Selfi 60x70 cm / oil on canvas 2015
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From the Artist:
I love looking at people and everything that surrounds me, from tiny things fallen into dust to the movement of the planets and the stars. However, I am just as curious about the things inside, as about the things outside.
Beauty, delicacy, luminosity, nature inspire me. Yet I am also drawn to the mundane, the quirkiness, the irony, the humour, the warped looking-glass. I am not so interested in a critical edge, just a love-filled awe of our world.
I am drawn to depicting those things which our everyday minds and eyes don’t see. I feel lured to the mythological world, the land of fairy-tales. When I enter this world I feel as if I am tapping into a deep, primal, collective, human consciousness, as well as the depth of my own soul. I am absorbed with symbols.
My subjects vary, but I mainly focus on people. A meditative style is dominant, people immersed in different activities, present in the moment. In some periods, my work was concerned with how people interact, how they connect, how they can or cannot step out of their individual contemplation and find their way to each other.
These days mostly female figures appear in my paintings, either from a personal perspective: these figures condense the working of my inner processes into an image, or from a more general perspective, when I follow the footsteps of the Great Mother, invoking Goddesses of different times and cultures. I’m interested in how female qualities (which we can also understand as psychological forces) come together in a symbolic picture.
My ideas are best conveyed with the tools of classical painting. My technique carries the imprint of several great masters, the Renaissance era and the Far East. I believe that traditional painting has its validity in modern art.
In my recent paintings I experiment with the use of embroidery. Embroidery does not interest me for its decorative appeal but for the needle piercing through the flat plane of the painting and thereby creating a new space, new dimension. The embroidery is therefore more than a decoration, it opens a new layer. Embroidery becomes a magic act. At the same time I am drawn to the female world of embroidery. The time-consuming, monotonous act of stitching creates an intimate, meditative space that I gladly immerse myself in.
My paintings tell stories about my relationship with myself, the world; I paint using my intuition and the knowledge gained throughout the years, influenced by all the things that happen to me.
Marta Kiss
2017
Angel With Crown 40x30cm, oil, canvas 2014
Standing In The Cue - 60x70 cm / oil on canvas, 2010
On Birds Back 45x40 cm/ oil, canvas, filet silk 2016
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Lottery Numbers - 60x40 cm / oil on canvas, 2012
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Education: 2004-2005 : Program Dharmasiswa, karawitan in STSI Surakarta 1996-2001 : Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, department of painting restoration 1993-1996 : High School of Fine Art, Budapest, evening branch, Coppersmith-department 1989-1993 : German -High School, Budapest Masters: Üveges Gábor, Göbölyös Gyula, Bráda Tibor, Menráth Péter, Görbe Katalin Languages: fluent in Hungarian, English, Indonesian, German Solo Exhibitions: 2018: Budapest, San Marco Gallery 2015: People, Angels, Budapest, Csepel Gallery 2012: WeYouThey, Budapest, Karton Gallery 2011: Exhibition, Debrecen, Hal Köz Gallery 2010: Citizens, common exhibition with Sára Osgyányi, Budapest, IF Cafe 2010: behind... , Székesfehérvár, Pelikán Gallery 2009: Stories, Budapest, Volksbank Gallery 2009: Stories, Makó, Museum József Attila 2008: Javanese tales, Budapest, Anno Mesebolt 2008: Silence and Chat, Budapest, Karinthy Szalon 2007: Out of my basket, Budapest, Apropodium Gallery 2005: kissmárta dimension, Budapest, Retorta 2005: Journey into the virtual world, exhibition with I Gusti Nengah Nurata, Jakarta, (Indonesia) One Gallery 2004: One and half years, Budapest, Studio 2003: Fairies, Budapest, Trafo |
The Princess And The Dragon 60x50 cm, oil, canvas, filet silk 2017
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Lemon - 95x85 cm oil, canvas, 2011
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Just Imagine... 90x70 cm/ oil, canvas 2008
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No Pain 80x90 cm / oil on canvas 2018
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Persian Dancer II. 130 x 90 cm / oil, canvas 2010
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Darth Vader 20x15 cm / oil, layered wooden board 2009
