Zsolt Basti

Born in Hungary, Zsolt Basti has been living in Ireland since 2005.

Basti is a painter who uses familiar subjects and locations in his work before altering and abstracting them. He is interested in memory, how we revise and curate it, and how it disintegrates over time. Through the deft use of color, his skill as a draughtsman, and a core subject often bordering on the uncanny, he hopes to evoke memories in the viewer that may have faded or become distorted. Hence, there is no prescribed narrative in the paintings. They are instead a prism for the viewer’s own stories.

A graduate in Fine Art from IADT, Basti’s previous solo exhibitions include Half Shy at the RHA in 2024, where he was also an award winner at the annual exhibition in 2022. Other notable group shows include the Zurich Portrait Exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland 2022.