BIOGRAPHY
Dani Selyebi was born on February 9, 1995 in Budapest. After graduating from high school, he participated in a two-year graphic design course from 2016 to 2018, where he already felt that illustration was the closest to him. After that, he self-taught developed himself, where he experimented a lot. He also got a taste of the tattooing profession from 2018 to 2019, but soon realized that he could not connect to this. From 2021, he started working on comissions as a freelancer, where he painted numerous small-scale ink drawings and paintings, in his distinctive figurative abstract style, but also created label designs as well as book and verse illustrations. One of his most exciting projects was a cover design and smaller book illustrations for Imre Lutter's (President of the Hungarian Poets' Association) 2022 book of poems.
In 2022, he participated in the three-week residency program of Budapest Hybridcycle. (Tiszta Balaton) the works created here have participated in several group exhibitions throughout the country.
In 2022, he participated in several nature-themed group exhibitions of the hybridart pop-up gallery.
In 2022, he held his first solo exhibition (Balance), which was shown at the Easy Art Space in Budapest.
In 2023, his plans took a new direction. He felt that he could not fulfill himself in the field of illustration. He withdrew and began to experiment with his paintings of increasingly larger sizes. Since experiencing the new technique, he has been constantly working on expanding his portfolio.
PUBLICATIONS
Transcendence Art Catalog, 2020 December
Hungarian Poetry Magazine, 2022 summer edition
Hybridcycle Balaton residence, 2022 June
Suboart Magazine, 2024 November edition
Humana Obscura, 2024 December edition
Curatory Magazine-interview, 2025 March edition
AL-TIBA9 Contemporary Art Magazine-interview, 2025 May edition
JL Interviews, 2025 April edition
ARTIST STATEMENT
Dani is primarily inspired by the balance perceived in nature. Here, all living beings coexist in harmony. They live in perfect channels, in a grounded flow that could also be called primal trust.
This feeling can be brought into the here and now to some extent through the practice of mindfulness, which has become more important to her than any philosophy. She expresses the sometimes raw and instinctive dynamism of moments experienced in nature through her airy, dreamlike characters, consciously using every tiny detail to create a flow that guides the viewer’s eye.
He draws heavily from the animal world, as it provides excellent examples of the pure trust behind the natural cycle. Embracing the principle of “less is more,” she often plays with figures that verge on abstraction, creating a balance between character and continuous flow.
