"... You know this well: the poet never lies,

The real is not enough; through its disguise

Tell us the truth which fills the mind with light

Because, without each other, all is night. ..."

writes the great Hungarian poet, Attila József, in his 1937 poem `Welcome to Thomas Mann.`

His words inspire the style, I call Transrealism.

Transrealism is the art of the 21st century - the long awaited return to the basics: art is communication, and it shall be understandable by the observer; it shall not expect the audience to be sophisticated or educated in the subject. Instead it is the artist's responsibility to be versed enough in their profession and their tools of art to be able to express themselves to convey a message and be universally understood.

Zsuzsa Mathe was born on 4 May, 1964, in Budapest, Hungary.

At primary school she attended high-school drawing classes and art history.? She was advised on various subjects such as anatomy, history of arts and the likes.

At high school she attended to the prestigious Ferenczy Circle, a highly esteemed class on drawing and modeling for the? Academy of Fine Arts.

After graduating high school she attended and graduated a special collage on print shop work, thus learning the basics of color mixing and all other details that makes one a fine print-shop retoucher.

She was 20 when, in 1984 when her first exhibit, The Gate Between Within and Beyond opened.

At the same time she got involved in Duna Circle, an alternative environmental protection group opposing a water-dam over the river Danube. This, later earned her a high spot on the blacklists of then still Communist Hungary.

Despite being blacklisted and regularly traced by secret agents, the following years each brought feature exhibits Withdrawn Promises (1985), Le Malade Imaginaire (1987), Shipwreck (1987) and a joint exhibit with the master course of world-known concert pianist George Cziffra.

As her mail was torn, telephone eavesdropped and conditions became unbearable, to express her disagreement with the regime she left Hungary in early 1988.

Having learned the local language in 1990 she was accepted to the world-famous Bezalel Academy of Art and Design.

Today, after adventuring around the world trying herself in various fields and professions she is back in Hungary, painting again with open show invitations from many of the world`s art loving countries like Switzerland, Italy, the US, and others.??