1976
born in Budapest, Hungary
Studies:
2000
Studio of Young Artists’ Association
1996-2001
studies painting at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest
Solo exhibitions:
2012
The Devil in the DNA, King St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár
2011
Eat Your Mind / Bruins Blurps, Platan Gallery, Budapest (with Tomasz Mróz)2010
The Death of Body Parts, Várfok Gallery – Várfok Hall, Budapest (H)
2009
“I don’t Give Thanks for Taking Part in Creation”Studio Gallery, Budapest (H)
“The seves cardinal sins” Várfok Gallery Várfok Hall, Budapest (H)
2008
“Traversée Interne,” with Zsuzsi Csiszér, Galerie Keller, Paris, (F)
2007
“Two curators looking for an umbilicalcord” Várfok Gallery–XO Hall,Budapest (H)
2006
Borderline States, Art Murmur Gallery, Los Angeles (Paul Pitsker-rel) (USA)
2005
“The Anatomy of Grotesque,” Várfok Gallery-XO Hall, Budapest (H)
“The Stages of Destruction,” Deák Collection, Székesfehérvár (H)
“Analogue” Színyei Salone, Budapest (H)
2004
“Para , Bartók 32 Gallery, Budapest (H)
2003
“Drama( Mutants II.), Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
Vízivárosi Gallery, Budapest ( with Adrián Kupcsik and Júlia Vécsei) (H)
2002
“Mutants I,” Várfok Gallery, Budapest
2001
“No more solitude,” Várfok Gallery –
XO Hall, Budapest (H)
2000
“Posthuman,” Budatétényi Gallery, Budapest (H)
1999
Bank Center Gallery, Budapest (H)
1998
“The Meaning of Life,” Jókai Club, Budapest (H)
1992
Recreational Center at Almássy Square, Budapest (H)
Selected group exhibitions:
2013
Diving Lines, Várfok Gallery, Budapest
2012
Face to Face, French Institute, Budapest
Organs & Extasy, Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica
Allured by Contrasts, REÖK Palace, Szeged
Biennale JCE / Jeune Création Européenne, Galerie Im Traklhaus, Salzburg
Art Market Budapest, Millenaris Park, Budapest
The Essences of Reality, Várfok Gallery, Budapest
Biennale JCE / Jeune Création Européenne, m21 Gallery, Zsolnay Cultural Quarter, Pécs
Contemporaries, Rippl-Rónai Hall, Kaposvár
JCE Biennale / Young European Artists, City Gallery, Bratislava
JCE Biennale / Young European Artists, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg
Radiospective – Nuclear Art, Studio Gallery, Budapest
2011
JCE Biennale / Young European Artists, La Fabrique, Montrouge
Meditation Objects – A Selection of the Bodnár Collection, REÖK Palace, Szeged
Lucid Dream, Várfok Gallery, Budapest
Young Contemporary Statements, Former Bóbita Puppet Theatre, Pécs
East by South West – Portraits and Selfportraits in Private Collections, Knoll Galerie, Vienna
Paper Panorama, Virág Judit Gallery, Budapest
Dregs?, Godot Gallery, Budapest
2010
Take a stand! Reflect on! Provoke!, Raoul Wallenberg Association, Budapest
Contemporary Art Ruhr (C.A.R.), Essen
Contemporary Tales, Galerie Keller, Paris
Doubling and Halving, Roham Gallery, Budapest
The Picture of the Painting, Virág Judit Gallery, Budapest
Relations – Who? Whom? With what?, City Gallery–Deák Collection, Székesfehérvár
Roham 3D, Roham Gallery, Budapest
Paradogma, Várfok Gallery, Budapest
2009
Budapest Art Fair, Műcsarnok/Kunsthalle, Budapest
ARTVILNIUS’09, Vilnius
Young Contemporary Statements, Zsolnay Factory, Pécs
2008
Galéria 19, „Grotesques Stories,” Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
“Mis-en-abyme,” Várfok Gallery XO Hall Budapest (H)
“Guests of the Várfok Gallery:A Várfok Galéria mûvészei: Zsuzsi Csiszér, László Gyõrffy and our french guest: Jacques Flechemuller”, Hungarian Institute, Paris, (F)
“From the icon to installation,” Monastery of Pannonhalma (H)
“Lenmechanika,” Ernst Museum, Budapest (H)
“50, Studio Gallery, Budapest (H)
“The Day after Yesterday,” Várfok Gallery – XO Hall, Budapest (H)
Budapest ArtFair, with the Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
2007
“Real- Irreal,” Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
“East Meets West, Blink Digital,” Santa Monica (USA)
Budapest–Bukarest Bridge – Selectionfrom the Collection of Gábor Hunya, Bartók 32 Gallery, Budapest (H)
Hungarian Cultural Institute,Brussels (B)
Cologne Fine Art 2007, Cologne (D)
Budapest ArtFair, with Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
2006
Cologne Fine Art 2006, Cologne (D)
10th Anniversary of STRABAG Art Award, Ludwig Museum, Budapest (H)
Plug-Modern Art, Mûcsarnok, Budapest (H)
Code Blue, Art Murmur Gallery, Los Angeles (USA)
2005
KUNST Köln 2005, Cologne (D)
“Undersized II.,” Várfok Gallery – Várfok Hall (H)
Pixelkunst aus Ungarn, Technische Fachhochschule, Wildau (D)
“Self ish,” Art Murmur Gallery, Los Angeles (USA)
“OneWeeker,” Műcsarnok, Budapest (H)
Plug Art Fair, Műcsarnok, Budapest (H)
“Ars Poetic,” Várfok Gallery – XO Hall, Budapest (H)
2004
“Red&White,” Várfok Gallery, Budapest
“Mediafactory,” Zsolnay-factory, Pécs (H)
“Technoreal?”, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros (H)
KUNST Köln2004, Cologne (D)
“Reflection”,” Várfok Gallery, Budapest
XI. Hungarian Exhibition and Fair of Antiques, Palace of Art, Budapest (H)
2003
ClipArt-The Fans of Photoshop, Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
Painting Show sponsored by STRABAG, Museum of Contemporary Art- Ludwig Museum Budapest, Budapest (H)
KUNST Köln 2003, Cologne (D)
Portrait, Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest (H)
Inellastic Collision, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros (H)
Metropolis, Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
MEO Art Fair 2003, MEO, Budapest (H)
Baroque, VAM-Design Gallery, Budapest
2002
KUNST Zürich 2002, Zurich, (CH)
Art Expo Fresh II., ArtMill, Szentendre (H)
Palazzo dell’ex Macello Dolo, Dolo (I)
Europa in Fürth, Fürth (D)MEO Art Fair 2002, MEO, Budapest (H)
Decades of the Realistic Portrayal, Museum of Szombathely, (H)
2001
„Sharp,” Óbudai Társaskör Gallery, Budapest (H)
Climate, Kunsthalle, Budapest (H)
Malice et Danube, Galerie de l’Ecole Supèrieure des Beaux Arts,Marseille (F)
Counterfeiting Nature, House of the Arts, Szombathely (H)
Salon des Peintres-Salon des Artist, Paris (F)
2000
„Free Fall”, Trafó Gallery, Budapest (H)
„Best of Illárium,” Illárium Gallery, Budapest (H)
Art Expo Fresh, ArtMill, Szentendre (H)
Works in public collections:
Strabag Collection, Budapest, Hungary
Museum Kiscell – Municipal Picture Gallery, Budapest
private collections
Memberships:
2001
Hungarian Artists’ Association
Image above: Laszlo Gyorffy, Facefuck IV, 2012 – 34x25cm – ceramics, oil, courtesy Várfok Gallery