BARNAFÖLDI, Anna
She was born in Budapest, Hungary 1987. Since 2011 is a member of the Studio of Young
Artists Association. Erasmus Scholarship at Akademia Sztuk Pięknych im Jana Matejki w
Krakowie - Intermedia Department, Cracow, Poland, 2013. MA degree at the Hungarian University
of Fine Arts, Intermedia Department, 2015. Selected Exhibitions: Moves out, Labor Gallery,
Budapest, 2015. "there is breaking in the words” – Holocaust- memory and literature, Petőfi
Literary Museum, Budapest, 2014. Is reality virtual? The contemporary media art and the
milestones of the media history, or the mediamuseum.c3.hu, Labor Gallery, Budapest, 2013.
SYAA’s new members’ exhibition, Studio Gallery, Budapest, 2012. Crosstalk Video Art festival,
Student Selection Screening, Budapest, 2011.
http://annabarnafoldi.tumblr.com/
FERNEZELYI, Márton
He was born in 1972 in Budapest, Hungary where he lives and works. He graduated from the
School of Polytechnics of Kandó Kálmán, the Delft University of Technology and the Technical
University of Budapest. Márton works as a program coordinator at C3 in Budapest since 1996.
Lecturer of computer studies at the Intermedia Department of the University of Fine Arts
Budapest since 1998. Selected projects and exhibitions: Sole and Joint Works 2.0 – B5 Gallery,
Targu. Mures, Romania, 2014. a [further] study on the genre of painting – Gateways, KUMU Art
Museum, Tallinn, Estonia, 2011. Digital Zoetrope – Blickmaschinen - Visual Tactics, Kunsthalle,
Budapest, Hungary, 2009. Promenade 3.0 – Blickmaschinen, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen,
Germany, 2009. Smalltalk – Kempelen, Kunsthalle, Budapest; ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2007.
AURA 2.0 – ACM Multimedia Interactive Art Exhibition, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 2006.
Promenade 2.0 – Active Image, NCCA Moszkva, Russia, 2005. aura: reflections on a table –
Japan Media Art Festival, Tokyo, Japan, 2004. SeeThrough – EU&You, Wien-Graz-Szombathely,
Hungary/Austria 2004. SeeThrough – ZKM- Karlsruhe, Ars Electronica Center- Linz, Millenáris
- Budapest, Hungary 2004. Camuflage – Iconoclash, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany, 2002. Promenade
– C3 ou la jeune création, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France, 2001.
DeMedusator – Kunst der neuziger Jahre in Ungarn, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany,1999.
Cryptogram – Internet.Galaxis 96, Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary, 1996.
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GRÓF, Ferenc / Société Réaliste
Paris-based cooperative founded in 2004 by Ferenc Gróf (b. 1972) and Jean-Baptiste Naudy
(b. 1982), appropriates and distorts visual codes used by governments and cultural institutions.
Working across fields of art and design, they often utilize maps, emblems, signs, and architecture
to critically examine the aesthetics of communication. Société Réaliste’s recent solo exhibitions
include: “Empire, State, Building”, Jeu de Paume, Paris, 2011, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, 2012, and
MNAC, Bucharest, 2012; “Thelema of Nations”, Galerie Jérôme Poggi, Paris, 2013; “A Rough Guide to
Hell”, P!, New York, 2013; “Universal Anthem”, tranzit.ro, Cluj (Romania), 2013; “amal al-gam”,
acb Gallery, Budapest, 2014. Société Réaliste’s work has also been included in numerous group
exhibitions and biennials in Shanghai, 2012; Lyon, 2009; and Istanbul, 2009. Currently Société
Réaliste is on hiatus.
http://www.acbgaleria.hu/muveszek/societe_realiste.93.html
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KIS, Judit
Born in 1988. She got her Master’s degree in Intermedia Art in 2015 and her BA degree in Fine
Art Theory in 2013 at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. She also completed a term at Chelsea
College of Art and Design in London as an exchange student. In the past few years she participated
in short residencies and exhibited in London, Berlin, Stuttgart, Tallin, Belgrade and Budapest.
She has a variety of works inspired by her private life experiences as well as by observations
of public situations. She previously spent a year in China where she worked in art and museum
education. Relevant shows: One monday night stand – Povvera/ Berlin, 2015. Best of diploma show
– Barcsay, HUFA/ Budapest, 2015. Thresholds – Making the Medium/ CHB, Berlin, 2013. Crosstalk(6)
International Videofestival at Higgs Field/ Budapest, 2013. ‘A Momentary Holding’ at Gallery on
the Corner, London, 2012.
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KOMORÓCZKY, Tamás
Born in 1963, Békéscsaba, Hungary. Lives and works in Budapest. Between 1986-1990 studied at
the Painting Department of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest. Postgraduate studies
between 1990-1992 at the Mural Department of the same university and at the Video Department of
the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, 1991. Co-founder of the U.F.F. Gallery in 1997, got the
Derkovits Scholarship between 1995-1998 and the Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Rome,
1998, the Scholarship of Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, 2005. Artist in Residence at the
Gasworks Gallery, London, 1998, and at the European Center for Contemporary Art Actions,
Strasbourg, 2007. From 1987 onward he participated in numerous solo and more than one
hundred group exhibitions internationally. He represented Hungary at the Venice Biennale
in 2001: Social Intercourse, 49.Biennale di Venezia, Hungarian Pavilion. In 2002 he took
part at the XXV Bienal de Sao Paulo with the project Oscillatory, Compensation, Dream. His
works are part of several public and private collections as the Ludwig Museum, Budapest; City
Art Gallery of Szombathely, Szombathely; City Art Gallery of Paks, Paks; Institute of Contemporary
Art, Dunaújváros and the Írókéz collection, the Spengler-Somlai collection, etc. Works in public
spaces, among others: Mosaic mural of M4 metro Szent Gellért station, Budapest, 2013. Spears,
glass mural for Szent István University, Gödöllő, 2008. Energy fluctuations, glass mural for
Szent István University, Gödöllő, 2006. Some publications: Komoróczky Tamás, Flying Carpet +
Escape Attempt + Anticipated Target Concepts, catalogue, 2011. Komoróczky Tamás, Works & Days,
(2004-2008), catalogue, 2008. Focus Istanbul, Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin, 2005. Histories Hongroises,
Musée d'art moderne de Lille Métropole, Villeneuve D' Ascq, 2001.
www.komoroczky.com
MAURER, Dóra
Born in Budapest. She studied graphics and painting at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts
(1955-1961). She received a scholarship to Vienna in 1967 and till 1996 has been living in
Vienna and Budapest, since 1996 only in Budapest. She is a member of Béla Balázs Studio (1973)
and starting from the same year she directed several experimental films ('Learned Spontaneaus
Movements', 1973; 'Relative Swingings', 1973; 'Timing', 1973/80; 'Proportions', 1979; 'Triolets',
1980/81; 'Kalah', 1980), Seven Trials (1981/82). She teaches art at several free schools and
courses since 1975 (Collage for Applied Arts. Budapest, 'Creativity and Visuality', Ganz_Mávag,
Budapest). She became a lecturer at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts (1987) and was a
Professor there between 1990 and 2007, currently she is Professor Emeritus there. She received
Munkácsy Award (1995) and Kossuth Award (2003). She made a lot of photogram experiments and she
published the book: 'Fényelvtan [Light-syntax]. On the photogram' (2001). In December 2008 the
Ludwig Museum (Budapest) presented: 'Dóra Maurer - Concise Ouvre', her life-work exhibition.
She is a founding member of Open Structures Art Society (http://www.osas.hu). Her artworks
are in public several collections: Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest; Museum of Fine Arts,
Budapest; Ludwig Museum / Museum of Contemporary Art. Budapest; Grafische Sammlungen, Albertina,
Vienna; Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin; Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; The
Tate Gallery, London The Chicago Art Institute (2011), Museum of Modern Art, NY (2013), Centre
Pompidou (2014).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_Maurer
MONHOR, Viktória
She was born Budapest, 1989, studied art history & aesthetics between 2009-2012 at the Eötvös
Loránd University, Budapest and social sciences at the Corvinus University of Budapest, graduated
in 2016. From 2013 she studies at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Intermedia Department.
Selected exhibitions and events: Art Has No Alternative (An Archive of Artist in Action),
tranzit.sk, Bratislava, 2015. Transparent Sound Festival, Budapest Center of Architecture,
2015. Enjoy Dózsa!, 2B Gallery, Budapest, 2014. A common cartography? - group exhibition of
the Mapping the Local course, Budapest, 2013. Photo Poetica, FUGA Gallery, Budapest, 2010.
People are freaky at full moon, TÁP theatre @Merlin, 2009. LUFTHASE, performance directed by
Pneuma Szöv. 2008. The Journey of Odysseus, directed by Bálint Juhász @Merlin Theatre, 2007.
www.viktoriamonhor.portfoliobox.me
NÉMETH, Hajnal
Born in 1972, Szőny, Hungary, lives and works in Berlin. Studied at the Intermedia Department
at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest between 1995–2000. After arriving to Berlin
in 2002 with the international studio program of Künstlerhaus Bethanien, she got several
stipendiums in Germany, among others from Senatskanzlei Berlin, Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn and
Akademie der Künste Berlin. She was nominated for the Nam June Paik Award in 2010. Since 1998
the she participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions at prestigious art institutions in
Europe, America and Asia, including MUMOK, Vienna, Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin, The Kitchen New
York, Renaissance Society Chicago, Tate Modern London, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Art Museum
Singapore, Ludwig Museum Budapest, Museo de Arte Reina Sofía Madrid, TENT Rotterdam, Museum
Kunst Palast Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle Budapest, Zamek Ujazdowski Warsaw, Comunidad de Madrid,
Kunst-Werke Berlin, Casino Luxembourg, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Moderna Museet Stockholm, Musée
d’Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Picasso Museum Barcelona, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein Berlin,
American University Museum at the Katzen Washington, Palais de Tokyo Paris. In 2001 she
exhibited at the 2.Berlin Biennale in Kunst-Werke Berlin, in 2011 she was representing Hungary
at the 54th Venice Biennale.
www.hajnalnemeth.com
www.crash-passiveinterview.c3.hu
RÉVÉSZ László László
Born in Budapest, where he studies painting and animation film at the Hungarian University of
Fine Arts and at MOME. From 1979 he works with the Indigo Group. Between 1978 and 1990 he and
András Böröcz, as a performance duo work on several different performance in Hungary, Germany,
Finland, Canada, Great Britain and in the USA. (selection of the works: 'Max and Moritz' 1983,
'The Love of the Melon Vendor Boys' 1986, 'Spring Sonata' 1985, 'Aurora Our Hour' 1988, 'Flea'
1986,. In 1987, at the documenta8 as official artist they created 'Dawn Carlos'. From 1988 he
makes solo performances in Hungary, Austria, Australia and Slovakia such as 'The Apple of the
Ballerina' 1988, 'His Master's Voice' 1992, She is the Server' 1996, 'The Apple of the
Ballerina 2' 2001. From 1990 he is a member of the Béla Balázs Filmstudio, where he directs
such films as 'Prager Student' 1990, 'Unknown Masterpiece' 1993, 'Gestalt' 1995 and 'Seven
Seasons' 1985-93, a collection of his former works. In 1994 and 1995 he works animation
shorts in Cologne for the VOX TV station. From 1997 till 1999 he creates folding screen
pantings for the comission of Joao Silva in Porto, Portugal. Between 2005 and 2006 he is
the artistic director of the Hungarian Cultural Center, NYC. Several works of him are in
public collections such as Hungarian National Gallery, Ludwig Múzeum, Budapest, Lentos Museum,
Linz, The Zine Collection at London college of Communication Library. From 2014 he works with
the performace group Karkade Company as writer and director. He started teaching at in 1993 at
the MOME and at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, where he is an associate professor.
http://www.revesz.eu/
SZÉCSÉNYI-NAGY, Loránd
He was born in Budapest in 1984. Studied photography, than between 2009 – 2014 at the Intermedia
Department, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest. In 2012 he got the Székely Bertalan grant
than in 2015 the Derkovits scholarship. Selected exhibitons: Technologies of the perception – The
frontiers of image observation, Labor Gallery, Budapest, 2015. Venture factor, Intermédia 2.0,
MODEM, Debrecen, Hungary, 2013. Twenty but One, MAGMA contemporary medium, Sfântu Gheorghe,
Romania, 2012. Cassette, Labor Gallery, Budapest, Hungary, 2011. The text Behind, Month of
Photography Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2011. Urban Spaces Berlin-Budapest, Demo Gallery,
Budapest, Hungary, 2011.
http://www.lorandszecsenyi-nagy.com/
SZEGEDY-MASZÁK, Zoltán
He was born in 1969 in Budapest, Hungary where he lives and works today. Graduated from the
Hungarian University of Fine Arts first from the Painting (1992), later from the Intermedia
Department (1994). Currently he works as the director of the Doctoral School of the Hungarian
University of Fine Arts and as a professor of the Intermedia Department. His artistic approach
can be characterized by experimentalism closely related to technical media. Szegedy-Maszák uses
a broad spectrum of mediums in his artworks, from traditional chemical based photographical
processes through painting and printmaking to interactive virtual- and augmented reality
installations. Albeit his artistic approach is strongly based on media (an)archeology and the
creative applications of contemporary digital technology, his art became internationally known
by his immersive installations from the 1990-s, where the meaningful usage of special interfaces
and digital technology made explorable the computer generated illusions. His artworks combine
cutting edge tools with anachronistic processes both in terms of technology and meaning;
intentionally confronting the viewer with the (historical) determination of our world picture
by our depicting technologies.
http://www.szmz.hu/
SZEMZŐ, Tibor
Composer, performer, media artist. Graduated from Liszt Academy and Moholy-Nagy University
of Arts Budapest. Oriented by his diverse lines of interest towards the borderline areas of
the various genres. Founder of creative performing formations (Group 180, Fodderbasis, Gordian
Knot Cinematic Music Lab). Beside music compositions he creates films and installations. His
works are present across Europe and beyond, winner of awards.
http://szemzo.org
SZIRTES, János
He was born in 1954, Budapest. He studied from 1975 to 1983 at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts
and at the Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava. Between 1978 and 1984 he was the member of INDIGO Group
lead by Miklós Erdély. He has been teaching since 1981, first in study circles, later in higher
education. Today he is a university professor and the Head of Media Design Department at Moholy-Nagy
University of Art and Design, Budapest where he has been teaching since 1989. In 1990 he was awarded
with Munkácsy Prize, he was honored with the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, Officers'
Cross in 2009. He creates artworks in the field of painting, installation, performance art, video
and film direction. He had more than hunred solo and group exhibitions, he also participated in art
festivals at numerous places around the world. Since 1972 he has been directing performance art
pieces in Europe, Asia, North- and South-America. His most prominent artworks are the following
(exhibitions, mural works, performances, installations, films and videos): Pro/Contra/Against,
153 video-performances, 2013-2015. Pro/Contra, retroscpective exhibition, m21 Gallery, Zsolnay
Quarter, Pécs, and Midnight, retrospective exhibition, Várfok Gallery, Budapest, 2014. Pro/Contra
I, II, III, NIPAF, 19th Nippon International Performance Festival, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagano, 2013.
Tabula Rasa, with László feLugossy, Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico, 2000. Tabula Rasa, feature
film with László feLugossy, 2000. Lying Tree III, solo exhibition, Galerie Etaj ¾ De La Teatru
National, Bucharest, 1997. Lying Tree, Lying Crystal, solo exhibition, Kiscelli Museum, Budapest
1997. Solo exhibition and performance, Hungarian Institute, Helsinki, 1993. Solo exhibition and
performance, Ernst Museum, Budapest, 1992. Dawn, three performances, Dokumenta VII. Kassel, 1987.
Avanti, performance, Bercsényi College, Budapest, 1983 Solo exhibition and performance, University
of Horticulture, Budapest, 1981.
http://szirtesjanos.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/szirtesjano/videos
SZOLNOKI, József
He was born in Ajka, Hungary. Between1992-1998 worked for the MEDIAWAVE Festival, Győr; independent
film maker. Studied at the Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln, 2005-2007,
http://www.khm.de/pm/projekte/projekt/paview/2114/.
Recent works, exhibitions: Homeopathic Reality, Ernst Múzeum, Budapest, 2011. Katharina Roters
– Szolnoki, József, Hungarian Cubes: Subversive Ornaments in Socialism, Zürich: Park Books, 2014.
http://index.hu/nagykep/2014/07/08/magyar_kocka/
Hack the past! Exhibition of Katharina Roters and Szolnoki, József. Rómer Flóris Művészeti és
Történeti Múzeum, Győr, 2016.
VÁNDOR, Csaba
He was born in Budapest, 1972, studied between 2001-2006 at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts,
Intermedia Department, than between 2011-2014 at the Doctoral School of the same University.
Exhibitions, events: Shooting gallery, Budapest, Wien, 2015. Registration Error. Error and Co.
The Contemporary Hungarian Gallery of Dunajská Streda, Slovakia, 2013. Oppression Test, London ,
Chelsea College of Art, 2013. Kaos Camping, Gran Lux, Wien, 2012.
http://vandorcsaba.blogspot.hu/
WALICZKY, Tamás
is an animation and new media artist. He started out by creating animations at the age of nine.
Then he worked as painter, illustrator and photographer. He began working with computers in 1983.
He was artist-in-residence at the ZKM Institute for Visual Media in 1992, and subsequently a member
of the Institute's research staff (1993-1997) before taking up a guest professorship at the HBK
Saar, Saarbrucken (1997-2002). The IAMAS in Gifu, Japan, has chosen Waliczky as artist-in-residence
in 1998-99. From 2003 until 2005 he is professor at Fachhochschule Mainz. Between 2005 and 2010
he is teaching at HBK Saar again. Since September 2010 he is professor at School of Creative Media,
City University of Hong Kong. Waliczky works together with his wife Anna Szepesi since the early
eighties. Anna is the artistic adviser in most of his works. His works won numerous international
awards, including the Golden Nica of Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, was shown in several exhibitions
worldwide, including the Biennial of Lyon, the ICC Gallery Tokyo, the Multimediale Karlsruhe or
the Biennial of Seville, and are in different public collections, like the Centre Georges Pompidou
(Paris) or the Ludwig Museum (Budapest).
http://www.waliczky.com
http://issuu.com/tamasw