Let's get in touch!

• For personal commissions or general inquiries, feel free to reach out to via any of my socials. Replies might be slow due to my busy schedule, but I will respond back in a timely manner.My preferred socials;
INSTAGRAM / @gnarlymiasma
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• For business and/or commercial inquiries, please contact me via email at [email protected], or via the provided form.

Vladimir Stancovici, known only as gnarlymiasma, is a Romanian illustrator and graphic designer with a passion for sci-fi visions of bygone eras, improbable realities, and the haunting feelings of yesterday.They graduated with honors in 2023 with a Bachelor's Degree of Fine Arts, major in Illustration and Graphics, from Coventry University, UK, and in 2026 they obtained a Master's Degree in Game Art at West University of Timișoara, Romania.They specialize in narrative illustrations & game art, having been part of The Art of the Game, the first exhibition in Romania to explore videogames as art and culture. They've also participated in Techno Ecologies for a Fragile Earth, an Ars Electronica Campus exhibition.

Personal Statement

I approach my work with a fondness and reverence for the exaggerated fictions of sci-fi and fantasy, engrossed by their function as escapism, yet also admiring their commentary on the real world. I want to capture their storytelling, how its tactility and historicity reflects our complicated reality. I deviate from their established forms in order to reach that exciting essence behind visions of bygone eras and unreachable futures.

Exhibitions

• Turning Point
2026 • Graduate Exhibition
📍Timișoara National Museum of Art, Timișoara, Romania• Beyond Boundaries: Exploring the Future Beyond Limits
2026 • Part of INTERDESIGN 2026 - International Design Biennial
📍Garrison Command, Timișoara, Romania• Fusion: Color, Science, Art
2026
📍Faculty of Art & Design, West University of Timișoara, Timișoara, Romania• The Art of the Game
8 November 2025 - 1 March 2026
📍ARCUB, Hanul Gabroveni, Bucharest, Romania• FICTIONART - International Biennial of Concept Art and Illustration, Third Edition
2025
📍Faculty of Art & Design, West University of Timișoara, Timișoara, Romania• Techno Ecologies for a Fragile Earth - Ars Electronica Campus Linz 2025
2025 • Part of Presenting the Gaming Art Specialization
📍UVT Art Center, Timișoara, Romania

Publications

• Turning Point - Graduate Exhibition 2026
Publisher • West University of Timișoara Publishing House• BD Artlab - Comic and Illustration Magazine Issue #1, #2 & #3
Publisher • Creation Center for Contemporary Visual Arts• FICTIONART 2025
Publisher • West University of Timișoara Publishing House

REMINDER - The artwork present here is outdated and does not reflect my current skill nor output. This section serves archival purposes, mainly as a way of showcasing my artistic growth while maintaining accessibility for posterity's sake. Thank you.

• West University of Timișoara's BD Artlab (Comic and Illustration) Magazine - Issues #1, #2 & #3

• West University of Timișoara's Fiction Art 2025 (3rd Edition) Exhibition

• Presenting the Gaming Art Specialization, as part of Techno Ecologies for a Fragile Earth, an Ars Electronica Campus Linz 2025 Exhibition

• The Art of the Game Exhibition (2025-2026)

• Fusion: Color, Science, Art Exhibition (2026)

• Beyond Boundaries: Exploring the Future Beyond Limits, as part of INTERDESIGN 2026 - International Design Biennial

• Turning Point 2026: UVT Faculty of Art and Design's Graduate Exhibition

  1. I approach my work with a fondness and reverence for the exaggerated fictions of sci-fi and fantasy, engrossed by their function as escapism, yet also admiring their commentary on the real world. I want to capture their storytelling, how its tactility and historicity reflects our complicated reality. Bordering on retread, I repeat and deviate from their established forms in order to reach that exciting essence behind visions of bygone eras and unreachable futures.