Brigit Kovax

brigitkovax.com
brigitkovax

2022. june
biography
I was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1991 and now I live in London, UK. I studied
Hungarian folk art and ceramics in college. During this time, I signed up for academic
painting and drawing courses where I spent most of my free time. After this experience,
I studied fine arts, painting in master’s level at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts
where I have been evolving my art through several phases.
Studying art history influenced my creative thinking and opened my perspective.
Gauguin’s ‘Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?’ painting
made me think about how I would answer these questions in my paintings about life.
Later I found abstract expressionism especially Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko
inspiring. Later my attention turned to Agnes Martin’s works on my journey. Recently I
have a strong connection to Louise Bourgeois’ art works.
I usually work on a series of paintings to explore the questions that I am interested in. In
this sense, I focus on more universal themes that derive from life experiences,
relationships and in general, being human. I am interested in themes that may affect all
of us with no exclusion for instance, mortality. I believe that my paintings are pieces of a
creative journal reporting aspects of a journey throughout a colourful life in an abstract
reality.
My new series of paintings are about mortality; questioning all that “written in the stars”
destiny and fate, inevitable coincidences and life events.
2
exhibitions
Group
2022 Summer Exhibition - Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
2022 „INTIMATIONS” - The Holy Art Gallery, London, UK
Solo
2022 „Contemporary III” Exhibition - Boomer Gallery, London, UK
2016
2022 „New Area VIII” Group Exhibition- Art Number 23, London, UK
2022 „HAPPINESS. OPTIMISM. LOVE" - La Fenice Art Gallery, Hong Kong, CHN Udvarház Gallery, Veresegyház, HUN
2021 „ATHENS OPEN ART" - Art Number 23, Athens, GR 2015
2021 „The Forgetting Room 2021" - Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, USA Tisza Art Center, Szolnok, HUN
2021 „Barcelona Contemporary 2021" - Valid World Hall Gallery, Barcelona, SP
2021 „Boredom is not a Luxury" - Craft Central at The Forge, London, UK
2021 „FRAGMENTED IDENTITIES - Borders Venice”, Venice, IT Scholarship
2015
2020 „Projections”, PIKHaz, Budapest, HUN Amadeus scholarship
2020 „FORCES”, Art Number23, London, UK 2014
2018 „HighFive!”, rakpArt galéria, Budapest, HUN Amadeus scholarship
2017 „Displacements”, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, HUN
2017 Diploma exhibition, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, HUN
2016 „the light day was yesterday”, Márai, Szépasszony-valley, Eger, HUN
2016 „Duma-hill”. Garden Gallery, Szolnok, Artists' colony of Szolnok, HUN
2015 „Zoom in Zoom out”. Vármezo Gallery, Budapest, HUN, Zim Zum group
3
2014 „Pink”. Vecsési gallery, Vecsés, HUN, Zim Zum group
‘thread of life’ series
A series of paintings that focuses on mortality and the mysterious cycle of life including
destiny, fate, and inevitable coincidences.
• This series was created in 2022 and reflects on the Greek myths of the Thread of life
that was spined, drawn out, and cut by the Three Fates: Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos.
• In this story, each human and God had a thread uniquely measured that represented
the given lengths of time to live.
• The Fates would not interfere with decision-makings throughout the given time span.
Decision making, however, would change the experiences and quality of life, yet
nothing would change the timing.
• With the abstract “submerging” technique, the colours mixed randomly. The thread is
measured and semi-directed to find its way through.
• The format of the complete paintings was inspired by The woven child, Louise
Bourgeois exhibition in the Hayward Gallery, London.
• Every picture is framed to represent the timeframe of each story.

4
Thread of life
mixed media on canvas
(with handsewn parts)
100x80 cm
2022

5
Fate
mixed media on canvas
(with handsewn parts)
100x80 cm
2022

6
Thread of self
mixed media on canvas
(with handsewn parts)
100x80 cm
2022

7
Love
mixed media on canvas
(with handsewn parts)
50x50 cm
2022

8
Starline/storyline
mixed media on canvas
(with handsewn parts)
50x50 cm
2022

9
Decision
mixed media on canvas
(with handsewn parts)
50x50 cm
2022

10
Clotho
oil on canvas
60x55 cm
2022

11
Lachesis
oil on canvas
60x55 cm
2022

12
Atropos
oil on canvas
60x60 cm
2022

13
‘golden circles’ series

”The perfection of circle pleases the eye, and it can be observed that nature almost never tends
toward any other form.”
Raphael, Letter to Leo X, 1519

The theme of this series was painting the gold and its shine.

• The series of my gold paintings inspired by Agnes Martin required discipline.

• Gold symbolises naturality and self-knowledge.

Gold is a material that can be found itself, created by nature and can be shaped into any form by
effort, imagination, and creativity of people.

14
No. 7, Golden circle series
oil on canvas
80x80 cm
2018

15
No. 8, Golden circle series
oil on canvas
80x80 cm
2018

16
No. 5, Golden circle series
oil on canvas
40x40 cm
2018

17
No. 6, Golden circle series
oil on canvas
80x80 cm
2018

18
‘circles in colours’ series

A series of paintings that focuses on human completeness and integrity.

• The series of ‘circles in colours’ was created in 2017/18 with the artistic intention of
connecting people in a painted atmosphere that provides quality space to think and
feel for the audience.
• It reflects on strong emotions such as feeling happy, sad, amused, isolated, breathless
etc. that we all experience as human beings regardless gender, race or any other
features that may diversify us in reality.
• The abstract concepts built on duality that derives from simplicity and symbols from the
European history of art such as circle and square that as examples are the symbolic pair
of masculinity and femininity. These also often used in Eastern culture such as mandalas
to lead to human completeness.
• For this series, the linen canvas is primed by the artist to create the right surface for
each painting and the main colours are hand mixed from own developed recipes. This
gives them a special touch.
19
Cautious
oil on canvas
150x150 cm
2017

• Part of the ‘circles in colour’ series that

reflected on strongly felt emotions that as
humans we all experience regardless
gender, race or any other thing that may
diversify us in reality
• ‘Cautions’ meant to deliver the message
that patients and sensibility make a strong
dynamic – think and feel

20
Lightness
oil on canvas
150x150 cm
2017

• Part of ‘circles in colour’ series that

reflected on the strong emotions that as
humans we all experience regardless
gender, race or any other thing that may
diversify us in reality
• Do you look up the sky sometimes and
wonder..?

21
Clouded space
oil on canvas
150x150 cm
2017

• Recently exhibited in Athens, Greece

• Part of ‘circles in colour’ series that
reflected on the strong emotions that as
humans we all experience regardless
gender, race or any other thing that may
diversify us in reality
• It is ok not to be able to always think clearly
and understand fully

22
Memories
oil on canvas
150x150 cm
2017

• Part of ‘circles in colour’ series that

reflected on the strong emotions that as
humans we all experience regardless
gender, race or any other thing that may
diversify us in reality

• Faded or vivid, painful or cheerful, still

memories

23
Shame
oil on canvas
150x150 cm
2017

• Part of ‘circles in colour’ series that

reflected on the strong emotions that as
humans we all experience regardless
gender, race or any other thing that may
diversify us in reality
• Gloomy thought

24
Ab Ovo
oil on canvas
76x190 cm
2017

• Part of ‘circles in colour’ series that

reflected on the strong emotions that as
humans we all experience regardless
gender, race or any other thing that may
diversify us in reality

25
‘light from within’ series

The themes of this series were ‘light within’ and hope.

• The series was painted as a continuity of the series of ‘yellow arches’ with a particular
focus on the necessary contrast to bring ‘light’ to life
• The first series where the dual concept of circle and square appeared. Playing with the
idea of connecting and separating the two to create space for the light.
• “Is the circle a border that frames the inner light or is the square? Is there a frame that
can limit the light?”
• This series was painted on primed wooden panels with oil paints

26
The dim glow of the light
oil on canvas
80x80 cm
2016

• Exhibited in Venice and Barcelona

27
G117
oil on wooden panel
35x35 cm
2017

28
D123
oil on wooden panel
35x35 cm
2017

• Exhibited in London

29
Warmth
oil on wooden panel
35x35 cm
2017

• Exhibited in London twice

30
D114
oil on wooden panel
35x35 cm
2017

• Exhibited in London

31
Spot/Light I.
oil on wooden panel
35x35 cm
2017

• Exhibited in Venice and Barcelona

32
Spot/Light II.
oil on wooden panel
35x35 cm
2017

• Exhibited in Venice and Barcelona

33
Spot/Light III.
oil on wooden panel
35x35 cm
2017

• Exhibited in Venice and Barcelona

34
‘abstract variation’ series

This series was the first one I made with abstract compositions in 2013/2014.

• Strongly builds on American abstract expressionism with particular focus Jackson

Pollock and Mark Rothko.

• The themes of this series reflects on the changes and questions that I went through
after my diagnoses with Crohn’s disease.

• “Questions about myself and others, relationships, life, values and meanings.”

• These paintings are expressive abstract compositions in which childlike playfulness

and constant struggle are present.

35
Coldness
oil on canvas
150x130 cm
2013

36
Together in colour green
oil on canvas
150x145 cm
2013

37
Dark whirl
oil on canvas
140x150 cm
2013

38
Water/fall
oil on canvas
71x91 cm
2013

39
Mountain
oil on canvas
73x55 cm
2013

40
Relationship I.
oil on canvas
65x70 cm
2014

41
Relationship II.
oil on canvas
75x75 cm
2014

42
‘yellow arches’ series

The theme of this series was painting the lightness.

• Purpose: to paint something to see at the end of the tunnel as hopeful, lively and
promising. Something that I wished for when I was at a bad place.
• I associate colour yellow with the sun and its nurturing and healing energy. Also with
its rhythmic movement of rise and set.
• Painting the light in yellow led me to think about the necessity of darkness to see
the lightness.
• This series is the root work of the ‘light from within’, ‘circles in colours’ and ‘golden
circles’ series.
• This led me to colour gold that has a quality to reflect the light back from its own
surface with the quality of darkness and lightness all included in one interaction.

43
KB. 174
oil on canvas
100x100 cm
2016

44
KB. 168
oil on canvas
100x100 cm
2016

45
KB. 169
oil on canvas
100x100 cm
2016

46
Wave
oil on canvas
100x100 cm
2016

47
Gesture
oil on canvas
100x100 cm
2016

48
Thank you for your attention!

artist@brigitkovax.com 49