Eszter Sziksz

As a printmaker, I explore the Ephemeron---or shifting material states of each piece as it grows in time, decays, and leaves a trace of memory. My prints can take the shape of a psychic imprint with deeper, more sentient engagement in the inner life of the viewer. The work is also my personal ritual that performs my own foundations. I emigrated from Hungary 12 years ago; Covid has made even the separation from my family, and I miss them every day. Our Covid quarantine restrictions inspired a new collection, Waiting. I print repeated family portraits using ephemeral materials like ice, sand, MSG, milk, and ash that quickly wash away. Nothing lasts forever--- and paradoxically, sometimes all you can do is wait for something to change. This metaphor speaks to the organic metamorphoses of my materials: oil on canvas, print on paper, melting ice sheets, or fragile sand prints. I also print words that indicate coinciding feelings that mark me for what seems to be an eternity. For, I lose the sense of time in what feels like endless isolation. These sentient impressions of my work may be more important than the survival of the work itself.

Eszter Sziksz is a Hungarian artist whose practice combines printmaking, installation, and video to explore memory, presence, and human connection. She has lived and worked internationally, with projects spanning Europe, Asia, and the United States.

Her work has been featured in exhibitions such as Skyway 2024: A Contemporary Collaboration (Sarasota Art Museum, FL), the International Print Triennial (Krakow, Poland), the Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial (juried by Elizabeth Rudy, Harvard Art Museums), and the upcoming Human Nature: Envisioning the Environment (Castellani Art Museum, NY, 2026–27). Solo presentations include Let it Go (Gallery114, Tampa, 2025) and The Language of Ephemera (SPAACES, Sarasota, 2022).

She is the recipient of grants and awards including the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant (2024), a Puffin Foundation Grant (2023), and the Prix de Print Award from Art in Print Magazine, where her work was also a cover feature. Her practice has been discussed in Printmaking Today (Richard Noyce, “Extended Printmaking,” Summer 2024) and Art in Print.

Her works are held in collections including the Zuckerman Museum of Art (University of North Florida), Szent István Museum (Hungary), and the International Artists Collective Museo del Brigantaggio (Italy).

Eszter earned her MFA from Memphis College of Art and her Doctorate in Liberal Arts (DLA) from the University of Pécs, Hungary. She teaches Fine Arts/Printmaking at Ringling College of Art + Design in Sarasota, Florida.