Kika Karadi
Encyclopedia
Kika Karadi is an American
contemporary art
ist. Currently, she lives and works in New York
. She has shown at the 51st Venice Biennale
, Prague Biennale 2, and also at international art fairs like Art Basel Miami Beach and the Armory. She is noted for her large-scale abstract
painting
s with landscape
references.
Karadi was born in Budapest
, Hungary
. She received her BFA
from Maryland Institute College of Art
. In 1994 she was the youngest to win the Morris Louis Grant, for painting, which allowed her to travel to Paris
.
She had her first Europe
an solo show in Naples, Italy in 2006, which was reviewed in both Artforum
and Flash Art magazines.
2009 Observing Naked Singularities, Vibrational Optics and The Paradigm of a quantum life, Galleria Rubin, Milano
2008 Recent Paintings, Moeller Snow Gallery, New York, NY (USA)
2007 New Paintings, Björn Ressle Gallery, New York, NY (USA)
2006 Veiled Paintings, Annarumma 404, Napoli
2004 Kika Karadi, The Bas Fisher Invitational, Miami, FL (USA)
Group shows
2009 Summer Abstract Group Show, Galleria Rubin, Milan
2009 Crossing Borders, Björn Ressle Gallery, New York, NY (USA)
2008 Gravity, Colección Ernesto Esposito, ARTIUM Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz (E)
2008 Winter Salon - Works on Paper, Björn Ressle Gallery, New York, NY (USA)
2007 White light, White Heat, Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH (USA)
2007 Out of Art, Kunsthaus CentrePasquArt, Centre d'Art, Biel/Bienne (CH)
2007 Prague Biennale 3, Karlin Hall, Prague (CZ)
2007 Ecologus - Perspectives on an Imperiled Habitat, Loft 36, Berlin (D)
2007 Group Show, Björn Ressle Gallery, New York, NY (USA)
2006 Locus, Björn Ressle Gallery, New York, NY (USA)
2006 A New Kind of Science, Karpio Facchini Gallery, Miami, FL (USA)
2006 The Armory Show, Works on Paper, Björn Ressle Gallery, New York, NY (USA)
2005 Poles Apart Poles Together, Museo Storico Navale, collateral event of 51ma Biennale d’Arte di Venezia, Venice
2005 Part II Four Emerging Young Artists, Björn Ressle Gallery, New York, NY (USA)
2005 Prague Biennale 2, Expanded Painting, Karlin Hall, Prague (CZ)
2005 Visages and Secrets, Laure de Mazieres Gallery, Miami, FL (USA)
2005 Wet Edge Zones, Miami, FL (USA)
2004 8WP: Eight Women Painters, Karpio + Facchini Gallery, Miami, FL (USA)
2004 Made in Miami II, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL (USA)
United States
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contemporary art
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
ist. Currently, she lives and works in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. She has shown at the 51st Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
, Prague Biennale 2, and also at international art fairs like Art Basel Miami Beach and the Armory. She is noted for her large-scale abstract
Abstract art
Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an...
painting
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
s with landscape
Landscape art
Landscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works landscape backgrounds for figures can still...
references.
Karadi was born in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
. She received her BFA
Bachelor of Fine Arts
In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...
from Maryland Institute College of Art
Maryland Institute College of Art
Maryland Institute College of Art is an art and design college in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. It was founded in 1826 as the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, making it one of the first and oldest art colleges in the United States. In 2008, MICA was ranked #2 in the nation...
. In 1994 she was the youngest to win the Morris Louis Grant, for painting, which allowed her to travel to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
She had her first Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an solo show in Naples, Italy in 2006, which was reviewed in both Artforum
Artforum
Artforum is an international monthly magazine specializing in contemporary art.-Publication:The magazine is published ten times a year, September through May, along with an annual summer issue...
and Flash Art magazines.
Exhibitions
Personal exhibitions2009 Observing Naked Singularities, Vibrational Optics and The Paradigm of a quantum life, Galleria Rubin, Milano
2008 Recent Paintings, Moeller Snow Gallery, New York, NY (USA)
2007 New Paintings, Björn Ressle Gallery, New York, NY (USA)
2006 Veiled Paintings, Annarumma 404, Napoli
2004 Kika Karadi, The Bas Fisher Invitational, Miami, FL (USA)
Group shows
2009 Summer Abstract Group Show, Galleria Rubin, Milan
2009 Crossing Borders, Björn Ressle Gallery, New York, NY (USA)
2008 Gravity, Colección Ernesto Esposito, ARTIUM Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz (E)
2008 Winter Salon - Works on Paper, Björn Ressle Gallery, New York, NY (USA)
2007 White light, White Heat, Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH (USA)
2007 Out of Art, Kunsthaus CentrePasquArt, Centre d'Art, Biel/Bienne (CH)
2007 Prague Biennale 3, Karlin Hall, Prague (CZ)
2007 Ecologus - Perspectives on an Imperiled Habitat, Loft 36, Berlin (D)
2007 Group Show, Björn Ressle Gallery, New York, NY (USA)
2006 Locus, Björn Ressle Gallery, New York, NY (USA)
2006 A New Kind of Science, Karpio Facchini Gallery, Miami, FL (USA)
2006 The Armory Show, Works on Paper, Björn Ressle Gallery, New York, NY (USA)
2005 Poles Apart Poles Together, Museo Storico Navale, collateral event of 51ma Biennale d’Arte di Venezia, Venice
2005 Part II Four Emerging Young Artists, Björn Ressle Gallery, New York, NY (USA)
2005 Prague Biennale 2, Expanded Painting, Karlin Hall, Prague (CZ)
2005 Visages and Secrets, Laure de Mazieres Gallery, Miami, FL (USA)
2005 Wet Edge Zones, Miami, FL (USA)
2004 8WP: Eight Women Painters, Karpio + Facchini Gallery, Miami, FL (USA)
2004 Made in Miami II, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL (USA)