Mihai studied at the Academies of Art in Bucharest and Düsseldorf (DAAD scholarship) and at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.

Awards (selection):
2013: Project funding, Foundation Kunstfonds
2010: IASPIS, International Artist Studio Program Stockholm , Sweden
2009: Project Grant , Künstlerhaus Schloß Balmoral
08-09: Project funding , Kulturbehörde Hamburg
2007: Villa Massimo scholarship , Rome, Italy
2006: Project Funding of Kunststiftung NRW, production promotion of Frankfurt Foundation Maecenia; short film promoting BKM (Commissioner of the federeal government for culture and media)
2005: Euregio Art Prize; Hamburger Scholarship for Fine Arts; Scholarship at Ringberg Castle
2004: EMARE scholarship, Hull Time Based Arts, UK
2003: Scholarship Foundation Artists Schöppingen; project grant Werkleitz ; scholarship of NRW for a media artist
2002: Spiridon -Never DuMont Price
2001: E STAR Scholarship Institute for Electronic Arts, Alfred, New York , USA; Award for Visual Arts of the City of Düsseldorf; Scholarship KunstSalon (Villa Aurora), Los Angeles, USA
1998: Special Prize of the 8th Marl Video Art Prize
1997: video art award, Bremen