Ágnes Kontra

The paintings of Ágnes Kontra are spaces shaped by the depiction of colors and elements in nature. An intimacy infuses the canvas, painted in a diverse, sensual way. Certain subject matters display an intangible force beyond the realm of distinct forms: clouds, sky, air, atmosphere and light. They point beyond the suspected, non-corporeal meaning of phenomena, in the direction of their essential core. In this manner, her art is capable of interconnecting multiple dimensions, an organic component of which is the subjective sensations of the individual spectator.

(Sipos Tünde art historian)

 

 

Born in Heves in 1977

Education

Agnes Kontra studied on the Hungarian University of Fine Arts (1997-2002), majoring in painting, art history and art teaching. Her masters were Árpád Szabados and József Gaál.
She studied in 2001-2002 in Munich on the Akademie der Bildenden Künste. Her masters were Jürgen Reipka and Darko Lesjak.
She has been member of the Association of Hungarian Artists since 2002.
The profound inspiration of her art is the quest of the inner landscapes of the human soul, and her outer-world travels. She made sereveral study trips across whole Europe (Great Britain, Italy, Germany and France) and also several month long trips on the american and asian continent, these are dominant in her paintings. She paints inner pictures, her paintings are born out of meditation experiences.

Solo and Group Shows (selected):

2013. Ortus- Institute of Oncology
2013. Log-MeIn, Budapest
2013. Open Studios Afternoon No.2., Budapest
2012. Café Vian Gallery, Budapest
2012. Women’s Line, National History Museum Paintresses today, Budapest
2012. Open Studios Afternoon No.1., Budapest
2011. Budapest, Art Market Millenáris Műtárgy. com
2011. Grass, lawn, field, Gallery Boltíves, Budapest
2010. Dewpoint, Solo exhibition of Agnes Kontra, Symbol Art Gallery, Budapest
2010. Women Only, Central Gallery, Budapest
2009. Colors and Arguments, OberBank, Budapest
2008. Space – Pictures Cafe Vian, Budapest
2008. Waiting TÜV Rheinland Hungarian Group
2008. Advent Calendar, Budapest
2007. From sea to sea Castle of Zichy, Budapest
2007. Space, West End Volvo Auto Hungary Exhibitionraum, Budapest
2006. Landscape memory space concept Gallery Retorta, Budapest
2006. Space rhythms Eötvös Aula, Heves

Works in Collections

Budapest,TÜV Rheinland Hungary
Gyergyószárhegy, Lázár Kastély
Passau, Kunstforum
Privat Collections : Germany, Italy, Hungary, Usa