Alexandra Hegedus
Painter
Bio
Alexandra Hegedus I have always been curious about the world, and wanted to see how it works on the whole. Fine art was the most dominant of many of my interests, so I did my studies at fine art schools; at first as a textile artist and later as a painter. During my studies at the University of Pécs, I gradually learned how to combine my different kind of interests in my art. While being a sophomore, I started to make technical and material experiments, and my professor encouraged me to continue them. His approval and other appreciations such as prizes and scholarships I won, motivated me to implement all of my ideas. I have been using industrial and domestic materials for four years applying different kinds of glues, varnishes, resins that I call non-traditional artistic materials. These materials can be mixed with paint or each other as well. Sometimes I combine them with natural stuffs like sand, shavings and bark. Despite my passionate attraction to technical implementations I mostly produce figurative works instead of abstract. My interests in psychology and material experiments are incorporated in \"bodyscape paintings\", I started to create two years ago. Based on Gestalt psychology, my paintings trick people's mind, and make them ask whether it is a landscape or a body. By embeding a human body in a landscape, I express my faith in the symbiotic relationship between humans and Nature. The experimental technique I use gives exciting and transparent surfaces to these paintings and makes them extremely statuesque. GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2013 Exhibition of National Arts Student Conference, Eger Exhibition of Fundamenta Amadeus Scholarship, Pécs, Nádor Gallery ‚Five days’, Pécs, Zsolnay Quarter, Gallery of Doctor School 2014 Outdoor Exhibition of Szabad-tér Gallery, Pécs ‚Gentlemen for the ladies!’, Pécs, Design Labor Exhibition of Art Moments Central European Visual Art Festival, Budapest 2015 Art camps at Gyimothy villa, Pécs, Nádor Gallery Living Castle painting workshop closing exhibition, Transylvania, Talisoara, Castle Daniel 2016 ArtPort 20 – „Artem non odit nisi ignarus”, Pécs, Zsolnay Quarter, m21 Gallery DiploPort Graduation exhibition, Pécs, Zsolnay Quarter, m21 Gallery DiploPort Graduation exhibition, Szekszárd, Mihály Babits Cultural Center Master and his disciples, Eszék, Muzeja Slavonija Entrée 2016 – Graduation exhibition, Várkert Bazár, Budapest 2018 RAA Annual Members' Exhibition, Jazz Gallery/RAA, Milwaukee, WI, USA 53212 Studio and Gallery Walk, pieces at The Vibe and Jazz Gallery/RAA, Milwaukee, WI, USA SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2014 Experiments, VNA Gallery, Pécs 2017 Shape and Material, Reggeli Bar, Pécs AWARDS: 2013 III. rank on National Arts Student Conference Fundamenta Amadeus Scholarship 2014 Fundamenta Amadeus Scholarship 2015 Ildikó Kriszbacher Scholarship 2016 Scholarship of New National Excellence Program RECENT ACTIVITIES: 2018 Art-Teaching Assistant, Milwaukee Jewish Day School, Milwaukee, WI, USA Workshops at Riverwest Artist Association, Milwaukee, WI, USA Volunteer at Milwaukee Art Museum, WI, USA