Born 17 October 1956, in Kazincbarcika.
Lives and works in Dunaújváros.
He did not study art in the academic framework. His first master was Károly Koffán, Jr., and then he studied under painter István Birkás at the Dunaújváros Creative Workshop (Alkotó Műhely). He was an active participant of several artist communities in Hungary (Zebegény, Mór, Dunaújváros, Paks, Makó, Mezőszemere). He also studied mathematics, physics, astronomy and music, and he is a qualified printer. Between 1992 and 1996, he organised exhibitions on behalf of For Modern Art Foundation (Modern Művészetért Alapítvány; Dunaújváros).
Organisational Memberships
Studio of Young Artists Association (honorary member)
National Association of Hungarian Creative Artists
Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists
Hungarian Artists’ Association of Book as Art Objects
ÚJPART Society of Fine and Applied Artists in Dunaújváros
Awards and Scholarships
1989, 1990 Smohay Scholarship
1989−1992 Derkovits Scholarship
2001 Munkácsy Mihály Prize
Works in Public and Private Collections
Budapest Historical Museum / Kiscell Museum − Municipal Picture Gallery (Budapest)
Béla Horváth Collection (Budapest)
K&H Group Collection of Contemporary Art (Budapest)
Ludwig Museum − Museum of Contemporary Art (Budapest)
Hungarian National Gallery (Budapest)
KOGAR T Contemporary Art Collection (Budapest)
Ferenc Szűcs Collection (Budapest)
Institute of Contemporary Art (Dunaújváros)
International Steel Sculpture Workshop and Symposium (Dunaújváros)
Paks Gallery (Paks)
King St Stephen Museum (Székesfehérvár)
Irokéz Collection (Szombathely)
Kunsthalle Szombathely (Szombathely)
Works in Public Spaces
Advisor, 1993 (cast and wrought iron chair, maple tree, 600 × 60 × 70 cm, Sculpture Park of International Steel Sculpture Workshop and Symposium, Dunaújváros)
Microscope Slide, 2009 (mobile: glass, metal, antifreeze, plastic, 350 × 135 × 10 cm, University of Debrecen, Student Dormitory)
The Winter’s Tale, 2009 (lenticular work, 120 × 270 cm, Dunaújváros College, Student Dormitory)
Videos
Air Resistance, 1999, DVD, 4’55”
TR 456, 2002, DVD, 3’29”
Magic, 2003, DVD, 6’45”
Books, 2004, DVD, 9’46”
LSHLSS, 2005, DVD, 8’24”
Book
Gyula Várnai, Csaba Gyöngyössy (eds.): Public Sculpture in Dunaújváros. Ma Kiadó, Székesfehérvár, 1999.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1991 Óbudai Társaskör Gallery, Budapest
Szabadművelődés Háza, Székesfehérvár
Studio Gallery, Budapest
1992 Mar 21. Gallery by Night. Studio Gallery, Budapest (with Balázs Beöthy)
Intercisa Museum, Dunaújváros (with István Rohonci)
1993 Gallery by Night. Studio Gallery, Budapest (with Eike)
1993 ‘Török’ Bath (Malom Lake), Budapest (with Eike, Gyula Július and Hilda Kozári)
Not Exactly 5 and not Exactly 6. Liget Gallery, Budapest
Not Exactly 5 and not Exactly 6. Youth House, Szeged
1994 Mar 26. Gallery by Night. Studio Gallery, Budapest (with Eike and Balázs Beöthy)
Valentinskamp 41, Hamburg-Neustadt (Germany), (with Werner Degre)
1995 Liget Gallery, Budapest (with Andrew Miller)
1996 Goethe Institute, Budapest
King St Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár
1997 Slowly Changing. Bartók 32 Gallery, Budapest (with Tibor Várnagy)
Constans. Goethe Institute, Budapest
ALAPZAJ II. Faculty of Arts Exhibition Hall, Pécs (with Eike)
1998 ALAPZAJ 3 project, Közelítés Gallery, Pécs (with Eike)
1999 Philophony – installation. Víziváros Gallery, Budapest
2000 "Coda". City Picture Gallery, Győr
Videospace Budapest: Out of Shape (video installations). City Art Museum, Győr (with Eike and Hajnal Németh)
Óbudai Társaskör Gallery, Budapest
2001 Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
ISMEAM (5th International Summer Meeting of Electroacoustic Music), Nádasdy Castle, Sárvár (with Zsolt Keserű)
Surprise 1. Studio Gallery, Budapest (with Heike Baranovsky)
Frames Games. Collegium Hungaricum / Haus Ungarn, Berlin (Germany) (with Eike and Hajnal Németh)
2002 Babel Library. Kunsthalle – Cipó Gallery, Budapest
Budapest Gallery Exhibition House, Budapest
2004 acb Contemporary Art Gallery, Budapest
2005 But we are! acb Contemporary Art Gallery, Budapest
City Picture Gallery – Deák Collection, Székesfehérvár
2006 One of the Rare Moments. Municipal Picture Gallery / Kiscelli Museum, Templomtér
One Hundred and Sixty Years of Art in Dunaújváros. Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros (with István Birkás and István Rohonci)
2008 Intercisa Museum, Dunaújváros
Neon Peace – The 2008 Public Art Program of the Hungarian Institute for Culture and Art, Dunaújváros
2009 Signfall – Sound and Video Installation. Videospace Budapest, Budapest
False Report. Irokéz Gallery, Szombathely
2010 The Same Stream. Ernst Museum, Budapest
Lectures, Performance
1993 Nov 4., 5. Voices. International Audio Visual Experimental Festival. Arnhem (NL) (with Eike)
1994 Aug 19. Voices. Diaksziget 1994 − Eurowoodstock, Performance Tent, Óbuda Island, Budapest (with Eike)
1996 Sept 18. Gallery by Slide. Liget Gallery, Budapest (with János Kósa and András Medvegy)
1996 Dec 4. Performance and sound installation. ALAPZAJ project. Közelítés Gallery, Pécs (with Eike)
1998 Nov 10. Seminar. ALAPZAJ 3 Project. Faculty of Arts Exhibition Hall, Pécs (with Eike)