Liviu Mocan

Liviu Mocan (born 1955) is a Romanian sculptor and poet who works with Christian and spiritual themes.

[1] Mocan was born and raised in Cara, Cluj County in Western Transylvania.

Their faith greatly influenced Mocan's own spiritual development and the themes of his sculpture.

Mocan has received the "Ioan Alexandru Prize for Fine Arts" (2005, The Cultural Association Alumar, Bistrița, Romania); first prize for metal at the International Exhibition "Ars of Fire" (2001, Apollo Galleries, Bucharest); nomination for "Romanian Professional Fine Arts Prize for Sculpture" (2000); first prize at the competition for the memorial dedicated to the December 1989 Revolution (1999, Cluj-Napoca City Council); Blackhorn Gallery Prize (2000, Liverpool, UK); second place at the competition for the monument of Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1998, Cluj County Council, Romania); "Romul Ladea Prize" (1992, Small Sculpture Biennale, Arad, Romania), honorable mention (1992, Billy Graham Center, Wheaton College).

In 2022, he won the Brâncuși National Award for his exhibition "The Heart of Resurrection", mounted at the Biserica Neagră in Brașov.

The Seed (2007), a seven-metre macrocarpa sculpture by Liviu Mocan and John Ferguson located at North Shore Hospital , Auckland , New Zealand