“For me as an artist painting is the tool for expressing my relation to life not really in an intellectual way but much rather as a sensual manifestation through this medium. My series titled ‘SUN WATER AIR’ is a love story with life created by vibrant colors, bold surfaces and a pop-artistic approach, a series of works that I’ve been working on since the beginning of my career in 2013. ‘ORIENT’ and ‘FLOATING-SILK’ are more personal bodies of work inspired by my own inner procession and the subtle development of the soul connected to spirituality in a conscious way. Working for weeks or months on these large-scale canvases results monumental figurative pieces falling apart into abstraction when one takes a close look. Building up a beautiful totality of rhythmical, repetitive patterns and a melody of colorful canons gives me a wonderful meditative experience through the act of creation. My recent series titled ‘VULVA' focuses on aspects of femininity and womanhood, which are deeply rooted and inspired by my personal experiences."
Nagy Boglárka’s paintings represent a highly refined intersection of classical figurative realism and contemporary sensibility. Technically virtuosic, her works are never mere demonstrations of painterly skill; their true power lies in atmosphere, psychological intensity, and the archetypal layers that unfold beneath the surface. Her figures often hover on the threshold between reality and symbolic presence, appearing less as portraits and more as manifestations of inner states, memories, or collective sensations. Recurring themes within the artist’s oeuvre — feminine power, transcendence, sensuality, animalic symbolism, freedom, and spirituality — emerge in ways that feel both deeply personal and universal. The influence of luminism is also perceptible throughout her work: light does not simply illuminate the figures, but becomes an almost spiritual substance permeating the pictorial space itself. Motifs such as water, open skies, reflections, and suspended bodies create a timeless, meditative world in which silence and presence carry as much weight as figuration. Within her practice, contemporary visuality and the classical ideal of beauty exist in a distinctive tension. Her paintings are simultaneously elegant and raw, sensual yet restrained. Rather than relying on narrative, they engage the viewer through sensation: gazes, gestures, and reduced compositions construct an intimate psychological atmosphere that invites prolonged contemplation. Nagy Boglárka’s work represents a rare direction within contemporary figurative painting, where technical mastery, emotional intelligence, and contemporary iconography merge into a singular and immediately recognizable visual language.
STUDIES & SCHOLARSHIPS
2021 FLORENCE ACADEMY OF ART
FLORENCE, ITALY
2018 – 2019 PARIS ACADEMY OF ARTS
PARIS, FRANCE
2013 LASZLO GYEMANT ATELIER
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
2012 UNIVERSITY OF ART AND DESIGN IN CLUJ-NAPOCA
CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA
2009 – 2012 ESZTERHAZY KAROLY COLLEGE (Painting BA) EGER
2006 – 2009 ART LAVINA ART STUDIO
VÁC, HUNGARY
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2014 GUNDEL ART PRIZE special award in 'arts' category
2014 KULTURKONTAKT AUSTRIA ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE-PROGRAM
VIENNA, AUSTRIA
2012 ERASMUS
CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 KÁLI FECSKE GALÉRIA SALFÖLD - 'BEYOND THE HORIZON'
2025 ART&ANTIQUE BUDAPEST – ‘APRES-SKI’
2022 BODÓ GALLERY BUDAPEST – ‘RISING SUN’
2022 PR09RE55 BUDAPEST – ‘VIVE LA FEMME’ 2022 BOUTIQUE EXHIBITION
2021 CLARK HOTEL BUDAPEST – ‘BON VOYAGE!’
2019 AR2DAY GALLERY – KEMPINSKI HOTEL CORVINUS BUDAPEST – ‘SUNSET BOULEVARD’
2018 GODOT GALLERY BUDAPEST – ‘DUNA ESPRESSO’
2018 TISZAVIRÁG SZEGED – ‘ASIA VIBES’
2017 STANTON CHASE PALAZZO DOROTTYA BUDAPEST – ‘HAIKU’
2016 AR2DAY GALLERY – KEMPINSKI HOTEL CORVINUS BUDAPEST – ‘BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE’
2015 ERDÉSZ GALLERY SZENTENDRE - 'HUNGARIAN MUSES' - BOGLARKA NAGY AND GYORGY TOTH
2014 FONYOD MUSEUM FONYÓD - 'SUN WATER AIR'
2014 BRODY ARTYARD BUDAPEST – ‘EYES WIDE OPEN’
2013 ART.SALON:TARSALGO GALLERY 'MASTER AND DISCIPLE' - LASZLO GYEMANT AND BOGLARKA NAGY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
PRESS & ONLINE MEDIA
STUDIO VISIT - DUNA TV NYÁR 24
LIVE INTERVIEW WITH BOGLARKA NAGY - DUNA TV NYÁR 24
LIVE INTERVIEW WITH BOGLARKA NAGY - DUNA NYÁR 23
'MY ART IS ABOUT SEEKING ETERNAL BEAUTY' - M2 PETOFI TV
'LIBRETTO'S CAST IN THE STUDIO OF BOGLARKA NAGY' - M5
‘FIGURATIVE PAINTING WILL NEVER DIE!’ – WORLD ART NEWS
'THE WORLD IS AT HER FEET' - TV2 TÉNYEK PLUSZ
'RISING SUN' - EXHIBITION AT BODÓ GALLERY - HÍR TV
'GEISHAS AND SAMURAIS IN BUDAPEST' - INDEX
'BOGLARKA NAGY'S EXHIBITION HAS JUST OPENED' - TV2 MOKKA
'A RARE AND STUNNING EXHIBITION AT BODÓ GALLERY' - ROADSTER
'HER ART IS INSPIRED BY JOY AND SORROW' - GLAMOUR HUNGARY
'ART CORNER DEBUTS WITH BOGLARKA NAGY' - ROADSTER
‘MY NAME IS WHITE’ – SOTHEBY’S LONDON
‘WOMAN OF THE MONTH’ DECEMBER 2020 - BEAUTYPEST INC.
‘SUMMER LOVE’ – SOTHEBY’S LONDON
INTERVIEW WITH BOGLARKA NAGY - NŐK LAPJA INTERIOR