"In a lyrical way she translates "landscape" into a real-spatial and at the same time ephemeral image of light and shadow, of transparent pieces of nature and graphic projections. The technical means used, which partly originate from graphic prints and partly from stage lighting, indicate that nature and its experience cannot be reproduced, although nature as the supposedly untouched always serves as a projection surface. In her work, the artist also reflects her constant commuting between Hungary and Austria, which, in addition to questions about her own location, also makes politically and socially conditioned scenarios virulent. (Nicolaus Schafhausen)

Karina Mendreczky's works revolve around human and social identity, which interest the artist as a collective as well as a personal phenomenon. Her childhood memories serve as a starting point. Her works show recurring elements such as photo collages, etchings on Japan paper, delicately scratched drawings on Acrlyl glass. Often, she works with translucent structures using the effect of light and shadow.

Karina Mendreczky ( *1988 in Budapest) lives and works in Vienna and Budapest.

2009 - 2015 University of Applied Arts, Graphic Arts and Printmaking (Prof. Jan Svenungsson), AT

2014 - 2015 University of Arts London,
Printmaking and Time-based Media, UK

2023 - Esterházy Art Award , with Katalin Kortmann Járay, Budapest, Hungary

2015 - Prize of the Kunsthalle Wien, AT


Exhibitions

2025, Mirage, curated by Petra Houskova, Sopa Gallery, Kosice, SL (upcoming in March)

2025, Touch Nature, Lentos Art Museum, Linz, AT 

2024 Botany, MODEM, Debrecen, HU

2024, Handle with Care, curated by Viktória Popovics, Museum Ludwig, List Institute, Brussels, BE

2024, The Long Sigh of the Frog, amprojects by Molnár Ani Gallery, Budapest, HU

2024, Den Rahmen sprengen / Breaking the frame
The winners of the Esterhazy Award 2024, Schloss Esterhazy Eisenstadt >>>

2023, Oasis Karina Mendreczky and Katalin Kortmann Járay, 23.02. - 07.05.2023, MQ Salon, Museumsquartier Vienna

2023, Transitional objects, transitional landscapes, Deák Erika Gallery, Budapest, HU

2022
Buzz, Studio Gallery/SYAA, Budapest, HU
Oasis - People Look Like Flowers At Last, Parallel Vienna 2022, Vienna, AT - together with Katalin Kortmann Járay
Grafik Art Biennial of Szeklerland 2022, RO
Dear Martha turn around, NEW NOW Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, DE

2021
AWhale of a Bad Time
together with Katalin Kortmann Járay

Karina Mendreczky & Katalin Kortmann-Járay, whose installation "People look like flowers at last" we showed at Parallel Vienna 2022, were honored with the Esterhazy Art Award 2023 in Budapest in January 2024. >>>

Portfolio 2024: Karina Mendreczky >>>

Portfolio 2024: Karina Mendreczky & Katalin Kortmann-Járay >>>

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Catalogue

touch nature - exhibition catalog Budapest 2022