Csaba Szegedi is a prominent figure among the mid-generation of contemporary Hungarian artists. Since early childhood, he has been building an unbroken, dedicated career as a painter, during which he has received numerous national and international awards, recognitions, and honors. The qualities of his art are based on his artisitc skills and the professional knowledge he acquired at prestigious art schools, as well as on his multifaceted style he has been developing for five decades now.
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For Csaba, art is a way of understanding the world and marveling at the mystery of existence. His goal is to capture beauty and achieve the magical experience of rising to a higher level of consciousness. The picture is an imprint of the transcendent moments of creating becoming eternal. His positive approach to life is reflected in the vivid yet subtle colors of his paintings, while his thoughtful compositions reflect his constructive worldview. Csaba is a well-trained, conscious artist possessing the freedom of sensitive imagination, which he describes as follows:
Art is order and adventure... playing within and against the rules...
"in any case, it is certain that he is a painterly painter, a pictor natus with a deep commitment to both painting, and the problems raised by painting" – art historian Dr. Gábor Pataki about Csaba Szegedi
Csaba completed his award-winning studies at prestigious Institutes including the High School of Fine and Applied Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest. He opened his first studio in Dunaújváros, then lived in Germany. Since 2000 he works in his studio in Velence, Hungary and is a professor at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest.
Csaba has always been fully engaged in the cooperative community life of artists wherever he lived, including Germany and the U.S.A. He has been member of significant art associations, where he has often served as a board member. He was a resident artist at institutions and programs like the Griffis Art Center New London (CT, USA), the „Art for a Cause” (Goa, India), the Atelierhaus Worpswede (Germany), the Guanlan Printmaking Base (China) and the historic Hungarian Academy in Rome. Csaba Szegedi’s art has been celebrated in numerous exhibitions from NewYork to India. His works can be found worldwide both in public and private collections. He has been reviewed and written about by leading art critics and historians including Balázs Feledy, Gábor Martos, István Sinkó, Gábor Pataki, Ernő P. Szabó and Judit Szeifert.