Mircea Roman (b. 1958, Băiuț, Maramureș) is one of the distinct voices of contemporary Romanian sculpture. A graduate of the “Ion Andreescu” Institute of Fine Arts in Cluj-Napoca (1984), Roman established himself in the 1990s on the international art scene, winning the Grand Prize at the Osaka Triennale of Sculpture (1992). He exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 1995 and was awarded a residency at Delfina Studio in London. His compositions, recognizable through their figurative expressiveness and the force of volumes, maintain a constant tension between fragility and the monumental. His works are included in major public collections, such as the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest and the Osaka Contemporary Art and Culture Center. He lives and works in Bucharest.