Aron Barath

b. 1980, Hungarian

Aron Barath is best known for his abstract paintings as a chromatic experience—marked by color and the seductive qualities of paint as a substance. The Hungarian painter follows a strict methodology in his creative process, creating a technical frame in which he can set himself free.

Art historian and art critic Rona Kopeczky describe the artist as a chromatogologue and a chromatophore, handing over his place in a noble manner to the color. The color dictates the gesture of the artist, freeing itself from contemporary visual culture or communicational trends. What is left is pure, genuine, and truthful—light, substance, and color. He continuously examines abstract painting, focusing on color, light, and the gesture. Balancing between a structured methodology when it comes to layering the paint and the visible spontaneity of his gestures, the artist communicates his thoughts on feelings without compromise. His creative process is marked by a burst of energy, carried by the substance of paint and the intensity of color, capturing this energy and transmitting it to the viewer.

Aron Barath was born in 1980 in Novi Sad, former Yugoslavia. The artist did not receive any formal art training, but at the age of 21, he received the prestigious Lenhyel Lajos Prize in Hungary. Since the start of the third decade of the 21st century, the meteoric rise of Barath has become undeniable. He has had exhibitions at Galleri Urbane in Dallas, the United States of America; Circle Culture Gallery in Berlin, Hamburg, and Baden, Germany; CAI Gallery in Kortrijk, Belgium; Suppan Fine Arts in Vienna, Austria; The Office Gallery in Miami, the United States of America; the Promocyjna Gallery in Warsaw, Poland; the Kubik Art Space in Budapest, Hungary; and the Mucsarnok Kunsthalle in Budapest, Hungary—to name just a few.

Aron Barath resides and works in Budapest, Hungary.

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