ARTIST PROFILE

Géza Szöllősi

  • Hungary (b. 1977 in Budapest)
  • Currently in Budapest, Hungary.
  • He is a skilled multi-disciplinary artist working in a wide variety of mediums including taxidermy, flesh, photos... His work has been exhibited alongside artists such as Chapmans', Koons, Wikin in the Decadence Now! organised by Rudolfinum, Prague.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013

  • Le grande cahier, NextArt Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

2012

  • New Deities, NextArt Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

2010

  • First Blood, RoHAM Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

2007

  • Eleven hús, Körzőgyár - Oktogon Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

2006

  • Suzuka and her friend, Menü Pont Gallery (project-gallery of Kunsthalle Budapest), Budapest, Hungary.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013

  • Deadly Nature, Modem, Debrecen, Hungary.
  • Creative Transgressions, Löffler Museum, Kassa, Slovakia.
  • Young Hungarians , MOYA (Museum of Young Art), Wienna, Austria.

2012

  • Organs and Extasy, Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.
  • "David Cherny", River Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • The BIC, International Biennial of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco.
  • Unnatural Natural History, Royal West of England Academy (Coats & Scarry), Bristol, United Kingdom.
  • Seeing Oneself, ICHO-AN Gallery, Osaka, Japan.
  • ANGeLa whEre are you?, Fishpiece Gallery, Zürich, Swaziland.

2011

  • Scope New York Art Show, Scope New York Art Show, NextArt Gallery, New York, United States.
  • NextArt/Profile Budapest, Galerie Schuster, Berlin, Germany.
  • London Art Fair, Islington Design Centre, (Mauger Modern Art), London, United Kingdom.
  • Successful Hunting!, Nitra Gallery, Nitra, Slovakia.

2010

  • Decadence Now! Visions of Excess, Gallery Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • KIAF, Korea International Art Fair (Mauger Modern Art), Seoul, Korea, Republic Of.
  • London Art Fair, Islington Design Centre, (Mauger Modern Art), London, United Kingdom.

2009

  • Scope Art Show (Mauger Modern Art, London), Scope Art Show, Miami, United States.

2008

  • 100% Design Fest, Café in the Crypt , London, United Kingdom.

2007

  • Bio-Power, Medium gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Bio-Power, c2c gallery , Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Young Art Europe, MOYA (Museum of Young Art), Vienna, Austria.

2005

  • Kultur-Axe , Exostra project , Vienna , Austria.

2004

  • The Hidden Holocaust, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest, Hungary.

2003

  • Plastica Dreams, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle) , Budapest, Hungary.

2002

  • Mikulás is ember, MEO, Budapest, Hungary.

LOCATION

  • Born 1977 in Budapest, Hungary.
  • Lives and works in Budapest, Hungary.

EDUCATION

  • 1999 - 2004
    Moholy-Nagy University of Art, Budapest, Hungary
    MA in Visual Communication (Photo, graphics, fine art)

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2006
    Best set design (in group) for Taxidermia feature movie by György Pálfi
    Hungarian Film Week, Budapest, Hungary

RESIDENCIES

  • 2003
    Erasmus Scholarship, University for the Creative Arts, Maidstone, United Kingdom