Zsuzsanna Udvarhelyi

On busy workdays I move around picking up stranger's faces, looking at them, trying to imagine their story. Sometimes, if I get inspired, I ask them to sit for me. This doesn't mean I paint their faces. I'm not interested in portraiture, I just want to capture their souls, their hearts. I'm not looking for extreme stories, I wish to paint everyday life. I want my models to show their inner being, to express their hopes and fears. I like the awkward gait of young girls on their high heels. I love seeing people dance and show off some steam just because they try to avoid breaking down in tears. I want to capture the pride, vanity and joy, but also the fleeting, the elusive. I'm interested in people who take the time for happiness and sadness. I want the viewer to remember times in his life when he experienced such feelings.

Zsud portrays her visions through the classically matured decorative world of “secession”, by whose name the Art Nouveau movement in Central Europe is known, having studied art in Budapest and Vienna, but also in the French city of Nancy.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS



2006 Sedona Visual Artists Show, Arizona
2007 Design Corner, Budapest
2007 Museum of Hungarian Cultural Heritage, Budapest
2008 JMA Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2008 Gang Gallery, Miami Beach, Fl USA
2008 Belvedere Gallery and Action House, Budapest
2009 Boscolo Hotels, Budapest
2009 Arten Gallery, Budapest
2009 Ybl Palace Budapest
2010 Best Of Budapest Gala
2010 Opera House of Budapest
2010 Boscolo New York Palace
2011 Atrium de Casino de Monte Carlo, Monaco
2012 Accademia Fine Art Auction, Hotel de Paris, Monaco
2012 Fouquets Barriere, Paris
2012 Atrium de Casino de Monte Carlo, Monaco
2012 Royal Diamonds, Budapest
2013 Centre Metropole, Monaco