Mihai Păcurar

Mihai Păcurar

Director and set designer

Motto

Most of the time I feel like I know what I'm doing.

Date and place of birth

November 05, 1978, Bucharest

About

Education

Sabin Drăgoi Art High School Arad (1993–1997)

Bucharest National University of Arts, Faculty of Decorative Arts and Design, Scenography (1997–2002)

MAPA Summer Academy for Stage, Light and Projection, Berlin (2000)

Master's in Directing Arts, University of Arts Târgu-Mureș (2018–2020)

Professional experience at Reactor

set designer, Second Skin, concept and direction: Ferenc Sinkó, dramaturgy and sound design: Oana Hodade

set designer, The Uprising, script by Alexa Băcanu, directed by Dragoș Alexandru Mușoiu, 2026

set designer, Dealul florilor, by Calița Nantu, directed by Mark Cristopher Demeter, 2025

set designer, The Treasure City, dramaturgy Petro Ionescu, directed by David Schwartz, 2025

concept and direction, Event Horizon, text Ioana Hogman, 2024

set designer, r.e.g.e.n.e.r.a.r.e., concept and choreography Beatrice Oneț, 2024

Set and video designer, Wonders of Transylvania, directed by Martin Boross, dramaturgy Alexa Băcanu and Martin Boross, 2024

concept and coordination, LOC, 2023-present

Set designer, Duck!, by Cleopatra Constantinescu, directed by Dragoș Alexandru Mușoiu, 2023

Set designer, Beyond the Golden Hour, by Ovidiu Cioclov, directed by Ovidiu Caița, 2023

co-creator, Point Nemo, collective creation, concept Catinca Drăgănescu, 2023

Set and video designer, Gliese 445, text and direction Raul Coldea, 2023

Set designer, Underwater, by Ioana Toloargă, directed by Olivia Grecea, 2022

Set designer, The Dream, by Alexa Băcanu, directed by Dragoș Alexandru Mușoiu, 2022

Director, concept, Interior-light, 2021

Set designer, Get Out of the Sun, dir. Leta Popescu, 2021

Set designer, An Evening of Entertainment at Reactor, dir. Cristian Ban, 2021

Director, concept, While We Inhabit, online performative installation, 2020

Set designer, video concept, All's Well That Ends, dir. Radu Nica, 2019

Concept, co-author, 1:100, object and text installation, 2019

Professional experience elsewhere

Set Design, Video, (In)visible, directed by Leta Popescu – Cluj-Napoca Hungarian Theatre, 2019

Video, Carnival Scenes, directed by Adi Iclenzan – Târgu-Mureș National Theatre, 2019

Set Design, Video, Bang, directed by Theodor-Cristian Popescu – Craiova National Theatre, 2019

Set Design, Video, Frontal, directed by Gianina Cărbunariu – Youth Theatre Piatra Neamț, 2019

Set Design, Video, Work in Progress, a performance by Gianina Cărbunariu – Teatro delle Passioni, Modena, 2018

Set Design, Video, Master Manole, directed by Andrei Măjeri – Cluj-Napoca National Theatre, 2018

Set Design, Video, Sound Design, The Bee in My Head, directed by Theodor Cristian Popescu, Tg. Mureș National Theatre, Liviu Rebreanu Company, 2018

Set Design, Video, Ordinary People, a performance by Gianina Cărbunariu - Radu Stanca National Theatre, Sibiu, 2016

Set Design, Light Design, Video, Martyrs, directed by Radu Nica - Radu Stanca National Theatre, Sibiu, 2016

Video, Artists Talk, a performance by Gianina Cărbunariu – Arcub, Bucharest, 2016

Set Design, Video, Die Firma Dankt (The Company Thanks You), directed by Theodor Cristian Popescu - Radu Stanca National Theatre, Sibiu, 2015

Set Design, Perplex, directed by Theodor Cristian Popescu – Ioan Slavici Theatre Arad, 2014

Set Design, Video, Richard III Is Forbidden, directed by Anca Bradu - Ujvideki Szinhaz, Novi Sad, 2014

Set Design, Costumes, Video, The Seagull, directed by Antoaneta Cojocaru – Bulandra Theatre, 2013

Set Design, Video, Costumes, Rosmersholm, directed by Anca Bradu – Ujvideki Szinhaz, Novi Sad, 2013

Set Design, Toy Târgoviște, directed by Ana Mărgineanu - Târgoviște Municipal Theatre, 2011

Video, The Nothing Box, a performance by Silvia Călin  – National Center for Dance, 2011

Set Design and Video, Nils' Fucked Up Day, directed by Peca Ștefan - Teatrul Luni at Green Hours, 2008

Video, Scent of a Woman, directed by Daniel Popa – Bulandra Theatre Bucharest, 2008

Set Design and Video, The Woman from the Past, directed by Theodor Cristian Popescu – Metropolis Theatre Bucharest, 2008

Set Design and Video, Mansarde à Paris avec vue sur la mort, directed by Radu Afrim - Kultur Fabrik Luxembourg, 2007

Set Design, Stories of Everyday Madness, directed by Radu Afrim – Youth Theatre Piatra Neamț, 2007

Set Design and Video, It's Only the End of the World, directed by Radu Afrim – Odeon Theatre Bucharest, 2007

Set Design and Video, Bucharest Calling, directed by Ana Mărgineanu – Teatrul Luni at Green Hours, 2006

Video, Baby Smile, directed by Carmen Vidu – Undercloud Theatre, 2006

Set Design, A Respectable Wedding, directed by Anca Bradu – Cluj-Napoca Hungarian Theatre, 2006

Set Design, Video, I Hate Helen, directed by Carmen Vidu, Arcub Bucharest, 2005

Set Design, The Arabian Night, directed by Radu Nica - Radu Stanca Theatre Sibiu, 2005

Sound performance at #FMR Light Forms of Performativity, at the opening of ZIZ, Art and Social Area Opening, Cluj-Napoca, 2020

Hikikomori, performance concept Vlaicu Golcea – Itinerant performance – Video.

IA, performative sound and image installation, created together with Vlaicu Golcea and Oscar Loeser, MNAC Bucharest, 2017

ReVerbs, performative sound, dance, and image installation created by Özlem Alkiş, Vlaicu Golcea, Andrei Gâțu, and Mihai Păcurar, MNAC Bucharest, 2013

Participates in most exhibitions and events of the multimedia art group Kinema Ikon in Arad, from 2005 – present

The Black Tower, Visuals for Live Set Vlaicu Golcea / Mihai Pacurar, Amural4, Brașov, 2018

Burn the Waters, Music Video for Temple Invisible, 2017

The White Box, a film by Mihai Păcurar. Selected at film and animation festivals in Romania, Greece, Portugal, USA, India, Croatia, Bulgaria, Poland. Best Animated Film Award at IFF Windsor, California, USA, and at TIFF, Cluj-Napoca 2017, honorable mention at Filmul de Piatra, 2016.

Fear is a Lie, Music Video for Dream Diggers, 2015

Noire de București, Visuals for live concert, Noire de București – Vlaicu Golcea, at Konfrontacje Teatralne Festival, Lublin, Poland, 2015

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