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Andrea Kostyal - Statement
I was born on September 24, 1980 in Mohács, Hungary, brought up in a small village called Ivándárda in the southern part of Baranya county.
In 1995 I was admitted to the Art High School in Pécs, where I learned the basics of drawing, painting and weaving, used across different cultures and times. Major emphasis was put on the proper use of paints, charcoal, pencils and other tools as well as the knowledge of human anatomy. I graduated in 1999. In my last year I visited Ferenc Lantos' Art Group where I learned about the inseparability of art and life, and encountered a strong appreciation for the instinctive and child-like sincere nature of artistic endeavor.
From 1999 I was forced to set aside my artistic ambitions and got a job in an electronics manufacturing factory, where I worked as an operator. The "world of microelectronics" astonished me - I got the chance to admire the aesthetic beauty of assembly devices, microchips and integrated electronic circuits.
I now live in Atlanta Georgia. |
