ARTIST PROFILE

Gábor Koós

  • Slovakia (b. 1986 in Lucenec)
  • Currently in Budapest, Hungary.

REPRESENTATION

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019

  • Bijinga, 4D Gallery, Galanta, Slovakia.

2018

  • The Drawing Experience / Birgit Knoechl - Gàbor Koòs, Galerie Kunst und Handel, Vienna, Austria.
  • Văii Morilor, Chimera-Project Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

2017

2015

2014

  • Budapest Diary, SODA Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.

2013

  • Budapest Diary, Napóleon Ház, Győr, Hungary.

2010

  • Heores and Mares, CD Fű kultúrpince, Budapest, Hungary.

2009

  • Man + Woman, Füleki Városi Múzeum, Filakovo, Slovakia.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019

  • Art Market Budapest, Millenáris, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Touch Wood, Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten (MMKK), Klagenfurt, Austria.
  • NonStopScheiner, www.koier.at, Graz, Austria.

2018

  • Scale, New Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • If you are manipulated, manipulate back!, Kunstverein Kunsthaus Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
  • G - Atlas, 4D Gallery, Galanta, Slovakia.
  • The Drawing Obsession, Bruseum, Neue Galerie Graz, Graz, Austria.

2017

  • Esterházy Award 2017, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Pseudo Display, Chimera-Project Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Westkunst - Ostkunst. A new collection display, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Autism as a metaphor, ICA-D, Dunaújváros, Hungary, ICA-D, Dunaújváros, Hungary.
  • Amygdala, Miskolci Galéria, Miskolc, Miskolci Galéria, Miskolc, Hungary.
  • XXVI. Miskolc Graphic Triennal, Miskolci Galéria, Miskolc, Hungary, Miskolci Galéria, Miskolc, Hungary.

2016

  • Lapbemutató - Und magazin 2. számának bemutatója, 2B Galéria, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Évi rendes (beszámoló), Hetvennyolcas Galéria, Sopron, Hungary.
  • Atelier - Műterem, Székely Bertalan Műterem- és Emlékház, Szada, Hungary.
  • Akkumulátor | Accumulator, Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

2015

  • II.st International Biennal of Drawing and Graphic Arts, Eszterházy Palota, Győr, Hungary.
  • Radical Memories, Chimera-Project, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Art Market Budapest, Millenáris, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Imago Mundi, Map of the New Art, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy.
  • The Power of Place, Chimera-Projetc Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Miskolci Grafikai Triennálék válogatott anyaga, Bánffy Palota, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
  • Derkó2015, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary.

2014

  • Trauma - Tér - Terápia, Klauzál Square, Budapest, Hungary.
  • 1/1/3 "Selfish", Latarka, Budapest, Hungary.
  • 500+1 Ez európai grafika ünnepe, Műterem Galéria, Debrecen, Hungary.
  • Art Placc 2014, Art Placc/Galéria Placc/Chimera-Project, Tihany, Hungary.
  • Gábor Koós - Budapest Diary, SODA Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • XXVI. Miskolc Graphic Triennal, Miskolci Galéria, Miskolc, Hungary.
  • The Future is Today, ICA-D, Institute of Contemporary Art - Dunaújváros, Dunaújváros, Hungary.
  • The Future Is Today!, ICA-D, Dunaújváros, Hungary.
  • 1/1/2, FUGA, Budapest, Hungary.
  • derkó.pécsi.2014, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Enter/ing - New members of FKSE, FKSE, Budapest, Hungary.

2013

  • Art Market Budapest, Millenáris, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Extension, Chimera-Project, Budapest, Hungary.
  • 1/1, Art IX - XI Galéria, Budapest, Hungary.
  • II.st International Biennal of Drawing and Graphic Arts, Eszterházy Palota, Győr, Hungary.
  • Fingerprints, Chimera-Project, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Derkovits Most, Műcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary.

2012

  • Barcsay Application, MKE, Budapest, Hungary.
  • World Day of Architecture, Association of Hungarian Architects, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Friss 2012 Empathy/Manipulation, Kogart Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Best of Diploma 2012, MKE, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Graphic Open 2012, MKE, Budapest, Hungary.

2011

  • I.st International Biennal of Drawing and Graphic Arts, Győr, Győr, Hungary.
  • XXV. Miskolc Graphic Triennal, Miskloci Galéria, Miskolc, Hungary.
  • Magyarok - Wengry, Jan Matejko Academy Of Fine Art in Krakow, Krakow, Poland.
  • Barcsay Application, MKE, Budapest, Hungary.

2010

  • I.st Szekler's Graphic Biennal, Saint George, Saint George, Romania.
  • 42th International Art Colony Győr, Győr, Győr, Hungary.
  • Before Degree, Nyíregyháza, Nyíregyháza, Hungary.
  • 100+3, Zalaegerszeg, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary.

2009

  • Flower Petals Bird Wings, MKE, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Water and Life, Baja, Baja, Hungary.
  • Barcsay Application, MKE, Budapest, Hungary.

2008

  • Small Graphic Forms, Újpest Géria, Budapest, Hungary.
  • +- 100 year, Mission art gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

LOCATION

  • Born 1986 in Lucenec, Slovakia.
  • Lives and works in Budapest, Hungary.

EDUCATION

  • 2010 - 2010
    Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, United Kingdom
    bc in Painting and Printmaking
  • 2007 - 2012
    Hungarian University of Fine Art (MKE), Budapest, Hungary
    Master of Fine Art in Printmaking

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2015
    Gyula Derkotivs Art Scholarship
    MANK, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2014
    Graphic of the year
    The Foundation for Hungarian Graphic Art, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2014
    Prize of The Foundation for Hungarian Graphic Art / XXVI. Miskolc Graphic Triennal
    The Foundation for Hungarian Graphic Art, Miskolc, Hungary
  • 2014
    Gyula Derkotivs Art Scholarship
    MANK, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2013
    Gyula Derkotivs Art Scholarship
    MANK, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2012
    Barcsay Application Prize
    MKE, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2009
    "Flower Petals Bird Wings" 1st place
    MKE, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2009
    Erasmus scholaprship
    MKE
  • 2009
    Bertalan Székely Scholarship
    MKE, Budapest, Hungary

RESIDENCIES

  • 2015
    Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg , Stuttgart, Germany
  • 2015
    Meetfactory, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2014
    Áno Lino, Banská S T ANICA, Banská Stiavnica, Slovakia
  • 2014
    residency.ch, PROGR, Bern, Switzerland
  • 2010
    Erasmus, Glasgow School of Art (GSA), Glasgow, United Kingdom

MEMBERSHIPS

  • 2013 - Present
    Young Artists Studio Association (FKSE), Budapest, Hungary

COLLECTIONS

  • Ludwig Museum Collection, Budapest, Hungary
  • Földes Private Collection, Budapest, Hungary
  • Hermann Otto Múzeum, Miskolc, Hungary
  • Rómer Flóris Művészeti és Történeti Múzeum, Győr, Hungary