STATEMENT

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A state of void space where there is no compliance. That is the realm in which I can immerse and experience unconditional freedom. It encourages me to explore my inner visions. The process and the act of creation is what inspires me. Because of its structural nature, weaving is an important tool of expression in my practice. I create objects and installations which I can approach in this empty space.

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BIOGRAPHY

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Tünde Újszászi was born in 1987 Szentes, Hungary. Lives and works in Tahitótfalu.

Tünde Újszászi conducted her studies at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (MOME), where she graduated with an MA Textile Designer degree in 2010. During this period, she also had the chance to spend a semester at the Aalto University in Helsinki in 2009, an experience that further enriched her scope of vision and helped in forming her visual language. She continued her academic path as a student of the Arts and Design Teacher department, finishing with Masters degree in 2013. She was a teacher at the Textile Department of the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest from 2020 to 2021.

Tünde Újszászi’s work was shown for the first time in Germany at Galerie Pugliese Levi on the occasion of her solo show Objects in 2019 and subsequently as part of the group exhibitions almost nothing (2019) and Transparency (2020). Her works were also featured in group exhibitions in Helsinki, Munich, Lugano and Guimarães and are part of private collections in Germany. One of her installations became part of the public collection of Contextile Biennial, Guimarães, Portugal, in 2016.

Topics that Újszászi is exploring in her oeuvre are the illusion of permanence and the ever-changing nature of all our surroundings, which she examines through large-scale, woven installations and series of paintings. Her primary inspiration as a visual artist is the material itself and the possibilities it beholds. She is particularly intrigued by the process of creating forms and objects and the way in which these pieces occupy the space. In her installation works she examines the notion of time and the state of presence. The fiction of permanence, of the conservation and stopping of time is expressed as a desire, which is rooted in her fear of the unknown and of passing away.

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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2022 | Safe Place, Galerie Pugliese Levi, Berlin
2021 | Delta installation, Galerie Pugliese Levi, Berlin
2019 |Objects, Galerie Pugliese Levi, Berlin

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ARTWORKS in PUBLIC COLLECION

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Contextile, Guimarães, Portugal, artwork: Triangle