More often than not, Beáta Székely’s paintings are inspired by her native land. With her portraits rendered in delicate empathy and an atmosphere of curious, dark Eastern-European savour, the baseline is set for a half-imagined, half-real theatre of life. Her bold baroque world serves a surreal blend of unease with poetic spirituality and a good measure of Transylvanian humour.
Born in 1985 (Romania), she studied at the Cluj University of Art and Design, and later at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest. Beáta lives and works between Romania and Budapest, Hungary.
Her work has been included in numerous exhibitions worldwide, among them in the USA (2020), China (2018), France (2013), Italy (2016), Turkey (2011), Romania (2011, 2015, 2023, 2024) and Finland (2019). Beata’s paintings have been featured in a number of art fairs, group and solo shows in Hungary: Budapest Art Market (2012, 2013), Kunsthalle Budapest (2015), Herman Otto Museum (2014), Hungarian National Museum (2013), Godot Gallery (2013), IX-XI Gallery (2013), MÜPA (2010), Ari Kupsus Gallery (2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2020), and many more.
Her works have received a number of awards and scholarships, like the Apáczai Csere János Scholarship, Cluj-Napoca (2005), Székely Bertalan Award, Budapest (2010), Amadeus Kisalkotói Scholarship, Budapest (2011), Communitas Scholarship, Târgu Mureș (2012).
Beáta's paintings are included, among others, in the art collections of the Xu Beihong Art Committee, Beijing, China, the Hungarian National Museum, the collections of Semmelweis University and Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary, and a number of private collections worldwide.