MIRA MARINCAȘ. Thinking in Blue

The Cluj-Napoca Art Museum, a cultural institution operating under the authority of the Cluj County Council, presents Thinking in Blue, an exhibition by artist Mira Marincaș, on view from 28 October to 8 November 2026.

Mira Marincaș graduated in 2007 from the Photography, Video and Computer Image Processing Department of the University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca. She currently holds the position of Associate Professor at Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania in Cluj-Napoca, within the Department of Cinematography, Photography and Media of the Faculty of Sciences and Arts.     

Her participation in group exhibitions includes Dance and Photography, Vienna State Opera, Vienna, Austria (April 2005); L’Étang d’Art Gallery, Bages, France (2006-2007); Farleys Yard Trust Gallery, Chiddingly, England (2006-2007); Art in Arboretum, Harcourt Arboretum, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (29 June – 18 July 2009); The Fog, curated by Andor Kömives, Cluj-Napoca Art Museum (3 February – 5 March 2011); International Photographic Art Salon, Contemporary Art Gallery, Budapest (26 April – 16 September 2021); and the 43rd International Mini Print of Cadaqués, an exhibition of graphic art and printmaking held at Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaqués, Spain (24–30 September 2023). Among her notable international solo exhibitions are Maramureș, Neubrandenburg, Germany (6 March – 6 April 2007); aReális, Munkácsy Memorial House, Békéscsaba, Hungary (24 November – 22 December 2017); and Fragmentarium (22 January – 15 February 2019).

The works presented in Thinking in Blue emerge from the distinctive postmodern, neo-expressionist and conceptualist artistic tradition of Cluj-Napoca — a creative environment characterised by openness to experimentation, an uncompromising visual language and technical inventiveness.