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)