Martin Kapošváry

I am a person who loves to create. Some may call me an artist. I’ve been making art for over 25 years. That’s because painting is natural for me. Ever since I was a child, I was more interested in pictures than text. I am dyslexic and dysgraphic, which has paradoxically helped pave the way to a more creative approach to life. I am inspired by renaissance thinking. Artists of that time were aware of a variety of techniques and types of art and had to understand the principles of how the world works. The essence is in the word creativity itself – to create and be created, thus becoming a creative scientist. Art is interconnected with other scientific fields; it is not a discipline on its own. This is opposed to the modern day approach of very narrow specialisation.

I studied Graphics at the Secondary School of Arts and Crafts and then I earned my master’s degree in Studio Painting and Art Education at the University of Ostrava – Faculty of Pedagogy, Department of Creative Arts.

I started tattooing in 2001, although I did design bespoke tattoos several years before. In 2001 I went to get a tattoo at a studio in Ostrava and I was offered the opportunity to try it myself.

I don’t have a specific tattoo style. Because I studied graphics and painting, I prefer realistic and biomechanical tattoo styles, as well as graphics and aquarelle. Depending on the individual designs, I also enjoy fantasy or painting-like tattoos. Quality is more important for me, rather than quantity. However, it’s not about what I want to create personally – I would like to create a piece of art together with the client, where we are both happy with the result. That is why I carefully consult the design and try to develop the original idea with the client.

Each piece of art requires time, whether it is a tattoo, painting or decoration. Art is always the same; it’s just the canvas that changes.


GRAPHICS

Poster graphics – for Help the Children events (two years), Night of Fighters (boxing exhibition)
Complete promotion of events and gigs at the Arena Underground Club in Ostrava – Poruba
Booklets – for the following bands: Xeranthenum (2005), Hyperion (2006), Purity (2007)
Website design – www.xeranthenum.wz.cz, www.arena.undergroundcz.com
Logos – Gym Ostrava Gladiators, bands: Xeranthenum, Darkgod, Hyperion, Enwyllion and Purity, company logos: Arena Underground Club, Mondo Bizarro, Cattivi fencing group, Honey from Beskydy (Med z Beskyd)
Advertising banners: Xeranthenum (band), Arena Underground Club + club events and gigs, Sleepy Hollow Fest
Complete creation of a drawing book for Pasterova Primary School
Graphic realisation of window displays for hairdressers and collaboration on graphical works for the Czech subsidiary of the Spanish company SALERM


CONCEPT

2004 – Budoucnost Gallery, “Earth” exhibition hosted by the Department of Art Education, Textile and Spatial Art Studio at the University of Ostrava


PAINTING

1999 – Shared exhibition with the group Baby at the Petr Bezruč Theatre Gallery
2000 – First individual painting exhibition at the U Chemiků Gallery, Secondary Industrial School of Chemistry, Ostrava
2002 – Exhibition at the Petr Bezruč Theatre Gallery – “Pandemonium”
2003 – Exhibition at the Hobbit Club in Ostrava – “The Secret of Summer Two Years Ago”
2006 – Exhibition at the Akord House of Culture in Ostrava-Zábřeh for the Night of Fighters event
2007 – Exhibition at the Šambala Teahouse in Ostrava – “Forgotten Dreams”
2011 – Exhibition at the opening of Ficek Mystic Art Studio
2011 – Oil painting exhibition at Art té kafé MANDALA in Kopřivnice – “My Fantasy World”

Glass painting – decorative glasses for Atom Hotel (now Clarion Hotel Ostrava)
Decorative paintings for the Iris Pharmacy office
Decorative paintings for the Arena Underground Club
Bespoke painting for the Petarda Production Rock Club
Painted backdrops for the Akcent Dance Club, Ostrava


INTERIOR PAINTING

Classroom decoration at Volgogradská 6a High School
Clubhouse decoration for a tourist group
Decoration of Club Bogotá – bar painting
Foyer entrance decoration at Ostrčilova Primary School (this has since been rebuilt)
Interior decoration of the shisha section at the Na Větrném Kopci Teahouse (now closed)
Interior decoration of X Laser Game Ostrava
Interior decoration of the Panžáb (Podostrava) Teahouse
Interior decoration of Čaj Bar Ostrava


AIRBRUSH

2011 – Exhibition at the Imperial Hotel Ostrava – Harley-Davidson Ball
2011 – Painting exhibition at Euro Bike Fest in Mušov
Airbrush bar decoration and airbrush decorative paintings for Spider Tattoo
Airbrush painting on Reiter electric violins (www.elektrickehousle.cz)
Airbrush painting on shutters for the Petarda Production Rock Club in Třinec
Airbrush painting of portraits for Babiččin fruit tea
Airbrush painting on t-shirts for Seven Souls Tattoo (D)


DRAWING

1995 – 1998 Participation in two school exhibitions held by the Secondary School of Arts and Crafts
2000 – Exhibition hosted by the Department of Art Education; Faculty of Pedagogy at the University of Ostrava, Drawing Studio; held in Havířov – “Birth and Death”
2000 – Exhibition hosted by the Department of Art Education; Faculty of Pedagogy at the University of Ostrava; plein air drawings
Bespoke tattoo designs for Spider Tattoo
Wall drawing for Spider Tattoo interiors
Illustrations for the Legends of Armandia board game (www.fantasyobchod.cz)


PAPER

2003 – International Symposium on Paper – “Paper03” at the Na Palmovce Synagogue in Prague
2003 – Exhibition hosted by the Department of Creative Arts at the students’ gallery of the Department of Creative Arts, Paper Studio – book named “Paper”
Bespoke creation of diaries and books – guest book for the Na Větrném Kopci Teahouse, chronicle for the Tae Kwon-Do School in Ostrava


ASSEMBLAGE

2002 – Exhibition at the Petr Bezruč Theatre Gallery – “Human Machines”


DECORATIONS

2014 – Teahouse at Ufo Bufo – Psychedelic Music and Art Festival
2015 – Vypusťte Psy psytrance party – Plan B Club – Ostrava
2015 – Teahouse at Ufo Bufo – Psychedelic Music and Art Festival
2015 – Winter Horizont psytrance party – Šenov
2016 – Winter Horizont psytrance party – Šenov
2016 – Progressive Stage at Bio de Janeiro Open Air Festival
2016 – Installations for the gallery at Ufo Bufo – Psychedelic Music and Art Festival
2016 – Teahouse at Beats for Love Festival


BODYPAINTING

2008 – Painting – “Faces of Czech LARP”
2008 – The Night of Fighters – Thai box evening
2008 – Second anniversary of the Zlatá Rybka Teahouse – performance
2010 – Student ball in Polanka
2010 – VII Czech Bodypainting Championship – 3
rd place – Fairy-tale category
2010 – Harley-Davidson Club Ball – Ostrava
2010 – Kindergarten in Ostrava-Jih – bodypainting ZOO – animal face-painting
2010 – Halloween – Fabric Club Ostrava
2010 – Hanka Salon Ball – Imperial Hotel Ostrava
2010 – Afternoon for children from children’s homes – Imperial Hotel Ostrava
2011 – Company event – ČSOB Opava
2011 – Rotary Club Charity Ball – Imperial Hotel Ostrava
2011 – Airbrush Art Festival – 1
st place in categories Airbrush bodypainting and Freestyle
2011 – One World Festival – accompanying event in Fiducia – special bodypainting studio for children
2011 – Euro Bike Fest – Mušov – competition with “Motorbikes and Freedom” theme
2011 – Fashion Crossroad Ostrava – performance
2011 – World Bodypainting Festival (A) – Brush and Sponge category – 17
th place
2012 – Harley-Davidson Club Ball – Ostrava – Mining museum – performance
2012 – World Bodypainting Festival (A) – Airbrush category – 5
th place
2012 – Bodypainting weekend at Masaryk Cottage – first free bodypainters’ meeting
2012 – American car exhibition – Černá louka Ostrava
2012 – Pencil, Ink, Skin – Exhibition of Tattoo and Bodypainting Photographs – Ostrava Library
2012 – Bodypainting during the “Cirkusem trochu jinak” performance for Rolls Royce – Prague
2012 – Bodypainting show for Hasil a.s. – Park Inn Hotel Ostrava
2012 – Ostravský strakáč meeting – Bodyart
2013 – Gienger Fair – Ostrava
2013 – Czech Raildays 2013 – Imperial Hotel Ostrava
2013 – World Bodypainting Festival (A) – Airbrush category – 10
th place
2014 – Motorcycle Ball in Bílovec – Bodypainting show
2014 – Halloweed Psychedelic Carnival – Marley Club
2015 – Halloween Party – Speak With Me Language School
2016 – Miss Caddy – UV bodypainting
2016 – Judge at Interbeauty – Incheba Bratislava
2016 – Bodypainting at the Czech Railways company event – Olomouc
2016 – Bodypainting and tattoos for the film Muzzikanti
2016 – Judge at World Make-up Wars during Interbeauty Prague


TATTOO

2010 – Tattoo Action Česká Třebová
2011 – Poysdorf Tattoo Weekend (A) – 3
rd place in Realistic Tattoo category
2011 – Tattoo Convention Lübeck (D)
2011 – Tattoo Session Silesia (CZ)
2012 – Tattoo Convention Dresden (D)
2012 – Tattoo Expo Liepzig (D)
2012 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Innsbruck (A)
2012 – Rotterdam Tattoo Convention Ink and Steel (NL)
2012 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Wien (A)
2012 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Salzburg (A)
2012 – Tattoo Convention Erfurt (D)
2012 – Rock'n'Ink Tattoo Festival – Chemnitz (D)
2012 – International Tattoo Convention Prague (CZ)
2012 – Tattoo Convention Halle/Saale (D)
2012 – Tattoo Session Silesia (CZ)
2012 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Passau (D)
2012 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Linz (A)
2013 – Tattoo Convention Klagenfurt (A) – 3
rd place in Black & White category
2013 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Wien (A)
2013 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Salzburg (A)
2013 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Innsbruck (A)
2013 – Tattoo Session Silesia (CZ)
2013 – Tattoo Convention Villach (A)
2013 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Dornbirn (A)
2013 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – St. Pölten (A)
2013 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Linz (A)
2013 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Graz (A)
2013 – Bodyart Festival Ostrava (CZ)
2014 – Tattoo Convention Dresden (D)
2014 – Tattoo Expo Liepzig (D)
2014 – Tattoo Convention Klagenfurt (A)
2014 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Wien (A)
2014 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Salzburg (A)
2014 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Innsbruck (A)
2014 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Linz (A)
2014 – Tattoo Convention Graz (A)
2014 – Tattoo Session Silesia (CZ)
2014 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Wr. Neustadt (A)
2014 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Graz (A)
2014 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – St. Pölten (A)
2015 – Tattoo Convention Dresden (D)
2015 – Tattoo Expo Liepzig (D)
2015 – Tattoo Convention Klagenfurt (A)
2015 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Wien (A)
2015 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Salzburg (A)
2015 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Innsbruck (A)
2015 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Linz (A)
2015 – Tattoo Session Silesia (CZ) – 2
nd place in Skulls category
2016 – Tattoo Convention Dresden (D)
2016 – Tattoo Expo Liepzig (D)
2016 – Tattoo Convention Klagenfurt (A)
2016 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Wien (A)
2016 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Salzburg (A)
2016 – Wildstyle and Tattoo Messe – Innsbruck (A)
2016 – Tattoo Session Silesia (CZ) – 3
rd place in Flowers category
2017 – Tattoo Convention Dresden (D)
2017 – Tattoo Expo Leipzig (D)
2017 – Tattoo Convention Klagenfurt (A)