ARTIST PROFILE

Tünde Újszászi

  • Hungary (b. 1987)
  • Currently in Hungary.

REPRESENTATION

ARTIST STATEMENT

A state of void space where there is no compliance. That is the realm in which I can immerse and experience unconditional freedom. It encourages me to explore my inner visions. The process and the act of creation is what inspires me. Because of its structural nature, weaving is an important tool of expression in my practice. I create forms and images which I can approach in this empty space.


BIOGRAPHY

Tünde Újszászi conducted her studies at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) in Budapest, where she finished with a MA Textile Designer degree. During this period she also had a chance to do an Erasmus program at the renowned Aalto University in Helsinki, which further enriched her scope of vision and helped in forming her visual language. Later she continued her academic path as a student of Arts and Design Teacher department finishing with Masters degree.

In her works she examines the notion of time based on internal visions, as well as the state of presence and its situations in different environments. Creation and passing away are eternal and universal aspects of each and everything let it be living or not: permanence is ostensible, since our reality is always only a glimpse away from change. The fiction of permanence, the conservation and stopping of time are expressed in the installations as a desire, which is predominantly rooted in her fear of the unknown. 

Tünde Újszászi was born in 1987 in Szentes, Hungary. Currently works in Budapest.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • 10 Jahre BKV-Preis catalogue, 2016, Dr. Monika Fahn, Prof. Dr. Thomas Raff, Tünde Újszászi (78-79. p.), ISBN 978-3-929727-72-2
  • Contextile 2016 catalogue, Contemporary Textile Art Biennal, Guimarães, Portugal, Tünde Újszászi: Triangle (104-105. p.), ISBN 978-989-96552-4-9


  • YICCA 2014 catalogue, International Contest of Contemporary Art, Tünde Újszászi: Delta (24-25.page)

  • 2014, Symposium, Hommage Á Jiří Kolář (1914-2002) catalogue, Hana Jirmusová Lazarowitz, ISBN 978-80-86789-18-7

  •  Textile Forum Magazine, 4/2012, Digital Design, Tünde Újszászi: Painted canvas (2.page), ISSN 1431-3529 (English edition)