Emőke Lőrincz is an Hungarian visual artist, born in Havana, Cuba, living in Budapest, Hungary. She works as an art director – and she also paints.
Her paintings are a mixture of meaningful nostalgia and odd situations. She is inspired by her memories and that of others – and from her own and old family photos and pictures found on the internet. She places her often idealized, sometimes grotesque, introspective characters in intimate or uncomfortable situations.
The excitement of reproduction: she adds visual details to the barely visible features found on knick-knacks, sculptures, and blurry photos, and put them into new situations. The documented past is reimagined creating new memories.
Although she paint from photos, she just uses them as reference material. While painting, she watches parallel two-three different photos and chooses the detail which most excites her.
As she paints alla-prima, her painting is instinctive and spontaneous. Because the details are not pre-invented, the final result develops on the canvas, the picture evolves organically. She works with hard brushes not to be lost in fine details.

She incorporates her experience in digital design into her painting, while also taking part in creating interactive museum installations.

Only the nonexistent can stay unharmed; the transience crawls even into the imaginary world of the paintings.

#nostalgia #daguerreotype #dollface #play #grotesk #mask #memories #circus #monkeys

Exhibitions, awards

2022 Repositio – Dual Art Gallery/Ars Longa Project – Solo exhibition
2022 Interactive installation for the Hungarian Ethnography Museum w/MOON42
2021 Exhibition at Hungarian National Circus, Budapest, Hungary – Group exhibition
2021 Kertész Másként at MANK Gallery, Szentendre, Hungary – Group exhibition
2021 '100' at Gallery Corvin, Budapest, Hungary – Exhibition with Gábor Győrfi
2021 Circus Flow, Visegrád, Hungary – Group Exhibition
2021 ACCES – Art and Cross-Cultural Exchange Society – Rennes and Vitré, France – Group exhibition
2021 The legacy of Miklós Zrínyi, Stefánia Gallery, Budapest Hungary – Group exhibition
2020 Rómer Flóris Museum of Art and History – Győr County Autumn Exhibition – Group exhibition
2020 Miskolc Gallery and MANK, Miskolc, Hungary – 'Achivement' – Group exhibition
2020 VadArt, Budapest – Group exhibition
2019 Winter Selection, Gallery ART&ME, Budapest – Group exhibition
2019 MÜÜSKA at Kare Design, Budapest – Group exhibition
2018 Charity Auction at Marriott Budapest – annual XpatLoop auction to benefit UNICEF Hungary and Young People in Need Non-Profit Org.
2018 Gallery ART&ME Budapest – ACTA EST FABULA | The Game is Over – Solo exhibition
2016 "Hommage á Malonyai Dezső", Danube Palace, Budapest – Group exhibition
2015 Interactive installation at the Hungarian Ethnography Museum w/MOON42
2010 Dr. Hepp Ferenc Elementary School, Békés – Building-painting Competition, 1st prize
‍1999 National Gallery, Budapest – Contemporary Hungarian Graphic Design and Typography – Group exhibition 1999 Olof Palme House, Budapest – National Biennale of Graphic Design – Group exhibition
1998 Gallery Tölgyfa, Budapest – Best Diplomas – Group exhibition
1998 Műcsarnok/Kunsthalle Budapest – “Posters” – Group exhibition
1997 National Biennale of Graphic Design, Békéscsaba – Group exhibition

Professional experience

2012-present – Art Director, MOON42
2010-2012 – Art Director, Graphic and UI designer, Liligo
2008-2010 – Freelance Graphic Artist
2001-2008 – Art Director, Graphic and UI designer, Mirai Interactive/Arcus Interactive Group

Formal education and courses

2014-2018 Painting technics and theory, Master: Csaba Kis Róka
2014 Mobile App UX Course
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest
2012-2013 Secondary School of Visual Arts, Budapest, Adult Education
2012 Traditional Asian Watercolor Painting, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Panisa, Master: Auxchanok Chirakul
1993-1998 Bachelor and Master degree in Visual Communication and Graphic Design
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, Master: János Fajó
1997 Visual Communication and Graphic Design – Espoo-Vantaa Polytechnic, Vantaa, Finland
1990-1992 Degree in Decoration Design – School of Interior Decoration, Budapest

Links
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Opening speech by Vera Szeszlér – 2022
Bluebee Magazine – Volume 6 Amaryllis – 2021
Ábel Kónya curator talks at Gallery Miskolc – 2020
Müüska
Riport by EuroAstra – 2018
Opening speech by Vera Szeszlér – 2018