Enikő Daczó is a visual artist living in Transylvania, working in the genres of installations, photo-video & sound, land art, performance, and painting, which are closely related and complement each other in her art. Her works are primarily characterized by experimentation, interactivity, dynamics, playfulness, action, and an instinctive, intuitive presence. The representation and recording of air have often returned in her installations over the years. At the same time, she blows her love and pain into balloons or life-saving blankets, simultaneously referring to heaven and hell.
Her message becomes powerful due to her minimalism, her strange associations of material and content, her installations and manifestations often acquiring monumental dimensions. Breathing together with the space and integrating environmental elements into the work are most important in her art.
Her artworks are completed through the exploration of spirituality, eternity, and the ephemeral; the masculine and feminine (symbols), the constant cycle; and the duality of existence and nonexistence. She is preoccupied with sexuality and its ways of communication, gestures, mimicry – everything that is instinctive and authentic in them. She is sensitive to reflexes, desires, and fears embedded in social stereotypes, determining sexuality and especially womanhood. Faces, sexuality, the body: balloons, mirrors, nylon foils, rubber gloves, cables, and shoes are recurrent motifs in her art; they accompany, organize, and transluminate the series of her works – including installations and live art manifestations.
She likes her works to breathe. She likes fresh, energetic, spontaneous brushstrokes, and the power of gesture, with which she records emotions, feelings, ideas, and intuitions. She is interested in topics such as air, energy, vibration, woman and man, the power of NOW, and capturing the mood of the moment with minimal intervention. Through her extensive education, numerous exhibitions, and active participation in the art community, Enikő Daczó has established herself as a prominent figure in the contemporary art scene.
Enikő Daczó's journey in art began at the Plugor Sándor High School of Arts in Sfântu Gheorghe, where she studied painting from 1994 to 1998. She then pursued higher education in mural painting at the George Enescu University of Arts in Iași, graduating in 2004. During her university years, she also attended the Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom, where she specialized in Interactive Arts at the Faculty of Art & Design from January to May 2004.
Enikő has had a notable series of solo exhibitions, beginning with "CONNECTIONS" at Jenő Gyárfás Gallery in Sfântu Gheorghe in 2003. She showcased her works at Manchester Metropolitan University with "TO MOP" in 2004, and again in Manchester at Font Bars with "FACES" the same year. In 2012, she held the "INTIM" exhibition at MAGMA Contemporary Art Exhibition Space in Sfântu Gheorghe. She collaborated with Kolumbán Hanna for "ANAHITA" at the Transylvanian Art Center in Sfântu Gheorghe in 2015. Most recently, in 2019, she exhibited her paintings at the House with Arcades in Sfântu Gheorghe.
Enikő has been a part of numerous group exhibitions, showcasing her versatility and engagement with the art community. Some of her recent participations include the "DEJA VU II. Transylvanian Visual Arts Salon" and the "Contemporary Art Festival PulzArt" in 2023. She has also exhibited internationally, such as at the "House of Arts Veszprém" in Hungary in 2023 and "Arjang, Sweden" in 2010.
Her live performances are a testament to her dynamic approach to art. Enikő's performances include "MOST Painting Exhibition Vernissage" in 2019, "Three Colours" in 2015, and several editions of "ERUPTIO" from 2006 to 2012. Notably, she performed "Why Women Change" at the Finno-Hungarian-Romanian-Bulgarian Art Symposium in Hungary in 2005.
Enikő has actively participated in various creative camps, which have been integral to her artistic development. These include the MISZLA ART camp in Cernat in 2022, and the Bálványos Art-Camp from 2012 to 2023. She has also been part of international symposiums in places like Sweden and Hungary.
Enikő's curatorial work includes organizing and curating several exhibitions and art projects. She curated the "SPIRAL International Fine Arts Symposium" in 2011, "CIPŐ" in 2010, "Beauty" in 2009, and "The Doll Project" in 2006. From 2006 to 2010, she served as a curator at the ALTUS Contemporary Art Club.
She is a member of the Barabás Miklós Guild since 2017, the Romanian Union of Visual Artists (UAP) since 2004.
Enikő has been recognized with several grants for her contributions to art, including the Creation Grant from the Communitas Foundation in Târgu Mureș in 2012 and the Socrates/Erasmus Grant in 2004 during her studies at Manchester Metropolitan University.
