BIOGRAPHY
About the Works
The Language of Color and Shape
Initially, my aim was to research the evolution of visual language through 20th-century colorists. However I found that traditional approaches to color, form and space were insufficient to depict associative, human elements in uncompromising unity with musical principles. Color and form must work strictly together; due to the musical integrity of the artwork one cannot exist without the other.
I’m currently working on this musical language of color and shape, specifically exploring how their interactions express emotional bonds and dynamics in three dimensions, free from the restrictive boundaries of picture frames.I aim to convey these nuanced emotions by controlling the deliberate elements that trigger our pattern-seeking reflex, which often disrupts the purely musical harmony of an image. In the third dimension - reminiscent of the silent pauses between musical notes - presents a captivating challenge.
In my early practice, I worked with a limited palette to study how adjacent color-forms interact. Every element - whether a shape, spot, dot, line, or even the edge of a frame - affects the breathing space of every other component. This influence naturally diminishes with distance. Together they form a rhythm that generates a sense of space extending beyond the frame, and mastering this space is a prerequisite for a true musical composition.
When looking at an artwork, our eyes automatically search for familiar formations like symmetry or facial features. These visual anchors can limit or even destroy the breathing capacity and musical rhythm of the color-forms. To resolve this I utilize a non-narrative arrangement of elements. The artwork is constructed simultaneously from a wide variety of components, resulting in an expressive, rhythmic interplay of color-forms. This meticulous construction - however expressive - carefully avoids undesirable optical effects to preserve pure musical unity.
Some pigments and collected minerals to make my paints.
Biography
10. May '57 Budapest, Hungary
Studies
1969-70 Dési Huber Fine Arts Circle, Budapest (Master: Ervin Tamás)
1972-76 Secondary School of Visual Arts, Budapest, (Master: Ákos Birkás)
1976-77 Preliminary course at the University of Fine Arts, Budapest
1984-86 Art studio residency, Graphic Arts Department, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest (under Alajos Eszik)
Work Experience
1978-79 scene painter in the 'Central Atelier for Theatres', Budapest
1981- 84 Animator at 'Pannónia Film Studio
- “Les Maîtres du temps” (Time Masters), dir. René Laloux, collaborating with Tibor Hernádi and Zoltán Maros (1982)
- "Deadlock" dir. Oscar-winner Ferenc Rófusz (1984)
1984-86 Freelance graphic artist, including:
- animated sequences and storyboard for the feature film
“Walpurgis Night” (dir. János Rózsa, 1984)
- architectural photographs:
City Center of Budapest for the 'State Office
for the Preservation of Monuments';
Old Town of Veszprém, Hungary
Book illustrations: “Fun and Games in Old Europe” by W. Endrei & L. Zolnay (Corvina Kiadó, 1986)
Illustrations for the literary magazine “Rakéta”
1986 - Living in Germany
1987-90 Art restorer at Werkstätten Wiegerling, Bad Tölz
1990 - One-year residency in Murnau, studying the works of Wassily Kandinsky
1990 - Three-month light studies in Correns, Provence
1994 - Member of “Association of Hungarian Creative Artists (MAOE),
1994 - Living and working in Hungary
2000 - Designing my private garden based on Japanese garden design principles; studying the atmospheres and spatial moods
2016 - In addition to my ongoing creative work, I’m working on a book that explores the language of color and shape, specifically how their interactions express emotional bonds and dynamics.
2024 - Based on a concept by literary translator and ornamental gardener Eszter Orbán — which explores the fading bond between humanity, literature, and nature — we translate Margit Kaffka's classic novel, Colours and Years into the language of the garden.
Exhibitions
2026 - Sculpture and 'inkrivers'. Dezső Kosztolányi’s famous poem,
'Now I Dream of Colored Inks', Budapest City Park
2026 - 'Moon time', (own) Veres Art Gallery, Veresegyház
2026 - 'Color, Form', Line - Magic', group exhibition, Veres Art Gallery, Veresegyház
2024 - 'Colors and Lights', Literature in the language of flowers,
with Eszter Orbán, Lipták Villa, Balatonfüred
2024 - 'Faith, Art', group exhibition, Courtyard Gallery, Veresegyház, Hu
2017 - 'The Want', Courtyard Gallery, Veresegyház, Hungary
2015 - 'Harmony', Artmill, Szentendre, Hungary
2014 - 'H2O"', Courtyard Gallery, Veresegyház, Hungary
2013 - 'Layers-Vrstvy', Limes Gallery, Komarno, Slovakia
2009 - 'Coffee-Tea-Cake',Gödöllő, arts and leisure centre , (own)
2008 - 'Dreaming into the Vastness', Building Area, Budapest, (own)
2007 - 'Bird's eye', a 'GÖMB' Annual exhibition, House of Culture, Gödöllö
2006 - 'Year of the Rains', Veresegyház, Atrium Gallery, Hungary (own)
2004 - 'Panel Paintings Biennial', Szeged, Hu
2002 - 'Homage to Gulácsy Lajos', Szekszárd, Hu
2000 - 'Paintings at the Turn of the Millenium', Palace of Art, Budapest
1993 - 'Licht und Ton', LTGV GmbH, München
1993 - Arts Week at Bad Tölz
1991 - House of Encounter, München (own)
Works in Public Collection:
Bohemisches Art Hotel - Budapest,
Dresdner Bank - Budapest,
Lombard Leasing Aktiengesellschaft - Szeged,
Works in Private Collection:
Bergen, Berlin, Budapest, München, Ulm, Veresegyház,
