We R Open — An Illustration by Helka Ivanyi

About the Artist

Helka Ivanyi is a young Hungarian artist living in Austria. She completed her first art education in her home country, where she was specialised in the diversity of textile arts. She has been living in Vienna for about five years, where she started to focus on painting. Over the past years, she has participated in several charity auctions and group exhibitions.

"My paintings mainly represent my thoughts and emotions. Mostly socially critical elements appear on my canvases, sometimes reflections on my own life - I often call my paintings a "visual diary". In fact, I paint a lot of negative experiences and emotions in the form of surrealistic elements mixed with realism. Every time a painting is finished, I have a lot of fun to see what different dream worlds have evolved from my thoughts."