GABOR  HORVATH

With roots in Hungary and a home in Scotland, I have spent the last ten years immersed in the art of collage. Using recycled magazines and discarded paper, I transform overlooked materials into intricate, one-of-a-kind compositions. My journey into collage began in the most unexpected way. I was working in a 5-star hotel in London, where I noticed that every month, stacks of beautiful magazines were simply thrown away because they were no longer up to date.

Something about that felt wasteful, so I started taking them home; at first, just out of curiosity.
I had always been drawn to art, but I had never worked with collage before. One evening, I picked up my scissors, started cutting, layering, and rearranging images, and I fell in love with the process.

What began as a simple experiment soon became an obsession. I realized that collage was more than just assembling paper; it was a way of storytelling, a dance of colors and textures, a rhapsody of shapes and emotions.

Beyond the creative process, collage is a celebration of sustainability. By repurposing discarded materials, I turn waste into art, giving new life to what might otherwise be thrown away. It’s a reminder that beauty can be found in the unexpected, and that creativity and environmental consciousness can go hand in hand.

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From afar, my art may appear as a single, unified image, but step closer, and a new world unfolds—fragments of stories, unexpected juxtapositions, and layered narratives waiting to be explored. Unlike a painting, where you see brushstrokes up close, a collage reveals something deeper: hidden messages and tiny pictures within the picture. It’s a puzzle, an invitation to look again.
I’m so excited to share this journey with you!

Happy puzzling!