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 in 1988, Orosháza
Lives and works in Budapest.

EDUCATION

2022-2023 Training Program, Budapest Art Mentor Program, Budapest, Hungary
2008-2014 Faculty of Painting, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
2011-2012 Faculty of Painting, National Art Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
2007-2008 Faculty of Painting, Vocational School of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
2002-2007 Faculty of Jewellery, Vocational Secondary School of Visual Arts, Budapest, Hungary

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2026 Who holds the flowers?, The Space Satellite, Budapest
2025 Open Studio Days & Pop up Exhibition, Vasas Székház, Budapest, Hungary 
2024 I went into the Garden to spread my soul, The Space Art Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2022 Urban Paradise, The Space Art Gallery, Budapest
2019 Edge_Flower, _Hidegszoba studio, Budapest, Hungary
2017 Is it good, then? Liget Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2016 Limit, Fészek Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2016 Adjusted memories, Hungarian Cultural Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria
2011 Flat-mate, Fészek Artist's Club, Budapest, Hungary

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026 Interwoven – Stories Thread by Thread, ArtHAB, Budapest, Hungary
2025 We Can Do That Too – The Space Unpacked, The Space Art Gallery, Budapest, Hungary 
2025 Gáspár – Koleszár – Kun: Drowning in the Sea, Rising with the Sun, Living Gallery,  Budapest 
2025 Towards the center - Hommage à Reigl, The Space Art Gallery, Budapest, Hungary 
2025 Szuverén, Valóság, Verőce
2024 Garden. The possibility of life, ArtHAB, Budapest, Hungary
2024 Who walk the same path, arrive at the same place, The Space Art Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2024 Alsóbogát Vol.2., NACO Galéria, Budapest
2024 Communities and care, KPMG, Budapest, Hungary
2024 Artbrunch: 6m2, Kollab, Budapest
2023 Explorers 5.0, Vizivárosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2023 Everyone was a child - Hintalovon, The Space Art Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2023 CLICHÉ, NACO Galéria, 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, Hungary
2021 Living Hungarian Painting, Aba-Novák Agóra Gallery, Szolnok, Hungary
2021 Women's line X., Zikkurat, Budapest, Hungary
2019 Living Hungarian Painting, Hello Wood, Budapest, Hungary
2019 Young Generation Art Fair, Godot Galéria, Budapest
2018 Perfect Match, Art9 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2018 New Showroom, Pakk_Art, Budapest
2015 Underground Reflash, Bálna, Budapest
2015 Promenád 2015, MÜSZI, Budapest
2014. 61th Autumn Exhibition of Vásárhely, Tornyai János Museum, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary
2014 Diploma Exhibition, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
2013 Our dog’s kids, PEKH, Budapest, Hungary
2012 Mill rotation, Művészetmalom, Szentendre, Hungary
2012 Amadeus Art Scholarship exhibition, MKE, Budapest, Hungary
2011 Art Moments by Hybrid Art – Spicy Collection, HybridArt Space, Budapest
2011 Unsearchable ugly, HfBK, Drezda, Németország
2011 Unsearchable ugly, MKE, Budapest, Hungary
2011 Képző, Diákhitel Központ Zrt., Budapest, Hungary
2012 Amadeus Art Scholarship exhibition, MKE, Budapest, Hungary
2012 Amadeus Art Scholarship exhibition, MKE, Budapest, Hungary
2009 Morning 10, Arcus Galéria, Vác, Hungary

ART FAIRS

2026 Art&Antique Art Fair, represented by The Space Art Gallery Booth, Budapest, Hungary 
2025 Budapest Contemporary Art Fair, represented by The Space Art Gallery Booth, Budapest, Hungary 
2025 Art&Antique Art Fair, represented by The Space Art Gallery Booth, Budapest, Hungary
2024 Budapest Contemporary Art Fair, represented by The Space Art Gallery Booth, Budapest, Hungary
2024 ARCOmadrid, represented by The Space Art Gallery Booth, Madrid, Spain
2024 Art&Antique Art Fair, represented by NACO Gallery Booth, Budapest, Hungary
2024 Budapest Contemporary Art Fair, represented by The Space Art Gallery Booth, Budapest, Hungary
2022 Art&Antique, represented by The Space Art Gallery Booth,Budapest, Hungary

RESIDENCY PROGRAMMES

2023 Nagyházy Contemporary Artist Residency, NACO Gallery, Alsóbogát, Hungary
2023 Nagyházy Contemporary Artist Residency, NACO Gallery, Alsóbogát, Hungary

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS

2025 Studio Maltator – Künstlerstadt Gmünd, Austria - awarded through open call, to be held in 2026 
2025 Finalist, HAB Award, Hungarian Art&Business, Budapest, Hungary 
2024 Shortlist, HAB Díj, Hungarian Art&Business, Budapest 
2024 Creative funding, National Cultural Fund of Hungary, Budapest, Hungary
2024 Creative funding, National Cultural Fund of Hungary, Budapest, Hungary
2023 Finalist, Eszterházy Art Dating, Budapest, Hungary
2022 One of the winning exhibitors, Delphian Gallery Open Call, London, United Kingdom
2021 Finalist, Kepesita Collection, Budapest, Hungary
2012 One of the winning exhibitors, Art Moments by Hybrid Art - Spicy Collection, Paris, Rome, London, Budapest
2012 Erasmus Grant Scholarship, National Art Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
2011 II. place, Competition of Diákhitel Központ Zrt., Budapest, Hungary

COLLABORATIONS

2017 Exhibitor in Living Dolls Band: What does the mirror want? Theatre performance, Puder Bar and Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2017 Performance, Gray Box Project: The Master and Margarita, Budapest, Hungary
2016 Photoshoot, Gray Box Project: Stages of Love, Budapest, Hungary

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