Adrienn Erdei is a contemporary fine artist and art educator based in Budapest, Hungary. She holds a Master of Arts in Painting from the University of Pécs (2016) and a Master of Arts in Art Education from the Hungarian University of Fine Arts (2021). Alongside her studio practice, she teaches drawing, painting, and art history.

Erdei’s work is characterized by a deep psychological approach, exploring the complex boundaries between the physical body, lived vulnerability, and the inner psyche. Working primarily with oil and oilstick on canvas, her technical process juxtaposes traditional figurative representation with raw, automatic drawing and scribble-like gestures. Her practice consistently engages with themes of isolation, repetitive behavioral patterns, and the constraints of female identity.

In her series Stations of Inner Spaces (2026), she introduces a complex system of everyday and cultural motifs—such as plastic washbasins and classical sculptural busts—interrogated under sharp spotlighting to map the progressive stages of the subconscious and encounters with the inner child.

Erdei’s paintings have been featured in solo and group exhibitions, including 2057 – Personal Utopias at the MANK Gallery in Szentendre.