WELCOME TO THE CSABAMARKUSSTUDIO WORLD AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST

I grew up in an oppressive, communist system that did not encourage individual achievement. As a young artist, I became extremely frustrated by the opposition I encountered whenever I applied to the various state-run art academies. Instead of encouraging and nurturing the unique qualities of a promising artist, these institutes desired only to control student creativity and to force upon them the prevailing party ideology. Though I was disappointed by this experience, I just as quickly realized that were I to join one of their schools, I would never have become the kind of artist I am today. What I did possess, however, was an unwavering belief in my dreams and an unyielding determination that nothing was going to prevent me from accomplishing my goals.

The spiritual suffocation of the communist system was evident in the faces of the people around me. They were starved of passion and prevented from pursuing their dreams and goals. I didn’t want to play the part of the suppressed and to miss the chance to shape myself into something unique and relevant.

I wanted nothing less than to transform life’s dreary tones ofgray and fill it with light and color and in turn nurturing that spark of hope that motivates every aspect of a person’s being.   Along the way, I soon learned that there is no greater source of strength in the face of overwhelming odds than the one beating inside the human chest.