ILDIKO KOVACS Breaking Ground 19 August - 12 September 2021
© Martin Browne Contemporary © All images copyright Ildiko Kovacs This catalogue is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. COMPILER: Ally Russell-Floyd PHOTOGRAPHER: Jenni Carter PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER: Ilona Kardos COLOUR SEPARATIONS: Spitting Image, Sydney Cover Image: With all my heart, 2021, oil paint on plywood, 154.5 x 240 cm
MARTIN BROWNE CONTEMPORARY 15 HAMPDEN STREET PADDINGTON NSW 2021 TEL: 02 9331 7997 FAX: 02 9331 7050 info@martinbrownecontemporary.com www.martinbrownecontemporary.com GALLERY HOURS: TUESDAY - SUNDAY 10:30AM - 6PM
LIST OF WORKS Arpeggio, 2021, oil paint on plywood, 244 x 120 cm Illuminate, 2021, oil paint on plywood, 160 x 240 cm Jazz, 2021, oil paint on plywood, 152 x 122 cm Adieu, 2021, oil paint on plywood, 244 x 120 cm Always in my mind, 2021, oil paint on plywood, 120 x 300 cm Hooked Up, 2021, oil paint on plywood, 152 x 122 cm Forge, 2021, oil paint on plywood, 120 x 240 cm Cauldron, 2021, oil paint on plywood, 160 x 150 cm Hymn, 2021, oil paint on plywood, 244 x 120 cm Another Way, 2021, oil paint on plywood, 152 x 122 cm With all my heart, 2021, oil paint on plywood, 154.5 x 240 cm
Arpeggio, 2021, oil paint on plywood, 244 x 120 cm
Illuminate, 2021, oil paint on plywood, 160 x 240 cm
Jazz, 2021, oil paint on plywood, 152 x 122 cm
Adieu, 2021, oil paint on plywood, 244 x 120 cm
Always in my mind, 2021, oil paint on plywood, 120 x 300 cm
Hooked Up, 2021, oil paint on plywood, 152 x 122 cm
Forge, 2021, oil paint on plywood, 120 x 240 cm
Cauldron, 2021, oil paint on plywood, 160 x 150 cm
Hymn, 2021, oil paint on plywood, 244 x 120 cm
Another Way, 2021, oil paint on plywood, 152 x 122 cm
With all my heart, 2021, oil paint on plywood, 154.5 x 240 cm
ILDIKO KOVACS SOLO EXHIBITIONS
AWARDS
2021 Breaking Ground, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2020 Two Grounds, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2019 Both Ways, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide 2019 The DNA of Colour, Orange Regional Gallery 2019 The DNA of Colour, ANU, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra 2018 New Ground, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2018 Cat’s Cradle, Raft Artspace, Alice Springs 2017 Inner Cycle, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2015 Current, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney. 2015 Sliding, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide 2014 Looking Through, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2013 Monotypes & Painting, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide 2012 New Works, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2011 Ildiko Kovacs, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide 2011 Ildiko Kovacs: Down the Line 1980-2010, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Gymea, NSW 2010 Recent Works, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney 2009 Ildiko Kovacs - Solo Show, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
2015 Bulgari Art Award, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
COLLECTIONS Allen Arthur Robinson Collection Artbank Art Gallery of New South Wales Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Campbelltown Arts Centre Gold Coast City Art Gallery Hamilton Art Gallery, Victoria James & Jacqui Erskine Collection Macquarie Bank Museum of Contemporary Art Australia National Gallery of Australia National Gallery of Victoria Newcastle Art Gallery Visy Corp, Melbourne World Bank, Washington DC, USA Private Collections in Australia, New Zealand, UK, USA, France and Italy
2021 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales 2019 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales 2018 RAW Wedderburn, Delmar Gallery, Sydney 2017 Artist Profile: Australiasian Painters 2007-2017, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW 2017 Into Abstraction II: Interconnections, Macquarie University Art Gallery 2016 Black, White & Restive, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle 2016 James & Jacqui Erskine Collection, ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra 2016 Fleurieu Art prize, Samstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia, Adelaide 2015 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales 2014 Sublime Point: The Landscape In Painting, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Gymea, NSW 2014 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales 2013 Crossing Paths lll, Raft Art Space. Alice Springs. 2013 Vibrant Matter, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, VIC 2013 Action/Abstraction, Wangarattan Art Gallery, Wangaratta, VIC