Siljoe

My art is double-faced, as light and shadow.


On the one hand, I am looking for new paths of visual expressions through the synthesis of cubism, surrealism and pop art, which I call ‘futur-cubistic manga’. This is the language of light for me, which reaches back to the essence of created objects. I compose geometric figures with colors, so they represent the true substance of the visible shapes, by establishing their own visual world. Another characteristic of this guided visuality is its affinity to the Japanese manga-subculture, and the connection of the paintings in comic style.


The shadow-side of my art is what I call ‘urban techno’, which is a much more unconventional, caricaturisticly symbolic, grotesque style. With its simplified unique shapes and symbolic use of colors, this technique is centering the typical movements, perversities and situations of our everyday life. It is using humor to balance the sadness and difficulties in our lives, so it can bring light into the shadows of human existence.

HOMEGROWN gallery Amsterdam June-August 2000
-Exhibition with 40 paintings.
Gallery Absolute Budapest October 1999
-Exhibition and fair of paintings, T-shirts.
VISU-ART gallery February 1997-current
-Permanent exhibitor and salesroom of my paintings.
Patex Club Budapest July-December 1997
-Exhibition of 15 paintings.
Pepsi Sziget (Student Island in Budapest) August 1996, August 1997
-Exhibition and fair of paintings, T-shirts.
Private Gallery London November-December 1996
-3 paintings took part in an exhibition.
Podmanczky Gallery Budapest September- November 1995
- Exhibition of 10 paintings.
Olaf Palme House Budapest May-July 1995
-25 paintings exhibited.
FMK (Club of Young Artists), Budapest June-August 1995
-Exhibition of 20 paintings.
What a...? January-May 1995
-Exhibition of 10 paintings
Tarl-Art Hungary September-December 1993
-Exhibition with 22 pictures.
Hungarian National Channel 2 June 1993
-Broadcasted my fashion show with photo models, street performance, clothing exhibition.
Kocsis – Hauser Foundation exhibition March-April 1993
-3 paintings and 1 sculpture exhibited.

Studies

Amsterdam University of Art September-December 1996
-Awarded with scholarship for one semester in advertisement graphics by the Hungarian-Dutch cultural attaché Jan Christensen.
Academy of Fine Arts in Hungary September 1994- June 1996
-Lessons in painting and applied graphics.
Casus Modern Art College September 1994-June 1998
-Obtained exhibition organizer diploma, and ‘A’ level at Hungarian Organizers Association. Advertising management, and artistic manager diploma.
Comic drawer postgraduate high school September 1993-June 1994
-Learning about the history and techniques of comic drawing.

GOODCATCH Fishing Company - Freelance – Packaging designer, advertising designer- September 2005-May 2006
- Recently founded company producing fishing products.
- Awarded contract to make the packaging design of their first products and their advertising campaign.

eHUNGARY Hungarian Ministry of Informatics and Broadcasting - Freelance – Image Designer November 2004-May 2005
-eHungary is the youth department of the Hungarian Ministry of Informatics and Broadcasting.
-Chosen to design the new image for Department in the face of many other strong tenders.

LEKTUR Publishing Company (Hungary) - Freelance - Illustrator
December 2003-November 2004
-Illustrating and publishing design for children books.

IDEA MEDIA Advertising Web Agency – Permanent – Founder, art director
September 2000-Oktober 2001
-Leader of designer team, negotiating design questions with clients. Creating web-design and image for companies.

IDEA Advertising Studio – Permanent – Founder, art director
December 1999 -September 2000
-Leading and coordinating designer team, negotiating with clients. Creating advertisement for companies.

NORIN Advertising Company – Permanent – Founder, art director
September 1998-Febr 2000
-Leader of designers. Advertisement designs for companies like HERVIS, NESTLE, California Fitness

ICONOS Hungary Advertising Agency – Freelance – Art director
September 1998-February 2000
-Leading designers. Creating advertisement for companies.

LIME LIGHT Productions Hungary – Freelance – Manager, party organizer, party designer February-November 1999
-Organizing, managing parties, creating design for party advertisement and party interior.

SOJA Ltd. – Freelance – Founder, fashion designer
October 1998-May 1999
-Creating fashion design for clothes.

LEO BURNETT – Permanent – Art director assistant
April 1996-March 1998
-Controlling and coordinating the essential design of projects. Working both in a team role and in a leadership position with top Hungarian designers. Designing advertisements for, among others RED BULL, KELLOGGS, PHILIPP MORRIS, MILKA, WHIRPOOL.

HBI-AIMS Corporation – Freelance – Fashion designer
May-June 1997
- Creating designs for mass-marketed high street fashion T-shirts.

SILJOE Housmatic Hungary – Freelance – Founder, fashion designer
June-August 1997
- Designing collections for boutique fashion house.

SILJOE Plc. – Freelance – Founder, fashion designer, advertising designer
April 1996-1997 June
-Designing and producing clothes, advertisement for other companies, organizing parties. Selling clothes to Amsterdam, New York and Tel-Aviv.

FREE’ lifestyle magazine – Freelance – Founder, manager, illustrator
January 1996-May 1997
-Managing the sales, creating design and illustrations for nationally distributed magazine.

CERBONA Hungarian Food Company – Freelance – Packaging designer
May 1995
- Designing food product packaging

HARIBO – Freelance- Packaging designer, advertising design
January-September 1995
-Chosen, against nationwide competition, to design the first advertising campaign of HARIBO in Hungary.

UNICEF – Freelance – Campaign image designer
August-November 1994
- Awarded tender to design image for ‘You are different, you aren’t different either’ campaign

LEGRA exhibition – Freelance- Exhibition organizer, promotion designer
July-August 1994
-Organizing a major art Budapest exhibition including designing the promotional campaign.



COMIX Magazine, AQUARELLE Publishing Company – Permanent – Comic Artist March 1993-August 1994
-Drawing and designing comics for this magazine.

Comix’ 93 International Comic Festival
1993: Won 3rd place on the with the comic “The Exodus’. The head of the jury was Rinaldo Traiani /Comic Art/.-

Hungarian Junior Oscar
1993: my broadcasted fashion show won as one of the best television show made by young people.