Lilla Bodor

Lilla Bodor (1979) Hungarian painter.

The artist presents the spaces of our lives filtered by a real convex mirror and the curved mirror of her imagination as well. Two of the capital features of Lilla Bodor’s creating practice, the usage of tondo - the round picture formats, and the bending of the painted spaces, figures, objects.^[1]

Bodor portrait

About Lilla Bodor's paintings

The main topics of the paintings depicting the reflections are mostly inner spaces and female figures. She reflects the world in a convex mirror and she further interprets this view in the arrangement and painting of her pictures. ^[2]

Little woman in big room (1)

Small studio (2)

Arrival of Paolina Carapina (3)

Education

• 2001-2007 Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest^[3][4]
• 2006 Erasmus Scholarship at Edinburgh College of Art

Social memberships

• National Association of Hungarian Creative Artists^[5] (member, 2007-)

Awards

• 2007 Béla Gruber Award

Selected Exhibitions

• 2002 Language of colours. Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest
• 2005 Undersized. Group exhibition. Várfok Gallery, Budapest
• 2005 Solo exhibition. Lukács Confectionery, Budapest
• 2006 Dance of Life. Solo exhibition. Bartók Theatre and House of Art, Dunaújváros
• 2007 Best of Diploma 2007. Barcsay Hall Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest
• 2007 Fresh Europe 2007. Group exhibition. KOGART House, Budapest
• 2008 Budapest Art Expo Fresh. International Biennial of Young Artists, ArtMill, Szentendre
• 2008 Tradition of the City. NetAktív Gallery, Budapest
• 2008 55. Autumn Exhibition at Vásárhely. János Tornyai Museum, Hódmezővásárhely
• 2008 Propos d’Europe 7.0. Paris-Fehérvárcsurgó Károlyi castle, Fehérvárcsurgó
• 2008 Szalmaszál Foundation Charity Auction. Centrális Gallery CEU, Budapest
• 2009 Solo exhibition. Madách Theatre, Budapest
• 2009 II Munkácsy Collective exhibition. Volksbank Gallery Istenhegyi street, Budapest
• 2009 Mood for Tondo. Solo exhibition. Ráday Volksbank Gallery, Budapest
• 2010 What iF? Solo Exhibition. IF Jazz Café, Budapest

Paintings (selection)

1. Little woman in big room 2009 Oil on canvas. Diameter: 90 cm
2. Small studio 2007 Oil on canvas.
3. Arrival of Paolina Carapina 2010 Oil on canvas. Diameter: 35 cm

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