Rita Bolla

Artist, Painter, Professional Free Spirit. From Budapest Hungary, through New York, to LA and San Diego. Artworks for sale and commission. Contact: ritabolla@gmail.com.

SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS 2009 Artist-exchange program, Helsinki, Finland 2009 Gallery Friss “20 years after the fall of the iron curtain” award 2008 Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Marseille, Erasmus scholarship, Marseille, France 2007 Orient-Occident Goldener Kentaur competition, München, Germany 2005 Salzburg Summer Academy scholarship, Salzburg, Austria PUBLICATIONS The New Collection 2014 Edition HundKunst: http://www.petrahartl.at/hundundkunst/2013/06/21/rita-bolla-bolla-rita ONLINE COLLECTIONS Saatchi Online: Best in Show Saatchi Online: Pop Art, Inspired by Andy Warhol Saatchi Online: It's a Dog Life NOTABLE COLLECTIONS Eniko I. Spano's private collection Franciska Bray-Mezey's collection Merja Nykanen private collection Hamu és Gyémánt Gallery collection Marcus Lehrmann private collection David Lustig private collection Galerie in Bewegung collection Nagykata City Library collection

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2013 Gratitude, Mosaic Institution, San Diego, CA 2013 Wild Things, The Gypsy Slide, San Diego, CA 2013 Secret Seeds, Mezey-Bray residency, Laguna Beach, CA 2012 Light on Life, Fiesta Island, San Diego, CA 2011 First Year in NYC, Trans Art Area Gallery, New York, NY 2009 My bunny in Finland, Gallery Gjutars, Helsinki, Finland 2009 Rabbits and Bunnies, Mucius Gallery, Budapest, Hungary 2008 Parallel Levels, Goethe Institute, Budapest, Hungary 2008 Ritaresumé07, NO:ID Gallery, London, UK GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2014 RAW: Natural Born Artists AWAKENING, San Diego, CA 2013 RAW: Natural Born Artists ECOMPASS, San Diego, CA 2012 Group show at Peter Valentino's Theater, Los Angeles, CA 2010 My dog and me, Trans Area Art Gallery, New York, NY 2010 The art of Fashion, Hotel Chelsea, New York, NY 2010 The Contrast Art Show, 320 Studios, New York, NY 2010 “lowestcommondenominator” group exhibition, Budapest, Hungary 2009 Budapest Art Fair, Gallery BeKa, Műcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary 2009 exhibition of the Eszterházy prize nominations, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary 2009 Gallery Friss “20 years after the iron curtain” Budapest (HU), Berlin (DE), Paris (FR), Stuttgart (DE) 2008 Utca 2008, Gödör, Budapest, Hungary 2008 First small hungarian metaobiennale, Artpool, Budapest, Hungary 2008 Beautiful Etrangers: Vent, Marseille, France 2007 Orient-Occident, Künstlerhaus, München, Germany 2007 Noah’s Ark, Nürnberg, Germany 2007 DogArt, Mucius Gallery, Budapest, Hungary 2007 Junge kunst: Ungarn, Galerie in bewegung, Munchen, Germany 2007 MKE collection, Moscow, Russia

STUDIES 2004 – 2009 Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, BFA, MFA Painting Department 2008 Ecole des Bea