Mr. Ularu has extensive design credits in the USA and Europe, including theatres in Sweden, Northern Ireland and Romania. He earned the OBIE Award for Outstanding Achievement in Off-Broadway for the set design of the Talking Band's Painted Snake in a Painted Chair (LaMaMa, NYC, 2002-2003). Ularu's designs for Star Messengers, Underbelly, Ondine and Belize appeared with the US entries at the Prague Quadrennial Exhibitions in 1998, 2003 and 2007. Recent freelance work includes set design for several acclaimed productions at LaMaMa and at the Flea Theater (NYC), costume and set design for The Nutcracker (Ballet Academy of Gothenburg, Sweden), The Crucible and Baby with the Bathwater (National Theatre of Constanta, Romania). Nic has also curated major design exhibitions, including the US entry at the 2007 Prague Quadrennial Exhibition. Nic has had an extensive career in teaching scene and/or costume design in Romania, Germany, Sweden, England, Italy, Denmark and Hong Kong. Prior to his appointment at the University of South Carolina, where he presently serves as head of the design program and as director of graduate studies, Nic taught scenic design at the Smith College and was a visiting professor at the Universities of Texas, Minnesota and Tennessee.