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Maria Hodor is an artist and indie game designer. She explores the world through whimsical use of colour and playful motifs, reminiscing of nonsensical stories and fairy tales. In her work, she brings unique contrasting elements, which are highly influenced by the surreal world of her inner child's imagination.

Despite being an artist at heart, she is professionally trained in both fine arts and in Graphic and Product Design. She attented the University of Bucharest, where she studied Advertising, specialising in Graphic and Brand Design. Currently a Game Design student at the Master’s Programme Art of Game Design, at UNATC, she is working on her first major indie game!

Awards

Game Pitch Arena, organised by Cyber Sail, Liberec, 2025 - Honorary Prize .
Graphic Design (Advertising) - AdVenture, 15th Edition, 2023, 5th Place.
Graphic Design (Advertising) -CompetitIAA, 12th Edition, 2022 - 1st Place;
Graphic Design (Advertising) - CompetitIAA, 11th Edition, 2021 - 3rd Place.

Art Fairs/ Festivals/Expos

Illustration Official Selection (The Great Small Book of Colourful Moments) at International Cluj Comics, Illustration and Animation Festival, 2024, Cluj-Napoca.
“Labour of Love”, Fest Anca, 2024, Zilina - a Pecha Kucha-like presentation of my project Artist’s Atelier.
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sit+read artbook fair, 2023, Timisoara;
East European Comic Con, 2023, Bucharest.

Publications

Art Zine - “The Great Small Book of Colourful Moments”, 2023, published by The Secret Garden Bookshop, launched at sit+read artbook fair.

Selected Exhibitions

Solo Exhibition - Portraits in the Surrounding Space, 2019, Elite Prof Art Gallery, exhibited at Athenee Palace Hilton, Bucharest.
Group Exhibition - Monocromatic, 2023, Arhiva de Arta Gallery, exhibited at UAUIM, Bucharest.
Group Exhibition- Dialog 6, 2018, Marine Museum, Constanta.

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