Edina Kinga Agoston Portrait Artist · Graphic Designer · Fitness Dancer
Born and raised in Hungary, Europe my early childhood education and upbringing were heavily focused on the intellectual aspect, with poetry and philosophy on mind and theology at heart. I immigrated to the USA in 1995 and reside in the Hamptons, the East End of Long Island, New York.
Degrees
- Conservatory of Music
(classical piano)
- University of
Protestant Theology
Languages
English, Hungarian, German
Citizenships
EU, USA
Pencil Art One of my passions since childhood is pencil drawing. Graphite is my best friend. The level of one's artistic skill is coextensive with one's control over graphite. My vision is to reflect emotion by capturing the right subtleties in the graphite hand-drawing process. A result of my efforts, quality has become the cornerstone in every commissioned piece of art I create.
Selective pencil
portrait art portfolio
>>>
My artwork at my portrait art web site:
My pencil Portrait of Mr. President on display at the Hamptons Art Exhibit @ Water Mill Museum - June 2024
My "My Dada" Pop Art Quadriptych of Dada J.P. Vaswani, Modern-day Saint of India on display at the Hamptons Art Exhibit @ Water Mill Museum - June 2024
Simply Dada
Innovative Inspirations of Dada
www.SimplyDada.com "Let Dada's mind shine
through all aspects of art."
An Artist's Tribute To Dada J.P.
Vaswani
My pencil portrait of Sadhu Vaswani on display at the Hamptons Art Exhibit @ Water Mill Museum - June 2023
At the artist reception of the
Hamptons Art Exhibit @ Water
Mill Museum - Saturday, June 04,
2022
Talia Carner
A Master Storyteller
Pencil Art Portrait by KINGA
At the artist reception of the
Hamptons Art Exhibit @ Water
Mill Museum - Saturday, May 29,
2021
JACKAL
Diptych of Edward Fox
Pencil Art Portraits by KINGA
The Day of the Jackal is a 1973
political thriller film directed
by Fred Zinnemann and starring
Edward Fox and Michael Lonsdale.
Based on the 1971 novel of the
same name by Frederick Forsyth,
the film is about a professional
assassin known only as the
"Jackal" who is hired to
assassinate French president
Charles de Gaulle in the summer
of 1963.
At the artist reception of the
Hamptons Art Exhibit @ Water
Mill Museum - Saturday, May 29,
2021
wearing an incredible shawl with
snow flower (galantus gracilis)
pattern designed and created by
my daughter Amanda Schaefer, who
is not only an attorney but a
professional knitter/crochetier
[
www.AmandaSchaefer.com
]
My pencil portrait of "Fashion Expert" on 2020 exhibit at Water Mill Museum in the Hamptons:
My
triptych pencil portrait series "ABSOLUTIO"
on 2019 exhibit at Water Mill Museum in the Hamptons:
My pencil portrait of Virginia Bruce on exhibit at Water Mill Museum in the Hamptons:
With actress Katherine
Andreassen at my art exhibit
artist reception
ABSOLUTIO - my graphite pencil
Triptych of Louis van Amstel on
exhibit at the Hamptons' Water
Mill Museum
ABSOLUTIO - my graphite pencil
Triptych of Louis van Amstel on
exhibit at the Hamptons' Water
Mill Museum
Segments from my pencil portrait art exhibit in Southampton:
Graphic Design With the evolving of technology, it was natural for me to become an artist also in the digital realm. As a graphic designer I have created eye-catching web sites, logos and graphics since 1998. "Artistry At Its Best" - I provide the highest quality, unique, original, custom design solutions for the web as well as for the print media. I work across all mediums to achieve brand consistency and to provide my clients with spectacular results.
Selective graphic design
portfolio >>>
Music · Piano · Vocals I have been involved in the Music Ministries of various Protestant Churches for decades. I grew up in the Seventh-Day Adventist Church; and after graduating from the SDA Theology, I immigrated to the United States as a "professional religions worker" working for the Assembly of God Church. I was one of the founding members of The Island Singers voice quartet (piano, background vocals) active 2001-2005 [ www.TheIslandSingers.com].
Modeling · Dance Fitness · Zumba® / LaBlast®
I have experience in modeling and always had a passion for fitness. In April 2012 I became a licensed Zumba® instructor. Edina Kinga Agoston Zumba® Profile:
http://edinakingaagoston.zumba.com/. Zumba® with Kinga www.ZumbaWithKinga.com. Since November 2013 I am a certified LaBlast® dancer. LaBlast® with Kinga www.LaBlastWithKinga.com. I had the privilege to prepare two performances at the world's most famous arena, Madison Square Garden; LaBlast(R) in 2015 and Zumba(R) in 2016.
Performing at Madison Square Garden, New York City (2016)
Performing at Madison Square Garden, New York City (2015)
My objective is to take the art
of creative brilliance (the
depth of shading in pencil art
and the colors/shapes/design
styles in digital art) and
trans-subtiating them into
refined movements of the body
with the additional goals of
having fun while staying fit. One of my mottos is the Latin phrase by Roman poet Juvenal (quoted from his famous work titled "Satire X"):
"Mens sana in corpore sano."
"A healthy mind in a healthy
body."
- Juvenal, Satire X (Roman Poet)
The other one from the wisdom of the ancient Greek Achaeans:
"Excel and surpass all the
others."
"Aristeueien hypereikhon einai
allon."
- The Achaeans
(Native Inhabitants of Achaea)
My portfolio includes but is not limited to performances at/for:
- AARP Long Island
- Long Island Press
- Long Island Networking Moms
- Madison Square Garden (2015 and 2016)
- Tradeshow Productions USA
- Taught internationally (Europe)
- Dan's Paper Hamptons Best of The Best Award
Family
A bachelorette, never married, I live in the Hamptons, the East End of Long Island, NY with my only daughter Amanda and my two rescued dogs: Mittens (pit bull), Munchee (pit bull). No longer by my side but forever in my heart is my incredible boy Mutt (pit bull) who passed away on February 29 2016, little Quip (cocker spaniel) who passed away on December 18 2016, Pooh (cocker spaniel) who passed away on June 11 2018 and Bobo (cocker spaniel) who passed away on August 8 2020.
As a fitness lover,
I often bike to the
ocean.
At Ponquogue Beach in Hampton Bays, Long Island, New York -
there is nothing comparable listening to the sound of the Atlantic Ocean
At Ponquogue Beach in Hampton Bays, Long Island, New York
At Tiana Shores Bay in the
Hamptons Long Island New York
At Tiana Shores Bay in the
Hamptons Long Island New York
Nothing comparable to the powerful sound of the Atlantic ocean ... at Ponquogue Beach in Hampton Bays, Long Island, New York (May 21 2018)
At the Atlantic ocean in the
Hamptons
At the Atlantic ocean in the
Hamptons
At the Atlantic ocean in the
Hamptons
Home, sweet home. My favorite places: Balatonfured (my home town), Peninsula Tihany and Budapest - where I love to hang-out.
View from the Jokai Lookout Tower on Tom Hill in Balatonfured, Hungary - town of Balatonfured, Lake Balaton and Peninsula Tihany in the background
At the Jokai Lookout Tower on Tom Hill in Balatonfured, Hungary
Walking up Tom Hill to the Jokai Lookout Tower - town of Balatonfured is in the background
At Lake Balaton in Balatonfured, Hungary - Peninsula Tihany is in the background
On a boat on Lake Balaton in Balatonfured, Hungary - the Tihany Abbey Benedictine Monastery is in the background on the peak of Tihany peninsula
At the Tihany Abbey Benedictine Monastery in Tihany, Hungary
View from the Tihany Abbey Benedictine Monastery in Tihany, Hungary - Lake Balaton in the background. On the marble built into the wall is engraved the scripture in Latin: "Vox domini super aquas" ("the voice of God above the waters") Psalm 29:3 and Genesis 1:2
At the Tihany Abbey Benedictine Monastery in Tihany, Hungary
The magic moments: Biking through the vineyards on Peninsula Tihany from Sajkod to the village of Tihany - Tihany, Hungary
At the famous Paprikahaz in Tihany, Hungary
At the Fisherman's Bastion in Budapest, Hungary (in August of 2017 I met and pet a beautiful senior pit bull from Italy - I LOVE pit bulls, who are rather common in New York)
At the Fisherman's Bastion in Budapest, Hungary - the Hungarian Parliament in the background
Amanda Schaefer at the Fisherman's Bastion in Budapest, Hungary
By the
statue of famous Indian Poet
Rabindranath Tagore in my home
town Balatonfüred, Hungary
"On 1 November 1926 Tagore
arrived to Hungary and spent
some time on the shore of Lake
Balaton in the city of
Balatonfüred, recovering from
heart problems at a sanitarium.
He planted a tree and a bust
statue was placed there in 1956
(a gift from the Indian
government, the work of Rasithan
Kashar, replaced by a newly
gifted statue in 2005) and the
lakeside promenade still bears
his name since 1957." -
WikiPedia
At the famous Matthias Church atop the Buda Castle Hill in Budapest, Hungary
By the River Danube in Budapest, Hungary
Visiting "Columbo and Dog" in Falk Miksa street (near the Margaret Bridge) in Budapest, Hungary (I am a big Peter Falk fan, who was of Hungarian ancestry)
At the Roman Aquincum in Budapest, Hungary
At the Heroes Square in Budapest, Hungary
At the Vaci Street in Budapest, Hungary
On top of Gellert Hill overlooking the River Danube and the City of Budapest, Hungary
In front of Sandor Palace, the official residence of the President of Hungary in Budapest, Hungary
My daughter Amanda visiting ELTE University of Budapest, Hungary (where she plans to study for an LLM degree after becoming a JD in New York)
My daughter Amanda at Vajdahunyad Castle in Budapest, Hungary
Visiting the grave of the One
and Only Falco (born Johann
Hoelzel) at Central Cemetery (Zentralfriedhof)
in Vienna, Austria
In Vienna
In May of 2017, my
daughter Amanda, a
native New Yorker,
started attending a
2-year accelerated
program at Touro Law
Center (having skipped
several grades in
elementary school / high
school / college) and
admitted to law school
at the age of 18, being
the youngest student in
the school's history.
Amanda took the New York
State Bar in February of
2019 at the age of 20
and passed.
Admitted to the New York
State Bar on August 7,
2019.Congratulations, Ms.
Esquire!
Amanda's inherent
creative brilliance
shows in her
crochet/knitting artwork
and hand-spun yarn
works. Self-taught, with
over 8 years of
experience, Amanda has
been teaching crochet at
the Hampton Bays Library
(Hampton Bays, NY) for
over 5 years. Amanda
also taught crochet at
the Quogue Library,
where she will be
teaching knitting in the
upcoming year. She
specializes lace
crochet, lace knitting
and spinning yarns
ranging from lace weight
(35+WPI) to DK weight
(~13 WPI).
Amanda Schaefer
Lawyer
Crochet Designer / Knitter /
Fiber Artist
Amanda Schaefer: Winner
of the 2018 Thirty-Sixth
Annual John S.
Bainbridge Moot Court
Competition
Amanda Schaefer: The
youngest individual who
ever passed the New York
State Bar at the age of
20 and has been admitted
to the New York Bar.
Congratulations, Ms.
Esquire!
Amanda Schaefer
admitted to the New
York Bar on
Wednesday August 7
2019 at the 2nd
Department of The
Appellate Division
in Brooklyn New York
Wednesday August 7
2019
My Princess Aurora
My Princess Aurora
My Princess Aurora
August 2018 at Ponquogue Beach in Hampton Bays NY
At Southampton Town Recreation Center in Southampton NY (October 2018)
At Southampton Town Recreation Center in Southampton NY (Saturday February 9 2019)
At Ponquogue Beach in the Hamptons (Sunday June 23 2019)
At Ponquogue Beach in the Hamptons (Thursday July 4 2019)
At Ponquogue Beach in the Hamptons (Saturday July 13 2019)
At the Brooklyn Botanical Garden (Wednesday August 7 2019)
Being animal lover/rescuer I only wish that I could help all suffering animals and adopt all homeless dogs. Dogs are God's gift to man. Their pure hearts and unconditional love keep the Light of God glowing in this dark world. Only The Creator can and will rectify the tremendous sufferings of the Innocent, the Voiceless, who are used, abused, brutally tortured and killed by evil humans. Like-hearted, like-minded to me is the pit bull; being highly intelligent, fiery, fierce, tenacious, standing the ground uncompromising to the death, bursting from love and creative inspiration.
Mittens (born in 2013) my beloved pit bull Adopted from the
Manhattan ACC, New York City in April of 2014
Munchee (born in 2014)
my beloved pit bull Adopted from the
Manhattan ACC, New York City in March of 2016
In Memoriam
No longer by my side but forever in my heart
Bobo (January 19, 2008 - August 8, 2020) my beloved cocker spaniel
Came into my life as an 8-week old puppy in March of 2008. Bobo was born in Shelbyville, Missouri.
Pooh (2006 - June 11 2018) my beloved cocker
spaniel
Adopted the day after
Thanksgiving in November of 2013
Mutt (July 4, 2008 - February 29, 2016)
my beloved pit bull Adopted from the Southampton Animal Shelter
in August of 2013
Quip (2004
- December 18, 2016) my
beloved cocker
spaniel
Adopted from the Southampton
Animal Shelter in December of
2016
