Erzsebet Mezei

Erzsébet Mezei biography, Ars Poetica

Erzsébet Mezei was born in Székelykeve, Yugoslavia (now Serbia), as a descendant of the Székelys of Bukovina (Roumania). Although she lives in Zenta, her ancestors, by her own ancestry, preserve his own life, which he seeks to make known to the world through his creations. She graduated at the Fine Arts Department of the Teacher Training College in Novi Sad in 1971, then teach fine arts culture from 1971 to 2008 at the Thurzo Lajos Primary School in Zenta, Serbia. Not only in the school, but also in the Ceramic Camps she organized in the summers from 1983, the students sought to acquaint students with the values of Hungarian folk tradition, Hungarian ethnography and Hungarian folk music. Thanks to her work as an art organizer, she founded the civil organization of the Zentai Fine Arts Workshop in 2006 and the Zentai Art Workshop, which offers contemporary artists, applied artists and musicians the opportunity to discuss practical work, exchange experiences and discuss results. Artists from Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Croatia, Austria and Serbia also return to the art workshop year after year.
She has deepened his graphic work since 1989. The most common technics of expression are monotype, ...

Graduated Fine Arts Department of the Teacher Training College in Novi Sad, Serbia, in 1971.

Major solo exhibitions:
1991: * Forum Publishing House, Novi Sad, Serbia * 7 NAP Chamber Gallery, Subotica, Serbia, 1992: * Novi Sad, Serbia* School Gallery, Skorenovac, Serbia. 1993: * Youth House, Szeged, Hungary* City Museum and Gallery, Senta, Serbia* Kiskunhalas, Hungary,* High School, Subotica, Serbia 1994: * Balassa Museum, Esztergom, Hungary, * City Library, Zenta, Serbia, * Youth Gallery, Ada, Serbia 1995: * Library, Zsámbék, Hungary 1996: * Georgheni, Roumania,
1997: * Népkör, Subotica, Serbia * Youth House, Szeged, Hungary. 1999: * Forum Publishing House, Novi Sad, Serbia * 7 NAP Chamber Gallery, Subotica, Serbia, 1992: * Novi Sad, Serbia *Sándor Petőfi Culture Circle, Novi Sad, Serbia, * CNESA, Magyarkanizsa, Serbia * Novi Sad Theater, Novi Sad, Serbia. 2000: * City Museum and Gallery, Senta, Serbia, 2001: * János Tornyai Museum, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary, 2003: * Sándor Petőfi Cultural House, Győr, Hungary, 2005: * City Concert Hall, Senta, Serbia. 2006: * Arany János Cultural House, Győr, Hungary, 2007: * MU Theater, Budapest, Hungary, 2010: * “S” Gallery, Kikinda, Serbia.
2011: * National Theater, Subotica, Serbia * Lucko Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia, 2015: * Hungarian House, Subotica, Serbia, * Forrás Gallery, Bud...