Zsofia Horvath

My work explores identity problems, and the relation of the instinct‐self and the social‐self. I am interested in stimulating the consciousness, classifying emotions, observing the self from an outside point of view, the suppression of experiencing something deeply and the estrangement from oneself. The uncertainty, the self‐control and the acceptance of the constant questioning provide safety and truthfulness. I am not primarily interested in the result and finding the answers, but the process of wondering without a result. These ’hard to express by words’ processes appear in picturesque motifs and symbols before my eyes and that is how I manage to apprehend my thoughts and feelings. These observations are the ones that can be understood and mutually felt by the viewers. There are certain circumstances, where we let go of our self‐control, where our unknown and sociable instinct‐self resurfaces. In these situations, we let ourselves be taken over by unusual and unsuppressed emotions. For me, these circumstances were at first love and nature, and now the home as a kind of romantic ideal. I am interested to explore the connection between the home and outside, self and society, how societal expectations result in ambivalence in our e...

2015-2016 Mesharray Digital Media School, Budapest, Maya Pro course
Teacher: Róbert Vári
2009 ˗ 2014 Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, painter department
2011 UCLM, Cuenca, Spain
1997 ˗ 2009 Bolyai János Practice Primary and Secondary Grammar School, Szombathely
Language skills:
English, higher intermediate language exam, 2004
Italian, intermediate language exam, 2008

Group exhibitions:

2011 ˗ 20ak, HÜMA, Budapest
2011 ˗ Keresetlen csúf, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Barcsay hall, Budapest
2011 - Das Unwahrscheinlich Hassliche, Dresden (Germany)
2011 ˗ Gender Ecset I. Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Barcsay Hall, Budapest
2012 ˗ Gender Ecset II. Paksi Képtár, Paks
2013 - Ari Kupsus Gallery, Budapest
2013 - Young Contemporaries, Hillyer Art Space, Washington DC. (USA)
2014 - Twenty-three, Fort Monostor, Komárom
2014 - Veronika vászna, Godot Gallery, Budapest
2014 - Degree exhibition, Hungarian University of Fine Arts
2014 - Zwischen, D-Art Gallery, Oberwart (Austria)
2014 - Exhibition and auction, Gallery of Szombathely
2015 – Boomerang, Írókéz Galery, Szombathely
2016 – Art Garden, Art Forward Gallery, Budapest
2016 – FHB Bank partnertalálkozó, Szombathely, Tóvendéglő
2016 – Art Garden - Pop up, Art Forward Gallery, Budapest
2016 – Art Garden II., Art Forward Gallery, Budapest
2016 – Pop Up, Godot Gallery, Budapest
2017 – Lavor Collective, Budapest
2018 – High Five, Budapest
2018 – OTP VR Múzeum
2018 – Museum of Fine Arts Budapest, as the winner of "Kerülj be a Szépműbe" Award

Solo exhibitions:

Körönd Gallery, 2011, Budapest
Művészeti Galé...