BIOGRAPHY
Márti M. Kiss (b. 1988, Dunajská Streda, Slovakia) is Hungarian painter and art teacher based in Slovakia. Between 2009 – 2014 student of the Faculty of Education of the Comenius University in Bratislava, at the Art Education Department. Graduated with honour. She is scholarship holder of the Hungarian Academy of Arts and recipient of the Barcsay Prize (emerging artists category).
The foundation of her artistic work is authenticity, from which a strongly pictorial language emerges. Characterized by restrained yet dynamic brushwork, her compositions maintain a balanced relationship between colour and subject matter. Kiss does not idealize or stylize her environment; she paints the reality she knows—directly, sincerely, and with contemporary sensitivity. Her expressive, almost raw painterly language forms a distinctive artistic signature. For her, painting represents an additional sense through which she perceives and processes the world. She is concerned with the landscape and people of the region – with her characteristic verve and energy, she shows us the everyday life of the people who live here in its reality, with unusual openness, but also with undisguised love and admiration. The rural relationship with village life and the countryside is also reinforced by the use of pigments and organic materials – mostly mud. In her monumental canvases, painted with dynamic and highly energetic gestures, the vastness of the countryside of Csallóköz is revealed, as if this is the only place where the landscape meets the sky.
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Education
2004–2008
Josef Vydra Secondary School of Applied Arts, Bratislava
Specialization in Promotional Graphics
Studies under graphic artist and sculptor Vladimír Kordoš
2009–2014
Master’s Degree
Comenius University in Bratislava
Faculty of Education, Department of Fine Arts
Professional Experience
2018–2019
President
MAMSzE – Association of Hungarian Creative Artists in Slovakia
2014–present
Visual Arts Teacher / Art Educator
Vámbéry Ármin Elementary School, Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
Awards and Scholarships
2025-2028
Scholarship holder of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (MMA)
2022
Barcsay Award
Professional recognition awarded by the Board of Trustees of the Jenő Barcsay Fine Arts Foundation
2022
Minority Cultural Fund Creative Scholarship
Do You Hear What You See?
2021
Minority Cultural Fund Creative Scholarship
Green
2020
Minority Cultural Fund Creative Scholarship
Plant Time
2017
Second Prize, Painting of the Year 2017 (Maľba roka 2017)
Awarded by VÚB Bank
Title of painting: Time to Go to Sleep!
2 × 2 m, mixed media on canvas
2016
Honorary Award of the Hungarian-Iranian Friendship Society
For the painting The Life of Ármin Vámbéry
2015
Award of the City of Dunajská Streda
For the mural The Life of Ármin Vámbéry, presented on the occasion of Pedagogical Days
2014
ŠVOUČ Study Award
For academic, professional, and artistic achievement at university level
Selected Projects and Artistic Activities
2025
Overview of Art History from Biedermeier to the Present
Creation of a didactic visual tool in the corridors of Vámbéry Ármin Elementary School to support the understanding of the contemporary spirit of fine arts. A total of 180 students participated in the project and completed nearly 70% of the mural painting.
2025
Mural Based on Historical Paintings by Gyula Benczúr
Corvin Mátyás Elementary School, Šamorín, Slovakia
Based on the works Matthias Entering Buda and Matthias Receiving the Pope’s Envoys.
Twelve students completed 65% of the project.
2021
GOLDEN GARDEN / 10 Years from the Collection of István Péntek
Organizer of the exhibition at the Contemporary Hungarian Gallery and the Csallóköz Museum, Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
2020
The Life of Sándor Petőfi
Mural covering 60 m², created for the Sándor Petőfi Friendship Association
Kráľovičove Kračany, Slovakia
2019
MAMSzE 30 Years
Organizer of the exhibition of the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists in Slovakia at three venues:
Limes Gallery, Komárno, Slovakia
Bástya Gallery, Košice, Slovakia
Csallóköz Museum, Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
Editor/organizer of the exhibition catalogue titled 30 Years of CSMTK, SZMKT, MAMSzE
2018
Creative Visual Arts Workshops and Educational Murals
Conducted student art workshops and oversaw the realization of various didactic murals covering more than 800 m²
Vámbéry Ármin Elementary School, Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
2018
Saint George in Csallóköz
Monumental sacred painting in the chapel of MOL Aréna
Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
2018
Interior and Exterior Murals on Haban Houses
Haban House Restaurant, Láb, Slovakia
2017
Heading to Macskarév
Illustrator of the board game published by CSEMADOK
Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
2015
The Life of Ármin Vámbéry
Mural, 36 × 1.6 m
Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
Solo Exhibitions
2026
Mosaic by the Danube
Orechová Potôň – Lúky, Slovakia
2024
Headcount
Vámbéry Ármin Elementary School, Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
2024
Under the Walnut Tree
Etyeki Műhely, Etyek, Hungary
2024
Plant Time
Mary Magdalene Tower, Budapest, Hungary
2023
Mud from Home
Víziváros Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2022
Do You Hear What You See?
Audiovisual installation and performance
NFG Club, Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
2022
Mire
NFG Club, Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
2021
Plant Time
Galéria Nova, Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
2020
Corn
U-ART Gallery, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
2019
Leaves a Trace
Csallóköz Museum, Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
2019
Márti Kiss
Forrás Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2017
In Nearby Places
Cultural House, Veľký Meder, Slovakia
2017
This Is It!
with Anikó Csonga Kovács
Limes Gallery, Komárno, Slovakia
2017
Márti Kiss
Unio Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2016
This Is It!
with Anikó Csonga Kovács
Contemporary Hungarian Gallery, Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
Selected International Group Exhibitions
2024
3 Kiss Marta
Galerija SULUV, Novi Sad, Serbia
2023
Meritum
Group exhibition of the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists in Slovakia
Corvin Cultural House, Budapest, Hungary
2023
Storytelling Walls
Weninger Villa, Budapest, Hungary
2023
Barcsay Award Exhibition
ÚjMűhely Gallery, Szentendre, Hungary
2022
ART Circle Slovenia
Lokarjeva galerija, Ajdovščina, Slovenia
2021
II International Art Symposium
Galeria Ruth Rivera Marín, Mexico City, Mexico
2021
XV Rencontre Internationale de Plasticiens
Tourves, France
2021
Lăzarea Summer Camp
Cultural and Artistic Centre, Lăzarea, Romania
2018
Parola
Joint exhibition of MAMSzE and the Bálint Balassi Society
Béla Dornyay Museum, Salgótarján, Hungary
2018
Up – Color – Countryside
Exhibition on the occasion of Hungarian Painting Day
Zikkurat, Budapest, Hungary
2016
Hungarian Fine Artists in Slovakia
European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
2015
XXI International Art Symposium
Reök Palace, Szeged, Hungary
2015
IX Rencontre Internationale de Plasticiens
Six-Fours-les-Plages, France
2015
IX Rencontre Internationale de Plasticiens
Tourves, France
2011
XIII Premio Internazionale d’Arte
San Crispino, Italy
Selected Group Exhibitions in Slovakia
2024
Silencium
Umelka, Bratislava
2022
Escape into Art
Limes Gallery, Komárno, Slovakia
2022
Do You Hear What You See?
NFG Green Festival, Bodak, Slovakia
2022
Intersections
Limes Gallery, Komárno, Slovakia
2021
How Many More?
Limes Gallery, Komárno, Slovakia
2021
1st Upper Hungary Fine Arts Biennale
Limes Gallery, Komárno, Slovakia
2021
Time Capsule
11th DUNARTCOM International Art Camp
Korona Courtyard, Šamorín, Slovakia
2021
GOLDEN GARDEN / 10 Years from the Collection of István Péntek
Contemporary Hungarian Gallery and Csallóköz Museum
Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
2021
Levitation
IX DUNARTCOM International Art Camp
Korona Courtyard, Šamorín, Slovakia
2019
Next Move
UMELKA Gallery, Bratislava
2018
VII Fine Arts Biennale
Trenčín Castle, Trenčín, Slovakia
2017
Painting of the Year 2017
Nedbalka Gallery, Bratislava
2016
Festive Polyphony
Limes Gallery, Komárno, Slovakia
2016
Polyphony 2016
Reviczky House, Levice, Slovakia
2016
Exhibition of MAMSzE Members
Ernő Rákosi Salon, Bratislava
2016
From the Collection of Péter Plauter
Limes Gallery, Komárno, Slovakia
2016
Polyphony
Contemporary Hungarian Gallery, Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
2015
International Art Symposium – Bokros
Monostor Fortress, Komárom, Hungary
STATEMENT
I’m artist with roots in the Csallóköz region, currently living and creating as a painter and art teacher in Csallóköz. In my own environment, in the constant environment of my childhood and adulthood, usually with the mud under my feet, I try to paint what is there. By this I mean that my art strives primarily for authenticity. The material is meant to express a return to basics. In recent years, I have strived to minimize the use of synthetic materials as much as possible, therefore, I use animal-based waxes as binders, experiment with pigments instead of acrylic, and use oil paint as a final layer on my paintings. For the purpose of harmony, the painting process always begins en plein air, and the finalization of the canvases takes place in the studio. It is not my intention to beautify what may seem raw from certain perspectives, and I do not intend to cynically approach what I find admirable. My rural background strengthens my attachment to reality. Beyond self-expression and capturing reality, the goal of my art is to give something back to the community from which I constantly draw nourishment. I want to contribute to making art an integral part of everyday life, education, and culture. My aim is for my artistic perspective to reach an audience that may not necessarily have access to the professional institutions of the art scene through my artworks. One of my endeavors is to create large-scale mural paintings depicting Csallóköz nature in the marginal locations of Csallóköz villages.
