Selfi 60x70 cm / oil on canvas 2015

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​"I started my career as a painting restorer, but after I started painting my own works, I chose the creative path. For nearly two decades, my painting has been defined by a way of thinking based on traditional oil technique and visual representation, while my paintings have also been colored by magical and symbolic elements. A few years ago, my experimental spirit led me to technical innovations: I became interested in embroidering on paintings. I was not interested in the function of decoration, but in the possibility of a new space opening up. Out of necessity (my allergy to chemicals and dyes) led me to explore new waters, both technically and in terms of visual thinking. In my paintings, in addition to figurative elements and accentuated visuals, I have often used story as a key element: myths, fairy tales, biblical stories, or even invisible realms intertwined with everyday human life. I have always been interested in how everyday consciousness and things invisible to the eye can be expressed in images. More recently, I have been interested in using simpler tools and motifs based on symbols to create images that flow from the collective or from my own inner world."
​- Márta Kiss

Márta Kiss, Hidden Darkness, 25x25 cm, acrylic, canvas, filet silk, 2022

Márta Kiss, Noise, Silence 45x40 oil on canvas, filet silk 2018

Márta Kiss, In the Forest, 50x40 cm, oil, canvas, filet silk, 2020

Lottery Numbers - 60x40 cm / oil on canvas, 2012

​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:
2023: I am finally embroidering something that is abstract, Budapest, The Space
2021: Gate, Budapest, Ady 25 Gallery
2019: I Am Going To Be A Gardener, Budapest, Eötvös 10
2018: Exhibition of Kiss Márta, 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

Group Exhibitions (last 3 years):
2023: Mirror Spaces – VIIth Spring Exhibition Of The Artists Of Óbuda – Budapest, Esernyős Galéria
2023: Art and Antique – The Space – Budapest, Bálna
2022: Behind the Space - Selection of our artists works- The Space Budapest
2022: Sensitive Spaces– MÚK Galéria, Budapest
2022: Question Of Existence– Ars Sacra, Óbudai Kulturális Központ, Budapest

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2022: Kép - Szövetek - VI. Óbudai Tavaszi Tárlat - Esernyős Galéria, Budapest
2021: Infinitívusz - Pilinszky János emlékére, Esernyős Galéria, Budapest
2021:Our Holiday- ÚjMűhely Galéria, Szentendre
2021: Horizont - REÖK, Szeged
2021: Transzgenerációs effektusok - Kortárs művészeti élő galéria, Művészetek Völgye
2021: reART – Contemporary environment exhibition - Ökoindustria Expó 2021, Budapest
2021: Exhibition Of The Artists Of Óbuda - Spring Exhibition - Open Air exhibition
2020: Lássátok, lássátok! - online kiállítás a Mank Galéria szervezésében
2020: Hálózatok - Ady 25 Gallery, Budapest
2020: A ráérő idő élvezete. Óbaudai művészek kiállítása - online exhibition organised by T-Art

Márta Kiss, Creation, 25x25cm, acrylic, canvas, filet silk, 2022

Lemon - 95x85 cm oil, canvas, 2011

Standing In The Cue - 60x70 cm / oil on canvas, 2010

No Pain 80x90 cm / oil on canvas 2018

Darth Vader, from the Carnival series, 20x15 cm / oil, layered wooden board 2009