VICTORIA ZIDARU
ReFACEREA
Presented in collaboration with Suprainifinit
Curated by Adina Drinceanu
Video installation by Tudor Cucu, sound installation by Călin Topa
September 25, 2025 – January 10, 2026
Opening Reception
Thursday, September 25, 4-7pm
Galeria Nicodim
Strada Băiculeşti, nr. 29
Refacerea draws on this symbolic continuum. Resonant with Indigenous cosmologies, Eastern spirituality, and Christian mysticism, the work engages archetypes of healing not as metaphors but as active forces. Herbs cleanse and recalibrate; handwoven cloth embodies continuity, linking past traditions with present practice; inscribed words create cadence and attention. The sacred is neither distant nor abstract, but material, embodied, and shared. Rather than providing resolutions, Zidaru’s work leaves us with a provocation: for the artist resilience is not merely a survival technique, but is rather inseparable from the consolations of the spirit, then where and how can it be cultivated within the fractures of contemporary life?Collaboration is central to the exhibition: the woven elements were created with the women of Liteni, while commissioned works by Tudor Cucu (film) and Călin Topa (sound installation) are integrated as essential components. The participatory project Donate a Word invites the public to contribute words that become part of the installation itself.– Adina Drinceanu
Victoria Zidaru (b. 1956, Liteni, Romania) is a Romanian artist renowned for her immersive installations and multisensory approach to contemporary art. Her practice encompasses installations, performances, and collaborations with choreographers, musicians, and filmmakers, often engaging vulnerable communities. Over four decades, she has developed a distinctive visual language that integrates plants, weaving techniques, scents, inscribed words, and ritualistic practices to explore the symbolic dialogue between the individual, nature, and community. In 2016, she co-founded Ferma de Arte in Liteni, an art hub connecting art, nature, and community, informed by her earlier experience in a religious community (1987–2006).Recent projects include ReFACEREA, curated byAdina Drinceanu, Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest (2025–2026); Victoria Zilei, MARE Museum, Bucharest (2024–2025); Lingua Ignota, Istituto della Pietà and Archivi della Misericordia, Venice (2024); Ziua Întâi, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest (2023–2024); Felix Anima, Palazzo Ca’ Da Mosto, Venice (2022), and Hortus Deliciarum 3, Romanian Cultural Institute, Venice (2019). Her work has been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions across Romania, Italy, and Europe, including Venice, Vienna, Timișoara, and Seoul.
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