„Each day I’m waiting for the morning to pick up a brush – this spiritual joy I want to preserve for life.” Artworks in our gallery ……………………………….. Works in collections Andras Manajlo is a ruthenian artist from Transcarpathia. Was born in 1970 in a painter dynasty family. His ascendants – grandfather Fedor and father Ivan – achieved significant place in the art life of the region. Andras built not only upon an unique art school of his predecessors, but also on top-ranked professional artist-qualifying institutions such as the Russian Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. Andras is actively involved in numerous international art-symposiums and participate in collective and solo exhibitions throughout Europe. „Andras Manajlo is a really talented painter with remarkable abilities, great genes, thus based on his talent and capabilities he will be able to create a type of painting with very individual values, with which he is expected to occupy an honourable place in the world of European fine arts.” Dr. BALÁZS FELEDY, Fine arts historian, Hungary „I have to say, there is something deeply intense and critical in personal sensibilities and modalities of Andras Manajlo beautiful art works and expressions. His art somehow manages to muse and fuse the classical and the modern, the flat and the defined – it is personal biography meets movement, passion and a very physiological presence. Exhibiting an impeccable instinct for the emotionally evocative power of color, movement, texture, and shape, he shine as an artist whose work relates more to a state of mind, mood or feeling, than a tangible object. Amidst a sea of art, Manajlo Andras manage to say something very different.” Penelope Aguilar, Writer on art, New York Solo and Group exhibitions Artworks in collections: France – Germany – Hungary – Switzerland – United Kingdom – United Arab Emirates Exhibitions 2003-to date – Hungary, continuous participation in a group exhibitions in numerous hungarian galleries; 2004 – Austria, Tulln, Minoritenkloster – group exhibition; 2007-to date – continuous participation in numerous international art symposiums; 2010 – Hungary, Budapest, House of Hungarians – solo exhibition; 2010 – Hungary, Budapest, Art Union Gallery – solo exhibition; 2010 – Hungary, Vác, House of Culture, Day of Hungarian Painting – solo exhibition; 2011 – Germany, Lubeck, Lachswehr – solo exhibition; 2012 – Switzerland, Zug, Altstadthalle – solo exhibition; 2012 – Great Britain, London, Royal Opera Arcade Gallery – solo exhibition; 2012 – United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Art Hub Gallery – solo exhibition; 2013 – Great Britain, London, Royal Opera Arcade Gallery – group exhibition; 2013 – France, Paris, Kalinka Art Gallery – group exhibition; 2013 – Great Britain, Atelier Art Gallery – group exhibition; 2013 – Switzerland, Sihlbrugg, Beregovoy Art Gallery –...

A multi-faceted, Renaissance type artist. Painter, photographer, cameraman, film director, journalist, graphic designer, teacher. However, these diverse-looking activities are all for visuality, and for the aim of creating the image. As a painter he has a firm grasp of what is essential, and he arrives at a synthesising summary displaying universal and philosophical contents.His special technique is characterized by virtuosic ease capable of creating an imagery related to Oriental (Chinese, Japanese) ink drawings, which will hardly allow for subsequent correction. In consequence, in the finished picture there are several re-meditated, formerly tested images which may seem to be abstract formations, but the open soul will sense all of them in the one. His photography era started to prevail in the first years of the millennium. This period of nearly ten years has been summarised in several solo exhibitions, and in his book entitled VillageCity, which contains only black-and-white photographs along with a selection of his essays related to them. His photos are characterised by thoughtful composition, and by interrelations, hidden contents evoking subtle associations, where the image is not just a work of art, but also a message resolving didactic contradictions. Paintings in our gallery Photography in our gallery Paintings in artist collection Photography in artist...

“Clay is the most honest thing. It relies on us, for our honesty depends on what we do with it. We knead it into the Soul, and from that time on it becomes part of our everyday life, it will be like a family member. I use for my work anything that inspires me: colours, surfaces, memories, melodies, and the taste of dark chocolate. Artworks in our gallery ……………………………….. I am affected by paintings, architecture, as well as by the evolution of design. I apply the concept of compositional geometry and I tenderize the categorical forms. I start realization when I can see the form entirely. My drawings are just notes, but every detail is important and intended. After more than thirty years of studying the modes of expression in clay, it is still able to give me something new and exciting. Most of my objects are modelled, and I shape them after pressing or moulding. I use a variety of materials from high quality white clay to black chamotte, depending on my frame of mind which one to work with on that day. It is important that in addition to functionality, my creations also have an emotional charisma. I’m seeking after harmony in colours and forms. I rarely give a title to my works, just let them speak by themselves. I am happiest when I can see my audience taking my ceramic objects with sincere joy in their hands. I know they will get a good place.” Awards 28th Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award, Second Prize – Australia 2012 Ceramica Multiplex Varasdin The Fourth International Festival of Postmodern Ceramics 2012...

She is the originator and co-founder of Atelier Art Gallery, the curator of the exhibitions of the gallery. As a ceramist she is a member of the artist team of the gallery. She uses every little facet of daily life for her work, insisting that, in case we keep observing, we may discover wonderful things. Sensitive and intuitive by nature, she indeed often realises what is vital, which helps her expand her creative activity. Her works tend to represent classical values, close to the styles of Art Nouveau and Art Deco. She frequently involves decorative elements of old houses in her works, or else she gets the inspiration from nature. She is an affective artist who in her objects strives to arrive at a harmony of colours and forms. She likes experimenting by coupling diverse materials, and her objects are often augmented by copper or wrought-iron. Raku, a favourite firing technique of hers, is also based on this, since the glazes treated with metal oxides lend a special metallic hue to the objects. She is convinced that art has a double function: in addition to the raising of consciousness it must represent beauty, and it should not deter but delight the eyes. This is the idea that led her in establishing the gallery, the one still framing its appearance. Artworks in our...

The secrets of spiritual world… Deeply dormant secrets, present in all of us yet undisclosed, which sometimes, evoked by some experience will become distinct. Sándor Pécsi is a genuine creative artist, who conveys emotions through his works, bringing our innermost selves to the surface. His art is multifaceted, functioning on both, the spiritual and the material, levels. He is a poet and a wood-carver at once, in such way that this dual creative activity brings forth his message by blending and intensifying the two faculties. On hearing the pulsation of his shamanistic poems his wood-carved figures will slowly appear and dance around, evoking the ancestors. With his help we too can get some sense of the spiritual world, and for a moment we may be touched by the ancient wisdom of eternal recurrance. His objects are characterized by the alternate appearance of flat and corrugated surfaces, by curved, accented forms, but first of all by the MEANING to be found in all of them. His large-size figures are often carved from one single piece of wood by visioning into it the object in the making. The rough wood surface refers to the very beginnings, and to the desire awakening from time to time to get rid of and leave behind all the superfluous by-products of our civilised age. Artworks in our...

He is an epitome of strong faith, and his unique vision of the world is unshakable. For the sake of this it is clearly necessary to spend all his life in this way, like a strongly built castle defying the storm of centuries. Thus János Miklós preserves the traditions of his nation, its ancient symbols, and its art. For his works he makes use of the teachings of ancient mythology, tracing new motives all the time. He never chooses the easy way, but the one taking him closer to achieve his purpose, to the the birth of his works. All his objects are history locked up in clay, but enriched by a peculiar component not to be found in history books. While working he develops and applies peculiar techniques. For this very reason his works are absolutely unique, only characteristic of him. In his imagination, the bird with outstretched wings and the Hungarian royal robe merge to fly up by being incarnated in clay and to chronicle our past. His motives elaborated down to minute details, the carefully worked surfaces, the harmony transmitted by the objects witness high professional knowledge, a great amount of experience, and exceptional human qualities. Artworks in our...

You don’t need muscles to work on the potter’s wheel and make big objects – so bear-sized potters used to tell me, while they put a whole sack of clay onto the wheel with one single smash to make a bowl big enough to put a whole village’s dinner inside. I’ve never heard this from Miklós Bercsényi, but looking at his works, I would know even if I had never seen him before, that they are not made by some puny man. His personality and his works radiate the same power, both fascinating and making us think. He shows us his thoughts honestly without any factitiousness, that anyone who sees his works can feel something of the continuously existing, yet often invisible truth. His bull sculpture is dream and promise, leniency and eternity locked up in wildness. His sculptures carry feelings and wisdom, transmitting them almost in an unperceived way. On a closer look, the objects resembling pebbles of various sizes form human faces, representing pieces of the surrounding word. The fine lines on their surfaces recall our saunters along the shore, but at the same time they look like veins in our body. Raku, his favourite firing technology, allows to develop natural earth colours, which are highly characteristic of his works. Artworks in our...

Everybody wears a mask. This recognition belongs together with to the cognition of ourselves. So the mask belongs to our personality. In the ancient cultures, at the time of the Inca and Eastern empires, masks used to have some symbolic, or cultic meaning. The helical spiral is the symbol of the soul, gold means sun, the sun itself is life and knowledge. Anna Schéffer’s favourite objects are masks and wicker plates. Regarding Nature as her primal master, she lets natural forms and colours dominate in her art. Sometimes she borrows a piece of nature, when she makes a copy of a tree-trunk to create a rustic surface, or she makes an exciting pattern by using the imprint of some nicely shaped leaves or characteristic plants. Wherever she goes, she collects interesting creatures of Nature to use them for her own creations. She prefers fireclay (chamotte), since it is easy to mould and to fire. Anna fires her works relying on raku technique, and she never gets bored of it, even after decades of experience, because it calls out different colours on each object, each time. Artworks in our...

„Ceramics is a concentrate of life. To get its final shape it needs 8-10 hours and 1,300 centigrades. We, instead, possess a whole life and 37 centigrades to create the final form of our personality.” (Éva Kun) She is the artist, whom numbers want to imitate, with no one actually succeeding in doing so. Even if they copy her works, those objects remain empty without that very special meaning wherewith only she can fill up her creations. She is inimitable, not only due to her high professional knowledge, but because of her own individual view that impregnates the dawning objects. She allows her subconscious to drive her, she works intuitively as folk artists did before. She doesn’t make but lives the art, the flowers of the garden becoming graceful patterns, the spot on the wall turning into a wonderful picture, an old brick transforming into a modelling tool in her hands. In her works the wisdom of old eras mix with the knowledge of the modern world, ancient powers join in with the fresh ideas of present days. She often uses raku technique for her works, and she also makes high temperature fired sculptures, plates and wall pictures displaying rich and minute ornamentation reflective of her creed and thoughts. Her public works are noticeable decorations of many Hungarian cities, and her ornamental objects have turned countless houses into homes. Artworks in our...

Memory from the last century Family photographs have given me enigmatic image, remembrance of the last century. My dream to realise  an interesting idea, to paint beautiful ladies from the 20th century. Since then I have copied old  brown photos applied them on handmade paper. Recently I have worked them with aquarell and tempera as well. I would like to paint the influence of this period and the atmosphere in my graphic series. In spite of I know,the language of the photo has moved on since then. At the beginning of last century women were wearing beautiful dresses,  full of lace and madeira. They had those elegant big hats, gloves, flowers, and rich carpet, drapery  in the old photographs. The design of  the twenties was extremely nice, clothes  were outrageously pretty. In my graphique series I intend to show  Birth, Marriage, and Poetic memory and Dream. Artworks in our...

Classically trained at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Imre Kéri quickly rose to prominence as one of Hungary’s leading graphic artists. His works are on exhibition at major European art fairs and are held in many public and private collections throughout Europe. He is married to Ilona Decsi, an equally talented artist who specializes in oils and drawing. Kéri was born on April 13, 1945, in Balatonfüred, Hungary, in one of the many small villages surrounding Lake Balaton, the largest lake in Central Europe. His childhood home was a water mill. He frequently recalls his early impressions of old stone walls, dark candleit rooms inside, and white light outside-his first experience in the world of blacks and whites. This black and white vision of the world is remembered in moving recollections of the rich whiteness of snow. This early vision can be seen expressed in his fine black and white mezzotints that are eagerly sought by private collectors. His artistic talents began to emerge when he was ten-years old with drawings of the surrounding natural world. His lifelong commitment to the fine-arts was realized when he enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest in 1966. He interrupted his studies whe he spent one month in Amsterdam where he was strongly influenced by the graphic works of Rembrandt. He returned to the Academy of Fine Arts and recived his diploma in 1971. Kéri continued to live and work in Budapest producing a series of oils and mezzotints wich lead to his first one-man show in Venice, Italy in 1978. The next year he returned to Amsterdam for threee months to continue his study of the graphic arts. This period of study was followed with an exhibition of his works in Kassel, Germany. Since then, his works have been shown at most major European graphic art biennales in: Biella (Italy 1993, 1995), Genoa, Roma, Fribourg (Switzerland), Tokyo, and most recently in Spain at the Caixa Ourense V Biennial Internacional de Grabado (1998) and the Budapest Fine Art Fair. London, Magyar Magic, (2004), Venezia, Stamperia del Tintoretto, (2005), Antwerpen, Epreuve d’Artiste Galerie (2007) Kölner Druck – kunst – 2008 2008 H–Balatonfüred, 2009 Cremona–Art of etching press, International mezzotint exhibition 2011 -Ekaterinburg Artworks in our...

In the majority of Orbán’s paintings the objects recall an archaic world. Looking at them from a distance the shaping of the figurative faintly conjures up the artistic legacy of synthetic cubisms. Artworks in our gallery ……………………………….. Works in collections The outstanding role of the „primitive” ancient mask is made up of Australian, Polynesian, Mexican, Indian, and African works of art, highlighting some of their structural or decorative elements. Special mention must be made of some technical feats. Thus the fact that the artist presses the paint out of the tube straight on to the canvas contributed to the birth of the calligraphies, creating a unique effect with the sheer volume of the relief-like shiny paint. His colours breathe life and the radiating yellow of cadmium haunts the visitor for quite a time. Biography 1988-92 Young Artists Studio, Budapest 1994 In invitation of Montréal city participation in the “Art et Nouvelles Democraties” manifestation, Notre Dame de Grace Gallery, Montréal 1997 In invitation Mr. Hugh Riminton CNN studies of aboriginal painting in Australia; Sydney- Darwin- Raminginin- Oenpeli- Maningrida; solo exhibition at Wemyss Gallery, Sydney 1999 Guest artist of Merics Collection, Tormás 2002 Invited in Kressbronn, Galerie und Museum Lände, Kressbronn 2003 Study tour, Kressbronn, Bregenz, Zürich, München 2007 Guest artist of Töreki Symposium One man shows Artworks in collections: Australia – Canada – France – Germany – Hungary – United Kingdom – USA Exhibitions 1989 Club of Young Artists, Budapest 1991 Studió Gallery, Budapest 1992 Institut Français, Budapest Duna Gallery with Attila Mata sculptur, Budapest 1994 “Art et Nouvelles Democraties” manifestation, Notre Dame de Grace Gallery, Montréal 1995 Dorottya Gallery, Budapest Erlin Gallery, Budapest 1996 Marika Marghescu Gallery, Hannover Hungarian Cultural Centre Gallery, Helsinki 1997 Wemyss Gallery, Sydney 1998 Horváth és Lukács Gallery, Nagycenk 2000 Kunsthalle, Budapest 2001 Artéria Gallery, Szentendre 2002 Gallery and Museum Lände, Kressbronn 2003 Gallery, Pécs Rippl Rónai Museum, Kaposvár 2005 Tragor Ignác Museum, Vác Hubert Kaltenmark und Attila Orbán Galerie und Museum Lände, Kressbronn 2006 Fészek Gallery, Budapest Műhely Gallery, Szentendre 2007 Arte Gallery, Budapest Olof Palme House, Budapest New Theatre Gallery, Budapest 2008 Symbol Art Gallery, Budapest...

His paintings are a self-declared world of a universe of mythical tales that enrich our lives. He is a painter who has a strong impact on the viewer’s way of thinking, the view is just the means, the tool to prompt thought. Artworks in our gallery ……………………………….. Works in collections Many of his paintings are somewhat allegorical portraits of him, with a central character and a group of people who often look out of the picture. Apparently they are different people but they always have the same face, which is the artist’s face broken down into pieces, representing his various thoughts. The most striking feature, the red balls, are almost always present in his paintings. It is a play on words, exploiting the double meaning of the the Hungarian word ‘paradicsom’, which is paradise and tomato. The balls are stylized red tomatoes to symbolize paradise and to bring happiness into his paintings. Biography He has exhibited his paintings since 1991. In 1993 Győrfi designed an stage setting to the Theatre of Sopron city for a Raymond F. Simon drama. In 1994 he had worked in the United States for 5 weeks, where he had some exhibition, too. Between 1994 and 1999 he managed the Polaris Galery in Budapest. In 1996 he rented a studio in Aachen and entertained a work there. He participated symposions in Italy, Spain, Austria since 1997. He has begun his applied graphic work at different publishers like Móra, Cicero, Palatinus. In 2000 he made the stage setting of Black Honey (this is a screenplay from Pozsgai Zsolt) in London. 2006 Exhibition in China (Harbin) 2008 Exhibition in Istanbul (A.Sanat Gallery) 2009-12 Győrfi Gallery in Budapest inner city 2011 Los Angeles (Blue Bird Gallery) 2012 Los Angeles (LGOCA Gallery) 2012 Atelier Art Gallery Exhibition-series in London (WestBank Gallery, 286 Gallery, Britannia Center)...

His special visions are filled with his individual philosophy. His paintings are not only aesthetic objects but they have a strong intellectual content. Artworks in our gallery ……………………………….. Works in collections   For him, the process of painting starts with a long meditation, and by the time he gets the brush there are extraordinary powers at work to create an imaginative, intensive, vibrant visual atmosphere catching the viewer at first sight. He overawes us with his expressionism and dynamism of colours, the red and blue splashes only typical of him setting the picture into movement. His special system of symbols helps realising his visions. He is able to visualise the symbols of many different nations and eras at the same time, the characters of Sumerian culture, ancient Hungarian symbols, the drawings of pre-historic man. He has to do so, since he creates a sign-language covering the full scope of human existence and its peculiar laws. Elevating the works into an esoteric world by way of meditation, he strives at producing a catharsis rather than some fresh harmonies of colours. Meeting with his paintings is a feast, as they touch our souls leaving their tune and print within. He contributes to our knowledge of the real world, of the universe, by means of the purgative, reformative power of art.     Biography Artworks in collections: Canada – Estonia – Finland – Germany – Hungary – Italy – Slovenia – Romania – United Kingdom – USA   One man shows: 31. Tallinn – Hungarian Culture Institute, Estonia  [2005] 30. Keszthely, Helikon Castlemuseum, Hungary [2005] 29. Lendva – ArtEUphoria, Slovenie [2004.] 28. Budapest – Palace Danube , Hungary [2004.] 27. Szolnok, Hungary [2004.] 26. Szombathely, MMIK. Medium Gallery, Hungary [2003.] 25. Lendva – Synagogue, Slovenie [2003.] 24. Ljubjana – Hungarian Embassy, Slovenie [2003.] 23. Körmend, Batthyányi Castle, Hungary [2003.] 22. Keszthely, Helikon Castlemuseum, Hungary [2002.] 21. Balatonboglár – Blue & Red  Chapel, Hungary [2002.] 20. Tata, Hungary [2002.] 19. Budapest, Suzuki Gallery, Hungary [2001.] 18. Keszthely, Hungary [2001.] 17. Albertirsa – Mille-centenary exhibition, Hungary [2001.] 16. Tallinn – Mille-centenary exhibitions, Estonia [2001.] 15. Kuhmo – Mille-centenary exhibitions, Finland [2000.] 14. Szolnok, Hungary [2000.] 13. Pécs, Hungary [1999.] 12. Szeged, Contemporary Gallery, Hungary [1998-99.] 11. Budapest, Suzuki Gallery, Hungary [1998.] 10. Keszthely, Balaton’s Museum, Hungary [1998.] 09. Balatonboglár, Blue & Red  Chapel, Hungary [1997.] 08. Budapest, Hungary [1996.] 07. Warsaw, Hungarian Culture Institute, Poland [1994.] 06. Budapest – Young Artist’ Club, Hungary [1994.] 05. Budapest – Young Artist’ Club, Hungary [1992.] 04. Budapest, Hungary [1990.] 03. Budapest, Hungary [1986.] 02. Budapest, Fisherman Castle Gallery, Hungary [1984.] 01. Budapest, Hungary [1982.]...