Réka Barcza

(b. 1986, Budapest, Hungary)

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Réka Barcza’s work is profoundly autobiographical: on the canvas she explores her emotional and psychological state, recalling personal memories as well as dreams. Inspired by folklore and myths, her metaphorical creatures tell new tales with feminist tones on the language of universal symbolism; they narrate the accounts of the invisible soul, which always connects to the visible, physical body. As a result, her current painting practice focuses on the exploration of the relationship between the invisible and the visible.

In her performative rituals, she examines gender-related issues such as power and equality and how the emotions, for instance, fear of death, anxiety, sorrow or love, leave imprints on the vulnerable human body.

EDUCATION:

2019 – 2022        John Wesley College, Hungary, Complex Art Therapist

2016 –  2019       Duncan of Jordanstone College Art & Design, University of Dundee, Scotland, Fine Art, BA (Hons)

2017 –  2018       University of Art & Design Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Painting, Erasmus+ Scholarship

2014 – 2016        Secondary School of Visual Arts, Hungary, Painting

2006 – 2009      Károli Gáspár University of Reformed Church, Hungary, Communication and Media Studies, (Journalism) BA degree

SCHOLARSHIP

October 2017 – June 2018 (Erasmus+ Scholarship)

University of Art & Design, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Course: Painting

 

AWARD

2020 – GODOT ART FAIR Award (1stplace)

 

SOLO EXHIBITION

11 February – 6 March 2021 – Godot Gallery, Hungary, Budapest

Wall hangings for quarantine times

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 – It’s fine movement: Helplessness, GICA, Budapest, Hungary

2023 – It’s fine movement: It’s fine 1.0, Bunker Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2022 – Contemporary Art Fair, Székesfehérvár, Hungary

2022 – Godot Art Fair, GICA, Budapest, Hungary

2021 – Godot Art Fair, GICA, Budapest, Hungary

2020 – Godot Art Fair, GICA, Budapest, Hungary

2020 – Art in isolation, Envision Arts, Virtual exhibition

2019 – Godot Art Fair, GICA, Budapest, Hungary

2019 – Degree show, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland

2019 – Member’s show, GENERATOR, Dundee, Scotland

2018 – hu, Hungarian traveling exhibition GENERATOR, Dundee, Scotland

2018 – A4, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee Dundee, Scotland

2016 – Human Nature, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee Dundee, Scotland