VIKTORIA VILLANYI
works of art I kunst I obras de arte
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” Having exhibited across Europe her work invites viewers to explore our connection to ancient cultural legacies…” Bisa Bennett, ARTIO Magazine, 2024
„Viktoria uses mixed media in her woodworks in a suggestive and captivating way that I have not observed yet in contemporary painting…including reference to medieval icon paintings…she views art as a ritual process, creating a transititon between sacred and profane world…with her Iberian insights, she establishes a dialogue between traditions of Central Europe, the Iberian peninsula and beyond” Aron Cserdi, Vice-Major of Mohacs, opening speech at the Museum of Ethnography, 2025
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
„Art is Ritual”
Viktoria’s art is inspired by, and draws from the forms and traces of prehistory and of ancient cultural traditions primarily of Central Europe, the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America. In her semi-abstract, surrealist works she captures and reflects on our contemporary and timeless relation to nature, to our cultural legacy of sacred and profane rites, and the rhythms, structures, and inherent energy of the natural world that surrounds us. In her artistic perspective, „Art is Ritual, the ritual of confirming or reshaping what we are: our values, legacy, and sense of self.”
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Viktoria Villanyi is a mixed-media artist, art historian and qualified lawyer. Viktoria recently exhibited paintings and 3D mixed media works primarily in contemporary group shows in Madrid, Spain, her native country, Hungary, along with recent shows in Rome, Paris, and contemporary art contests in Brasil and the UK.
Her art invites viewers to explore the connection between mankind and nature, contemporary life and ancient cultural legacies. Her work ranges from semi-abstracts with captivating, powerful spatial compositions to provocative surrealist visions that erase boundaries between sacred and profane themes. She combines painting with figurative sculptural elements or geometric, architectural forms built of industrial materials such as copper and wood.
Viktoria is native to Hungary, she also lived in Boston, USA and in Barcelona, Spain. She studied contemporary arts and art theory at the Sterling&Francine Clark Art Institute, USA. In New York she had the chance to work with Latin American contemporary art and collaborate with contemporary artists.Preceding her studies of art she also earned a BA at Harvard University in Iberian and Latin American literature and history. Her travels and research on various cultural communities in both Europe and Latin America shaped Viktoria’s perception and understanding of the legacy of ancient cultural values and the imprints of tradition in contemporary culture.
