Artist Information:
Zsofia Otvos
Chicago, IL
United States
Member Since: May 2006
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Artist Statement:
I am a Hungarian citizen
living and working in the
United States. I received my
art training with an emphasis
on figure drawing and
sculpting from Rita Kopek’s
studio in Hungary. An
art-scholarship brought me to
North Central College in
Naperville, IL in 1994, where
I earned my BA degree in art
and theater in 1997. During
that time, I studied fiber art
at the School of the Art
Institute in Chicago.
Since 1997, I have recognized
my “mission” as an artist and
directed my focus to painting.
In my figurative paintings, my
focus is on the connection
between human experience and
expression. My intention is to
isolate an instant of
conveyance from a multitude of
human articulations and
preserve it in an idealistic
scene.
My subject matter, human
emotion, originally came from
an inner conflict caused by my
immigration: a sense of
displacement. I often felt as
if I was an outside observer
of my environment, rather than
being part of it. However I no
longer feel displaced, I still
use the practice of viewing
and representing life around
me from the periphery.
Texture and surface plays a
big part in my paintings; it
is derived from ...
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Zsofia Otvos's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Zsofia Otvos's Portfolio. Browse Otvos's body of work: I am a Hungarian citizen living and working in the United States. I received my art training with an emphasis on figure drawing and sculpting from Rita Kopek’s studio in Hungary. An art-scholarship brought me to North Central College in Naperville, IL in 1994, where I earned my BA degree in art and theater in 1997. During that time, I studied fiber art at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago.
Since 1997, I have recognized my “mission” as an artist and directed my focus to painting.
In my figurative paintings, my focus is on the connection ... |
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