Currently lives and works in Budapest, Hungary
Reflections on the inside and outside world play a big role in my creative process. Through my creations, I examine different elements of nature, including nature as in the organic world, as well as in my inner world. Through this close examination, I find different paths and materials to discover what lies beneath and within.
Nature’s and everyday life’s basic elements and forms manifest and get restructured in my artworks. I sample and re-mix; I translate, reveal, and try to decipher.
I’m an artist who examines her identity and environment through her experiences. I submerge and experience the world through sensitive inner and outer observation. I’m quite happy to feel free and be able to express whatever channels through me. I’m a natural path builder, connecting modes of expressions.
CV
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
- Immersed in pattern and space – in Japan, pop-up show, Art Studio Gallery&Cafe, Budapest, Hungary
2017
- Colourfields, Mosaik, Budapest, Hungary
- Memory Patterns, Fonó Cultural and Music Centre, Budapest, Hungary
2016
- Natura(l)Collage, Kelet Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
- Invisibles, Viewpoint.Migration, eReSZ Kultúr Pont, Budapest, Hungary
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
- Visions of Kindness International Art Competition, online appearance
- Maze Affair Vol. V., pop-up show, LANNA Contemporany, Bunker Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- The Art of Self-Regulation, Online Exhibition at The Holy Art Gallery, London, UK
- Every Woman Biennial, MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE NFT exhibition, Superchief Gallery NFT, 56 E 11th St, New York, USA
- SHRINE NYC, Online Group Show (https://www.shrine.nyc/group-show-3)
2020
- PINK!, The Artist Room, Budapest, Hungary
- 2 in Solitude, Kahan Art Space Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2019
- Young Generation Art Fair, Godot Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- Velvet Ropes, Martha’s Contemporary, Austin, Texas, USA
- Velvet Ropes, Shrine Gallery in New York, USA
- Velvet Ropes LA, 0-0 LA Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
- Empty Horses – Zine artworks exhibition, FKSE Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- Empty Horses, Film script zine publication, Budapest, Hungary
- BU – BE, International exhibition Kaye College Gallery, Beer-Sheva, Israel
2018
- Young Generation Art Fair, Godot Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- 5th Anniversary SIAC Group Show, Balassi Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
- Final Group Show, SIAC, Artist Residency, Splitska, Croatia
- ‘Words as image’, Kaye College Gallery, Beer-Sheva, Israel
2017
- “Xmas edition”, Latarka Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- “Wild Art”, Chez Daniel, Budapest, Hungary
- “Thou art that” Performance, Puccs Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- “Where isn’t love cold?”, ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary
2016
- cARTc Contemporary Art Fair, Gregensen Art Point, Budapest, Hungary
- Final Group Show, SIAC, Artist Residency, Splitska, Croatia.
2015
- cARTc Contemporary Art Fair, Gregensen Art Point, Budapest, Hungary
- Kollázs, Kollazs, Four Seasons Hotel , Budapest, Hungary.
- Final Group Show, SIAC, Artist Residency, Splitska, Croatia.
- Rites of Passage, Sporting Club Russafa, Gallery and Studios, Valencia, Spain.
- Art Forward, Hotel Rum, Budapest, Hungary.
2013
- “Yo expongo en la Reina Sofía” (“I exhibit in the Reina Sofia”), exterior walls of the Reina Sofia Contemporary Museum, Madrid, Spain.
2012
- “Ideas en proceso” (Ideas in Process), Puchol Gallery, Valencia, Spain.
- “Proyectos expositivos 2011/2012”, Museum of Arte Virreinal (Casa Humboldt), Taxco de Alarcon Centro, Mexico.
- The Sketchbook Project, Tour 2012, Brooklyn Art Library, New York, United States.
- El rostro, el otro (The face, the other), Palau de la Musica, Valencia, Spain.
- “Ideas en proceso” (Ideas in Process), Las Atarazanas Museum, Valencia, Spain.
2011
- Artist´s books on a meter of colours, Cátedra Sala de Exposiciones, Metro Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
- Interior Journey, Metro Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
- International Design Competition, Cevisama INDI, Valencia, Spain.
- 6th Competition of Painting and Photography , Students Centre, UPV, Valencia, Spain.
2010
- Monotypes, Kessler-Battaglia Gallery, Valencia, Spain.
EDUCATION
2016 – 2018
Wesley János University, Budapest, Hungary
Postgraduate Specialization in Art Therapy
2007 – 2012
University of Applied Sciences, Valencia (UPV), Valencia, Spain
Master of Fine Arts in Painting
AWARDS & GRANTS
- 2012
Collaborative Scholarship with Jose Saborit
Painting Department, UPV, Valencia, Spain - 2007 – 2012
Ministry of Education Spain Scholarship, Valencia, Spain - 2010 Short-listed in the category of photography, 6th Competition of Painting and Photography, “Students Centre”
University Polytechnic of Valencia (UPV), Valencia, Spain
RESIDENCIES
- 2020 Eva Kahan Foundation Artist Residency, San Sano, Tuscany, Italy
- 2018 Artist Residency, SIAC, Splitska, Croatia
- 2016 Artist Residency, SIAC, Splitska, Croatia
- 2015 Artist Residency, SIAC, Splitska, Croatia
PUBLICATIONS
- 2021 Online article by The Seesaw https://www.theseesaw.org/#/marta-balla/