Marcell Nagy
Marcell Nagy

Marcell Nagy

Festőművész, kriya yogin, naldjorpa, psyhelper

Marcell Nagy (1994, Debrecen, Hungary) Currently living and working in Budapest.

Magyar Képzőművészeti Egyetem (MKE)
Budapest
Upcoming exhibition: Self-Forgotten

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In my painting practice, spontaneity and instinct play a fundamental role. When I approach the canvas, I carry only fragmented ideas – the essence of the work emerges through the process itself. For me, painting is not a pre-composed narrative but an open space where the final form arises from the chance encounters of gesture, mark, color, and layer.

 

This way of working resembles the workings of the unconscious: out of fragments, flashes, and blurred shapes, something begins to take form – something that, if I manage to unravel it, often holds more than I could ever consciously plan.

 

Recurring motifs frequently appear in my paintings – faces, eyes, vein-like patterns – connecting simultaneously to the human body, to nature, and to cosmic dimensions. Spontaneity, for me, is not the absence of control but a form of surrender: I allow the dialogue between material and gesture to create the painting.

 

In this way, the act of painting becomes a practice of self-knowledge – as layers build up on the canvas, deeper layers of the inner world are revealed. My aim is for the viewer to experience something of this unpredictability and openness. I believe that painting has the power to disrupt the continuity of everyday perception and, for a fleeting moment, illuminate the transcendent interconnections that are present in all of our lives.