ARTIST PROFILE

Kristóf Szabó

  • Hungary (b. 1988 in Győr)
  • Currently in Budapest, Hungary.
  • Kristóf Szabó – KristofLab he is a visual and media artist. More recently he is experimenting with the relationship of painting and new media art.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021

  • ERROR, Godot Labor - GODOT Institute of Contemporary Art , Budapest, Hungary.

2020

2019

2018

2015

  • The Two Faces of PestBuda, Szép Műhely, Budapest, Hungary.

2014

  • VACUUM, Három Hét Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • In a Foreign Land, No Kredit, Budapest, Hungary.

2011

  • Abaddon, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020

  • LUX, MAMŰ, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Art Market Budapest - MMG, Art Market Budapest - 2020, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Explorer 3.0 – Budapest Art Mentor 2019-2020 , Budpest Projekt Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Kol-Labor, Godot Labor - GODOT Institute of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Both Ways, Trieste Contemporanea, Triest, Italy.
  • G6 VI. Biennal of Graphic Arts of Transylvania, Transylvanian Art Centre, Sfântu Gheorghe , Romania.
  • HOME by LoosenArt - international group exhibition , Millepiani, Rome, Italy.

2019

  • V. Óbuda Fine Art Exhibition – Futura Óbuda, Esernyős Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • SETUP, MAMŰ, Budapest, Hungary.
  • 66. Autumn Fair in Vásárhely, Alföldi Gallery, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary.
  • Art Market Budapest, Magyar Műhely Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Godot Art Fair, Godot Institute of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary.
  • PANEL, MODEM Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, Debrecen, Hungary.
  • TRANS DUNA SALON, Die Labile Botschaft, Vienna, Australia.
  • Spot, Magyar Műhely Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Paradise City – Five Readings of the City – Art Capital, Ámos Imre – Anna Margit Memorial Museum, Szentendre.

2018

  • ICIA - International Competition for Intermedia Artwork - 2018, Opcja Gallery, Karkow, Poland.
  • DECODE, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • 65. Autumn Fair in Vásárhely, Alföldi Gallery, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary.
  • V4 Art Conects – V4 Art Connects: Structures / Illusions / Interactions, MIKVE and Castle Garden, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Wash My Hands – Semmelweis 200, Karinthy Salon, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Common Affairs | Collaborative Art Projects – Arboretum, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary.

2017

  • PX, MAMŰ, Budapest, Hungary.
  • #ERROR707 – Runningteather,, Margaret island, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Riders on the Mall / ROM /, MÜSZI Art Center, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Exhibition of Hungarian Artist’s Book Association, Oliver Bonnin Gallery, Pari, France.

2016

  • RGB, MAMŰ, Budapest, Hungary.
  • MAMŰ at ART Market Budapest 2016 _ B / G704, Milenáris, Budapest, Hungary.
  • 30 years ago, University of West Hungary, Győr, Hungary.
  • Random, MAMŰ, Budapest, Hungary.
  • GIF EXHIBITION, MAMŰ, Budapest, Hungary.

2015

  • Art as an eternal value, Három Hét Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • SMS, MAMŰ, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Upmost Laye, Udvarház Gallery, Veresegyháza, Hungary.
  • Eurasian Art Festival, Gallery of Konkuk University, Seöul, Korea, Republic Of.
  • SKETCH, MAMŰ, Budapest, Hungary.

2014

  • Variations, Moving Art Group, Három Hét Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Exhibition of the Winners of Unicredit Scholarship, Forrás Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Find Your Way, Moving Art Group, Rovas Academy, Kosice, Slovakia.
  • Hungarian and Swedish Artist’s Books, Hungarian Artist's Book Association, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden.
  • Synaesthesia, Hegyvidék Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

2013

  • Book Image, Hungarian Artist's Book Association, Vaszary Picture Gallery, Kaposvár, Hungary.
  • II. International Biennal of Drawing and Graphic Arts, City Gallery in Győr, Győr, Hungary.
  • Flying – Birds in fine arts, Miklós Borsos Museum, Győr, Hungary.
  • Crisis, Europa Gallery, Brassov, Romania.
  • Art Expo FRISS, Művészet Malom, Szentendre, Hungary.

2012

  • Diploma exhibition, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary.

2011

  • I. International Biennal of Drawing and Graphic Arts, City Gallery in Győr, Győr, Hungary.
  • Moving Art Group in the Magia Mundi festival, Magia Mundi festival, Nossen, Germany.
  • Jahresausstellung, Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste Dresden, Klasse Bommels, Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste, Dresden, Germany.
  • XXV. Triennial of Graphic Arts, Miskolci Galery, Miskolc, Hungary.
  • Hungarians-Wengry, Jan Matejko Academy Of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland.
  • Eastern European Printmakers Today, Muskatstudios, Boston, United States.

2010

  • I. Biennale of Graphic Arts of Transylvania, Transylvanian Art Center, Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania.
  • Visions of the Future, Siemens Forum, Münich, Germany.

2009

  • XII International Biennial of Small Graphics and Exlibris, Ostrow Wielkopolski Galery, Ostrow Wielkopolski, Poland.
  • II Goldener Kentaur Art Competition, Münchner Künstlerhaus, Münich, Germany.

2008

  • +100 years, Missionart Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • IX. International Biennal of Small Graphic, Újpest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

2006

  • National Rembrandt Competition, Csók István Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • V. National Colour print Graphics Exhibition / Triennial of Lithographies, Art of House, Szekszárd, Hungary.

PROGRAMS

2020

  • It is happening (between you and me) , Performance, Artus Studio, Budapest, Hungary. Dokter Sybrig .
    Supported by the Artists Grant Committee, the Artists Grants Committee International Dance Program, ProProgressione (Hungary)

2019

  • LAST, Project, Galleria 18A, Warsaw, Poland. Sztuka Nowa, LUB LAB, Ziggurat Project.
  • Movement & Technology workshop // Stella, Workshop, Alta Studio & Prostor39, Prague, Czech Republic. Ziggurat Project.
  • Q for Silenece, Performance, Csepel Factory , Budapest, Hungary. Placcc Festival .
    Program in frame of the Weekend of Open Factories

2018

  • Litle magic box of harmony performing, Perfomance , Nástupište 1-12, Tpolcany, Slovakia. Ziggurat Project.
  • It is happening (between you and me), Project, Weld, Stockholm, Sweden. Dokter Sybrig.
    Supported by the Artists Grant Committee, the Artists Grants Committee International Dance Program, ProProgressione (Hungary).

2017

  • v_END site-specific investigation , Project, Peterson paper factory, Moss, Norway. Placc, Scenekunst Østfold, Ziggurat Project.

LOCATION

  • Born 1988 in Győr, Hungary.
  • Lives and works in Budapest, Hungary.

EDUCATION

  • 2019 - 2020
    Budapest Art Mentor Program, Budapest, Hungary
    Postgraduate in Art management
  • 2012 - 2013
    Hungarian University of Fine Arts (MKE), Budapest, Hungary
    Master in Visual Education (Dr. habil. Károly Hantos DLA)
  • 2011 - 2011
    Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    Bildende Kunste in Graphic Arts (Peter Bömmels)
  • 2007 - 2012
    Hungarian University of Fine Arts (MKE), Budapest, Hungary
    Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Arts (András Lengyel)

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2020
    Master of Light – professional jury praise, and the Hungarian Architecture Special Award
    Lisys-Project Kft., Budapaest, Hungary
  • 2019
    Visegrad Found – Sztuka Nowa & Ziggurat Project – Last Project
    LUB LAB & Galleri A18 , Warsaw, Poland
  • 2017
    Ludwig Museum – Creative Europe program CAPP (Collaborative Arts Partnership Programme)
    Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2017
    Placc and Scenekunst Østfold – PICTURE Budapest – Østfold c. project
    Placc and Scenekunst Østfold, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2016
    IVF - V4 CREATIVE YOUTH
    Visegrad Found, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
  • 2014
    Unicredit Young Artist scholarship
    Unicredit Bank, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2010
    Erasmus scholarship, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden
    Erasmus, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2009
    Hungarian Republican Scholarship

    Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2009
    Menyhért Tóth scholarship

    Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary

RESIDENCIES

  • 2019
    Residency – , Slovakia, Our Home Place, KristofLab & Ziggurat Project, Nástupište 1-12, Tpolcany, Slovakia
  • 2019
    Future Repair Machine, Art House of United Cowboys, Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • 2018
    Litle magic box of harmony , Nástupište 1-12, Tpolcany, Slovakia
  • 2018
    It is happening (between you and me), Weld, Stockholm, Sweden

MEMBERSHIPS

  • 2015 - Present
    Ziggurat Project, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2014 - Present
    MAMŰ, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2013 - Present
    Hungarian Artist's Book Association , Budapest, Hungary