Conceived as a showcase of ceramic artists teaching at the Faculty of Arts and Design of the West University of Timișoara, the exhibition - ACADEMIC SPEECH. UVT CERAMICS - brings together four distinct artistic approaches.
Daniela Catona places this series within an ongoing exploration of the relationship between gesture, material, and form as expressions of inner experience. Her works function as sensitive recordings of nuanced inner states, evoking a seismograph capable of capturing otherwise imperceptible variations. Her interest in ceramics extends beyond the object itself, focusing on the material’s capacity to mediate between corporeality, memory, and process.
Gloria Grati reveals a deeply personal universe, conveying symbolic anchors that open toward a metaphysical dialogue of universal resonance. She emphasizes the material’s texture through gestural traces and deliberate imprints, enhanced by a chromatic palette characteristic of oxidized clay. This gives her work a sense of naturalness and an expressive, archaic quality reminiscent of archaeological artifacts.
Matei Gașpar explores the tension between rigidity and fluidity, stability and perceived instability. Polished surfaces reflect light and their surroundings, actively engaging the viewer while adding a reflective layer to the work. At the same time, raw textures preserve the traces of gesture and process, foregrounding the material and physical presence of the sculptural form.
Nicolae Moldovan reduces form to its essential core. Surfaces function as fields of action, defined by the limits of volume and articulated with carefully controlled precision, highlighting the expressive distinctions between different ceramic bodies such as clay and stoneware. When graphic elements appear on these synthesized, archetypal forms, they do not compromise their formal integrity, but rather introduce new points of reference within the visual discourse.
The exhibition will run from April 17 to May 14, 2026.
Curator: Nicolae Moldovan
Partners: Workspace Studio, Inkad
Media Partners: Modernism.ro, Revista Arta, Intell News, Leviathan, ArtLine, Amos News, Agenția de Carte, Propagarta, Empower Artists, Piața de Artă, Radio România Cultural, Radio România Internațional, Zile și Nopți, Top Business
Daniela Catona places this series within an ongoing exploration of the relationship between gesture, material, and form as expressions of inner experience. Her works function as sensitive recordings of nuanced inner states, evoking a seismograph capable of capturing otherwise imperceptible variations. Her interest in ceramics extends beyond the object itself, focusing on the material’s capacity to mediate between corporeality, memory, and process.
Gloria Grati reveals a deeply personal universe, conveying symbolic anchors that open toward a metaphysical dialogue of universal resonance. She emphasizes the material’s texture through gestural traces and deliberate imprints, enhanced by a chromatic palette characteristic of oxidized clay. This gives her work a sense of naturalness and an expressive, archaic quality reminiscent of archaeological artifacts.
Matei Gașpar explores the tension between rigidity and fluidity, stability and perceived instability. Polished surfaces reflect light and their surroundings, actively engaging the viewer while adding a reflective layer to the work. At the same time, raw textures preserve the traces of gesture and process, foregrounding the material and physical presence of the sculptural form.
Nicolae Moldovan reduces form to its essential core. Surfaces function as fields of action, defined by the limits of volume and articulated with carefully controlled precision, highlighting the expressive distinctions between different ceramic bodies such as clay and stoneware. When graphic elements appear on these synthesized, archetypal forms, they do not compromise their formal integrity, but rather introduce new points of reference within the visual discourse.
The exhibition will run from April 17 to May 14, 2026.
Curator: Nicolae Moldovan
Partners: Workspace Studio, Inkad
Media Partners: Modernism.ro, Revista Arta, Intell News, Leviathan, ArtLine, Amos News, Agenția de Carte, Propagarta, Empower Artists, Piața de Artă, Radio România Cultural, Radio România Internațional, Zile și Nopți, Top Business
A IMAGE GALLERY OF EXHIBITED ARTWORKS
