ARTIST PROFILE

Judit Kis

  • Hungary (b. 2000)
  • Currently in Budapest, Hungary.

ARTIST STATEMENT

My works are exploring the possibilities of how to integrate my continuously constructed identity into society and documenting how I keep stretching my boundaries when presented with existential problems or emotionally difficult situations. With my intention to be transparent and embrace vulnerability, I would like to deepen the perception of the subject to a very personal and intimate level. The videos are illustrations of my writings, thoughts and my personal improvement. The works are quite immaterial, but in order to set up my video-performances I often create objects and build installations. I have a collection of bricks from different materials that are signed by words reflecting both to their composition and human traits. My idea is to symbolise the elements of identities and the burdens of repetitive patterns. Considering the transformative power of art in our thinking, my recent project deals with the topic of healing, self-care and contemporary rituals. Besides working on my own projects, I often collaborate with other artists and organise community events. My long term aim is to create a network and platform for ‘confessional art’ practices.
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BIOGRAPHY

Judit Kis is an intermedia artist based in Budapest and Berlin. She studied fine art and curation at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in Budapest and at Chelsea College of Art and Design in London. Kis' video performances and virtual diaries reflect on the experiences and traumas that shape our identities, personal boundaries and behavioural patterns. In her work she combines digital content with installations of objects made from different and innovative materials. In the past ten years she has participated in residencies, workshops and many exhibitions internationally. In 2015 her diploma project was included in the TIMEBASE media art exhibition at the New Budapest Gallery, and in 2016 she had a solo show, "I Have Never Happened," in Geneva at Topic Gallery. From her theoretical research, Kis had a lecture performance at the Video Vortex XII. conference in Malta and has contributed to the VV Reader. In 2019 Kis was awarded the Derkovits Art Grant and exhibited her works at the Kunsthalle Budapest. This year she received the ACAX - Leopold Bloom Art Award, with the opportunity to spend three months at Residency Unlimited in New York.