Nature, the universe, human beings, blood, flowers and many other things appear in my pieces as mystical events. Organic forms are given extra life, and dead or artificial things seem to be filled with energy and will. Myths, elements of spiritual tradition, organic forms, moments of culture history fill the cognitive dimensions.
I have spent endless years studying the techniques of painting and the ways of creating a picture and I am still learning. I love the touch of the canvas and the smell of paint. I deeply respect craftsmanship and enjoy every brushstroke. Yet I think there are many channels - an physical form an idea wishes to take the artist has to try and make it happen. So I try.
My recent works are about transparency, as a picture takes form in thin air. In my paintings I use several layers of clear plexi glass put behind each other. The semi-transparent paint layers create an optical colour mix. As the "canvas" is transparent, there is no background, the actual setting serves as background so my picture never shows the same face. I like to install them hanging in space so that both sides can be seen and seen through. Besides painting I use the feminine technique of embroidery and weaving which have an exceptionally rich tradition in Hungarian folk art. I use transparent fishing line with wich I try to create pieces that seemingly consist of almost nothing. The cast shadow of them looks like line drawing on the wall.
Milk is still sold in plastic bags in Hungary - as a child I had been fascinated by this, and I still wonder… liquid stored in plastic bags! So I decided to make something entirely different using these bags so I cut them into stripes, fixed them into longer ones and built a headdress. Each stripe is fixed onto the ceiling so the whole piece hangs in the air. I have exhibited this piece in Budapest in 2011, and as a performance I wore the headdress at the opening.







CURRICULUM VITAE

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​Born in 1970, Budapest, Hungary Moved to Monoszló (tiny village in Hungary’s most beautiful national park), lives and works there since 2007.

Works in public collections
MNG Hungarian National Gallery, Ludwig Museum - Contemporary Museum Budapest, Paks Museum, Raiffeisen Bank Collection, Strabag Collection
Public Art - FLOW a 18 meter long mural for the auditorium of Nyíregyháza College,  2009 (co-author: Teréz Szilágyi) painted glass and plexi glass with led lights in metal frame



Studies and scholarships

2002

2 months scholarship at the Hungarian Academy in Rome, Italy

2002

One year residency at Ateliers pro Arts/A.P.A.!, Budapest

1997

3 months scholarship granted by Walz Foundation, Stuttgart (Leonberg), Germany

1996-98

postgraduate studies, MKF Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest

1991-96

MKF Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, painting

1988-96

ELTE University, Budapest, Faculty of Arts, English

1988 - Summer School at Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA (granted by Soros Foundation)

Prizes
finalist of myartspace MiamiScope Competition 2010

winner of first prize - Strabag painting prize in 2004

2005  

Award of the Ministry of Culture, One-Weeker, Műucsarnok, Budapest
2003  

Strabag Prize for Painters - First Prize
2001  

Barcsay prize
1998-2000

Derkovits scholarship



Solo Exhibitions
2011

The Roman Cat, Fészek Gallery, Budapest
2010

Joy and Despair, Léna'Roselli Gallery, Budapest 2010 UpsideMirror, Budapest Gallery (with TerézSzilágyi) 2008 Protection, Fészek Gallery, Budapest 2005 Crow, City Exhibiton Hall - Deák Collection, Székesfehérvár 2005 Raiffeisen Bank Gallery, Budapest 2003 Resonances IV, Ateliers pro Arts/A.P.A.!, Budapest 2003

Painters' View, St.art Gallery, Budapest 2001 Gallery of the Artists' Colony,, Szentendre 2001 Hail to the Guests, Fészek Gallery, Budapest 1999 Horror Temporis, Fészek Club, Herman Hall, Budapest

Group exhibits
2012

The Greatest Mystery, Hegyvidék Gallery, Budapest
Pipacshon, Horse and Art Farm, Hungary
The Case, Liget Gallery, Budapest
Studioshow, Budapest

2011

30 years of  Fészek Gallery
2011

A.P.A.! 10, Ateliers pro Arts, Budapest
2010

Budapest Zoo

2010 Panneau-Panoramic, MODEM Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Debrecen 2010 Budapest Zoo 2009 Lineart, Art Fair (Léna'Roselli Gallery), Belgium 2009 Budapest Art Fair (Léna'Roselli Gallery) 2008 New Contemporary, Léna'Roselli Galéria, Olof Palme Ház, Budapest 2008 Dream Invoice, Kisfaludy Galéria, Balatonfüred 2007 Budapest2, Octogonart Gallery, Budapest 2007 The Independent Painting, Virág Judit Gallery, Budapest 2007 Vision and Passion, Reök Palace, Szeged 2006 Fresh Colours, Csepel Gallery, Budapest 2006 Ten Years of Strabag Painting Prize, Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art Budapest 2006 Family Visit, Octogonart Gallery, Budapest 2005 Roma in miniatures, Hungarian Academy in Rome, Italy 2005 Scale-Change, Szent István Király Museum, Székesfehérvár 2005 One-Weeker, Műcsarnok (Palace of Art), Budapest 2004 Strabag Painting Prize, Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest 2004 Contemporary Hungarian Art, Museum of Foreign Art, Sophia, Bulgary 2004 Energy-Value, MűvészetMalom (Art Mill), Szentendre 2004 Still Life, Ernst Museum, Budapest 2003 Magic Tables, Ateliers pro Arts/A.P.A.!, Budapest 2003 Vision, Ateliers pro Arts/A.P.A.!, Budapest 2003 The Artists' Colony at Százados út, Museum of History, Palace of Buda Castle, Budapest 2002 Woof-Woof, Project, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland 2002 Tableau, Ateliers pro Arts/A.P.A.!, Budapest 2001 Collegium Hungaricum,Vienna, Austria 2001 Woof-Woof, Austrian Culture Forum, London, UK 2000 Derkovits Scholarship Exhibition, Ernst Museum, Budapest 2000 Dialogue, Műcsarnok (Palace of Art), Budapest 1999 Ungarn 2000, Galerie der Künstler, Munich, Germany 1999 Zeitgenössiche Ungarn – MOST, Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany 1999 Paks Workshop, Paks Museum, Paks 1999 Junge Malerinnen, Galerie Hellhof, Kronberg (Frankfurt), Germany 1999 Institute of Italian Culture, Prague, Czech Republic 1998 Derkovits Scholarship Exhibition, Ernst Museum, Budapest 1998 Garage, Várfok Gallery, Budapest 1998 Black Money, Institute of Poland, Budapest 1996 Diploma Show, Barcsay Hall, MKF, Budapest 1996 Hommage á Szinyei Merse Pál, Pest Center, Budapest 1994 Baroque, Barcsay Hall, MKF, Budapest 1994 Bocskai Gallery, Budapest (with Csiszér Zsuzsi, Gajzágó Donáta, Szabó Márton) 1993 Space-Images III., Budapest Gallery, Budapest