Stefan Curelici – Behind Glass

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We are pleased to invite you to the inaugural exhibition at Estopia’s new space in Lugano: Behind Glass, the first solo show in Switzerland by Romanian artist Ștefan Curelici, opening Tuesday, June 3rd at 6 PM.

New Space, New Visions

This exhibition marks a key moment not only in Curelici’s trajectory but in Estopia’s own evolution. As we reopen in Lugano and prepare our next location in Aosta, we reaffirm our curatorial mission: to support artistic voices from Eastern Europe, Turkey, and the Middle East. Our mission continues to center on the curatorial discovery and long-term support of emerging artists whose practices are both critically engaged and culturally grounded.

We look forward to welcoming you in our new home.

Ștefan Curelici (b. 1997, Lugoj) is a Romanian visual artist based in Timișoara. His academic background spans both Painting and Philosophy, including a formative period at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. He is currently pursuing a PhD at the Doctoral School of Arts in Timișoara, where his research is grounded in a practice-based exploration of visual perception and spatial poetics.

Behind Glass presents a recent body of work that explores the silent geometries of everyday architecture—windows, corridors—reimagined as thresholds into psychological space. Curelici’s paintings are less depictions than meditations: visual translations of states suspended between memory and observation. Some scenes feel deserted, others quietly overwhelmed, yet all hold a charged stillness—as if time had momentarily flattened. His subjects remain slightly out of reach, filtered through a technique that refracts perception. Firmly figurative yet tonally elusive, the work unfolds through diffused edges and color palettes that feel remembered more than seen.