Benjamin Nyari

“Painting is recording coloured sensation”

I feel that fine art, painting is the media through which I can express myself the best. I can explore all ideas that come to my mind. The paintings show my inner self and my feelings: my doubts, my anger, my happiness. They are not the result of any conscious effort or procedure. First, I always want to make a simple painting. Then, the composition goes out of control as more and more ideas were coming to my mind. I have to listen to my instincts and select only a few that I could place on the canvas. Therefore, what the viewers see is already a simplified version of all ideas, emotions I feel and conquer while creating my paintings.

About my technique: I like to work on paper or on wood; however unscratched canvas is my favorite base. I am using acryl paint, charcoal, color pencils. I always want to create a texture to my work; the painting cannot be flat. The paint can drip and my portraits do not have to be realistic. I know my subject; I have mostly created heads and torsos. It is important to experiment with the subject and to capture it by all possible formats. I have also worked with plastic, wallpaper, felt, created much painting on cardboard and boxes. Whatever was the medi...

2012-2014 MFA Fine Art, University of the Arts, London, UK
2009-2012 BA Fine Art. Middlesex University, London, UK

2023 Big Art Art Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2023 Easy Art Space, Budapest Hungary
2023 Madart Galleries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2022 Zamen Art Cafe, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2022 Easy Art Space, Budapest Hungary
2022 KunstRUIM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2021 Godot Art Fair 2021, Budapest, Hungary
2021 Letminimum Bazis, Horizont-0, Budapest, Hungary.
2021 The Holy Art Gallery, London, UK
2020 Midnight in Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherland
2019 Dobbosy Aukciós, Budapest,Hungary
2018 Espacio Gallery, London, UK
2017 Espacio Gallery, London, UK
2017 Pancakes and Booze, Studio Spaces, London, UK
2016 Bad Behaviour, Brixton East Gallery, London, UK
2016 Espacio Gallery, London, UK
2016 Hungarian Cultural Centre, London, UK
2015 ART FWD, Budapest, Hungary
2014 Bad Behaviour, Brixton East Gallery
2014 Wimbledon Fine Art Show, London, UK
2013 Threads, The Rag Factory, Brick Lane, London, UK
2013 Russells Show, Russells Space, Wimbledon College of Art
2012 Spaced Out, London, UK
2012 New Street Art, Bratislava, Slovakia
2012 BA Degree Show, Truman Brewery, London, UK