Kata KOLESZÁR

"The writings and studies on early garden depictions are very inspiring to my painting, and over time my work has been based on further reflections on the Garden of Eden depictions known from religions and cultures. This sacred place, like the visual arts themselves, is a point of contact, since religions with different doctrines have similar conceptions of Paradise, almost identical images, most often identified with a sprawling garden. Perhaps it is human nature and evolution to cling to, idealise and recreate a lush plant community that promises security. The representation of this process through painting offers an opportunity to present plant ornamentation in a contemporary way, but also to describe personal convictions and different points of view: what does Paradise mean here and now?
As a creator, I am interested in the idea of how I can convey a narrative to the viewer with given symbols and motifs. I strive to create compositions and still lifes that could be the decorations of a modern home, but here the plants are only living, the animals are only used as tablecloths and carpets, while the people do not appear at all or only as porcelain figures."

WORKS
Floating garden 1. • 2024 • oil, akril marker, canvas• 150x120 cm
Altar of Idyll 3. • 2025 • oil on canvas • 150x73 cm
Soul of the Balcony • 2023 • oil on canvas • 120x100 cm
I went into the garden to spread my soul • 2023 • oil on canvas • 110x100 cm
Tiger's tale II. • 2023 • oil on canvas • 110x100 cm
Away from the Garden • 2023 • oil on canvas • 80x80x4 cm
AVAILABLE PAINTINGS
AVAILABLE WORKS ON PAPER
AVAILABLE TEXTILE WORKS
THE SPACE EXHIBITIONS

I went into the garden to spread my soul

28 March - 26 April 2024

Urban Paradise

7 July - 19 August, 2022

CV

Born 1988, Orosháza, lives and works in Budapest.

EDUCATION

2022-2023 Budapest Art Mentor Program, Budapest
2008-2014 Painter, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest
2011-2012 Painter, National Art Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
2007-2008 Painter, Óbuda School of Fine Arts, Budapest
2002-2007 Goldsmith, Vocational School of Fine and Applied Arts, Budapest

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 I went out into the garden to open my soul, The Space Art Gallery, Budapest
2022 Urban Paradise, The Space Art Gallery, Budapest
2019 Rim flower, Coldroom Studio, Budapest
2017 Is that OK then? Liget Gallery, Budapest
2016 Barriers, Fészek Gallery, Budapest
2016 Set Memories, Hungarian Cultural Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria
2011 Flatmate, Fészek Gallery, Budapest

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 Garden, Hungarian Art & Business, Budapest
2024 Who go the same way, arrive at the same place, The Space Art Gallery, Budapest
2024 Alsóbogát Vol.2., NACO Gallery, Budapest
2024 Communities and care, KPMG, Budapest
2024 Artbrunch: 6m2, Kollab, Budapest
2023 Explorers 5.0, Vizivárosi Gallery, Budapest
2023 Everyone was a child- Hintalovon Foundation, The Space Art Gallery, Budapest
2023 CLICHÉ, NACO gallery, Budapest
2022 Behind The Space, The Space Art Gallery, Budapest
2022 Delphian Gallery Open Call, Unit 1 Gallery, London, Anglia
2022 Living Hungarian Painting, Aba-Novák Agóra Gallery, Szolnok
2021 Living Hungarian Painting, Aba-Novák Agóra Gallery, Szolnok
2021 Women's lines X., Ziggurat, Budapest
2019 Live Hungarian Painting, Hello Wood, Budapest
2019 Young Generation Art Fair, Godot gallery, Budapest
2018 Perfect Fit, Art9 Gallery, Budapest
2018 New Showroom, Pakk_Art, Budapest
2015 Underground Reflash, Bálna, Budapest
2015 Promenade 2015, MÜSZI, Budapest
2014 61st Vásárhely Autumn Exhibition, János Tornyai Museum, Hódmezővásárhely
2014 Diploma Exhibition, MKE, Budapest
2013 Our Dog's Puppy, PEKH, Budapest
2012 Mill Tour, Art Mill, Szentendre
2012 Amadeus Artists Scholarship Exhibition, MKE, Budapest
2011 Art Moments by Hybrid Art – Spicy Collection, HybridArt Space, Budapest
2011 Unsearchable ugly, HfBK, Dresden, Germany
2011 Unsearchable ugly, MKE, Budapest
2011 Képző, Student Loan Centre Zrt., Budapest
2012 Amadeus Artists Scholarship Exhibition, MKE, Budapest
2012 Amadeus Artists Scholarship Exhibition, MKE, Budapest
2009 Morning 10, Arcus gallery, Vác

ART FAIRS

2025 Art&Antique, The Space Art Gallery, Budapest
2024 Budapest Contemporary, The Space Art Gallery stand, Budapest
2024 ARCOmadrid, The Space Art Gallery stand, Madrid, Spain
2024 Art&Antique, NACO Galéria stand, Budapest
2024 Budapest Contemporary, The Space Art Gallery stand, Budapest
2022 Art&Antique, The Space Art Gallery, Budapest

RESIDENCY PROGRAMMES

2024 Nagyházy Contemporary art colony, NACO Gallery, Alsóbogát
2024 Nagyházy Contemporary art colony, NACO Gallery, Alsóbogát

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS

2024 NKA Creative support, Budapest
2023 NKA Creative support, Budapest
2023 Top 10 artists and curators, Eszterházy Art Dating, Budapest
2022 Delphian Gallery Open Call, group exhibition, London
2021 Top 10 artists, Kepesita Collection competition, Budapest
2012 Art Moments by Hybrid Art - Spicy Collection, travelling exhibition, Budapest
2012 Erasmus scholarship: National Art Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
2011 2nd place, Student Loan Centre Zrt. competition, Budapest

COLLABORATIONS

2017 Solo exhibition with Living Dolls Band at: What does the mirror want? presentation, Púder Bar Gallery, Budapest
2017 Performance, Gray Box Project: Master and Margarita, Budapest
2016 Photography, Gray Box Project: the stages of love, Budapest

PRESS