About the artist
Valeriu Cazacevschi
Valeriu Cazacevschi is a sculptor and visual artist born in Moldova and based in Wexford, Ireland. An early interest in drawing became a sustained practice in 2013, alongside self-directed study of photography and art history.
Years in construction gave him a working knowledge of wood, stone, plaster and metal. Work in healthcare brought him close to vulnerability, fear and ageing, and also to happiness and hope. Both inform the figures he makes.
His sculpture is held in private collections in Ireland, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy and Romania.
The human figure is a starting point rather than a fixed model.
Practice
The human figure is a starting point rather than a fixed model. A stretched limb, a shortened torso or a head raised on a narrow stem changes how a body holds space and what it seems to carry.
Sculpture is at the centre of the work, alongside painting and drawing. His interest in abstraction and surrealism sits with a long study of Constantin Brâncuși, Alberto Giacometti and Salvador Dalí, and a continuing reading of philosophy and human behaviour.
See the works
Selected exhibitions
- 2025
Embassy of the Republic of Moldova in Ireland
Joint exhibition with Vlada Cibuc · Dublin, Ireland · 20 August–12 September 2025
Embassy announcement - 2023
Royal Hibernian Academy
Group exhibition · Dublin, Ireland
- 2023
Kilkenny Art Gallery
Group exhibition · Thomastown, Ireland
- 2023
Natural Selection
Group exhibition · Oughterard Courthouse Arts Programme, Oughterard, Co. Galway, Ireland · 14–23 July 2023
Organiser’s archive - 2023
Greenacres Gallery
Exhibition · Wexford, Ireland
- 2022
Festival of Romanian Arts and Tradition
Collaborative exhibition · National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland
Press and publications
- 2025
Radio Moldova, Vocile Diasporei
Programme featuring Valeriu Cazacevschi, 14 November 2025.
Programme page - 2022
ITACA, issue 39
Issue illustrated with works by Valeriu Cazacevschi. Published 30 September 2022.
Publisher’s archive