Florin Magda
Florin Magda (b. April 22, 1978, Alba Iulia) is a Romanian sculptor whose practice fuses the poetics of everyday life with the material resilience of metal.
A graduate of the University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca—BA (2002) and MA in Sculpture—Magda returned to his hometown, where in 2019 he opened HANGAR-F, a combined studio and artist-run space that anchors Alba Iulia’s contemporary-art scene.
Magda’s sculptures frequently reference childhood and the logic of play, probing how children use games to understand, resist, or reshape the world. This research culminated in Dulapul cu jucării / The Toy Cupboard (stainless steel, 2024), which won the Peter Jecza Award – Sculpture of the Year. Installed publicly in Timișoara, the 2.4 × 0.9 × 2 m work functions as both monument and invitation to imagine.
Beyond HANGAR-F, Magda has produced recognised public monuments and shown sculpture and installation in events such as Noaptea Albă a Galeriilor (Alba Iulia, Sibiu) and Romanian Creative Week (Iași). In 2022 he held the solo exhibition Triticum at Museikon, Alba Iulia.
Working primarily in welded or cast metal, Florin Magda translates ordinary forms—cupboards, grains of wheat, childhood toys—into elemental structures that ask open-ended questions about memory, resilience, and our shared social space.