István Kostura

Moving between patterns, geometric abstraction and distinct compositions, Istvan Kostura investigates the ‘rational aesthetics’ and ‘elegant simplicities’. Through the deconstruction of everyday forms and lines, Kostura’s art finds new compositions of repetitive patterns with figurative elements in it. Istvan Kostura’s drawings explore ideas of expressive structures, architectural motifs and iteration. By combining an artistic research of structures and distinct lines using ballpoint pens, Kostura’s works awaken organic forms.

Solo Exhibitions

2023 - Spontaneous Order. Ballpoint drawings. El Cau del Roure Gallery. Valencia, Spain.
2022 - Ballpoint drawings of selected works. Local Creativo de Joan Santamaria, Valencia, Spain.
2016 - #Oasis (painted wooden objects), Yugo-Oceania, Kotor, Montenegro
2009 - Substances (video performance), Commercial Center Metrograd, Presentation LG Cellphones, Kyiv, Ukraine
2009 - Substances (video performance), Yoga Studio Domyoga, Kyiv, Ukraine
2007 - Substances (video performance and photography), Republic of KaZantip, Popovka, Crimea
2005 - Clear Room (painting and graphic), Ra Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine 2002 - Speechless (photography), Art Club 44, Kyiv, Ukraine
2001 - Pointillism Graphics, City Gallery, Nagyatád, Hungary
1995 - Abstract paintings, City Gallery, Mukachevo, Ukraine Group Exhibitions

2014 - Wooden Objects, Institute of Psychology, Valencia, Spain
2008 - Substances, Video Performances in collaboration with Rock Band Esthetic Education, Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Odessa, Ukraine
2008 - Workshop, Republic of KaZantip, Popovka, Crimea
2006 - Duck Reich (performance and installation), Republic of KaZantip, Popovka, Crimea
2006 - Attraction (video art), Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art, Medzilaborce, Slovakia ...