Kristina Mesaros is part of a wave of young painters who's practice is developing independently from the current trends and tendencies of painting. Her artistic practice leans to an expression of the inner world in place of grand commentaries and/or critiques of society. Kristina's paintings are based on stories, often she deals with the idea of inner freedom and the purpose of living. In particular she depicts poetic fantasies in which figures interact with nature, focusing on a continues dialogue between the adult and his childish imagination.
Her latest work again focuses on a figure and the conception of a distorted landscape. The artist is always leaning towards narrative, however involving characters communicating less directly with the viewer. What began as happiness and a lightness of being, inspired by figures from old photographs, has developed into an intimate portrayal of an internal monologue or key-hole dialogue. The protective aura-like glow that surrounds the figures allows the uninvited viewer to look deeper into this secret inner world. The viewer, for a moment , becomes the unnoticed observer, overhearing bits of never uttered phrases, unknown thoughts from long gone people. All this against a background of imaginary countries, filled with strange brilliance.
Kristina Mesaros's paintings invite the viewer to connect and expand those parts of the imagination/mind which can comprehend the beauty of an abandoned bunker or disused swimming pool, communicate with the silent hunters of dawn or the inner monologue of an unknown people.
1981 Born and Lives and works in Hainburg an der Donnau, Austria
2000 - 2004 BFA in Printmaking, Academy of Fine Arts & Design, Bratislava, Slovakia
2004 - 2006 MFA in Printmaking, Academy of Fine Arts & Design, Bratislava, Slovakia
2009 Research student on Lasalle College of Arts, Singapore (4 months) Anticipated
2008 - 2014, Ph.D studies on Academy of Fine Arts & Design, Bratislava, Slovakia
solo exhibitions
2016 - Dub gallery presentation on Berlin liste – the “discovery fair” for contemporary art, Cologne, Germany
2015 - Sea-way, Čin Čin Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2013 - Under the surface, Schemnitz gallery, Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia
2012 - Eternal sunshine, Kressling gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2011 - Heroes in a time of dreams, Gallery Muzeum Lendava, Lendava, Slovenia
2011 - Silent places, Čin Čin gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2010 - Never nowhere, Fru Fru Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2009 - One world is not enough, Budapest Bienale, Magyar Muhely Galeria, Budapest, Hungary
2009 - Motion, Gallery of Herzogburg, St.Veit, Austria
group exhibitions
2016 - Till now, DOT. contemporary art gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2016 - Memory-Illusion-Fantasy, Galerie Kritiků, Palác Adria, Prague, Czech republic
2016 - Dub gallery presentation on Kölner liste – the “discovery fair” for contemporary art, Cologne, Germany
2016 - Pamäť – prelud – predstava, Galerie kritiků, Palác Adria, Prague, Czech republic
2015 - Dub gallery presentation on Kölner liste – the “discovery fair” for contemporary art, Cologne, Germany
2014 - Melancholia, Ego gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2014 - Gallery of Slovak Union of Visual Arts, exhibition and presentation of Dub gallery
2014 - New Perspectives: Young Slovak Artists, Stilwerk, Design Tower, Vienna, Austria
2014 - December tracks, Čin Čin gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2014 - Malba 2014, Nedbalka Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2013 - Tags, Medium gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia, Dub Gallery, Pelhrimov, Czech republic
2013 - Visual inspiration and personal quests, Riga Art space, Riga, Latvia
2012 - Bratislava Accessible Art Fair, Slovakia 2nd dannube Biennale, Danubiana AM, Bratislava, Slovakia
2011 - Squares Invasion, Instint gallery, Soho, Singapore
2011 - House of horror, Fru Fru Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2011 - Macher snežienky, Župný dom, Puchov, Slovakia
2011 - Octomeron, Fru Fru Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2010 - Grafica contemporanea de Eslovaquia, Oaxaca, Mexico
20101 - Čin Čin gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2010 - Lind Art, Gallery Muzeum Lendava, Slovenia
2010 - Kondor Bela Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2008 - Sudpol 03, Vorspann Gallery, Austria
2008 - SIMPAT Limes, Gallery Komarno, Slovakia
2008 - Malba 2008, Ministry of culture, Bratislava, Slovakia
2008 - Kresslling Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
residencies / professional activities
2011 Lind Art, International workshop, Gallery Muzeum Lendava, Lendava, Slovenia
2010 SIMPAT, International Worksho, Patince, Slovakia (1 month)
International Young Artists Fine Art Colony, Lendava, Slovenia (10 days)
2009 Research student on Lasalle College of Arts, Singapore, Philippines and Indonesia (4 months)
2009 International Ateliers of contemporary arts In Monteacuto delle Alpi, Italy
International symposium of painting, Turves, France (3 weeks)
2008 Scholarship at Udajana University Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia (6 months)
2004 GARB, Workschop of young artist, Montescaglioso, Italy (40 days)
2003 Student exchange at Academy of Fine Art, Warsaw, Poland (6 months)
awards
Finalist on Maľba 2014, (nomination), Nedbalka Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2009 Finalist on STRABAG ARTAWARD INTERNATIONAL, Vienna, Austria
Malba 2009, (nomination for Painting of the year 2009 Award for Young Artist) Ministry of culture, Bratislava, Slovakia
Malba 2008, (nomination for Painting of the year 2008 Award for Young Artist) Ministry of culture, Bratislava, Slovakia
2002 1st place, Competition for the best New Years illustration postcard 2003 and Gas de France
publications
Fifty Artists in Slovakia, Slovart, 2014