Balla, Margit

Biography

Margit Balla was born in 1947 in Budapest. Between 1969 and 1974 she studied at the College of Applied Arts as a tipography student of István Balogh, József Finta and György Konecsni. In 1982 she worked at the artist colony of Worpswede, and in 1984, at the Hungarian Academy of Rome, on scholarship. She has been teaching at the  Javne Jewish Community School since 1991. She is one of the leaders of the Javne Theatre.

Margit Balla started her career as a graphic designer, working mostly on movie posters. Since 1981 she has been painting, creating graphics, illustrating books and making small statues from objects she finds.

She also designs costumes and stage scenery for the Szigliget Theatre of Szolnok. 

Her art consists of meticulous pencil, pen and ink drawings, touched by surrealism. Her especially rhythmic compositions depict plant motifs, fantastic creatures, puppet-like figures, people, animals and architectural elements as well. They possess very unique eclecticism and symbolism. In her art, everyday reality is mixed with a fictional world.