Exhibitions
The opening of the exhibition "Faces" – In memory of Dr. Octavian Udriste
Intrare liberă / Free admission
On Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at 7 p.m., the National Theater in Bucharest will host the opening of the exhibition Chipuri (Faces), dedicated to the centenary of the birth of physician, artist, and researcher Octavian Udriste (1925–1995).
The event, organized with the support of the Vâlcea Branch of the Romanian Union of Visual Artists, brings to the public's attention a representative selection of Dr. Octavian Udriste's visual art—portraits, studies, and works created using various techniques (watercolor, ink, oil, mixed media)— visual testimonies of a life dedicated to both science and art.
The exhibition will be open daily from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the foyer of the Studio Hall on the first floor of the Bucharest National Theater. Admission is free.
On the occasion of the exhibition opening, pianist Irina Petrescu, the artist's granddaughter, will give a short musical recital, evoking the musical dimension of Octavian Udriste's complex personality.
Octavian Udriste belongs to a generation of intellectuals trained in the solid spirit of the interwar Romanian school, where general culture, professional rigor, and artistic expression coexisted harmoniously. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Cluj in 1953, and in parallel with his medical studies, he attended courses at the Conservatory in Cluj, thus consolidating his artistic dimension. A doctor and researcher, author of a cybernetic-genetic theory on the origin of cancer (later confirmed in 1989 by a Nobel Prize awarded to other researchers), as well as a musician, graphic artist, and writer, Dr. Udriste is one of Romania's most prominent figures.
The Romanian scholar will remain in the community's memory not only for his artistic and intellectual work, but also for the impressive number of lives he saved thanks to his exemplary professional dedication to his patients.
The exhibition "Faces" – In memory of Dr. Octavian Udriste remains open to the public until November 27, 2025, and provides an opportunity to rediscover a multifaceted body of work that combined rigorous scientific observation with profound artistic expression and faith in God.
For further information, please contact: Ruxandra Tuchel, exhibition curator (phone: 0731351972)
Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu







