Linda-Saskia Menczel
Sculptor · Visual Artist · PhD · Visual Arts Educator
Profile & Education
Born: 23 March 1972, Timișoara, Timiș County, Romania
- Johannesburg School of Arts, South Africa, until 1989
- Faculty of Fine Arts, West University of Timișoara, Sculpture, Class of 1998
- PhD (Summa cum laude), Faculty of Arts and Design, 2023
Affiliations
- Member of the Union of Visual Artists of Romania since 1999.
- Founding member of the “Dor” Group since 2001.
- Vice-President of the Orthodox Christian Women’s Society of Timișoara since 2016
- Member of the Association of Women Creators in Visual Arts of Romania since 2016
Awards & Distinctions
Selected to represent Romania at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and at the European Parliament, Brussels, in 2005; Diplomas of Excellence in Visual Arts awarded by Timișoara City Hall in 2005, 2009 and 2015; Diploma of Excellence in Sculpture, County Art Salon, 2017; Artist of the Future Award 2020 and Collector’s Vision International Art Award 2021, awarded by Contemporary Art Curator magazine.
Solo Exhibitions
2023
“Opus 25”, POD Gallery, Timișoara, Romania
2022
“Coda”, Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania; “Bible in Bronze”, Jimbolia House of Culture, Romania; “The 72 Names”, Prof. Dr. Munteanu Ophthalmology Centre, Timișoara, Romania
2020
“From letters to the Word”, Saskial Art Promotions ArtSpace, Timișoara, Romania
2019
“Musica Universalis”, Timișoara Art Museum, Romania; “Thoughtforms”, EMArt Gallery, Deva, Romania
2016
“Becoming”, Pygmalion Gallery & Subsol Gallery, Timișoara, Romania; “In Bronze”, Headquarters of the Union of Serbs in Romania, Timișoara, Romania; “Embodiment”, Banatul Philharmonic, Timișoara, Romania
2013
“Confession II”, Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania
2011
“Confession I”, Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania
2010
“Shemot”, Tiffin University, Timișoara, Romania
2009
“Shemot”, Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania
2007
“Codex”, Timiș County Council and Romanian National Opera, Timișoara, Romania
2006
“Exodus 14.19–21”, Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania; “Mysteries and Hidden Places”, Artis Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2005
Expo-Vest Hall, Timișoara, Romania; Țiriac Bank, Timișoara, Romania
2004
“Persona”, Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania
2003
Hypocrate Centre, Timișoara, Romania
2002
“Mystery”, Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania
2001
“Temple”, Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania
2000
Timișoara Polytechnic Centre, Romania
1998
“Initiation”, Art Galleries, Timișoara, Romania
Public & Monumental Works
2026
“Bust of Lorin Fortuna”, Timiș County Council, Timișoara; “Bust of Father Petru Dănescu”, Berliște
2025
“Bust of Patriciu Dragalina” and “Bust of Elisa Dragalina”, Borlova; “Bust of Ștefan Velovan”, Rusca Montană; “Bust of Bishop Veniamin Nistor”, Caransebeș
2024
“The Great Crossing”, monument dedicated to musician Adrian Bărar, Timișoara; “Bust of Bishop Emilian Birdaș”, Caransebeș; “Bust of Metropolitan Nicolae Corneanu”, Caransebeș; “Bust of Acad. Prof. Dr Ioan Munteanu”, Timișoara; “Bust of the poet Mihai Eminescu”, Caransebeș
2022
“Commemoration list”, courtyard of Fabric Vest Church, Timișoara
2020
“Bust of Prof. Francisc Schneider”, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timișoara
2019
“Bust of C.D. Loga” , C.D. Loga National College, Timișoara; “Bust of Silviu Bejan”, C.D. Loga National College, Timișoara
2016
“The Mother of God with 12 Stars”, façade of the Roman Catholic Bishopric in Iosefin, Timișoara
2014
“Knowing You”, Private collection, Timișoara
2013
“Bust of Academician Ioan Anton”, Politehnica University Timișoara
2009
“Adam”, University of Life Sciences, Timișoara; “Bust of Prince Eugene of Savoy”, Timișoara, Central Park
2004
„5” Muvesztelep, Csongad, Hungary; “Lesson on the Cube”, Fountain, Plevnei Square, Timișoara, Romania
1998
“Golgotha” Triade Collection, Timișoara, Romania
Group Exhibitions
2025
“ArtBox.Project Palma 3.0”, Casa del Arte, Mallorca, Spain; “Meeting Point”, Sculpture and Drawing Biennial, Arad, Romania
2023
“Encounter – Sculptors from Timișoara”, Szeged, Hungary; “Analog Mania International Festival”, Timișoara Youth House, Romania; “Award Winners’ Salon”, Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania
2022
“Sheroes”, Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania; “Award Winners’ Salon”, Park Gallery, Timișoara, Romania; “National Exhibition of Sacred Art by Doctoral Students”, Ermineia Gallery, Cluj, Romania; “National Small-Format Art Salon”, Brăila, Romania
2021
“Award Winners’ Salon”, 10th edition, online; “Blue Biennale”, Brașov, Romania; “International Women’s Art Exhibition”, online; “UAPR Timișoara Branch 70”, Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania; “Helios Gallery 53”, online edition; “Four of Queens”, 6th edition, online
2020
“Fragile Architectures”, GEDOK Gallery, Heidelberg, Germany; “Anniversary Salon”, EM Gallery, Deva, Romania; “Zoom In”, online; Dubova-Mraconia Creative Camp Exhibition 37, Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania; “Dialogue with the Sacred”, 10th edition, online; “Artbox Zurich 2.0”, Swissartexpo, Switzerland; Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of Women Artists, Căminul Artei Gallery, Bucharest, Romania; Dubova-Mraconia Creative Camp Exhibition 36/36, Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania; National Small-Format Art Salon, Brăila, Romania
2001–2025
“Timiș County Visual Arts Salon”, Timișoara Art Museum, Romania
2019
“Meeting Point Biennial”, Delta Gallery, Arad, Romania; “Blue Biennial”, KronArt Gallery, Brașov, Romania; “Artbox Zurich”, Switzerland; “Contemporary Feminine Art”, Iași Art Museum, Romania; “At the Village Crossroads – Pierced Lights”, Timișoara Metropolitan Cathedral Museum, Romania; “Three Artists – Three Compasses”, Bastion, Timișoara, Romania
2018
“Artbox Project”, New York, USA; “Woman All Too Woman”, Timișoara Art Museum, Romania; “UAPT Award Winners’ Salon”, Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania; Romanian Pavilion, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium; “Angels of Childhood”, Timișoara Metropolitan Cathedral, Romania; National Small-Format Art Salon, Brăila, Romania
2017
“Meeting Point Biennale”, Delta Gallery, Arad, Romania; “Lascăr Vorel National Visual Arts Biennale”, Neamț Art Museum, Romania; “Timișoara – Outpost of Progress and Modernity”, Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania; “Timiș Identities”, Timiș County Council, Timișoara, Romania; “European Bridges”, Constanța Art Museum, Romania; “Femina Invicta”, Carol Galleries, Bucharest, Romania
2016
“Chromatic Nostalgias”, Csongrad, Hungary; “Our Village”, Timișoara Village Museum, Romania; “Timiș County Visual Arts Salon”, Timișoara Art Museum, Romania; “European Bridges”, Constanța Art Museum, Romania; “Award Winners’ Salon”, Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania; “Nexus”, Cluj Art Museum, Romania; “Award Winners’ Salon”, Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania
2015
“The Bell”, Timiș County Council Building, Timișoara, Romania; “Contemporary Myths”, Slobozia House of Culture, Romania; “Lascăr Vorel National Visual Arts Biennale”, Piatra Neamț, Romania; “Visual Artists from Banat”, Art IX-XI Gallery, Budapest, Hungary; “Timișoara – From Royal Residence to European Capital of Culture”, Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania
2014
“Tree of Life”, Parliament of Romania, Bucharest, Romania; “Sacrifice”, Timișoara Administrative Palace, Romania; “Revolution/Freedom”, Romanian National Opera, Timișoara, Romania
2013
“Sculpture”, Rueil-Malmaison, France; “Collections and Collectors”, Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania; “Identities”, Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania
2012
“In Praise of Museums and Their Meeting Place”, Timișoara Art Museum, Romania
2010
“El Camino Sacral” – Inductions of the Sacred in Contemporary Sculpture, Iași, Romania
2009
“De Magister” – In Memoriam Peter Jecza, Timișoara, Romania; “The Stars”, Timiș County Council, Romania; “The Absurd in Visual Arts”, travelling exhibition, Romania and Hungary
2007
“Meeting Point”, travelling exhibition, Romania, Czech Republic, Croatia and Austria; “50 Forms”, travelling exhibition, Romania and Hungary; “The Way, Route, Movement, Dynamism”, Timiș County Council, Romania; “Maternity”, Timișoara Art Museum, Romania
2006
“Eastern Neighbours”, Utrecht, Netherlands; “Requiem”, Timișoara Metropolitan Cathedral / Bucharest; “Temesvar – Europa kapuja” (“Timișoara – European Openings”), Budapest, Hungary
2005
European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium; “Small Sculpture Salon”, Apollo Gallery, Bucharest, Romania; “The World of Forms”, travelling exhibition, Hungary; “Contemporary Romanian Sculptors”, Bucharest, Romania
2004
“Regards et Touchers de Femme”, Villa Stucki, Bern, Switzerland; “Regards et Touchers de Femme”, Künstlerhaus Gallery, Bern, Switzerland; “Svetionik”, Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro; “Plein Air”, Szeged, Hungary; “20/20”, Zambek, Hungary; “Plein Air”, Csongrad, Hungary; “Light – Physical Phenomenon and Artistic Symbol”, Szeged, Hungary; “Svetionik”, Begec, Serbia and Montenegro; “8th IIAP”, Virtual Gallery; “Expo-Zodiac”, Expo Vest, Timișoara, Romania; Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania
2002
Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania; HBV Bank, Timișoara, Romania; “Small Sculpture Biennale”, Arad, Romania; “8 March”, Orhideea Gallery, Timișoara, Romania
2001
HBV Bank, Timișoara, Romania; “7th IIAP”, Virtual Gallery; Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania; “Verdi”, Rome, Italy; “The Brâncuși Paradigm”, Timișoara, Romania; “The Environment”, Sondrio, Italy; HBV Bank, Timișoara, Romania
2000
“Timiș County Art Salon”, Timișoara, Romania; “Small Sculpture Biennale”, Arad, Romania; “Visual Syncretism”, Timișoara, Romania
1999
“Eclipse ’99”, Arad, Romania
1998
“National Art Salon”, Reșița, Romania; “Armedica Salon”, Arad, Romania; “Small Sculpture Biennale”, Arad, Romania
1996
Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania
1994–1998
West University of Timișoara, Romania
1993
Freiburg, Germany
1991, 1992
Student Fest, Timișoara, Romania
1989
“Andre Gallery”, Johannesburg, South Africa
Exhibitions with the “Dor” Group
2005
“Dor”, Giechburg Castle, Germany; “Dor”, Das Kleine Haus der Kunst, Buttenheim, Germany
2004
“Dor”, Giechburg Castle, Germany; “Dor”, Kielen Nachrichten, Kiel, Germany
2003
“Dor”, Kolping Werk, Frankfurt, Germany; “Dor”, Tortum Freystadt, Freystadt, Germany; “Dor”, Helios Gallery, Timișoara, Romania; “Dor”, Villa Leon, Nuremberg, Germany; “Dor”, Giechburg Castle, Germany; “Dor”, Sparkasse Bamberg, Germany
2002
“Dor”, Landratsamt Bamberg, Germany; “Dor”, Parsberg Castle, Germany; “Dor”, Raiffeisenbank, Neumarkt, Germany; “Dor”, KunstWerk, Rattelsdorf, Germany; “Dor”, Studio 13, Bamberg, Germany; “Dor”, Giechburg Castle, Germany
Scholarship
1994
Baroque Sculpture Restoration, Bundesdenkmalamt, Vienna, Austria
Publications, Collaborations & Symposia
2026
“Didactic Wings” Magazine, Vol. I, 2026, editor, coordinator and graphic designer, online, ISSN 3120-3035; ISSN-L 3120-3035; “Saper Vedere – Appreciating the Beauty of Nature Through Photography”, Acces Online Magazine, pp. 73–76, ISSN 2810-5419
2024–2026
“Young People in Faith” Magazine, Vols. I–V, editor, coordinator and graphic designer, Madeea Hand Graf Publishing House, ISSN 3045-2708
2025
“The Sermon on the Mount in Visual Art: Historical Traditions and a Contemporary Sculptural Take”, 5th International Symposium on Biblical Exegesis, Timișoara
2024
“The Tetragrammaton – Grapheme and Thaumaturgic Sound”, International Conference “The Dialogue between Science, Theology and Philosophy”, 2nd edition, Timișoara; “Young People in Faith”, Vols. I–III, 2024–2025, Madeea Hand Graf Publishing House, editor/coordinator/author, ISSN 3045-2708; ISSN-L 3045-2708
2023
“Revealed Inscriptions” – artist talk, POD Gallery, Timișoara; “Fides quae per caritatem operatur – Biblical Studies”, eds. Fr. I. Mihoc and Fr. I. Stancovici; “Hebrew Inscriptions in Christian-Themed European Art”, Iași: Doxologia, 2023, p. 172; ISBN 978-630-301-071-7; “From Letter to Word – Hebrew Inscriptions in European Art with Christian Themes”, West University Publishing House, ISBN 978-973-125-993-2; “The Miracle of the Moment”, Eurostampa Publishing House, coordinator, ISBN 978-606-32-1321-2
2022
“Linda-Saskia Menczel – In Her Own Words”, Timișoara: Mirton Publishing House, ARTE collection, ISBN 978-973-52-2046-4; “Sheroes”, Timișoara: Mirton Publishing House, ARTE collection, coordinator, ISBN 978-973-52-2031-0; “The Biblical Text in Spatial Forms”, Sacred Art Symposium, online edition
2021
“Fear of Beauty”, in Arts and Design Notebooks, Vol. 9, no. 9, 2021, p. 186, ISSN 2393-042X; ISSN-L 2393-042X; “Hebrew Inscriptions in European Christian-Themed Art”, 2nd International Symposium on Biblical Exegesis, Timișoara, Romania; “Pseudo-Writing and Mystical Meaning: Embroidery on Garments in European Painting of the 15th–17th Centuries”, Italo-Romanian Cultural Horizons, nos. 7–8, July–August 2021, Year XI, ISSN 2240-9645
2020
“Hebrew Inscriptions in European Art of the 15th–18th Centuries – A Sign of Erudition”, in Arts and Design Notebooks, Vol. 8, no. 8 (2020), pp. 58–63, ISSN 2393-042X
2019
“Philolog”, Artpress Timișoara, editor/coordinator, ISBN 972-973-108-932-4
2018
“Photolog”, Artpress Timișoara, editor/coordinator, ISBN 978-973-108-799-3
2017
“Artist of the Month”, La Două Bufnițe Bookshop, Timișoara, Romania; “Femina Invicta”, Anais Foundation, Bucharest, Romania
2016
“Emotion and Embodiment”, Banatul Philharmonic, Timișoara, Romania
2014
Camarilla Culturală, lecturer
2005
Camarilla Culturală, lecturer
2000
F.A.C.T. – “Angels and Revelations”, Timișoara Roman Catholic Cathedral, Romania; F.A.C.T. – “Swinging Jazz”, Banatul Philharmonic, Timișoara, Romania; “Save the Children”, Orhideea Gallery, Timișoara, Romania; “University Horizons”, Timișoara Polytechnic Centre, Romania
Educational Articles
2026
Text and Image in the Visual Arts: Inscription as Amplification, Decoding or Enciphering of the Image, platform: RevistaEducatie.ro; Visual Arts Education in the Holistic Education of Young People – Cognitive, Psychological and Affective Perspectives, in “Teaching Wings”, Vol. I, 2026, online, ISSN 3120-3035; ArtHUB LTO – Education and Personality Development Through the Visual Arts, in “Young People in Faith”, Vol. V, 2026, Madeea Hand Graf Publishing House, Timișoara, ISSN 3045-2708; Maria Mischie’s Solo Exhibition “The Nature of Things”, in “Young People in Faith”, Vol. V, 2026, Madeea Hand Graf Publishing House, Timișoara, ISSN 3045-2708; Digital Educational Game for Teaching Art History at Lower-Secondary Level, in EDUNOVA – Modern Education Magazine, ISSN 3153-2640, online; Saper Vedere – Appreciating the Beauty of Nature Through Photography, in Acces Online Magazine, ISSN 2810-5419; ISSN-L 2810-5419; Digital Photography in the Visual Education of Students with Special Educational Needs (SEN), platform: RevistaEducatie.ro
2025
Art in Personal Development, in “Young People in Faith”, Vol. IV, 2025, Madeea Hand Graf Publishing House, Timișoara, ISSN 3045-2708; The Bible: The Foundational Text of Western Culture, in “Young People in Faith”, Vol. IV, 2025, Madeea Hand Graf Publishing House, Timișoara, ISSN 3045-2708
Illustrations
2026
“Superheroines Without Capes”, by Ligia Nedelcu, Aranca Publishing House, Timișoara, ISBN 978-630-6718-26-9, illustrator; “The Cosmic Dimension of the Person”, by Adrian Sorin Mihalache, cover, Doxologia Publishing House, Iași, ISBN 9786303012629; “The Three Holy Hierarchs – Classical Models for Young People”, coordinator: University Lecturer Rev. Dr. Daniel Enea, cover, West University Publishing House, Timișoara, ISBN 978-630-327-256-6
2023
“The Field with Angels”, 3rd edition, by Rev. Constantin Valer Necula, Agnos Publishing House, Sibiu, ISBN 978-973-1941-37-0; “From Letter to Word – Hebrew Inscriptions in European Art with Christian Themes”, cover, West University Publishing House, ISBN 978-973-125-993-2
2020
“Capitel Mexic” Magazine, no. 23, pp. 71–72, illustrator; “Endless Column” Magazine, Year XXIII, no. 113 (2020) and Year XXVI, no. 124 (2023), Timișoara, illustrator
2014
Father Arsenie Boca – The Great Examination, cover, Agnos Publishing House, Sibiu, ISBN 978-973-1941-26-4
2013
Father Arsenie Boca in the Securitate Archives, authors: Florian Bichir, Romeo Petrasciuc and Raluca Toderel, covers for Vols. I–III, Agnos Publishing House, Sibiu, ISBN 978-973-1941-10-3
2016
“Orizont” Magazine, no. 6, illustrator
2015
“The Prayerless Pilgrim: Thoughts on Spirit and the World”, cover and illustrations, by Cosmin Stoica, Christiana Publishing House, ISBN 978-973-1913-73-5
2012
Father Arsenie Boca – “The Saint of Ardeal”, coordinator: Romeo Petrasciuc, cover, Agnos Publishing House, Sibiu, ISBN 978-973-1801-91-9
2005
Littera Magazine – online, illustrator
Cultural Event Organisation
2023–2026
Exhibition “Extraordinary Banalities”, “Sorin Titel” Timiș County Library, Timișoara
2025
Exhibition “The Splendour of the Moment”, Atrium – Iulius Mall, Timișoara
2023
“OPUS 25”, chamber music concert: Georgiana Necșa, Ligia Popescu, Iulia Szabo; “Equal Voices Choir”, conductor Maria Gyuris; POD Gallery, Timișoara; “Sculpture Reimagined” workshop, POD Gallery, Timișoara; “From Letter to Word” – Dr. Linda Saskia Menczel, West University Publishing House, 2023, book launch, “Eugen Todoran” Central University Library, Timișoara; “Revealed Inscriptions” – artist talk / “Linda-Saskia Menczel – In Her Own Words”, Mirton Publishing House, 2023, book launch, POD Gallery, Timișoara; “Liturgical Sonorities”, Trio Cosmin Rafael Bălean, POD Gallery, Timișoara; “The Miracle of the Moment”, Eurostampa Publishing House, 2023, book launch, Timișoara Centre for Culture and Art; “Homage”, chamber music concert: Alexandra Guțu / Mihaela Ișpan / Adriana Dogariu / Rareș Păltineanu, POD Gallery, Timișoara; “Coda – Echoes from Ararat”, concert by Trio Cosmin Rafael Bălean on the sculptural piano “Celestial Mechanics of Providence”, as part of the 2023 Analog Mania International Festival
2022
“CT-Project – Coda”, concert by Cari Tibor and Szabo Attila, Helios Gallery, Timișoara; “Sheroes”, visual art exhibition and literary evening, Helios Gallery, Timișoara
2019
“Musica Teatrului – Sculpted Sounds”, recital, Timișoara Art Museum; “Musica Universalis – Sculpted Sounds”, recital, Timișoara Art Museum; “The White Piano”, photography exhibition, Timișoara Art Museum; “Musica Universalis Seen Through the Photographic Lens”, Timișoara Art Museum
2016
“The Other”, Night of Museums, Pygmalion Gallery, Timișoara
2004
“Mathusalem”, Muvesztelep, Csongrad, Hungary
2003
“The Passion”, Yes Group Headquarters, Timișoara
Artist Residencies
2019
“Dubova-Mraconia I Mercea”, Dubova, Romania
2017
“European Bridges”, Eforie Sud, Romania
2016
“European Bridges”, Eforie Sud, Romania
2004
“Bronze Symposium”, Csongrad, Hungary; “Plein Air”, Congrad, Hungary; “Concrete Symposium”, Csongad, Hungary; “Svetionik”, Begec, Serbia and Montenegro
1996
Creative Camp at Macea Castle, Romania
1994
Sculpture Camp, Sasca Română, Romania; Creative Camp at the Sibiu Village Museum, Romania
Teaching Experience
2021–present
“Saint Antim Ivireanul” Orthodox Theological High School – teacher of visual arts / art education / photography / graphics / sculpture
2018–2019
C.D. Loga National College, Timișoara – visual arts teacher
2001
Waldorf High School, Timișoara – sculpture and drawing teacher
Selected Media & Professional Links
- Linda Saskia Menczel – guest sculptor at #Cultart @TVRTM
- Linda-Saskia Menczel – TV Trinitas 2019
- Linda Saskia Menczel: 'Inscriptions Revealed' – artist talk, 2023
- https://circle-arts.com/interview-linda-saskia-menczel/
- https://www.contemporaryartcuratormagazine.com/collectors-vision-international-art-award/linda-saskia-menczel
- https://www.saatchiart.com/lindasaskiamenczel
- https://armoniiculturale.ro/eugen-dorcescu-cuvant-despre-arta-doamnei-linda-saskia-menczel/
- https://www.facebook.com/linda.s.menczel
- https://www.facebook.com/LindaSaskiaMenczel/
- https://www.instagram.com/lindamenczel/