Andrea Éva Győri
Traumatizing a Lemon, 2018
series of 9 drawings, watercolor and pencil on paper, 29 x 42 cm each
Traumatized Lemons, 2018
glazed ceramics, sculpture 1: 11 x 45 x 22 cm, sculpture 2: 12 x 44 x 24 cm, arm with two hands: 8 x 10 x 19 cm
Traumatized Lemons, 2019
glazed ceramics, 25 x 49 x 22 cm
courtesy of the Andrea Éva Győri Estate and acb Gallery
“The omnipotent eye drives the hands, which have eyes as well on their fingers. The eyes drift everywhere – like little radar devices, squeezing the lemon. The main eye steers the hands and the scanning eyes. The eyes are for connections between the mind and the body. They see and tell what happens in the body. Through the squeezing of the lemon, the eyes help to build an image about the body in the space of imagination; help understand the relationship between active and passive, tension and release. The lemon has personality and feelings, emotions. The body wishes to understand these in order to better understand itself.” (Andrea Éva Győri and Huib Haye van der Werf)
Traumatized Lemons, 2018, glazed ceramics, courtesy of IKOB Museum of Contemporary Art, photo: Ludovic Beillard
Andrea Éva Győri (b. 1985, Budapest–2022, Rotterdam) studied painting at the fine art academies of Budapest and Stuttgart and is the recipient of several international scholarships and artist-in-residence programs. She worked in several media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, performance, and video. Győri’s works focus on the mental and physical conditions of being a woman based on personal experiences. Her explorations encompass emotions, muscles, and organs, as well as their interrelations. In her performances and video works she frequently worked with friends and family, and collaborated on projects with individuals or groups involved in psycho-emotional processes, such as meditation or psychotherapy. Győri’s works have been shown at international institutions, including Haus der Kunst in Munich, Ludwig Museum in Budapest, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art in Rotterdam, Vleeshal Center for Contemporary Art in Middelburg, and Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht. She was an exhibitor at MANIFESTA 11 Zurich with her Vibration Highway project, which was also published in the form of a book in 2018. In 2019 she received the Esterházy Art Award. In 2022, ARGOS Centre for Audiovisuals Arts in Brussels dedicated the exhibition When the angels from above to Győri’s memory. In 2023, acb Gallery (Budapest) presented Squeeze and Release, her second solo exhibition at acb to commemorate the first anniversary of her passing. Her work was recently exhibited at group shows in Kunsthalle Wien and Dordrechts Museum.
Andrea Éva Győri is represented by acb Gallery (Budapest, Hungary), Harlan Levey Projects (Brussels, Belgium), and Thomas Erben Gallery (New York, USA).
