Karda Zenko

I am a Transylvanian artist working between illustration, painting, and occasionally theatre set design — somewhere between the visible and the felt.

My work grows out of everyday life: raising my two daughters, collecting small emotional accidents, and paying attention to moments most people walk past without noticing. Those quiet details tend to stay with me until they become images.

I am interested in the space where things are still uncertain — where tenderness, absurdity, confusion, humor, and resilience can exist in the same room without arguing too much. That is usually where my work begins.

I often stretch the body, distort perspective, or build impossible spaces. Not simply for surreal effect, but because beauty and perfection rarely survive every angle unchanged. They are fragile things — often temporary, emotional, and deeply tied to perception. What appears stable from one side can quietly fall apart from another.

I move freely between painting and illustration because one language is rarely enough. I also try very hard not to repeat myself. Technical skill matters deeply to me — without it, there is no real freedom to play on canvas or paper — but repeating a successful formula has never been particularly tempting....

University of Art and Design,Timisoara
Member of:
BMC
UAP

manifestations
2026
-Group exhibition, Eskiiz Gallery, Izmir
2025
-México, group exhibition at Art and Sciense Festival, September
-Albania,Skodra, group exhibition
2024
Budapest, personal Exhibition, and book release, Magyarság Háza Irodalmi Szalon
Koloratura-group exhibition tour Romania, Budapest 09.13
2023
Ankara, Art& Sciense festival, group exhibition
Personal exhibition at Sepsibook
2022
Personal exhibition a Manchester, England
2021
book releases:
"Cizmulițe cu mălai",Arthur Publishing house, Romanian
"Hét szépség Hét tudománya", kreatív Publisher, Hungarian
"Fete făt frumoase", Vellant publisher, Romanian

2020
2019
– book releases:
„Hogy a macska rugja meg”, -T3 publisher, Hungarian
„Spune-mi o povsete cu pisici”, Frontiera publisher, Romanian
'Mesék az Ég-boltból”, Kreativ publisher
„Nesupusele”, -Univers publisher
“Mami si tati se poatra ciudat”, -Univers publisher
– illustrations for Fabulafia, Szivarvany childrens magazine
– Invited by British Council Bucharest and “FABULAFIA” to “Bookfest” book festival at
"Culoarea textului"
– Biennal of Illustration BIB 2019, exhibition at Bratislava
– Invited at “Incubatorul de povești” Bucarest, workshop
- Scene Design for the musical ”Kunigunda hozománya”, directed by Ma...