ARTIST PROFILE

Péter Szabó

  • Romania (b. 1978 in Targu-mures)
  • Currently in Budapest, Hungary.
  • Analytical interest and critical reflection on everyday reality, documentary character, larger historical view, recycling working method.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013

  • THE OLD, THE NEW AND THE END, tranzit.ro / Last Archive, Bucharest, Romania.

2012

  • ARTISTS AT SCHOOLS, tranzit.hu, Budapest, Hungary.

2010

  • SECOND ORDER DESIRES, Tabacka Kulturfabric, Kosice, Slovakia.

2009

  • GOOD MORNING! , Public art project in Bucuresti, Ploiesti, Sinaia, Bucharest, Romania.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014

  • Haunting Monumentality III , NO Gallery of MSU, Zagreb, Croatia.

2013

  • SIMULATED VIBRATIONS, Magma Contemporary Medium, St.Gheorghe, Romania.
  • IMPOSSIBILITY VS. SELF-CENSORSHIP, Intemediae, CC. Creation Matadero, Madrid, Spain.

2012

  • NEWS FROM FUTURE, ICA-D, Dunaújváros, Hungary.
  • EUROPEAN TRAVELLERS, Kunsthalle (Műcsarnok), Budapest , Hungary.

2011

  • UNFREE FREEDOM: An Exploration of Identity in Central Europe, Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia Collage, Chicago, United States.
  • BARRICADE OF DREAMS, Trafó Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • LOOPHOLE TO HAPPINESS, Futura, Praha, Czech Republic.

2010

  • DONUMENTA, Ungarn: Liberation Formula, Städtische Galerie "Leerer Beutel" , Regensburg, Germany.
  • THE KNOT – MOBILE UNIT, Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, Germany.

LOCATION

  • Born 1978 in Targu-Mures, Romania.
  • Lives and works in Budapest, Hungary.

EDUCATION

  • 2003 - 2006
    Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
    DLA in (postgraduate studies)
  • 1996 - 2001
    University of Fine and Applicative Arts, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    Master of Fine Arts in (sculpture)

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2011
    Shortlisted to Szpilman Award
    Szpilman Award, Berlin, Germany
  • 2009
    Studio Award 2009, , Hungary
    Young Artists Studio Association, Budapest, Hungary

RESIDENCIES

  • 2014
    A-I-R Visegrad Fund, Skolska 28 Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2014
    A-I-R Krems, Kunstmeile Krems Betriebs GmbH, Krems, Austria
  • 2013
    A-I-R Visegrad Fund, Center for C.A. Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
  • 2012
    tranzit.org Residency , MuseumQuartier, Vienna, Austria
  • 2008
    Attic Arts residency, ICR (Romanian Cultural Institution), London, United Kingdom
  • 2008
    Künstlerhauser Worpswede, Künstlerhauser Worpswede, Worpswede, Germany

MEMBERSHIPS

  • 2004 - Present
    Young Artists Studio Association, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2000 - 2008
    co-founder of Alergische Platze and Ovekk_Finn noise bands, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • 2000 - Present
    co-founder of PROTOKOLL STUDIO, Cluj-Napoca, Romania