What is a designer’s life really like, beyond the projects, exhibitions, and final results?
We invite you to find out at a meeting with artist Oláh Gyárfás on Monday, April 20, 2026, at ISHO Office 1 in Timișoara.
Artist and designer Oláh Gyárfás, studied at the Faculty of Art in Timisoara and first brought the Rozalb de Mura fashion brand to life. He was the creative force behind the Patzaikin brand, combining fashion and eco-technology. His work is marked by the interplay between subversion, art, fashion, design, sculpture, multiplicity, and identity. Oláh Gyárfás is interested in nature, the sculptural qualities of texture, and natural materials such as hemp and straw. Structured conceptually, his work is transfigured by emotion. Among his exhibitions and projects in recent years are: “Hemp – Back to the future”, World Expo 2025 Osaka, Japan and National Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Bucharest, Romanian Creative Week Iași 2025, “ My hand is your spoon. It feeds you.”, curator Mircea Cantor, “Vertical Expression of Horizontal Desire” – solo at Sector 1 Gallery, Bucharest, Formal outfits for ceremonies worn by members of the Romanian Olympic Team, at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games”, Foundation Vincent van Gogh Arles, “Nature humaine-HUMAINE NATURE, 2023.
The event is conceived as a “behind-the-scenes” look at the artist’s own practice and is open to students and anyone interested in design, the creative process, and artistic development. Drawing on Oláh Gyárfás’s experience, the discussion will explore topics such as collaborations, creative choices, and everything that happens behind the scenes of a work, beyond the final result.
The discussion will take place in the Art Encounters exhibition space at ISHO Office 1 and is not a traditional lecture or formal presentation, but rather a free-flowing conversation that can go in any direction, where questions are just as important as answers.
The exhibitions and events program are part of the “Three-Headed Plants” project, co-funded by AFCN and supported by a strategic partnership with Banca Transilvania, with Catena as exhibition partner, Ploom as events partner, and ISHO. The project is carried out in partnership with UVT Arte, UVT FLIFT, Catinca Tăbăcaru Gallery, and Sector 1 Gallery.
This project does not necessarily represent the position of the National Cultural Fund Administration. AFCN is not responsible for the content of the project or for how its results may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the grant recipient.
