Regina

Ovidiu Toader presented by Catinca Tabacaru
Height 280cm / 150cm / 120 cm, Steel, Glass
RAD 2026

“Regina” (2025), presented in a duo show at Galeria Catinca Tabacaru, functions as the point of origin for this series. The sculpture takes the form of a vertical, almost ritualistic presence, evoking at once the idea of a protective body, a vital column, and an architecture of birth. The title suggests an inaugural movement—not a spectacular one, but a profound, primordial gesture associated with beginnings, the emergence of life, and the invisible force that sustains it.

Here, “Regina” is not a figure of power, but a matrix-like entity: a form that shelters, transmits, and preserves, suggesting that evolution is not an act of conquest, but a process of care and continuity.

about the artist

Ovidiu Toader

Ovidiu Toader (b. 1991, Brașov, Romania) works in sculpture, drawing, analog photography, and natural materials (i.e. water, stones), to revisit human history; exploring alternative temporalities and writing humanity’s potential futures.