene, art collectionPalazzo Oddo, Albenga, ItalyThe Henritch Glass Museum in Dusseldorf, GermanyTheArtMuseum, Targu-Jiu, RomaniaMuseum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Czech Republic SchlobBranitz, Cottbus, GermanyThe Glass Museum, Ebelfort, DenmakThe ArtMuseum, Craiova, RomaniaThe Glass Museum Coburg, Germany
Awards(selection)2017 Awardfor Art in Public Space -Land Art - UAP Romania2015 Awardfor Decorative Art, UAP Romania2006 AwardNațional de SculpturăConstantin Brâncuși, Târgu-Jiu, Romania2004 Award Arts of theFire,UAPRomania2003 Award Arts of theFire,UAP Romania2001 Constantin Lecca Awardfor Fine Arts, Craiova, Romania1992 Silver Medal,The American Interfaith Institute Prize, Philadelphia, SUA
Simposiums (selection)2017 Constantin Brâncuși International SculptureSymposium, Târgu-Jiu, Romania2015-1988 The International Glass Symposium, Novy-Bor, Republica Cehă1990 Plein-Air International Symposium, Libenau-Cottbus, Germany1990 International Stained Glass Symposium, Vilnius, LithuaniaBibliography (selection)Mihai Topescu – Manifest 2018Das Metadekorativum, Klartext Verlag, Essen 2012, pg. 218-251Mihai Topescu, ANATOMY OF GLASS (Anatomia Sticlei) 2010Mihai Topescu, FRAGILE GLASS 2005 – 2008, GermanyCoburg Glass Prize for Contemporary Glass in Europe 2006, p. 201 - 369 C.A. Mitchell, The Contemporary Who's Who of Professionals, 2004-2005Glass Art, Peter Layton, 1996, p. 60Joachin Waldrich Verlag "Who's Who in Contemporary Glass Art", 1993-1994, Munchen, GermanyIrvin J. Borowsky Artists Confronting the Inconceivable: Award Winning Glass Sculpture, The International Exhibition of Glass Craft 1988, Kanazawa, p.81;1990 pag 105Young Glass 1987, An International Competition, Ebelfort: Glassmuseum, 1987, p.80Interglass Symposium Ceskoslovonsko, I.G.S. 1982 – 1985, Novy-Bor, p.100Spiel, Satz, Siegund Pokall, Nokia Masters Tennis, Essen, 1991, p. 21.Mihai Topescu CAST GLASS CYCLE, 2000- 2005, Texts by Adrian Guță and Cătălin DavidescuEnciclopedia Artiștilor Români Contemporani, Vol. IV, p. 182Personal Structures, Crossings Borders, Publisher: Global Art Affairs Foundation, Venice, 2015The album of the Sixth Beijing International Art Biennale, China, 2015, China Artists Association
Videos2017 Manifest; producer Mihai Topescu2015 SacriFace; producer Mihai Topescu Glass Studios2015 SacriFire; producer Mihai Topescu Glass Studios2013 SacrifIce; producer Mihai Topescu Glass Studios2010 Anatomy of Glass, Mihai Topescu, producerMihai Topescu Glass Studios2006 Documentar Mihai Topescu, Glass Artist, TVR, producerCristian Bogdan Drăgan1998 Trap for the Sun, Televiziunea Națională Romana, producerMihaela Cristea
Artist with forty years of experience in glass, sculpture, land art, installations and eco activist.