Hi, I'm is Essie J.N. (Esther Julia Nagy, born in 1993), and I am a multidisciplinary artist and interior designer living and working in Budapest.

I specialize in figurative oil paintings and have a passion for analog photography. My artistic interests are rooted in art history, mythology, and architecture, particularly Prehistoric Italian and Greek art, Romanticism, Gothic, and Eclectic styles.

In 2018, I earned my Bachelor's degree in visual arts from the University of Szeged, where I also had the privilege of studying abroad in Italy through an Erasmus scholarship. During my time at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Macerata from 2017 to 2018, I engaged in diverse art forms, including photography, painting, graphic techniques, and ceramics, expanding my creative horizons.

Biography

STUDIES

2022-2023. Corvin Art School, Budapest, HU / Graphic design

2019-2022. KREA Contemporary Art Institute, Budapest, HU / Interior design - first-class honours

Teachers - Réti Kamilla, Gulyás Judit, Dr. Szalai András, Brauer Ildikó

2014-2018. University of Szeged, HU / Bachelor of Arts - BA, Design and Visual Representation

Teachers - Ágoston Lóránt, Ferenc Szekeres, Molnár Sándor, Sinkó János

2017-2018. Accademia di Belle di Arti, Macerata, IT / Erasmus scholarship - Bachelor of Arts

2013-2014. Private drawing classes / Teacher - Zsigmond Lucza

2008-2011. Photography and Art Studies, AKG (Alternative Economics Highschool) Budapest, HU

Teachers - Helga Vlahovics, Tamás Vágási, Magdolna Vékási, Marcell Kelemen

ART RESIDENCIES

2018. August / TAKT - Art colony, Temerin, SR

2018. July / International Art Residency Jázsdózsa, HU

2014. September / Fis-Art, International Street Art Festival, Timisoara, RO

INTERNATIONAL ART PROGRAMS

2016. September / 'Arts Here, Rights Now' - Erasmus+ program, Karlovac, HR / Carpe Diem / Group team leader

2015. August / 'Light Path' - Erasmus+ program, Sasso di Castalda, IT

EXHIBITIONS

2018. TAKT Vernissage, group exhibition

2014. 'Dance this mess around', solo exhibition - photographs, Grand Café gallery, Szeged