Melinda Matyas

-Melinda is based in London. Her work focuses on philosophical and empirical questions emerging out of human experience, both individual and collective. Her main focus is the human condition and one's internal world one experiences amidst the expectations of society. She is interested in the present and the past, her paintings explore different points of view on existence.

-Experimenting with colour is important in her creative process, as well as partially deconstructing the forms which allows her to find an equilibrium between figuration and abstraction.

-Melinda was born as an ethnic Hungarian in Transylvania (Romania) in 1976 under the communist regime, and as a teenager she witnessed the sudden uprising of the people, which eventually ended it.
She found the transition between the silent acceptance into the outburst of desire for freedom fascinating. Later this brought up Melinda’s interest in Psychology.

-In 2009 she graduated from the University of Art and Design, Cluj receiving her BA in Fine Art, Painting.
-In 2013 she moved to England.

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2006-2009 BA(hons) PAINTING University of Art and Design, Cluj-Napoca
2002-2007 Byzantine Fresco Painting, Bucharest

2019 Dance of stillness, Stash Gallery, London
2019 The Zone, Asylum Chapel, London
2018 Reality Dysmorphia, Crypt Gallery, London
2018 Being allowed to look, Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester
2018 Bils & Rye Gallery, Kirkbymoorside, York
2018 The Other Art Fair, by Saatchi Art, London
2018 Labyrinths, Hundred Years Gallery, London
2017 Greetings from a dead man, Safehouse 1&2, London
2017 Anniversary, Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester
2017 Open Studios, Euroart Studios, London
2017 The Portico Library, Manchester
2016 ONE, Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester
2016 Lacey Contemporary, London
2016 Open Studios, Euroart Studios, London
2015 USEUM, Le Dame Gallery, London
2015 Art Pistol Gallery, Glasgow
2015 Protégé Gallery, London
2014 Liminality, Art Meets Fashion, Salt Lake City, USA
2014 Contemporary Painting, Art Gallery AFK, Lisbon, Portugal
2014 Mad about Art, Rowan Arts, London
2014 Painting500, Candid Art Trust, London
2014 Best Works-Touring exhibition, Turcianska Gallery, Martin, Slovakia
2013 Best Works-Touring exhibition, Czech Centre, Budapest, Hungary
2013 Best works-Touring Exhibition, Centrum Bavaria Bohemia, (Schonsee, Germany
2013 Best Works-Touring Exhibitin,Gallery of Szombathely, Szombathely, Hungary
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