 In 1983, he had a solo exhibition in the Art Gallery of the City of Bucharest ("Galeriile de Artă ale Municipiului Bucureşti").Among those who contributed to the exhibition catalogue were museum expert Gheorghe Cosma and poet and journalist Radu Carneci.Around this time, Ştefănescu's work began to be seen a bit more in the West, and he began to garner more press attention.