Between 23 and 26 July 2026, Jecza Gallery took part in the first edition of Transylvanian Nights, a new cultural programme that transformed Mediaș into an extended route for contemporary art. Across four days, exhibitions unfolded through historic buildings, former civic spaces and other locations temporarily reactivated through artistic interventions.
At Casa Schuller, Jecza Gallery presented works by Tincuța Marin, Laurian Popa, Radu Oreian and Paul Neagu, bringing several generations of Romanian artistic practice into conversation within the architecture of one of Mediaș’s historic landmarks.
Paul Neagu’s experimental approach to sculpture, drawing and the body established a historical point of reference for the presentation, alongside contemporary positions whose practices move through painting, mythology, material transformation and the archive. Rather than functioning as an autonomous exhibition setting, Casa Schuller became part of this dialogue, allowing the works to encounter the particular history and material presence of the site.
The gallery’s participation continued at the Casa de Cultură a Sindicatelor, reopened to the public after more than two decades. Here, Aliaj, a project space curated by Mihai Zgondoiu, brought together the building’s existing archive with contributions from Jecza Gallery and Biju Gallery. The reactivation of the former cultural institution became one of the festival’s most resonant gestures, returning contemporary artistic practice to a space already charged with its own social memory.
Jecza Gallery artist Radu Oreian also played a significant role in the inaugural edition of Transylvanian Nights and presented his solo exhibition 1000 Sunsets at Turnul Mariei as part of the wider programme.
With 11 exhibitions across 11 locations and more than 200 works, Transylvanian Nights proposed another way of encountering contemporary art: through movement across the city, between works, buildings and histories ordinarily experienced separately.
For Jecza Gallery, the first edition offered a context particularly close to its programme, where historical continuity and contemporary experimentation could be encountered outside the conventional architecture of the gallery or art-fair booth, embedded instead within the cultural fabric of Mediaș.
Discover Jecza Gallery’s presentation at Transylvanian Nights 2026.
