ABOUT Chimera-Project

The Chimera-Project is a program gallery, established in 2012 in Budapest. Our gallery program is built on curated, thematic exhibitions to generate a meaningful discourse in contemporary art around relevant artistic and social topics.

Through its founders, Chimera-Project has a strong international orientation: Patrick Urwyler is a Swiss art historian and curator and Bogi Mittich is a Hungarian sociologist. We worked in several art institutions in Berlin (Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien), Budapest (Trafó, Videospace, Studio Gallery for Young Artists Association) and Berne (University of the Arts, Department of Culture Berne, Biennale Berne).

Based on our background our goal is to support international exchange. Our annual program consists of two interrelated sections of exhibitions: one section we realize in our own gallery space, showing local and international positions and the other abroad through various projects. We built up an exchange program, based on bilateral exhibition series, called Inter Art. We established an international award, the Chimera Art Award and this year we launch our international artist and curator residency program.

We believe, that international visibility is very important for any emerging and mid-career artists. This is the point where artists, institutions and art professionals have to strengthen collaboration and build bridges to get visible on the global scene.