Nora Mesaros works with diverse mediums such as drawing, animation, video, and installation.
In her artistic practice, she explores the interaction between human experience and physical space, examining how cultural, social, and political factors shape this relationship. Her focus is on the concept of home, which, in an era characterized by migration, mobility, and rapid societal changes, becomes increasingly relative due to the movement of individuals, whether by choice or necessity. Rooted in her personal experiences, her artworks endure as traces or remnants of the journey traveled and as parts of a sort of private archive.
Academic Education
2017 – 2020
Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, Germany, Department of Fine Art, Meisterschüler
2015 – 2017
Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, Germany, Department of Fine Art, Diplom
2009 – 2013
Academy of Arts in Novi Sad,Serbia, Department of Fine Art, Bachelor Studies
Solo Exhibitions
2024
matter that matters, Gallery Zemin, Berlin, Germany
2022
Blindfolded, with Gojko Dutina, Gallery O3ONE, Belgrade, Serbia
2021
Accent - Mind the Gap!, Showcase exhibition, Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden, Germany
2020
walk so lightly, Exhibition of the Hegenbarth scholarship holders 2019: Elise Beutner and Nora Mesaros, Dresden City Art Gallery, Dresden, Germany
2019
I am the House, Gallery Šok Zadruga, Novi Sad, Serbia
Inside out, with Mona Pourebrahim, Gallery Brüderstrasse, Görlitz, Germany
2018
mostly sunny, with Gojko Dutina, Gallery EX14, Dresden, Germany
Group exhibitions
2025
OSTRALE 025 - Biennale for Contemporary Art, Robotron-Kantine, Dresden, Germany
2024
Anonymous Drawings, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Losito Kunstpreis 2024, Gallery di, Berlin, Germany
A mano libera, Gallery Lavì! City, Bologna, Italy
RE:VISION, Gallery Nord I Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
2023
The Paths of Cohesion II, MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Connecting Worlds: Atists & Travel, Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden, Germany
Utsusu - Chronicle Vol.2, Villa Heike, Berlin, Germany
2022
Kahnweiler-Preis 2022: Arbeiten auf Papier, Museum für Kunst, Rockenhausen, Germany
Förderpreis Junge Kunst 2022, Rathaus-Galerie Reinickendorf, Berlin, Germany
Verschwinden, Oktogon, Dresden, Germany
Awards, Scholarships and Residencies
2024
2nd Prize of Losito Kunstpreis 2024, Losito • Kressmann-Zschach Foundation, Berlin, Germany
2024
Grand Prize of A mano libera, Associazione culturale Spazio Lavì!, Bologna, Italy
2023
Artists in residence | Block Art Cultural Association, Budapest, Hungary
2022
1st Prize of the Young Art Award 2022, Kommunale Galerien Berlin & Kunstverein Centre Bagatelle, Berlin, Germany
NEUSTART KULTUR: Kickstarter-Zuschuss für Absolvent:innen von Kunsthochschulen, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Germany
2021
Grand Prize of the 14th Biennial of Watercolor, Zrenjanin, Serbia
INITIAL Special Grant, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
2019
4th Prize of the Collage Competition, Willi Münzenberg Forum, Berlin, Germany
1st Prize of the Video Competition, Nordhorn Music Festival, Germany
2018
Hegenbarth Stipendium, Foundation for Art and Culture Dresden of the Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Germany
2015-2017
DAAD- Study Scholarships for Foreign Graduates in the Fields of Fine Art, Design/Visual Communication and Film