Eszter KÁLÓCZY
Héloise, 2023
oil on canvas, 70×50 cm
About the artist
Eszter Kálóczy's (1994) art explores the dynamics of human relationships, with a particular emphasis on the challenges of inner development and self-awareness, and their impact on social integration and the development of individual relationships.
Her work often explores the pain of being human and its impact on development. Suffering, as a catalyst, represents a force through which the individual is able to develop deeper self-knowledge and new perspectives. Her works from the university thematise these ideas, showing the imprint of her inner journeys, where challenges and difficulties are not only trials but also opportunities for learning and development.
"From Esther I know that the reference range of her paintings is mainly non-painting. Primarily, she is inspired by films, literature, or music. She also highlighted Tarkovsky's films. It is interesting that this is inversely proportional, because Tarkovsky constantly refers to the visual arts as a source of inspiration. Tarkovsky calls the film time-sculpture, which is also an interesting parallel to what Esther calls her own particular mechanism of painting, image-carving [...] I think one of the things that links Esther's work to Tarkovsky is the very theme of the film Mirror. The fact that in the mirror or reflection we do not only see ourselves, but rather through ourselves, through the reflection of ourselves, we remember our previous reflections. We can also see the faces within us that operate independently of us reflected. Because it is important to stress that in Esther's paintings we do not see specific persons, but rather we meet archetypes." Adam Ulbert
Hungarian University of Fine Arts
Universidad de Málaga, Facultad de Bellas Artes
Wandering troop of sensations, Rechnitzer Galéria
Then we told ourselves a different story, Pikszis Kultúrpont, Budapest
Growing in the shadows, Werk Akadémia, Budapest
Auróra Modularis, Budapest
Puskin Mozi, Budapest
Artworks
Flood, 2025
oil on canvas, 150×120 cm
Clinging together, 2025
oil on canvas, 80×60 cm
On the brick, 2025
oil on canvas, 70×50 cm
Labyrinth, 2025
oil on canvas, 80×60 cm
Reflection on the water, 2023
oil on canvas, 80×60 cm
Spring, 2023
oil on canvas, 80×60 cm
Héloise, 2023
oil on canvas, 70×50 cm
Abélard, 2023
oil on canvas, 70×50 cm
Beginning, 2023
oil on canvas, 70×50 cm
Rag doll I, 2023
oil on canvas, 70×50 cm
Garden of lovers, 2023
oil on canvas, 90×60 cm
A story of recovery, 2024
oil on canvas, 165×150 cm
Projection I, 2024
oil on canvas, 50×70 cm
Projection II, 2024
oil on canvas, 50×70 cm
Projection III, 2024
oil on canvas, 50×70 cm
Projection IV, 2024
oil on canvas, 50×70 cm
Talking with the victim, 2023
oil on canvas, 70×50 cm
The one who doesn't know he has a place in the circle, 2024
oil on canvas, 200×160 cm
Untitled, 2023
japanese ink on paper,, 15×15 cm
Kiállítások
Wandering troop of sensations
2025. March 26. - April 25.
The joint exhibition of Eszter Kálóczy (1994) and Kata Tranker (1989) guides us through real and imagined situations, emotional and bodily narratives, and dimensions that feel both familiar and unknown. It takes us far and deep—to spaces enclosed by walls, to archaic figures, fragmented memories, frozen faces—perhaps the former characters of our lives. We find ourselves both participants and mere observers of our own present and the coexistence of our existence in a parallel past.