ARTIST PROFILE

Gabor Kerekes

  • Hungary (b. 1975 in Budapest)
  • Currently in Budpest, Hungary.
  • Kerekes has great interest in the symptoms of global society. working with recycling techniques he basicly points on eco problematics. beside the collages he also exhibits photos and creates community space installations.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018

  • Levicty, Lollipop Factory, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Flying Cities, Art9 Galéria, Budapest, Hungary.

2017

  • New Eden, Viltin Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

2016

  • Futur X, Szentendrei Képtár, Szentendre, Hungary.
  • planetbabel, St Stephen's Basilica, Budapest, Hungary.

2015

  • Green Tattoo Unplugged, Luk Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Future Cities, Újbuda Galéria, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Green Tattoo Tour, Szatyor Bar & Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

2014

  • Morpheus, Art9 Gallery , Budapest, Hungary.
  • Villa: Party, Pepper Art Projects , Budapest, Hungary.

2013

  • date without day_9/11, Viltin Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

2011

  • Babel - the growing city, Viltin Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

2010

  • Beach Party, Studio Gallery - Studio of Young Artists’ Association (FKSE), Budapest, Hungary.

2007

  • Wandering, Reaktor Gallery, CALE Festival, Fundao, Portugal.

2003

  • Relaxing Flow , Pécsi Galéria, Pécs, Hungary.

2002

  • Medi/t/ation Space, Studio Gallery - Studio of Young Artists’ Association (FKSE), Budapest, Hungary.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018

  • CITY VS. NATURE, Deák 17 Youth Art Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • SUSPENSIONS - BUDAPEST ART WEEK'S EXHIBITION, Tesla Loft, Budapest, Hungary.

2017

  • Private metropolises, Latarka Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

2016

  • Accumulator , BUDAPEST GALÉRIA, Budapest, Hungary.
  • What kind of creature is an artist? , FKSE Studio Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

2015

  • Montage, Viltin Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Trash or Treasure, Macar Kültür Merkezi, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Traces, ACEC - Apeldoorns Centrum voor Eigentijdse Cultuur, Apeldoorn, Netherlands.

2014

  • HP InnovArt, Váci1 Palace , Budapest, Hungary.

2013

  • Leopold Bloom Art Award, Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art , Budapest, Hungary.

2012

  • Spicy Collection, Institut hongrois de Paris, Paris, France.

2011

  • Speaks for itself, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

2010

  • Unmistakable sentences. The collection revisited, Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art , Budapest, Hungary.

2007

  • Paraíso Imaginário - FotoRio Festival , Centro Cultural Parque das Ruínas , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Photobiennale, ICA-D - Institute Contemporary Art Institute, Dunaújváros, Hungary.

2006

  • Self stories, Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
  • 5th International Festival of Photography , Arts Nova Gallery, Lodz, Poland.

2005

  • Private Matter?, Kunsthalle Budapest, Budapest, Hungary.

LOCATION

  • Born 1975 in Budapest, Hungary.
  • Lives and works in Budpest, Hungary.

EDUCATION

  • 1997 - 2003
    Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
    Master of Fine Arts in Painting

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2014
    Pepper Art Mentor Program
    Pepper Art Projects, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2013
    Bring the Art Home
    LOFFICE coworking, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2006
    Derkovits Gyula Grant
    MANK, Budapest, Hungary

RESIDENCIES

  • 2002
    GARBA (formerly ORESTE), Oreste, Montescaglioso, Italy

MEMBERSHIPS

  • 2004 - Present
    Association of Hungarian Creative Artists (MAOE), Budapest, Hungary
  • 1998 - Present
    Studio of Young Artists Association (FKSE), Budapest, Hungary

COLLECTIONS

  • Imago Mundi - Luciano Benetton Collection , Treviso, Italy
  • IROKÉZ Collection, Szombathely, Hungary