Jud Keresztesi
Artist Curriculum vitae
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Australian born 1972, with a Hungarian heritage, I have been painting for 28 years. Professionally for 11 years. My trademark specialization is that of strong colors, well worked textural application of the paint, the utilization of ground bronze and copper in some of the final stages of my paintings. My formal training was developed during my studies in Art and Design at Swinburne technology. I have also completed a diploma for Interior Design at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Melbourne Victoria.
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GALLERY REPRESENTATION HISTORY
Gallery Without Pier Melbourne -current
Gulloti /Murano Gallery in Perth- current
Jive Art and Design Noosa QLD
Manyung Gallery Portsea
Manyung Gallery Mt Eliza
Green- Wood Gallery VIC
Green-Wood Gallery Lorne
Art Focus Gallery NSW
CWM Galleries NSW
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 St Kevins Art Show
2010 Green-Wood Gallery
2010 Melbourne Art Show Vic
2010 Jive Art and Design Noosa
2009 Old Post Office Gallery Vic
2009 Melbourne Art Show Vic
2009 Delshan Art Gallery Melbourne Vic
2009 Green- Wood Gallery Vic
2009 Green- Wood Gallery Lorne Vic
2008 New White Gallery Melbourne
2008 Delshan Gallery Armadale Vic
2008 Melbourne Art Show Vic
2007 Green- Wood Gallery South Melbourne, Vic
2006 Gallery 1011 Armadale, Vic
2006 Moda Rouge Gallery Hampton, Vic
2006 First Settlement Gallery Sorrento, Vic
2006 Manyung Gallery Mt Eliza, Vic
2005 Manyung Gallery Mt Eliza, Vic
2005 Suburban 312 Gallery Brighton, Vic
2005 Gallery M South Melbourne, Vic
2005 Affordable Art Show, Melbourne, Vic
2005 Potteroo Gallery Southbank, Vic
2004 Gallery M South Melbourne, Vic
2004 Gallery M South Melbourne, Vic
2003 Bunnikam Gallery Vic
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Green- Wood Gallery South Melbourne
2001 Malvern Artists Society, Vic
COMMISSIONS/WORKSHOPS
2012 Nov Workshop at Malvern Artist Society
2012 June Artist Demo Day Malvern Town Hall
2011 June Artist Demo Day Malvern Town Hall
2010 June Artist Demo Day Malvern Town Hall
2010 August 2010 Malvern Art Society Workshop
2009 June Artist Demo Day Malvern Town Hall
2010 June Doncaster/Templestowe Art Society Workshop
2010 Boxhill Art Society Workshop
2008 Epworth Hospital
2006 Commercial Development Flemington Road North Melbourne, Vic
2005 Commercial/Residential Development 69 River St Richmond, Vic
2005 Ramada Hotel Foyer Melbourne, Vic
2005 Helens Hill Estate Winery Yarra Valley, Vic
2004 Country Road Australia
2004 365 Little Collins Street Foyer Melbourne, Vic
2009 Artist Day Demonstration, Malvern Vic- June 2009
2008 Artist Day Demonstration , Malvern, Vic- June 2008
2007 Art workshops in oil painting at studio in Balaclava, Vic- ongoing
2005 Artist Day at Work Demonstration, Malvern, Vic
2004 Artists Day at Work Demonstration, Malvern, Vic
2004 Very Special Kids Art Workshop Day, Vic
ARTIST BIO
Since I was diagnosed with bipolar 8 years ago my artwork has changed for the better.
I am now 41 years old and have been painting for 28 years. Professionally for the past 11 years. Though the work I produced in this period was very unresolved and manic in many ways, painting still always offered me a place for mental grounding within the turbulence I had accepted as “normal” for so many years.
My current work signifies a new beginning for me in so many ways, as now my new mental state allows me to further develop not only the process of how I create the work but also further understand why I need to make the work. My work now has contrasts of textural elements, being the turbulence, and then the smooth brush strokes which is the calmness within my mind.
Now more than ever I am attracted to the peace I find within nature, hence I use photographs that I take of landscapes as the initial inspirational ingredient in my work. The landscapes I evolve from these photographs take on a life of their own as they become my “mind”. Colour is one of my most powerful tools in my quest to create refuges for my own mind within the manufacturing of my works.
Growing up on the Boulevard in Kew which was 7km from Melbourne, yet the back yard was the Yarra River and bush landscapes. These amazing images in my mind are also fused into many of my artworks.
I am also inspired and extremely fascinated by natural phenomenon like volcanos, icebergs, glaciers and bushfires which are evident in my series of abstract works. Generally I find that water, oceans, lagoons play a huge part in my paintings, and overall the colours in my paintings create an expression of mood, peace, and power. The Orkney Island series of cliffs and rocks in the Northern region of Scotland are both peace within me as well as an emotional attachment to this amazing place which I hold onto for many reasons.
I hope my artworks can also inspire a sense of peace and contemplation in others as well as provoke the imagination.
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