ARTIST PROFILE

Lőrinc Borsos

  • Hungary (b. 2000 in Budapest)
  • Currently in Székesfehérvár, Hungary.
  • Lilla Lőrinc (1980), and János Borsos (1979) work together since 2008 as Lőrinc Borsos. The name covers an entity with its own creative consciousness. His/her age is currently 10 years.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016

  • Botanics and Politics (with Kitti Gosztola), Kisterem Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • nonentity, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros, Hungary.
  • Paradise Lost, Aranybulla Library, Székesfehérvár, Hungary.
  • Watch Paint Dry, Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin, Germany.
  • Cute Little Aquarelles, Deák Képtár, Székesfehérvár, Hungary.
  • Primavera, Ena Viewing Space, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Self-Critical Portrait , Latarka Gallery, Karton Gallery, 115-106 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

2014

  • Language of Flowers, Edwin Scharff Museum, Neu-Ulm, Germany.

2013

  • Send off , Viltin Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Babel - solo show, India Art Fair, Delhi, India.

2012

  • Exhibition for our Parents, Szent István Király Múzeum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary.

2011

  • The way of our money, Szabadművelödés Háza, Székesfehérvár, Hungary.
  • Switch, Hungarian Institute, Tallinn, Estonia.

2010

  • Let There Be a World Famous Hungarian Contemporary Artist!, Contemporary Institute of Art, Dunaújváros, Hungary.
  • Immovable Land, Viltin Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

2009

  • Conspiracy - Midnight Transfer, Contemporary Institute of Art, Dunaújváros, Hungary.
  • My Student Loan Debt in Hungarian Forints, Octogonart Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018

  • The Rest / In Peace, 115-106, Budapest, Hungary.

2017

  • Economize!, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Leopold Bloom Award, New Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Universal Hospitality 2., Futura, Prague, Czech Republic.

2016

  • Borders of the Gesture, HGB, Leipzig, Germany.
  • On the Edge, Tabačka Kulturfabrik, Košice, Slovakia.
  • Europhonia, St Katharines Dock, London, United Kingdom.
  • Dark Chapters, < rotor >, Graz, Austria.
  • Universal Hospitality, Alte Post, Vienna, Austria.
  • Malerei im Freien Raum, Schloss Esterházy, Eisenstadt, Austria.
  • Enjoy Your Struggles, Studio Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Lost Visions, Apartment Project, Berlin, Hungary.
  • Fake is the New Real, ENA - Fake Museum, Budapest, Hungary.

2015

  • Private Nationalism , Kiscelli Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Mindsets, Studio Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • +45+55+95, Austrian Cultural Forum, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Handle with Care, Ostrale'15, Dresden, Germany.
  • Post Contemporary, Chimera Project, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Insecurity State, Larm Techno Club (Off Biennále Budapest), Budapest, Hungary.
  • Red Tail and Blue Pencil, Off Biennále Budapest, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Blind Spots, Supermarket Gallery (Off Biennále Budapest), Budapest, Hungary.
  • Accumlation of Matter, Lehrter Siebzehn, Berlin, Germany.

2014

  • Tightrope Walk, Chimera Project, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Protekt , Studio Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Our Holocaust, Studio Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Private Nationalism, Kunsthalle, Kosice, Slovakia.
  • The Emperor's new Apparel, Karlin Studios, Prague, Czech Republic.

2013

  • Out of the Museum and into the Streets, Pavelhaus, Laafeld, Austria.
  • Dammbruch, Ve.Sch, Vienna, Austria.
  • The Emperor's new Apparel, Trafó House of Contemporary Arts, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Conceptualism today, Gallery of Paks, Paks, Hungary.

2012

  • What is Hungarian?, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary.
  • ISOLAT!ON , Meetropa, Senatsreservenspeicher, Berlin, Germany.
  • Hungarica, Knoll Galerie, Vienna, Austria.
  • State of Affairs, ATM Project, Bratislava, Slovakia.

2011

  • Undefined Relations, Demo Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Speaks for Itself, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • FIKA (Young Conteporaty Attitudes), Old Puppet Theatre, Pécs, Hungary.
  • JCE - International Art Biennal , -, Mountrouge, France.
  • My God, Modem, Debrecen, Hungary.

2010

  • Donumenta, "Leerer Beutel" Gallery, Regensburg, Germany.
  • Central Europe Revisited III., Schloss Esterhazy, Eisenstadt, Austria.

2008

  • Mechanics of the Canvas, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary.

LOCATION

  • Born 2000 in Budapest, Hungary.
  • Lives and works in Székesfehérvár, Hungary.

EDUCATION

  • 2016 - 2019
    Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Doctoral School, Budapest, Hungary
    D.L.A. in artistic research (Balázs Kicsiny)
  • 2000 - 2004
    Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
    M.A. in Painting (Árpád Szabados)
  • 1998 - 2003
    Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
    M.A. in Graphic Design

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2017
    Leopold Bloom Art Award / finalist
    Leopold Bloom, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2012
    Smohay Award
    Smohay Foundation, Székesfehérvár, Hungary
  • 2009
    Esterhazy Painting Prize
    Esterhazy Private Foundation, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2008
    Strabag Painting Prize, First Prize (Lilla Lőrinc)
    Strabag, Budapest, Hungary

RESIDENCIES

  • 2018
    The Brno House of Arts international residency programme, House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic
  • 2016
    banská st a nica, Visegrad Fund, Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia
  • 2016
    Q21 Artist-in- Residence, tranzit.org/ERSTE Stiftung, Vienna, Austria
  • 2013
    Artist Exchange Program, Budapest Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal

MEMBERSHIPS

  • 2009 - Present
    Studio of Young Artist Association, Budapest, Hungary

COLLECTIONS

  • Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
  • Edwin Scharff Museum, Neu-Ulm, Germany
  • King St. Stpehen Museum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary
  • Contemporary Institute of Art, Dunaújváros, Hungary
  • Esterházy Contemporary Collection, Eisenstadt, Austria
  • Strabag Collection, Budapest, Hungary