ZSÓFIA ÖTVÖS PARTS APART

May 22 - June 2

CSI Project Space and Gallery

1912 N Damen Ave. - Chicago, IL 60674

Exhibition featuring large scale multimedia graphite drawings and debuting the 40 original illustrations of the book Tzia, the epic fairytale adventure published on May 23rd, 2023.

Guest artists:

Lidoska Guietti with oil paintings

Melissa Kolbusz with WIRED jewelry

OPENING RECEPTION - Thursday, MAY 23, 5-9 pm

MEMORIAL DAY p-ART-y - Saturday, May 25, 5-9 pm

TZIA ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY - (family oriented event) - Sunday, May 26, 11 am-6 pm

CLOSING RECEPTION - Saturday, June 1, 4-8pm.

For gallery hours and appointments visit zsofiaotvos.com, wiredresistance.com and lidoskaguietti.com

ZSÓFIA ÖTVÖS

The line between humor and pity is thin. It is the humor, and at times the ridiculous, that inspires and surfaces in my work. In my art I tell short stories informed by strong waves of emotions. In the composition I use melodramatic tools of movement and stillness, gestures and attitudes. The characters do not shy from grotesque and satirical exaggerations, and they can also be presented at an elevated state in celebration of the individual.

The surface of my works carries my artist-presence of creation. When painting I embrace the physical quality of the paint. In my drawings the hard pencil marks attract the viewers to step closer to see the detail, thus breaking the limit of personal space and symbolically exposing my intimate self.

LIDOSKA GUIETTI

Lidoska is returning to showing after a decade long of quiet work in her studio. Her vibrant oil paintings include archetypal imagery and personal symbolism, evoking her Italian upbringing. Lidoska aims to achieve expertly executed surfaces that can transfer the spectator to a moment of reflection, where new cues inexpertly and constantly emerge allowing the viewer to experience their own mental journey.

MELISSA KOLBUSZ

Melissa founder of WIRED jewelry, designs handmade, wearable artwork from reclaimed and surplus materials. Marrying aesthetics and environment, by she salvages components such as rubber, alternator wire, tubing and craft beer cans. CNN highlighted her jewelry for a story on recycled jewelry, and NPR affiliate WBEZ has featured Kolbusz on-air. WIRED has also graced the covers of Caviar Magazine, Time Out Chicago and has been featured in the books Green Design, Recycle

TZIA The Book of Galatea

An Epic Fairy Tale Adventure

On a mysterious hidden island, an unbelievable world of wonder and beauty, darkness and danger, is unveiled to a girl on her fourteenth birthday, the very day she is given an ultimatum: accept her destiny as the chosen one for a perilous quest, as generations of her ancestors have done before her, or seal the fate of her family’s doom.

Galatéa’s journey through the extraordinary Land of the Lion brings encounters with its peculiar inhabitants, as a coven of hateful witches look to fatally thwart her mission to reach the powerful lion. But only the worthy will find him…can Galatéa live up to her destiny before it’s too late?

Author Mister Sanamon

Illustrations by Zsófia Ötvös

Art direction, graphic & cover design by Lidoska Guietti

Editing by Jenny DePierre