Eva Kolosváry-Stupler

Hungarian-born American Artist | Assemblage, Printmaking, and Conceptual Sculpture

Wilma Gallery is honored to represent the Estate of Eva Kolosváry-Stupler, a visionary Hungarian-born American artist whose work bridges assemblage, memory, and conceptual printmaking. Born in Budapest in 1937 and hidden as a child during the Holocaust, Kolosváry-Stupler’s early experiences of displacement and concealment became the quiet but enduring current that informed her art throughout her life.

Originally trained as a printmaker, she transitioned toward assemblage in the 1970s, creating sculptural compositions from weathered wood, rusted tools, discarded textiles, and decaying materials. Her practice transforms the overlooked and the obsolete into poetic meditations on time, erosion, fragility, and survival. Each piece embodies a tactile philosophy—an invitation to look past the surface and into layers of emotional, historical, and spiritual resonance.

Kolosváry-Stupler’s career spanned over four decades, with notable solo exhibitions at Heritage Gallery (Los Angeles), Davidson Gallery (Seattle), Montalvo Center for the Arts (Saratoga), Loyola Marymount University, and Mt. San Antonio College. She participated in numerous international and juried shows, including the International Triennial of Original Coloured Graphics (Switzerland), Boston Printmakers National Exhibition, and major group exhibitions across France, Rumania, and Korea.

Her work earned wide recognition, with awards from the Rockford Prints International Exhibition, the 5th National Print Exhibition at CSU Northridge, and the Riverside Art Museum. Her pieces are held in esteemed collections such as the Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum (WA), Brand Library Art Center (CA), the Norton Simon Corporation, and numerous private institutions.

In later years, Kolosváry-Stupler continued to explore connection and impermanence through her series “Connectivity” and “Emanations,” layering mythic, feminist, and surrealist elements into intimate sculptural narratives. Her life and work were the subject of the short film Eva Kolosvary: Artist at 80, a testament to her enduring creativity and insight.

Today, her legacy resonates as a deeply human and materially philosophical voice—one that insists even the broken and forgotten still hold the power to speak.