Beata Szechy was born in Budapest, Hungary, and has lived in San Francisco (California), Rome (Italy) and Dallas, Texas. Her artworks have been exhibited in distinguished galleries and museums nationally and internationally.

The AIR/HMC, Budapest’s mission to bridge cultural, geographic, and linguistic divides by bringing people together through the arts in order to foster a greater understanding of world cultures. The mission at the AIR/HMC, Artist In Residencies are inspire, renew and sustain artists and community through education and outreach.