STATEMENT
I observe the visual situations that surround me, which are created by human activity or by nature and which contain some kind of aesthetic quality or problem. I look at these as marks which tell stories of their own formation. They preserve something unknown and hidden which is beyond its own existence.
The way lights and shadows activate a wall as a painterly surface, the way water finds its form as the pavement is drying, or the surface of a billboard as it is destroyed by the weather is what serves as a starting point in my work. These everyday visual phenomena remind me of the process of making art.
My aim is to capture, preserve and recreate these found situations. I materialise them in different media based on the character of the subject. I leave marks on the diverse surfaces by printing, pouring, gesture painting, building and destroying collage-layers, sculpting and by taking photographs.
Through my artistic practices, I look for art in reality and reality in art, which leads to the intersection of art and the aesthetic reflection on everyday visual happenings. The examined spectacle and the depiction becomes interchangeable. With this intermediary approach, my art continuously shifts between art and life..
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LOCATION
Born 1985 in Szolnok, Hungary
Lives and works in Budapest, Hungary
AWARDS & GRANTS
2015 Jenő Barcsay Prize
2012 József Kiss Prize
EDUCATION
2021 - Hungarian University of Fine Arts,
DLA student
2020 - 2021 Budapest Art Mentor Program
2008 - 2014 Hungarian University of Fine Arts,
Master of Fine Arts in Painting
2004 - 2009 SZTE - Teacher Training College,
Art-English Teacher
EXHIBITIONS/ SHOWS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Leaving Mark, Várfok Project Room, Budapest
2024 Darker Dreams, Hegyvidék Gallery, Budapest
2022 Patterns In Piles, Resident Art Gallery, Budapest
2022 No Palm Tree Grows Under Smooth Sea, (Duo Show
with Bence Kala) MKE-Profil Gallery, Budapest
2019 Laundries, Art9 Gallery, Budapest
2016 Flow, L-Art Open Studios, Budapest
2014 Törés, Leányfalu-Community Hall, Leányfalu
2011 Nora_skype, Körönd Gallery, Budapest
2010 Scottish lanscapes, Ervin Szabó Library, Budapest
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 HOUSE OF MINE, East Slovak Gallery, Kosice
MAGIC OF VISION, Liszt Institute, Brussels
2023 ESSENTIALS, Mansarda Gallery, Temesvár
MI, TI, ŐK, Esernyős Galéria, Budapest
MONDVA CSINÁLT DOLGOK, Glassyard Gallery,
Budapest
A FUTÁS IRÁNYA, MKE-DLA, Feszty-ház, Budapest
WITH FRESH EYES, Galerija Flu, Belgrád
OUTLINES, Resident Art Gallery, Budapest
FOLYÉKONY IDŐSZELETEK- Női művészek az MNB
kortárs gyűjteményéből, Dubniczay-palota, Veszprém
2022 My Obvious Presence, Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest
2021 Explorers 4.0, Exhibition of Budapest Art Mentor,
Képező, Budapest
2017 Dislocations, University of Fine Arts, Budapest
2016 A könnyű nap tegnap volt, zim-zum group, Márai
Centre, Eger
2016 Duma domb, zim-zum group, Gallery of Artist's
Colony, Szolnok
2016 Jeno Barcsay Prize - Winner's exhibition, Ferenczy
Museum Centre, Szentendre
2015 ZoomIn - ZoomOut, zim-zum group, Vármező
Gallery, Budapest
2014 RUM, Rum Hotel - pop up, Budapest
2014 Zim-zum vol.3, zim-zum group, University of
Debrecen - department of Science, Debrecen
2013 Zim-zum vol.2, zim-zum group, Martfű,Community
Hall, Martfű
2012 Zim-zum, zim-zum group, Balassi Hungarian
Institute, Prague,Czech Republic.
PRESS / ARTICLES in Hungarian
Kiss-Ványa Zsófia, Totemoszlop az absztrakció mintáinak, Prae, 2022
Kocsis Katica, Anyának lenni jó, anyának lenni nehéz, Országút Magazine, 2022
Sárai Vanda, AZ ANYASÁG NEM ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL, Artmagazin, 2022
Szabó Annamária, Ready?-Kala Bence és Tóth Anna Eszter pop up kiállításáról, Artportal, 2022
Tayler Patrick Nicholas, Minták halmokban,Tóth Anna Eszter műveiről Országút Magazine, 2020
Kultúrpart A szennyes ruhák titokzatos világa, 2019
Kultúra.hu, Ruhakupacok mint szobrok?, 2019
Artnews LAUNDRIES – Tóth Anna Eszter Barcsay Jenő-díjas festőművész kiállítása, 2019
Art Consious/ Online Gallery, Interview with Anna Eszter Toth 2019
Batka Annamária, Hantai és Kusama találkozása a szennyestartóban, Kortárs Képző, 2019
Heckler Krisztina,Tudatosan létrehozni a véletlenszerűt, Nyitott műtermek, 2017