Contortionist No. 7. MEDIUM

They lives and works in Paris and graduated in 2017 with a BA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins, London. She has exhibited in the UK, France, Morocco, Portugal, Turkey and Australia. Their work has been nominated for the MullenLowe NOVA Awards (2017) and The International Takifuji Art Award (2017).

Their sculptures are dynamic representations of a body bending in on itself or intertwined with another. Their Body Schema series explores the psychological and social aspects of body image, self-understanding and identity formation. His sculptures carry transformation in themselves, while reflecting on issues of sexuality, identity, fragility, power and social change through them.

Beka Magyarlaki’s works reflect the issues of intimacy, social relations and body image, and different body concepts. Their sculptures are dynamic representations of a body bending in on itself or intertwined with another, exploring social patterns of belonging. The anthropomorphism of their work invites us to a fluid, emotional and relational reinterpretation of the body.