ARTIST STATEMENT

 “This is the imaginational spirit of existence: everything is heavy with meaning and everything must be soothed. The spirit of existence in sin and atonement.”

Vilém Flusser

It is the ambition to create multilayered picture compositions that stands in the centre of my actions, which consist of the synthesis of event-debris, informel, hard-edge shape fragments and sometimes entirely banal momentums. The pictures examine the contaminating properties of hitherto unspoken contents in the memetic sense, so, when analyzing the surface of the paintings, we speak about none other, than the presence-demonstration of the current meta-subjective idea.

The result of my approach to art is the insertion of my personal world of sensations – as the rationally and verbally indefinable whole feeding on external impulses, into an individually communicative entity (piece of art), which is then, in the distress of articulation, moulded into picture modules. The inner image hence turned external is, on the one hand, built of the posteriority of recognition, and the psycho-mirror reconstructed from the present, on the other, that is, the perception of magical realms carrying the subject of trauma.

According to my worldview, the original position of human beings can neither be found in Nothing nor in Information, but somewhere stuck in between these two entities, in a state, called Noise, or in other words, in the stream of uncomprehended background messages completely disturbing meaningful enquiry. Therefore, information Noise, which overwrites physical reality in the imagination, and then, causes trauma in the course of perception, becomes the ultimate basic experience in the process of conceiving the image. The trauma pushes in two opposite directions: destruction and creativity. The possible messages, which bear the contents of the communicative entities, can be composed along this dichotomy.

All this – or the process, in which the shapes are turned into form - happens with incredible speed, or rather simultaneously: on a different – mostly not pictorial-emotional, but pictorial-intellectual level of consciousness sustained by particular environments, or spheres. Therefore, all shapes can disappear just as quickly as they came into being. The rightful claim for meta-subjectivity in this case, is the reference to transhuman recollection. Interestingly enough, this process examples my own approach to my creations. I seek to perform the optical destruction of my artworks by continuous rethinking (repainting, over-painting, and reassembling), in the course of which the older layers sink into the new ones. Retrospectively, it is a behaviour that only respects the intellectual value of the work, regardless of the – here manifest – finite autonomy of the surface.

By the continuous contextual changes, my installations create such a real form of imitation, – or form of existence – in which there is no determined and recorded time: my works never actually reach a completely finished state. By this means, the multi-time pictorial information – or the universal world of picture-modules created by the continuous reinterpretation of both material and spiritual basics – demonstrating the transition between the pictorial-intellectual sphere of consciousness and the physical environment is established.

Zsolt Gyarmati

BIOGRAPHY

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Homepage: http://www.zsoltgyarmati.com

E-mail: mail@zsoltgyarmati.com

Place of Birth: Nyíregyháza, Hungary; date of birth: 26 March 1968

EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

1987 – 1991 Bessenyei György College Nyíregyháza, Hungary

Bachelor of Science

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
July 2018 Artpooland Museum of Fine Arts, Kapolcs (Hungary) – 'Holonic     Realizm'
March 2018 Artpool P60 Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – 'P60/Gy50'
August 2017 A.P.A.Gallery, with Ákos Bánki, Budapest (Hungary) – 'Hypermetropia'
October 2015 Faur Zsófi Gallery, with Judit Lóczi Horváth, Budapest (Hungary) – 'Prophets / Untrue Prophets'
April 2015 Ludwig Museum, Budapest (Hungary) – 'Iconuu'
March 2015 Mono Art & Design Gallery, (Hungary) Budapest – 'Traumaverzum'
March 2014 Kepes Institute, Eger (Hungary)  – 'Telling the Truth'
September 2012 Mono Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – ‘Kleintierklinik’
May 2012 Sajtóház Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – ‘Mee-Nee-Mal’
April 2012 Holdudvar Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – ‘Hyperpassive’
October 2011 csöp | po:cs Gallery, Székesfehérvár (Hungary) – ‘Peeling’
May 2011 Budapest Fiction Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – ‘Pixelutioner‘
September 2010 Óbudai Társakör Gallery, with Judit Rita Rabóczky Budapest (Hungary) – ’Metamorph Therapy‘
July 2010 G13 Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – ’Stereoid‘
June 2010 Republic Gallery – Bring the Art Home, Budapest  (Hungary) – ‘ManDinner‘
April 2010 Portfolio Points  – Loffice, Budapest  (Hungary) – ‘Hásómaci‘
September 2009 Werk Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – ’Botoxpolir‘
March 2009 Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin (Germany) – ‘DioxinDauer‘
January 2009 T-Systems Workshop, Telecom Headquarters Budapest (Hungary) – ’Virtual Solutions’
May 2008 EE Fine Art Gallery, Cambridge (UK) – ’Art of the New Age – Exceptional Contemporary Collages’
September 2007 K.A.S. Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – ’Torkig– Dyspepsia Budapest‘
April 2007 Kleintierklinik Gallery, Berlin (Germany) – ’Dyspepsia‘
November 2006 Óbudai Társaskör Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – ’Bricklounge’
June 2006 Aranytíz Culture Center, Budapest (Hungary) – ’Ape Control’
May 2005 Artpool P60 Exhibition Space, Budapest (Hungary) – ’Art Regained’
December 2004 Kunsthalle Menue Point - Project Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – ’Subfactor’
April 2003 Gallery International, Baltimore (Maryland, U.S.A.) – ’Contemporary Art from Around the World’
 
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
September 2018 2nd International Digital Art Triennal, Szekszárd (Hungary)
September 2018 Blitz Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – 'Urban Heroes'
January 2018 D17 Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – 'Superheroes'
May 2017 MaMü Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – ‘Medium Conjurors'
February 2017 D17 Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – 'Virtual Icons'
December 2016 Három Hét Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – 'Wintermarket'
October 2016 The Academy of Hungary in Rome, Rome (Italy) – 'Misericordia'
October 2016 Bartók1 Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – 'Animália'
May 2016 Lemonade Gallery, London (England) – 'Them'
April 2016 Műveleti Terület Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – 'Image Transformers'
February 2016 D17 Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – 'Facebook, Likes, Selfies...'
November 2015 Fabrica De Pensule Center, Cluj-Napoca(Romania) – 'MachineMan'
May 2015 D17 Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – 'MachineMan'
April 2015 Kunsthalle, Budapest (Hungary) – 'Here and Now – Fine Arts'
January 2015 A.P.A. Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – 'Grand Openin 'Lights On'
December 2014 Mono Art & Design Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – 'Grand Opening'
November 2014 Klauzál13 Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – 'Nyers / Raw'
October 2014 Hungarian Cultural Institute, Moszkva (Russa) – 'Repainted Reality'
August 2014 Hungarian Cultural Institute, Helsinki (Finnland) – ‘Repainted Reality‘
June 2014 NickArt Gallery, Pécs (Hungary) – 'No Name'
May 2014 Bunker Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – 'Park Fiction'
April 2014 Telep Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – ‘Idol‘
April 2014 Balassi Institute, Stuttgart (Germany) – ‘Neugemalte Wirklichkeit‘
February 2014 Latarka Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – 'Necromonicon'
February 2014 Hungarian Embassy, Brussels (Belgium) – ‘Repainted Reality‘
January 2014 Hungarian Embassy, Wien (Austria) – ‘Neugemalte Wirklichkeit‘
December 2013 Hungarian Embassy, Berlin (Germany) – ‘Neugemalte Wirklichkeit‘
Jun 2013 The Academy of Hungary in Rome, Rome (Italy) – 'ReAltá Ridipinta 2.0'
March 2013 B55 Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – ’Parallel Directives’
December 2012 Galleria dei Raggi, Rome (Italy) – 'ReAltá Ridipinta 1.0'
September 2012 Bunker Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – ’Robotinvasion, Artplacc After’
September 2012 Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – ’Repainted Reality’
August 2012 Cellarage of the Benedictine Abbey, Artplacc, Tihany (Hungary) – ’Robotinvasion’
April 2012 Museum of Local History, Salgótarján (Hungary) – ’Prototypia’
March 2012 Loffice Coworking Wien, Vienna (Austria) – ’It’s Spring, Let’s Freshen Up Your Artistic Wardrobe’
March 2012 Studio Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – ’Radiospective Nuclear Art’ August 2011 Borderland Gallery, Art Colony of Cered (Hungary)
April 2011 Loffice – Portfolio Points, Budapest (Hungary) ‘Bring the Art Home‘
February 2011 B55 Gallery, Budapest (Hungary)
May 2010 G13 Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – ‘BP Psych BP Spirit‘
June 2009 Present Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – ‘Can’t Be Stolen‘
March 2009 Chinese Characters Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – ’Launch Exhibition’
January 2009 Ferenczi and Partners Auction House and Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – ’Plastic Fantastic’
December 2008 OctogonArt Gallery, Budapest (Hungary) – ’Sacrilege‘
March 2008 Artpool P60 Exhibition Space, Budapest (Hungary) – ’N+1/2008‘ Dimensionist Worldwide Meeting
December 2007 EE Fine Art Gallery, Cambridge (UK) – ’Art of the New Age’
December 2005 Artpool P60 Exhibition Space, Budapest (Hungary) – ’ The Experimenter and the Art of Perception’
May 2004  Lomographic Exhibition, Goethe Institute, Bruessels (Belgium)
April 2004 Lomographic Exhibition, Aarhus (Denmark)
December 2003 Gallery International, Baltimore (Maryland, U.S.A.)
 
ART FAIRS
July 2014 ArtPlacc, Tihany (Hungary) – Stand of Mono Gallery
August 2013 ArtPlacc, Tihany (Hungary) – Stand of Mono Gallery
November 2012 Art Market Budapest – Stand of Mono Gallery
November 2010 Art Market Budapest – Stand of G13 Gallery
March 2008 Art Ireland Spring Collection, Main Hall Dublin (North Ireland) – Stand of EE Fine Art Gallery
 
WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest)
Neopop, 2004 Mixed Media on Canvas, 120 x 78 cm
Chemical Insurance, 2008 Mixed Media on Canvas, 80 x 72 cm
Locked Vegetarian Technoparty, 2007 Mixed Media on Canvas, 99 x 87 cm

 

MOVIES

March 2009 DioxinDauer, Video Installation (5:32)

September 2009 Performance In Werk Academy With Szonja Lang (2:46)

April 2010 Hásómaci, Zsolt Gyarmati in Loffice, InExhibition Videoblog (4:24)

July 2010 Stereoid, On The Margin Of An Exhibition (5:10)

July 2010 Stereoid, InExhibition Videoblog (13:03)

September 2010 Metamorph Therapy, Video Installation (5:00)

September 2011 Traumaverzum – Book Launch, Videoblog (8:43

March 2015 Traumaverzum - Urban Art Therapy, Zsolt Gyarmati's Filmportrait (18:00)

 

ARTICLES, CRITICS, ADVENTS

April 2003 The Towson Times, Baltimore

December 2004 Playboy, Hungarian Edition

May 2005 György Galántai: Art Regained

December 2006 Gábor Rieder: Bricklounge – Criticism, Artportal

September 2007 Endre Lehel Paksi: The Exhibition as an Asylum, Criticism Műértő

October 2008 Endre Lehel Paksi: Demotett – MiniMonograph

December 2008 Culture House, Hungarian Broadcast Company

December 2008 Gábor Czene: Sacrilege, Criticism Népszabadság

Februar 2009 Port, Duna TV

March 2009 Short of Pictopia, ZDF

April 2009 Kata Krasznahorkai: Fear of Dead Things, Criticism Műértő

September 2009 András Réz: Botoxpolir

April 2010 Gábor Rieder: Panorama, BMW Magazin

August 2010 György Jerovetz: Stereoid, Magyar Narancs

September 2010 Playboy, Hungarian Edition (interview)

October 2010 Ábel Rásonyi: About a Creative Process (essay)

October 2010 Dániel Véri: The Archeology of the Popular Culture – About Zsolt Gyarmati’s paintings (essay)

March 2011 Alexa Csizmadia: Reflecopia (essay)

March 2011 Endre Lehel Paksi: Croptext (essay)

May 2011 Alexa Csizmadia: Pixelutioner (essay)

October 2011 Múzeumcafé: Exhibition of Hungarian Foreign Art Institutes

February 2012 Phasebook Project: Issue of Fusion Union

April 2012 József Mélyi: Activity, Criticism Műértő

April 2012 Lili Boros: Hyperpassive

May 2012  Kata Balázs: Guided Tour, Criticism Műértő

May 2012 HVG Business: Delivery Culture, Issue 2012/1

December 2012 Ábel Rásonyi: Signs of Time – Eschatology and Death Cult (essay)

Januaury 2013 Golden Section, Hungarian Broadcast Company

February 2014 Bettina Simon: Necromonicon, Criticism Magyar Narancs

April 2014 Norbert Vass: Demon's Cell Inside (Necromonicon), Új Művészet

October 2015 Zsolt Mészáros: Contemporary Catacomb (Prophets / Untrue Prophets), Criticism Műértő

October 2015 Interview at ArtGuideEast (Prophets, Untrue Prophets Exhibition)

September 2017  Endre Lehel Paksi: Hypermetropia, Műértő (Criticism)

April 2018 Márió Nemes Z.: Phobik Jungle, New Art Magazin (Criticism)

VIDEOBLOGS

February 2012 Let's have a trip to Zsolt Gyarmati's world! (2:38)

April 2012 Zsolt Gyarmati's exhibition at Holdudvar Gallery (2:31)

May 2012 Exhibition Hyperpassive at Sajtóház Gallery, May 2012 (3:07)

October 2012 Exhibition Kleintierklinik at Mono Gallery (2:22) 

2013 Exhibition Paramoral at Prolouge Gallery (3:04)

February 2014 Latarka TV - Exhibition Necromonicon at Latarka Gallery (2:45)

February 2014 Report about exhibiton Necromonicon at kultura.hu (4:33)

March 2015 Traumaverzum Official Trailer – Zsolt Gyarmati's Filmportrait (00:38)