Judit Szendrei
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→ February 13–16, 2019, Stampex International, Business Design Center, Islington, London, United Kingdom
→ August 21–31, 2019, „Stamps and Flowers”, Kölcsey Cultural Center, 50th Debrecen Flower Carnival, Debrecen, Hungary
→ October 04–06, 2019, Hunfila, Stefania Palace, Budapest, Hungary
→ January 31 – March 05, 2020, „Million Stamps on One Picture”, Hatszin Theatre, Budapest, Hungary
→ March 06 – August 10, 2020, „Stamp-etudes”, Stamp Museum, Budapest, Hungary
→ October 26–30, 2020, „Stamp Kaleidoscope”, Stefania Palace, Budapest, Hungary
→ April 08 – May 13, 2021, „Towards the Light”, Palazzo Falconieri, Collegium Hungaricum, Rome, Italy
→ June 21–30, 2021, „Stamp-etudes”, Tibor Erno Gallery, St. Ladislaus Days, Oradea, Romania
→ September 03 – October 03, 2021, „Together with Christ – in Hungary”, Benczur Cultural Centre, International Eucharistic Congress, Budapest, Hungary
→ October 26–29, 2021, „Nature and Society”, Stefania Palace, Budapest, Hungary
→ January 29 – March 13, 2022, “Stamp!”, Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton, United Kingdom
→ March 31 – April 3, 2022, Hunfilex2022, World Stamp Exhibition, Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary
→ November 8–11, 2022, „Culture and Society”, Stefania Palace, Budapest, Hungary
→ December 8, 2022 – April 30, 2023, Solo exhibition, Embassy of Hungary, London, United Kingdom
→ April 6 – May 5, 2023, “Stamp!”, House of Art and Literature, Pécs, Hungary
→ May 20 – August 19, 2023, “Stamp!”, Palota Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
→ September 5–6, 2023, Chamber exhibition, PostEurop Philatelic Industry Forum, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
→ September 19 – October 10, 2023, “Stamp!”, Institute Liszt, Brussels, Belgium
→ October 24–27, 2023, “65 Years in the Service of Philately”, adjoining exhibition, Stefania Palace, Budapest, Hungary
→ June 15 – July 10, 2024, Year of the Dragon, Horizon Art Space, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China
→ July 30 – October 15, 2024, Year of the Dragon (as part of the “Danube Pearl – Hungarian Cultural Exhibition”), Guizhou Provincial National Museum, Guiyang, China
→ September 4 – October 13, 2024, Three in One, Robotnícky Dom, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
→ November 15 – December 15, 2024, Year of the Dragon (as part of the “Danube Pearl – Hungarian Cultural Exhibition”), Shang Dynasty Site Museum, Zhengzhou, China
→ December 30, 2024 – January 30, 2025, Year of the Dragon, Honh Art Museum, Chongqing, China
→ January 7–10, 2025, “Historic Cities in Hungary”, adjoining exhibition, Stefania Palace, Budapest, Hungary
→ February 6–19, 2025, London Contemporary – 2025, Elements Contemporary Arts Space, London, UK
→ March 27 – April 10, 2025, Awakening, worldwide virtual art exhibition, https://www.arteomgallery.com/awakening-exhibition
→ April 11 – 25, 2025, “Stamp-etudes”, Ferenc Verseghy Library, Szolnok, Hungary
→ May 1 – May 31, 2025, Flower Waltz, Virtual exhibition, HMVC Gallery, New York City, https://hmvcgallery.com/exhibitions-group
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Judit Szendrei’s artistic journey did not follow the conventional path of early immersion and formal training. She balances multiple roles—an economist by profession, a mother of three, and an artist who discovered her creative passion later in life. While art had always intrigued her, it wasn’t until a seemingly simple activity with her daughter Zsofi, who has Down syndrome, loved soaking and drying postage stamps, turning it into a shared pastime. Over time, an extensive collection of similar stamps accumulated, prompting Szendrei to experiment with arranging them into shapes and patterns. What began as a casual activity soon transformed into a deeply fulfilling practice, bringing her both tranquility and the thrill of crafting something visually striking.
Szendrei’s work resists easy categorization. It intersects the boundaries of collage, mosaic, and montage, resulting in a technique she refers to as “MoCoMo by Stamps.” Unlike many artists who work within a consistent thematic framework, Szendrei embraces fluidity, ensuring that each piece remains a singular expression, unbound by recurring motifs. However, colour plays a unifying role in her portfolio—her works are often strikingly vibrant, composed of countless individual stamps that come together to form intricate visual symphonies.
As for her credo Judit is saying: “Making stamp pictures brings much joy to me. I wish to forward this joy to those who come to see my pictures.”
What I do is a very unique art as less than ten people in the world uses stamps for painting art pieces as to my knowledge. This technique is a mix, a bit of mosaic, a bit of collage and a bit of montage or as I used to call it in one-word MoCoMo Art by Stamps. I am very proud that I have developed it on my own. My art grew from a hobby to art as I am not only an artist but an economist in the same time as well.
In some cases the stamps themselves offer the idea to make a painting and in another cases I myself try to express my thoughts with the means of stamp painting. I like some times to re-work ideas of other artist in my pieces but it is also my strong intention to express my view on such topics like war and peace, interrelation between people.
To make pictures gives me an exceptional feeling of joy and my wish is to forward this joy to people viewing my pieces.
