Géza Szöllősi

Born: 1977, Budapest, Hungary, EU

Mobile: + 36 30 266 43 86

E-mail: gezaszollosi(@)yahoo.co.uk

Web site (Art): http://www.szollosi.eu/

Web site (Design): http://www.szollosi.eu/DESIGN/index.html

Blog: http://gezaszollosi.blogspot.com/

http://issuu.com/szollosi

Education

1999-2004 Moholy-Nagy University of Art, MOME, Budapest, Hungary

Department of Visual Communication: Studying Photo-media, Fine Art, Graphics Design

2003 University for the Creative Arts, UCA, Maidstone, UK

Study Unit: Photography and Contemporary Art Practice

1997-1999 University of Pécs, Hungary

Art Department: Studying Fine Art, Painting, Photography, Video

1990-1995 Frigyes Karinthy High School, Budapest, Hungary, Faculty of Art

Academic Qualification

M.A. in Visual Communication Design

Prizes/awards

Hungarian Film Week, Best Set design Award in group for Taxidermia, a feature movie by György Pálfi, 2006

Digital Art Sponsorship, Vizuális Müvek Egyesület, NKA, National Cultural Institute, Hungary, 2005

Prize of MFT, National Graphics Design Biennale XIV., Hungary, 2004

Excellent prize of Diploma, Department of Visual Communication, MOME, Hungary, 2004

Digital Art Sponsorship. NKA, National Cultural Institute, Hungary, 2004

Erasmus Scholarship, UK, 2003

Solo Exhibitions (selected)

2012 /H/ New Deities, NextArt Gallery /H/

2010 /H/ First Blood, RoHAM Gallery, Budapest, (with Miklós Zoltán Baji)

2007 /H/ Eleven hús, Körzőgyár - Oktogon Gallery, Budapest

2006 /H/ Suzuka and her friend, Menü Pont Gallery (project-gallery of Kunsthalle Budapest)

2005 /H/ One week exhibitions, Kuplung Gallery, Budapest (Lumen Art Association, Hungary)

Group Exhibitions (selected)

2013

/SK/ Creative Transgressions, Löffler Museum, Kassa, Slovakia

2012

/SK/ Organs and Extasy, Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

/H/ ArtMarket Budapest, NextArt Gallery, Budapest /H/

/GB/ Unnatural Natural History, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, Curators: Coats & Scarry /GB/

/MA/ The BIC, International Biennial of Casablanca, Morocco

/SK/ “David Cherny”, River Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

2011

/US/ Scope New York Art Show, NextArt Gallery /H/

/GB/ London Art Fair, Islington Design Centre, Mauger Modern Art /GB/

/CK/ ANGeLa whEre are you? Fishpiece Gallery, Zürich

/D/ Galerie Schuster - NextArt Gallery /H/, Berlin

/CK/ Morgeluft und schöni Maitli! Fishpiece Gallery, Zürich

/SK/ Successful Hunting!, Nitra Gallery, Slovakia

/H/ ArtMarket Budapest, NextArt Gallery, Budapest /H/

/H/ Work in Progress, NextArt Gallery, Budapest /H/

2010

/CZ/ Decadence Now! Visions of Excess, Gallery Rudolfinum, Prague

/KS/ Korea International Art Fair, Seoul, Mauger Modern Art /GB/ 

/H/ Photography in motion – Contemporary art from Pécs, Nádor Gallery, Pécs

/H/ Seeing Oneself, Hungarian Museum of Photography, Kecskemét 

/GB/ London Art Fair, Islington Design Centre, Mauger Modern Art /GB/

/H/ RoHAM, RoHAM Gallery, Budapest

2009

/US/ Scope Art Show, Miami, Mauger Modern Art /GB/

/H/ ErotikArt, Holdudvar, Mediawave, Budapest, Győr

/H/ Plastic Fantastic, Ferenczi Gallery, Budapest

2008

/F/ Helsinki | Media Center Lume | Taste MOMEnts

/D/ Berlin | DMY International Design festival | Taste MOMEnts

/GB/ London │ Café in the Crypt │100% Design Fest │ Taste MOMEnts

/H/ Budapest | Hungarian Museum of Applied Arts | Taste MOMEnts

2007

/H/ Budapest | VAM Design Gallery | 52 artists

/SK/ Bratislava | Medium gallery | Bio-Power

/CK/ Prague | c2c gallery | Bio-Power

/AU/ Vienna | MOYA (Museum of Young Art) | Young Art Europe

/H/ Budapest │Oktogon Gallery │Múzsák a Körzőgyárban

2006

/H/ Budapest | Műcsarnok/Kunsthalle, PLUG

2005

/AU/ Vienna - Budapest | Kultur-Axe | Exostra project 

/G/ Berlin - Budapest (Sziget Festival) | Exostra project 

/H/ Budapest │Ponton Gallery (Moholy-Nagy University of Art) │Családlátogatás

/H/ Budapest │Millenáris Park │Contemporary Digital Prints

2004

/H/ Budapest │Dinamó │ Lumen Art Association

/H/ Békéscsaba │Museum Mihály Munkácsi│National Graphics Design Biennale

/H/ Budapest │Ponrton Gallery│Diploma Show, MOME

/H/ Pécs │Contemporary International Art Symposium - Közelítés Art Association│Mediafactory

/H/ Budapest │ Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle)│The Hidden Holocaust

2003

/H/ Pécs │ Hattyúház │ After dreams

/H/ Békéscsaba │ Museum Mihály Munkácsi │ National Graphics Design Biennale

/H/ Budapest │Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle) │Plastica Dreams

2002

/H/ Budapest │MEO│Mikulás is Ember

/H/ Budapest │Karton Gallery│Let's come together

/H/ Budapest │Premier Gallery │Selfportrait-Portrait

/H/ Szombathely │ Művészetek Háza│Természethamisítás

Works in films as a Visual Concept Artist

Necromancer, Árpád Bogdán, 2012, in preproduction (concept)

Lederer case, Janos Szasz, 2008 (canceled) (design and concept)

Taxidermia a feature film by György Pálfi, 2006 (design and concept)

Opium - Diary of a madwoman a feature film by János Szász, 2007 (art direction)

Shock a short film by Marcell Gerő, 2007 (production design)

Shock, Marcell Gero Marcell, 2008 short (production design)

Still life.., Jánossy Natália, 2007 short (props design)

In books (English)

Otto M. Urban: Decadence Now! Visions of Excess, Arbor Vitae publishing, 2010, Prague, pp. 126-127

Tibor Gyenes (ed.), Photography in Motion – Contemporary art from Pécs, Alexandra Kiadó, Pécs, 2010, pp. 88-89, 112-113

Tibor Werhner (ed.), Modern magyar szobrászat (Modern Hungarian Statuary) 1945-2010, Corvina Kiadó, Budapest, 2010 p. 28

József Készman (ed.), Contemporary Hungarian Art at the turn of the Millennium, BumBum Art Consulting, Budapest, 2006, pp. 62-66

Lumen Gallery, Budapest, 2005

In Catalogue

Halasi Rita Mária (ed.), Taste MOMEnts, Moholy-Nagy University of Art, Budapest, 2008

Vitek Zsolt (ed.), 52 Contemporary (Hungarian) artists, Vam Design Center, Budapest, 2007, p. 303-313

Diploma 2004, Moholy-Nagy University of Art, Budapest, 2004, p. 90

Készman József (ed.), The Hidden Holocaust, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle Budapest), 2004

Készman József, László Százados, Plastica Dreams, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle Budapest), 2003

Diploma Book, Moholy-Nagy University of Art, 2004

Magazines/Exhibition review (Hungarian)

Nemes Z., Márió: Budapest Horror, Flash Art, Vol. I., No. 2, 2012, pp. 92, Budapest

Tünde Topor: Díszletnéző, Art Magazin, Vol. X., No. 1, 2012, p., 42-43, Budapest

Nemes Z., Márió: Szöllősi Géza és a spirituális pop, Flash Art, Vol. I., No. 2, 2012, pp. 92, Budapest (on the cover: Joseph's libido)

Vass, Norbert: Tantrát (t)akaró diktátor-pornó, Új Művészet [Art Today], Vol. XXIII. 2012/4, p. 20-21, Budapest

Nemes Z., Márió: Antropológiai töredékek, Balkon, Vol. XVIII., No. 2, 2011, pp. 32-36, Budapest

Szombathy, Bálint: Baji Miklós és Szöllősi Géza kiállítása, Balkon, Vol. XVIII., No. 1, 2011, p. 40-41, Budapest

Bordács, Andrea: A természet mint provokáció. Új Művészet [Art Today],Vol. XVIII. 2007/3, p. 21-23, Budapest

Győrffy, László: Eleven hús, Balkon, Vol. XVIII., No. 2, 2007, p. 28-29, Budapest

Reich, Éva: Körzőgyári cappriccio, Maktár [Hungarian artists Foundation], Vol. III., No. 3, 2007, p. 18-19, Budapest

Eisenstein, Adele: The diary of a Taxidermist?, The Budapest Sun/Style, No. 2, 2007, Budapest

Iványi, Brigitta: Minthapornó és művészetzúza, ArtMagazin, Vol. V. No. 1, 2007 p. 52-57, Budapest

Győrffy, László: Project affair, RoHAM Magazine, Vol. II. No.2, 2007, p. 45-47, Budapest

Rieder, Gábor: Szöllősi Géza és a horror, ArtMagazin, Vol. V., No., 2007, p., Budapest

Rieder, Gábor: A gumigésa találkozása, ArtMagazin, Vol. IV., No. 1, 2006, p. 30-31, Budapest

Hock, Bea: Játék és Suzuka tíz percben, Géza Szöllősi Suzuka and her Friends exhibition opening, Menü Pont Gallery, 2006

Győrffy, László: Delicatessen, Új Művészet, Vol. XVI., No. 11, 2005, p. 39-40, Budapest

Interviews (English)

Dora Sarvari, Revista Metal Magazine, The Hungarian Barbarian, New York, Barcelona, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2010, p. 30-33

Rebecca Delmenico, Géza Szöllősi, www.rebeccadelmenico.com, 2009

Richard Mauger, Q&A, 2009

magyar.film.hu, Géza szöllősi, Artist, 2007

Videos

New deities in Nextart Gallery Budapest (Hungarian)

Decadens Now Exhibition in Prague (English)

„Absolút” reporting program (Hungarian)

Reporting (Vam Design Center - Budapest) (Hungarian)

First Blood - exhibition with BMZ, (Hungarian)

Lecture in Pécs University (Hungarian)

Exhibition in RoHAM Gallery (Hungarian)