Péter Mátyási

 

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