Today we’d like to introduce you to Ameria Juhas.
Hi Ameria, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
Originally, I wanted to become a pianist.
A traumatic experience many years ago left the tendons in my left hand injured, and the full motor function of two of my fingers could not be restored. I had to let go of my dream of becoming a pianist. I learned another profession and continued with my life.
Then, in February of this year, something unexpected happened: after 25 years, my musical hearing suddenly returned.
I began hearing the finest nuances in music again, and at the same time I felt things very deeply. I developed a strong urge to paint while listening to music. I realized that I was beginning to process what I heard internally — together with feelings and memories — and intuitively translate it into colour, form and movement on canvas.
For the first time in many years, I felt that I could truly express myself again. That I could speak through art.
And at some point, I simply knew: I had found my way back to what I had always wanted to do.
I am not a conventional painter. At my core, I am a musician. I compose music, feelings and memories onto canvas.
I am a Visual Composer.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It was certainly not a straightforward journey.
For many years, I had to find a different way of expressing the part of me that had always been connected to music. After I could no longer pursue my dream of becoming a pianist, I learned another profession and built a different life.
The biggest challenge was probably finding my way back to myself creatively. For a long time, I did not know exactly where that part of me belonged anymore.
When my musical hearing returned this year and I began painting in response to music, something finally fell into place. I realized that I had not lost that creative part of myself — I simply had to find a different language for it.
Painting became that language.
The journey was not easy, but looking back, I think every detour eventually brought me closer to where I am now.
Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
My work is rooted in music. I describe myself as a Visual Composer rather than a conventional painter.
When I listen to music, I don’t experience it only as sound. I connect deeply with its atmosphere, emotions and the memories it can awaken in me. I intuitively translate what I experience into colour, movement, texture and form on canvas.
My paintings are therefore not simply images of something I see. They are visual compositions of what I hear and feel.
I work intuitively and allow the music to guide the process. Each painting becomes its own visual interpretation of a particular musical experience, feeling or memory.
I am especially proud that I have found a way to express music again after having once believed that my musical path was over. What makes my work different is this connection between music and visual art — I don’t simply paint while listening to music; music becomes part of the composition itself.
I am still at the beginning of building my career as an artist, but I have already created a large body of work and developed several series. For me, the most important thing is that I have finally found a language that feels completely my own.
Where music becomes colour.
Can you share something surprising about yourself?
One thing that may surprise people is that I hear music internally in a very detailed way. Even when there is no music playing, I can experience music in my mind, and this is closely connected to how I create.
Another rather unusual part of my process is that I sometimes use materials in unexpected ways. For example, I use tissue paper almost like a second skin on the canvas. I love the way it changes the surface and creates textures and layers that I can work with.
I also tend to think of my paintings in series, almost like albums. Each series has its own atmosphere and visual language, and the individual paintings are like individual tracks within that world.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ameri_aart/
