Eva Horvath

Biography

Eva Horvath is a multi-discipline artist, designer and art instructor with over 30 years experience in the arts.
Having studied Fine Art & Design at Monash University (Caulfield Campus) Eva went on to complete a Diploma of Education at Melbourne University in 1978.

Art study tours of Europe, Japan and USA ensued through the 1980's, resulting in a decade spent as artist and managing director at Quasi Modo Gallery in Brighton.
 
In the 1990's Eva studied archival picture framing and worked as manager and creative consultant at Vic Ave Framing in Albert Park, prior to setting up her own art and framing consultancy in 1998.

Articall Art Gallery and Studios was then established in New Street Brighton, where art exhibitions  and workshops were held in addition to custom-framing and decorating services provided by Eva.  

After operating from the Brighton gallery space for 16 years, Articall had transitioned in 2014 to trading solely on-line. This allowed Eva to focus more on developing her own art practice. Weekly art workshops have continued in the Cheltenham studios. Since 2015 Eva has participated in group shows at Without Pier Gallery, Studio Gallery Melbourne, the Linden Gallery Postcard Show, as well as various Rotary art shows.
 
Eva’s broad body of work encompasses large interiors, urban landscapes, and a variety of abstract paintings in oil paint and mixed media on linen.   Whether working on representational subjects, or more free-form non-figurative imagery, abstraction and experimentation with painterly effects is usually at the core of every painting.           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Over the years Eva’s approach has evolved from painting hard-edge flat areas of colour in acrylics, to a more painterly form of expression using oil paints together with charcoal, pencils, and pastels.  She predominantly works on large canvases because the format allows for a broad ‘arm action’ mode of painting that is often combined with more delicate and detailed mark-making applied with a finer touch. 

The principle behind all of Eva’s artwork is to interpret themes of interest in a variety of ways, while achieving aesthetic balance and harmony.