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/
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)