My formal journey started in the painting studios of the Secondary School of Fine and Applied Arts in Budapest, where I spent my teens covered in acrylics. But my curiosity didn’t stop at the canvas. Seeking a different kind of visual and cultural depth, I took a detour into Oriental studies, majoring in Arabic at the University of Malta and later at Pázmány Péter Catholic University.

Between 2009 and 2010, just before the outbreak of the civil war, a nine-month scholarship took me to Syria. Immersing myself in Middle Eastern visual culture, ancient symbolism, and local artistic traditions completely reshaped how I look at form and texture. It’s an inspiration that still quietly hums in the background of everything I make today.

After earning my Master’s in Arabic, I did what any logical language-loving artist would do: I entered the advertising world. Working as a copywriter and creative strategist taught me how to distill big, messy ideas into powerful stories. This conceptual, narrative-driven way of thinking is the exact engine that drives my art today. And even while navigating the ad-land hustle, I never stopped painting. I painted canvases, covered walls with murals, and even hosted a solo exhibition at Budapest’s Dzzs Bar in 2016.

Then came 2024, and with it, two major, life-altering plot twists: I became a mother, and I discovered clay.

There was something incredibly grounding about diving into ceramic art right as my life was transforming. It felt like clay (this ancient, raw piece of the earth) was calling me home. It quickly became my ultimate medium. For me, clay is alive; it moves, responds, and holds tension.

Because of my background, I approach ceramics with a painter’s soul. I love treating a three-dimensional form like a canvas, experimenting with glazes and lusters to create layered, painterly effects. I like to let the natural weight, tension, and volume of the clay have its own say in the final piece. While I’m still obsessed with surfaces, I find myself leaning more and more into the sculptural and symbolic power of the shapes themselves.