Tamas Stonawski

Award-winning artist Sámuel Brassai.
Tamás Stonawski lives in Mátészalka, near Debrecen. University lecturer, teacher. He teaches mathematics, physics and art. Its main source is nature, which
will discover again and again. His basic research is applied in physics and in painting. He tries to paint the atmosphere games.
He is inspired by the Hungarian and Transylvanian landscapes. He organizes summer courses in physics and painting for children and artists. It is a member of the traditional Baia Mare
landscape painting colony.
Tamás reshapes and rearranges in time and space. This pulsation can get synchronised with
the basic rhythm of nature which we humans prefer most, since it deeply touches us through
the category of „pleasing” and can at the same time lead us to „catharsis”. The movement in
the picture surface, the vibration and blending of colours is some inner tension, a unique
characteristic of this visualisation method. Already the gesture in the ripples involves the
whole personality of the painter. It is not technical aids Tamás is brilliant with, but he strives
to convey the energy of the call ever so directly. In this aspiration the intended form appears
on the canvas through the movement of the hand extended with the p...

1989-1993 College of Nyíregyháza, teacher of Mathematics and Physics
1995-1998 Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, Masters’ Course in Physics
2000-2003 College of Nyíregyháza, Art teacher
2008-2009 University of Debrecen, Masters’ Course in Mathematics
2009-2010 College of Nyíregyháza, Masters’ Course in Arts
2010-2016 Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, PhD. in Physics

Group exhibitions

1991-1994 Regional amateur collective exhibitions
2000-2009 Closing exhibitions at summer arts camps
2004 Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County CREATIVE PEDAGOGUES’ Exhibition, Debrecen
2005 Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County CREATIVE PEDAGOGUES’ Exhibition, Debrecen
2005 Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Amator Artium, Certificate winner
2005 National CREATIVE PEDAGOGUES’ Exhibition, Budapest
2005 Carei Art Days Exhibition (Romania)
2005 Humenné City Gallery Permanent Exhibition (Slovakia) – 2 paintings
2006 County Amator Artium Exhibition, Certificate winner
2008 House of the Hungarian Culture Foundation, Budapest; Closing Exhibition in Ajak
2009 County Day, Ajak; Closing Exhibition, Foeni (Romania); Closing Exhibition, Tyukod
2009 Closing Exhibition, Carei (Romania); Closing Exhibition, Ajak
2010-2011 Closing Exhibition, Tyukod; Closing Exhibition, Zsurk
2012 Closing Exhibition, Csenger
2012 Provinciart Cultural Association, Carei (Romania)
2013 Braşov
2016 Jubilee Exhibition at Satu Mare Basic School of Arts, Mátészalka
2017-2018-2019 Closing Exhibition of Satu Mare Artists’ Colony, Mátészalka; Closing Exhibition of Baia Mare Artists’ Colony, Baia Mare (Romania),

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