Artist Statement
Teodóra Róka is creating colourful expressions through a stream-of-conscious process. Her main source of inspiration is the subconscious, dreams, memories and certain moments in time, and how these become fluid and intertwine with each other in the present. She is creating musical structures where sound, shape and memories meet. Through the act of meticulously applying layer over layer, her artworks are capturing the fragility and intertwined nature of thoughts passing through the mind. Her intuitive and organic forms are creating themselves in time and space, through many layers over layers building up the history of her artworks. There is something contradictory in the essence of her works, which is stimulating while calming, pulls the viewer in but evokes distance, longing and infinity.
Artist biography
Teodóra Róka was born in Hungary in 1998, currently living in the Netherlands. In Hungary, she studied art history and the fundaments of drawing from Zoltán Farkas. At the age of 18, she moved to the Netherlands on her own - attending NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences. During her university years in the Netherlands, she took lessons of painting techniques from Sjaak Menger, working as a studio assistant in his atelier for a year. Following that, she completed her specialization in Modern and Contemporary Art and Design - Modern Art & Ideas by MoMA.
For the past 4 years, she maintains her own parctice as an independent artist and curator in the North of the Netherlands. Next to several solo- and group exhibitions, she founded and curated the ‘DREAMZZ’ artist residency for female artists, collaborated with parties such as Explore the North festival, COOLTURE, Ffataal, Arcadia, VHDG and Stukafest. Róka’s interdisciplinary practice is mainly focused on painting, sculptures and performance art. She believes in giving back to her community, and she has generously donated her time and work over the years to charities as International Kinderhulp Nederland, Kesho Congo NGO and government schools of Bakhtapur, Nepal.
Thanks in part to international fairs and gallery exhibitions in which she has participated, Róka ’s work can be found in company- and private collections throughout the world.
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UPcoming
2023 TriBeCa, group show with Makowski Gallery, Manhattan, New York, US
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Hamptons Fine Art Fair, VK Gallery, New York, US
2023 'BLUE' collaborative installation with Sietse van der Molen, 033fotostad, Rietveldpaviljoen, Amersfoort, NL
2022 October - 'Sure' solo exhibition at Sidewalk Gallery Leeuwarden
2022 May - installation, Fluistertuin Potmarge, BOSK, curated by Arcadia
2022 January - 'It was all a dream' Solo exhibition at DREAMZZ Exhibition Space, NL
2021 December - ‘Silence Is Way Too Noisy’ Solo Exhibition In De Kanselarij, NL
2021 October - group exhibition at the DRIP Charity Event for Kesho Congo NGO, NL
2021 February - ''Vaudeville BLUES 2.0' solo exhibition at De Kanselarij, NL
2020- ‘Vaudeville BLUES’ solo exhibition at NHL Gallery, NL
2019- group exhibition at De Galerie Westerkade, NL
2019- group exhibition at the Charity Event of Internationale Kinderhulp Nederland - At Grand Cafe De Friesche Club
2023 'BLUE' collaborative installation with Sietse van der Molen, 033fotostad, Rietveldpaviljoen, Amersfoort, NL
2022 October - 'Sure' solo exhibition at Sidewalk Gallery Leeuwarden
2022 May - installation, Fluistertuin Potmarge, BOSK, curated by Arcadia
2022 January - 'It was all a dream' Solo exhibition at DREAMZZ Exhibition Space, NL
2021 December - ‘Silence Is Way Too Noisy’ Solo Exhibition In De Kanselarij, NL
2021 October - group exhibition at the DRIP Charity Event for Kesho Congo NGO, NL
2021 February - ''Vaudeville BLUES 2.0' solo exhibition at De Kanselarij, NL
2020- ‘Vaudeville BLUES’ solo exhibition at NHL Gallery, NL
2019- group exhibition at De Galerie Westerkade, NL
2019- group exhibition at the Charity Event of Internationale Kinderhulp Nederland - At Grand Cafe De Friesche Club
PERFORMANCE ART
2022 - 'Loose Ties', experiemental live installation combining technology and live art, ETP, Westerkerk
2022 - 'Mama', live installation at the University of NHL Stenden
2022 - 'Mama', live installation at FFataal 'meer vrouwen, meer podium', Neushoorn music venue
2022 - ‘Interactive Landscapes’ at Stukafest Leeuwarden, Collaboration With Depy Antoniou
2021 - ‘Interactive Landscapes’ Live Painting Performance at COOLTURE Festival, Neushoorn, Leeuwarden, NL
2021- ‘Interactive Landscapes’ – the DRIP Charity Event for Kesho Congo, Collaboration With Depy Antoniou
2022 - 'Mama', live installation at the University of NHL Stenden
2022 - 'Mama', live installation at FFataal 'meer vrouwen, meer podium', Neushoorn music venue
2022 - ‘Interactive Landscapes’ at Stukafest Leeuwarden, Collaboration With Depy Antoniou
2021 - ‘Interactive Landscapes’ Live Painting Performance at COOLTURE Festival, Neushoorn, Leeuwarden, NL
2021- ‘Interactive Landscapes’ – the DRIP Charity Event for Kesho Congo, Collaboration With Depy Antoniou
CURATING
2023 Club VHDG, group exhibition in H47 showroom
2022 April - 'Reconnection', program of multisensory experience for the 5th edition of Explore the Playground, Westerkerk
2022 January - 'DREAMZZ' Artist in Residence Featuring Contemporary Female Artists, Founder & Curator
2022 January - ‘Blue Light District’ Performance Artwork Featuring Female Artists in shop windows – NL
2022 April - 'Reconnection', program of multisensory experience for the 5th edition of Explore the Playground, Westerkerk
2022 January - 'DREAMZZ' Artist in Residence Featuring Contemporary Female Artists, Founder & Curator
2022 January - ‘Blue Light District’ Performance Artwork Featuring Female Artists in shop windows – NL
PUBLICATIONS
2023 - NRC, NL
2022 - 'Sure' art zine, by Chemistry Publishing
2022 - Leeuwarder Courant, NL
2022 - 'Sure' art zine, by Chemistry Publishing
2022 - Leeuwarder Courant, NL
ARTIST TALK, TAKEOVERS
-2021 - StuCo Creative Business NHL Stenden University Online Event, artist talk