Mano - contemporary paintress

As a Hungarian journalist (in my earlier capacity as Editor in Chief of the Hungarian Airlines Inflight Magazine, and later as Regional Director of Scandinavia and the Baltic States) I could travel quite extensively, thus managed to visit wonderful places around the world and meet interesting people that inspired me to a great extent. I lived abroad with my family for several years, where I began painting, attended artistic courses in Budapest and Stockholm.

My paintings are in oil on canvas. My artist name is: Mano, as I sign my paintings. I admire, care of the nature, and try to capture its beauty on my canvas. I love to paint the lights dancing on the surface of a lake or sea, the eyes and face of interesting people, special moments of our days or of our old history, and everything that inspires me.

You can find my artworks in a number of international art books, like „International Contemporary Masters XIII.” published in the USA, the bilingual German book, „Excellent Art 2020”, the Spanish art book titled „ModPortrait 2019", the art book published in the US in 2022, "Important World Artists 2022", “Art from Leonardo to today”- 2023, “Contemporary Celebrity Masters”-2023., “Atlante dell Arte-2024” by Metropolitan Museum (New York) just to mention a few.

I had several solo exhibitions of my paintings in Sweden, Israel and Hungary, participated in group shows in Austria, Belgium, Italy, Romania, Hungary and USA – in Los Angeles and New York. 20 of my artworks were presented at Artifact’s Gallery an on-line flat screen in Manhattan during 2 years, in 2022-2023. Some of my paintings could be seen in Rossocinabro Gallery in Rome in 2022, in Torino’s MIIT Museo both in 2022 and 2024. I had an exhibition in the heart of Vienna, at Steiner Gallery in October, 2022. The latter Gallery represented me at the New York International Art Fair 2023. I took part in the MEAM Museum in Barcelona at a Biannale in November, the Louvre Exhibition in Paris, and the Segnaletti London Exhibition in Espacio Gallery London in December, 2022. My paintings could be seen in the Paks Gallery in Vienna and Munich. The Gallery was representing me at the Basel Biennale in May and Cannes Biennale in June, 2023. My paintings were shown on the huge screen at Times Square in New York by HMVC Gallery and Artroom Gallery, and the Big Screen in New York by Arthouse Gallery.

I was awarded by several prestigious international prizes e.g. ATIM Top 60 Masters of Contemporary Art 2019 in USA, Artivist of the Year – 2019, New York, Power of Creativity International Art Prize 2021, UK, Art Olympic Prize 2021- Italy, Voices of Tomorrow - Art Award Winner 2022, Winner of Collectors’ Vision International Art Award- UK- 2021, International Art Prize Leonardo Da Vinci 2022 - Florence, International Prize Caravaggio, Great Master of Art 2022 - Milan, Poseidone International Art Prize 2022, Lecce, Italy, La Palma d’Oro Art Prize in Monte Carlo in fall 2022, Faces of Peace International Art Prize - 2022. Art Curator Magazine, Trophy International Art Prize – Paris (Effeto Arte - 2022), The Best Modern and Contemporary Masters London Prize, 2023, Premio Leonardo da Vinci Prize 2023 – International Art Critical Contribution – ArtExpo Gallery, 3rd Biennale Cesenatico, Italy, Oscar of Art -International Art Prize, Monte-Carlo, 2023, The Caravaggio International Art Prize in Bergamo/Italy, 2023, Collectors Art Prize Winner 2023., The “International Prix Trofeo Leone d’Oro” in Venice, 2023, Leaders, Protagonists of Art at Washington, 2023, Silver Cross of Merit State Award, Budapest 2023, Botticelli International Art Prize, Milan, 2024., “Ambassador of Art”- 2024. Florence, Grand Master of Light –2024. by Accademia Italia in Arte nel Mondo, just to mention a few of the international art awards…