Lilla Bodor Explained

Lilla Bodor (born 1979) is a Hungarian painter.

The artist presents the spaces of our lives filtered by a real convex mirror and the curved mirror of her imagination as well. Two of the capital features of Lilla Bodor’s creating practice, the usage of tondo – the round picture formats, and the bending of the painted spaces, figures, objects.^[1]

About Lilla Bodor's paintings

The main topics of the paintings depicting the reflections are mostly inner spaces and female figures. She reflects the world in a convex mirror and she further interprets this view in the arrangement and painting of her pictures.^[2]

Education

• 2001–2007 Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest^{[3] [4]}
• 2006 Erasmus Scholarship at Edinburgh College of Art.

Social memberships

• National Association of Hungarian Creative Artists^[5] (member, 2007-).

Awards

• 2007 Béla Gruber Award.

Selected exhibitions

• 2002 Language of colours. Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest;
• 2005 Undersized. Group exhibition. Várfok Gallery, Budapest;
• 2005 Solo exhibition. Lukács Confectionery, Budapest;
• 2006 Dance of Life. Solo exhibition. Bartók Theatre and House of Art, Dunaújváros;
• 2007 Best of Diploma 2007. Barcsay Hall Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest;
• 2007 Fresh Europe 2007. Group exhibition. KOGART House, Budapest;
• 2008 Budapest Art Expo Fresh. International Biennial of Young Artists, ArtMill, Szentendre;
• 2008 Tradition of the City. NetAktív Gallery, Budapest;
• 2008 55. Autumn Exhibition at Vásárhely. János Tornyai Museum, Hódmezővásárhely;
• 2008 Propos d’Europe 7.0. Paris-Fehérvárcsurgó Károlyi castle, Fehérvárcsurgó;
• 2008 Szalmaszál Foundation Charity Auction. Centrális Gallery CEU, Budapest;
• 2009 Solo exhibition. Madách Theatre, Budapest;
• 2009 II Munkácsy Collective exhibition. Volksbank Gallery Istenhegyi street, Budapest;
• 2009 Mood for Tondo. Solo exhibition. Ráday Volksbank Gallery, Budapest;
• 2010 What iF? Solo Exhibition. IF Jazz Café, Budapest.

Notes and References

1. http://lillart.blogspot.com/p/texts.html lillArt BLog
2. Web site: Contemporary private collectors . 2020-02-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120321093919/http://mugyujtok.hu/muveszek5/?catalog3_id=966&Mzoom=catalog3k5421%7CKort%C3%A1rs . 2012-03-21 . dead .
3. http://www.mke.hu/new/diploma2007festo.php Dissertations
4. http://www.mke.hu/node/13720 Best of Diploma 2007
5. Hungarian: Magyar Alkotóművészek Országos Szövetsége