Budapest I. Kerület, Pest, Hungary
Frenyó Júlia - Artist statement Courage and I always went hand in hand since I was a kid. On Octo...
About the artist
Joined In 2017
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About the artist
Joined In 2017
(10 Followers)
Frenyó Júlia - Artist statement
Courage and I always went hand in hand since I was a kid.
On October 22, 2021, around 5 pm, I walked into the Ludwig Museum with one of my works of art in my hand and placed it in the exhibition space, then affixed a note to the wall, indicating the artist's name, size, technique and year in Hungarian and English.
My guerrilla work was on display on the first floor of the Ludwig Museum for 4 days at the Methaphysical Passage Through a Zebra - Stories about Hunting and Nature- exhibition.
Was I excited to revolt against the official canonical classification and exhibit myself in an alternative way in the largest contemporary art space in Budapest and Hungary? Of course! But that's what art is about: the ongoing crossing of borders. Just like life is about it. Over and over again, surpass ourselves. Action! Reaction!
I also see this kind of courage in my paintings, only in a 2D form. I’m not afraid of colours and sensitive or taboo subjects. I like death and I like life. I speak out for sexuality; I speak out for the importance of the darkness and the light.
In my art, I created a new world, a new one from the existing one. I like to paint and create in different ways. Sometimes figurative, some...
Studies:
2012 - 2018 Hungarian University of Fine Art - Painter Class – Révész László László
2015 - University of Reading (UK) – Painter Class
2018 - 2019 Hungarian University of Fine Arts - Teacher Training
2019-2020 - Pedagogical program in Romania, Cristuru Secuiesc, Europian Solidarity Corps project
Solo exhibitions:
2023 - Ellenpontok - Opposites - Művészetek Tere, Esztergom
2015 - The present simple and the past continuous - Attention, the place, Budapest
Group exhibitions:
2024: Let Your Star Shine - Barcsay Hall in Hungarian University of Fine Arts //Budapest//
2023: Colony IV - Feast - Dokk Studio in Népsziget//Budapest//
2022: Stay among us - Selections from the art teaching activities of László László Révész - in Barcsay Hall - Hungarian University of Fine Arts //Budapest//
2022: Colony lll - Love in the Cultural Center- DOKK Studio - in Népsziget //Budapest//
2021: Methaphysical Passage Through a Zebra - Stories about Hunting and Nature in Ludwig Museum //Budapest//
2021: Minimalism, Contemporary Art from the Collection of Rátfai Attila //Budapest//
2019: Puskin Cinema, Bedrum 01 – Exhibition and Zine Opening //Budapest//
2018: Budavár Mikve, Entrée, Exhibition of Freshly Graduated Students //Budapest//
2018: Amicitia, Kányafő Gallery //Cluj Napoca//
2018: “------“ Photo Exhibition in 2B Gallery //Budapest//
2018: Best of Diploma 2018 Hungarian University of Fine Arts //Budapest//
2017: Godot Pop Up Art Fair and Exhibition in Godot Gallery //Budapest//
2015: Students from Univiersity of Reading ...
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