About Szilvia Ipacs

Art has always been a part of my life in some form. It gives me peace and meaning. I have come a long and difficult path to be able to do this every day. There are many hours of learning and work behind me and ahead of me. Ever since I woke up, art has been my life. I couldn't imagine my life without it. I work as an employed artist half of my days in movies and theatre as a prosthetic/makeup artist and designer.

I have always been interested in the deeper layers, the world behind things, the world that takes place behind the scenes, and in them one can hope for answers, perhaps explanations.

One of my main topics is our human relationships, our behavior and their causes.
In my works, the reduced mode of communication can usually be observed.

Minimalistic aspirations are combined with constantly experimental methods, often with humor and irony. In my abstract works, an important aspect is to let the material work as well, thus creating the joint result of intentionality and randomness.
I want to show the surface and the depth at the same time. A 'personality' that looks beautiful from afar, but shows a deeper, more grooved world up close, and thus enriches its beauty, cast in the form of pictures. In my installations, I like to invite the audience to play together, where I give them the task of becoming a part of my work, which is often characterized by fictitious combinations of the past and the present, endowed with human qualities.

I have always been interested in the deeper layers, the world behind things, the world that takes place behind the scenes, and in them one can hope for answers, perhaps explanations. One of my main topics is our human relationships, our behavior and their causes. In my works, the reduced mode of communication can usually be observed. Minimalistic aspirations are combined with constantly experimental methods, often with humor and irony.

In my abstract works, an important aspect is to let the material work as well, thus creating the joint result of intentionality and randomness. I want to show the surface and the depth at the same time. A 'personality' that looks beautiful from afar, but shows a deeper, more grooved world up close, and thus enriches its beauty, cast in the form of pictures.
In my installations, I like to invite the audience to play together, where I give them the task of becoming a part of my work, which is often characterized by fictitious combinations of the past and the present, endowed with human qualities.

EXHIBITION

2024 Collab Gallery Budapest – ABUSE - group exhibition

2024 Ignatovity House, Szentendre – ’4327’ - solo exhibition

2024 Integrity Private Clinic, Zalaegerszeg - duo exhbition

2023 Collab Gallery Budapest – Christmas Art Fair - group exhibition

2023 Collab Gallery Budapest – Art May Art Fair - group exhibition

2023 Collab Gallery Budapest – ’3027’ - solo exhibition

2021 Collab Gallery Budapest – Christmas Art fair - group exhibition

2021 Collab Gallery Budapest – ’18+’ Exhibition - group exhibition

2020 Collab Gallery Budapest – Christmas Art fair - group exhibition

2019 Attention, Budapest – '1732’ - solo exhibition

2018 Pesti Magyar Színház, Budapest – ’1000’ - solo exhibition

2013 Eötvös 10 Pincegaléria, Budapest - group exhibition

2012 Bányató Vendéglő Galéria, Székesfehérvár - group exhibition

STUDIES

2025 - Free University, ELTE Institute of Art History, Budapest

2024.2 - Free University, Hungarian University of Fine Arts

2024 - Free University, ELTE, Institute of Art History, Budapest

2024.1 - Free University, Hungarian University of Fine Arts 

2018 - Drawing studies / menthors Éva Hídvégi, Mihály Domokos

2020 - Prosthetics studies / Schaune Harrison Academy, Liverpool

2018-2020 - Sculpture / Jaschik Álmos Art High School and Technical College, master Zoltán Dóka

2017-2018 - Sculpture private studies / menthor Andrea Zocskár

2018-2020 - Drawing studies / masters Éva Hídvégi, Mihály Domokos

2013-2015 - Drawing and painting studies / master János Szilágyi