Péter Mátyási (1982) was born in Budapest, where he lives and works. He graduated from the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in 2009 as a painter after having finished a year at the Chelsea College of Art and Design in London. He has had solo and group shows in Hungary as well as internationally. He participated at top international art fairs such as the Armory Show in New York, Art Brussels and Artissima in Turin. In 2013 he won the Contemporary Pastel Prize and in 2016 he received the Pastel Society’s award and the grant prize of the Graphic Triennial of Salgótarján.
‘My works are focused on everyday concepts like personal and collective memory, memento, amazement, nature and culture. I try to interpret the meeting points of similar, often random life events through an architectural way of thinking with the tools of fine art. It is a conscious process which still has many improvised moments mainly because of unpredictable events that put the conceptual ideas into a new light. I regularly use materials that are typically not considered traditional in fine arts. The recent years my focus turned to the relationship between humankind and nature.’
1982, Budapest
Studies
2009
Chelsea College of Art and Design, Master: Sarah Dobai
2004-2009
Hungarian University of Fine Arts, painting and visual education department, Masters: Orsolya Drozdik, Sándor Molnár
2001-2004
MS Mester painting circle, Masters: Kálmán Kőszegváry, József Molnár
2000-2002
Óbuda University, Keleti Faculty of Business and Management
1994-200
Budai Nagy Antal Secondary Grammar School
Honors and Awards
2017
Budapest Galéria Residency Program to Salzburg
2016
National Graphics Triennale grand prize
Alfred Teddy Smith és Zsuzsi Roboz Award
Conte a Paris Award (Pastel Society)
2014
Újbuda-Mecénás creative scholarship
2013
Winner of ‘Contemporary Pastel Prize’
2011
BoH Art Scholarship, Bohart Artist of 2011
Winner of the competition for painters to participate in a group exhibition at Virág Judit Gallery for Contemporary Art
2009
Újbuda-Mecénás scholarship
2008
Erasmus scholarship to London(Chelsea College of Art and Design)
Amadeus special prize
2007
László Óváry memorial ring winner
Memberships
Member of SYAA (The Studio of Young Artists’ Association)
Member of NAHAT(National Association of Hungarian Art Teachers)
Co-founder of Eleven Blokk Visual Art Foundation
Solo exhibitions
2019
Green Box, Ani Molnár Gallery, Budapest
2018
Herbárium, B32 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2016
Wunderwelt, Ani Molnár Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2015
Play-ground, Small Gallery, Prague, The Czech Republic
2014
Depicted Time, Ani Molnár Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2013
„Rétegrendbontás”, 400 bar, Budapest, Hungary
Group Exhibitions
2022
What will be ours. Group exhibition on sustainability, KUBIK Coworking, Budapest
2021
The Power of Plants, MANK Gallery, Szentendre
2020
Slow Life. Radical Practices of the Everyday, Ludwig Museum, Budapest
2019
Short List 2019 Esterházy Art Award, Ludwig Museum, Budapest
Ukiyo-e Effect. Duna Museum, Esztergom
In your trace. Inspirational forces in Russian and Hungarian contemporary art. Mikve Gallery, Budapest
2018
Constructed Archives, Balassi Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Explorers, Ybl Budai Creative House, Budapest, Hungary
2016
Dunart.com symposium, Samorin
13th Steel Sculptural Sympozion,Kecskemét
The Pastel Society annual show,The Mall Galleries, London
POLISH(ED) HUNGARIAN, Apteka Sztuki Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
The starting lineup, Karinthy Szalon, Budapest
2015
XI!. Steel Sculptural Symposium’s final exhibition, KÉSZ Industrial Park, Kecskemét, Hungary
Overture Hungary – Imago Mundi exhibition, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy
2014
The City Is Ours, D17 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Dimensions, LATARKA Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Köz-tér-kép, B32 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Between the lines, Degreeart Galery, London, United Kingdom
Street view, Labor Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2013
Budapest Jam, SYAA Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Happy Exhibition, Pop-up exhibtion in a former CIB BANK building, Budapest, Hungary
Display, B29 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
28/31, Exhibition of the new members of SYAA, Budapest, Hungary
2012
Diversificated portfolio, Próféta Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Artplacc after, Budapest Park, Budapest, Hungary
Artplacc, Tihany, Hungary
3 room show, Mono Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2011
Contemporary selection, Budapest, Moha Café, Hungary
Budapest Flow, Virág Judit Art Gallery of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
BoH Art Project 2011, Exhibition at Festival del Arte Contemporanea, Faenza, Italy
4 wall show, Sokszem Foundation, Budapest, Hungary
Artstation opening show, Artstation Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2010
Óváry memorial ring winners, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
Mecénás exhibition, Újbuda Art Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2009
Budapest Art Fair, (Léna&Roselli Galery), Budapest Kunsthalle, Hungary
Arrivals, Bulgarian Culture Institute, Budapest, Hungary
Annual exhibition, Triangle, London(Chelsea College of Art and Design), United Kingdom
2008
Amadeus show, Barcsay Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2007
Szimpla Coffee, Budapest, Hungary
Gyöngy Restaurant, Budapest, Hungary
60th annual of Ferrari, Torino, Italy
60th annual of Ferrari, Museum of Transport, Budapest, Hungary
Amadeus show, Barcsay Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Hommage á Molnár Sándor, Platán Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2004
The Molnár Sándor Class, Támaszpont Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Others
2011
Participate in the finalists of Strabag Art Award
2010
Member of the building projection team at the Hungarian Institute of Paris, Contemporary Hungarian Architecture Festival
2009
Participate in the finalists of Strabag Art Award
Debuting in Hamu és Gyémánt magazine
Event planner and curator in Sokszem Visual Art Foundation
Art teacher in Tondó Drawing School
Art Fair Participations
Művészeti vásárok
2018
Art Market Budapest
viennacontemporary, Vienna, Austria
2017
Art Market Budapest
2016
Art Market Budapest
Artissima, Turin
2015
viennacontemporary, Vienna, Austria
Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
The Armory Show, New York, NY
2013
Artmarket Budapest
Molnár Ani Galéria
1088, Budapest
Bródy Sándor u. 36.
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Kedd – Péntek:
12.00 – 18.00
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1088, Budapest
Bródy Sándor u. 22.
Nyitvatartás:
Szerda – Péntek:
13.00 – 18.00
Nyitvatartási időn kívül előzetes bejelentkezés után látogatható.
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