MELINDA SOLTESZ sculptor
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Born in 1974 Hungary Budapest. Her atelier is in the capital of Hungary.
Artist statement
Art is free. Glass is the material that I achieve complete artistic freedom by working with different technologies, as I can materialize my thoughts in the material of glass, metals and wood. For me, the creative process is a kind of game, a flow experience. I push the boundaries when I create a pre-patterned composition in the glass workshop by free blowing (without a wooden form), my creative partner is centrifugal force, gravity, the viscosity and plasticity of glass.
Awards
2001 Millennium Diploma
2002 Imre Gaál Gallery SPRING EXHIBITION AWARD
2014 Mondélez Award Competition II. Award
2022 Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry ’’Hungarian art’’ award
2025 TERAVARNA HONORABLE MENTION 7th “Water” International Art Competition
Works in public collections
2008 Museum of Stained Glass and Emaille Art, Ravenstein, Netherlands
2008 XVIII. District Mayor's Office Contemporary Collection
2010 Katona József Museum Gallery Contemporary Art Collection, Kecskemét
2014 Nagytétény Castle Museum Collection
2015 Katona József Museum and Gallery Contemporary Art Collection, Kecskemét
2016 "Tactile Exhibition" Contemporary Collection, International Glass Art Symposium, Goszthony Mária Foundation and Creative Camp Contemporary Glass Collection, Rippl-Rónai Museum, Kaposvár (property of the Hungarian State)
2019 HABATAT GLASS TOUR – two of my glass sculptures went to an American collector
2023 HUNGARIAN MUSEUM OF APPLIED ARTS CONTEMPORARY Ceramics and Glass Collection - "Togetherness" glass sculpture
2023 Museum of Ancient Glass, Contemporary Collection, Zadar, HR "Play" glass sculpture
Exhibitions
International Exhibitions
2005 | IV. International Biennial Exhibition Ritualia, Vesuvian Academy of Ethnohistorical Tradition, Naples, Italy | 2008 | "Landscape of desire" Contemporary Jubileum Enamel Exhibition, Netherlands, Ravenstein | 2009 | “Signature” land art exhibition, Tallinn, Estonia | “Trends” Contemporary Enamel Art Exhibition, City Gallery, Párkány, Slovakia | 2011 | Exhibition series of the Hungarian Society of Fire Enamel Artists, Sofia, Bulgaria | 2015 | Hungarian Glass Art, Hungarian Institute, Brussel, Belgium | 2016 | The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa
https://glass-kanazawa.jp/glass2016_outline/works_selected.html 2016, Notojima Glass Art Museum, Notojima (J) | The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Shiinoki Cultural Complex, Ishikawa Prefecture (J) | International Glass Biennial, Haacht, Belgium | 2018 | Contemporary Hungarian Fine Art, China, Hangzhou New City Exhibition Center (6 locations) | Toyama International Glass Exhibition, Toyama Glass Art Museum, Japan | 2019 | Contemporary Hungarian Fine Art, China | Glas Museum Lette, Germany, selected artist’s exhibition|“Mirror” international glass art exhibition, Melbourne, Australia, Red Moon Glass Gallery | 2020 | Die Rückkehr - Contemporary Hungarian Glass, Frauenau Glasmuseum, Germany | 2022 | Glass Art NOW! Applied Art Museum, Belgrade | 2023 | Connected by Glass Muzej Antickog Stakla, Zadar| Glass Art NOW! @ The Venice Glass Week-2023 exhibition, Venice, Palazzo Ateneo Veneto | 2024 | Metallic Mirage exhibition Define Art Gallery, Sarasota, FL, USA | 2025 TERAVARNA HONORABLE MENTION 7th “Water” International Art Competition Exhibition, USA, New York | GLASSIFICATION Hungarian Contemporary Glass, Jablonec, Crystal Valley, Czech Republic
International Exhibitions
2005 | IV. International Biennial Exhibition Ritualia, Vesuvian Academy of Ethnohistorical Tradition, Naples, Italy | 2008 | "Landscape of desire" Contemporary Jubileum Enamel Exhibition, Netherlands, Ravenstein | 2009 | “Signature” land art exhibition, Tallinn, Estonia | “Trends” Contemporary Enamel Art Exhibition, City Gallery, Párkány, Slovakia | 2011 | Exhibition series of the Hungarian Society of Fire Enamel Artists, Sofia, Bulgaria | 2015 | Hungarian Glass Art, Hungarian Institute, Brussel, Belgium | 2016 | The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa https://glass-kanazawa.jp/glass2016_outline/works_selected.html 2016, Notojima Glass Art Museum, Notojima (J) | The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Shiinoki Cultural Complex, Ishikawa Prefecture (J) | International Glass Biennial, Haacht, Belgium | 2018 | Contemporary Hungarian Fine Art, China, Hangzhou New City Exhibition Center (6 locations) | Toyama International Glass Exhibition, Toyama Glass Art Museum, Japan | 2019 | Contemporary Hungarian Fine Art, China | Glas Museum Lette, Germany, selected artist’s exhibition|“Mirror” international glass art exhibition, Melbourne, Australia, Red Moon Glass Gallery | 2020 | Die Rückkehr - Contemporary Hungarian Glass, Frauenau Glasmuseum, Germany | 2022 | Glass Art NOW! Applied Art Museum, Belgrade | 2023 | Connected by Glass Muzej Antickog Stakla, Zadar| Glass Art NOW! @ The Venice Glass Week-2023 exhibition, Venice, Palazzo Ateneo Veneto | 2024 | Metallic Mirage exhibition Define Art Gallery, Sarasota, FL, USA | 2025 TERAVARNA HONORABLE MENTION 7th “Water” International Art Competition Exhibition, USA, New York | GLASSIFICATION Hungarian Contemporary Glass, Jablonec, Crystal Valley, Czech Republic,
AN IDEA CAPTURED IN GLASS exhibition of contemporary art glass, Dolejnski Muzeum, Novo Mesto, Slovenia, curated by Katarina Dajčman 10 April –31 August 2025, Small Hall | MAKE GLASS NOT WAR! Self exhibition, 23 May -13 June 2025, Gallery KAS, Budapest, HUN
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