Temporary Exhibitions
Gliss is a parodic performative photography exhibition that explores a universe where reality becomes fluid, logic dissolves, and everything slips into a continuous glissando of forms and meanings. In this imaginary space, the laws of nature are constantly rewritten, and absurdity is not an error—but the very essence of existence.
Through performative imagery, the exhibition constructs a world—Glissandis—where everyday objects acquire unexpected meanings, and ordinary gestures are reimagined through an ironic and provocative lens. Each photograph becomes a stage where norms are overturned, inviting the viewer to reflect on social and cultural conventions.
At the center of this universe is Gliss—a mysterious, ever-changing, and elusive inhabitant of Glissandis. He moves effortlessly through this realm of absurdity, where each day begins anew, as illogical and magical as the one before. For Gliss, incoherence is the only constant, and parody becomes a tool of exploration and understanding.
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Victor Eugen Mihai – VEM was born on January 30, 1968, in Onești, Bacău County, Romania.
He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at Vasile Alecsandri University in Bacău (1989–1993), followed by the Faculty of Movement, Sports, and Health Sciences (2016–2018), and earned a master's degree in Photography and Video Art at the George Enescu National University of Arts in Iași (2020–2022).
His artistic debut came on October 15, 1988, with satirical graphics published in Urzica magazine. Since then, his work has appeared in over 500 collective exhibitions and competitions in more than 50 countries, and as a photographer, he has participated in over 150 photography exhibitions in over 40 countries.
He has held 14 solo exhibitions of satirical and humorous graphics, as well as the photography exhibition Ceci n’est pas un Magritte (2023, Alfa Galleries, Bacău), accompanied by a published album of the same title.
In the field of satirical graphics, he is the author of several albums, including:
Stop the Earth, I Want to Get Off! (1995),
VEMmania (1997),
VEM (2016),
and Life Grimaces at Us (2024).
VEM has received over 140 international awards (including 30 gold medals) in international photography salons and over 70 awards (45 international) in satirical/humorous graphic arts.
In 2020, he was honored with the Acta non verba Award by the Romanian Union of Professional Journalists for his visual work in the press.
In 2024, he received the Bacău Branch Award from the Union of Visual Artists of Romania.
Among his distinctions:
– AFIAP – awarded by the International Federation of Photographic Art
– GPU Crown 1, GPU Crown 2, and GPU Aphrodite – from the Global Photographic Union
– Artist AAFR and Excellence AAFR – from the Association of Romanian Photographic Artists
In 2025, he was elected President of the Bacău Branch of the Union of Visual Artists of Romania.
