■ CURRICULUM VITAE János SZIRTES Budapest. 1954.
STUDIES, ACTIVITIES Since 2007
Head of the Department of Media Design, later Studies of Media Design
2008-2010.
Head of the Visual Communication Department of the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest
2007-2008.
Entrusted Head of the Visual Communication Department of the MoholyNagy University of Art and Design, Budapest
2005. Appointment for University Professor - Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest (former Hungarian University of Art and Design, Budapest) 2002. Habilitation at the Hungarian University of Art and Design, Budapest 2000. Head of the Visual Studies Scene Design Course at the Visual Communication Department 1997. Associate Professor at the Hungarian University of Art and Design, Budapest Since 1989 he has been teaching at the Visual Communication Department of the Hungarian University of Art and Design, Budapest 1983. Master Diploma 1980. Diploma, Graphic Design Artist, Teacher 1977-1980. Hungarian Academy of Fine Art, Budapest, Reproduction Graphic Design Department 1975-1977. Academy of Fine Art, Bratislava
AWARDS 2009 Officer Cross of the Hungarian State 2003 Széchenyi István Fellowship 1999 Széchenyi Professor Fellowship 1990 Munkácsy-prize
EXHIBITIONS, ARTISTIC ACTIONS, HAPPENINGS Since 1981 he has been taking part on solo and group exhibitions in Europe, America and Asia.
SELECTED SOLO ACTIVITIES -Participating in 1987 on the Dokumenta VII, Kassel -solo exhibition and catalogue in 1992 in the whole area of the Ernst Museum, Budapest; solo exhibition and a catalogue in 1997 in Kiscelli Museum -installation in the whole room number 1. of the Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle) on the “View” (Látvány) exhibition -“Tabula rasa” (Tiszta lap) feature film presented in 2002 -installation made for the Vajda Lajos Studio Jubilee Exhibition in 2002 in Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle) -in 2004 “Shame-Secret”video installation on the “Hidden Holocaust” Exhibition in Műcsarnok -Architecture Interactive Installations; other artistic installations -in 2008-2009 art objects (multimedia-media design, media scene design works) of the Headquarters Building of Pannon GSM Mobile Communication Company.
MOST IMPORTANT SOLO EXHIBITIONS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS 2009 XO Gallery, Budapest City Gallery, Szentendre 2008 Gallery of Viziváros, Budapest 2006 Raiffeisen Gallery, Budapest Fészek Gallery, Budapest 2005 Várfok Gallery, Budapest 2004 Hidden Holocaust, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest (“Shame-secret”, video installation) Sziget Festival 2004, Budapest (“Shame-secret”, video installation) 2003 XO Gallery, Budapest 2002 Várfok Gallery, Budapest Portál Gallery, Budapest 2001 Várfok Gallery, Budapest X. Teresa Arte Actuale Mexico City, Mexico House of Arts, Bern, Switzerland 2000 Várfok Gallery, Budapest Szombathely Gallery, Szombathely 1999 Várfok Gallery, Budapest XO Gallery, Budapest Akademie Der Künste, Berlin, Spicchi dell'est - Rome- Italy
MOST IMPORTANT GROUP EXHIBITIONS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS 2011
Art Market 2011, Millenáris, Budapest Szentendre at Gödör, Gödör Club, Budapest
Ironworks Workshop 2011, MissionArt Gallery, Miskolc Rozsda, Várfok Gallery Factory Festival, Ironworks, Miskolc Term of probation, Várfok Gallery 2010 Art Blokk Gallery, Corvin Shopping Center, Budapest Art Fair, Műcsarnok, Budapest Szentendre at Gödör, Budapest Watchable-unwatchable, ArtMill, Szentendre Open space, Small Synagogue Contemporary Gallery, Eger Fresh Air, Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc Hommage á Puskás Öcsi, Boscolo New York Palace, Home Gallery, Budapest Crescendo, XO Gallery, Budapest On Paper, Várfok Gallery, Budapest Paradogma, XO Gallery, Budapest 2009 Hommage á El Kazovszkij, XO Gallery, Budapest Exhibition of the Workshop of Mezőszemere, Eger Affinity, Szentendre Negative dia, Szentendre 2008 Open space, Exhibition of the Workshop of Mezőszemere– Székesfehérvár Everything is movie! (Minden mozi!) Selection from the film and video work collection of the Ludwig Museum – Contemporary Art Museum, Budapest Picture in Picture, XO Gallery, Budapest Icecube, Várfok Gallery, Budapest Space Collage, ArtMill, Szentendre The second generation, 2B Gallery, Budapest Brotherhood, Szlovák Institute, Budapest Brotherhood (Grand Family), NextArt Gallery, Budapest 2007 Open space, Exhibition of the Workshop of Mezőszemere– Eger 2006 Re:mbrandt – Contemporary Hungarian Artists Answer –Museum of Fine Art, Budapest
Hommage á Mulasics László – XO Gallery, Budapest Small Hungarian Performance Festival, Szentendre 2005 „Victim – Atonement” Jewish Museum, Budapest 2004 Hidden Holocaust Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest Mediafactory, Zsolnai Factory, Pécs, (Közelítés Művészeti Egyesület) Vajda Lajos Studio Jubilee Exhibition Green Mania, Várfok Gallery, Budapest Le Lieu Art Center, Quebec, Kanada Reflection, XO Gallery– Kieselbach Gallery, Budapest Drawing, ArtMill, Szentendre 2003 Vajda Lajos Studio, Szentendre Small Hungarian Performance Festival, Szentendre, 2002 Hungarian National Gallery – permanent exhibition Dialogue. Austrian-hungarian contemporary fine art exhibiton, Budapest Gallery, Budapest Real image– open space Hatvany Lajos Museum, Hatvan Vajda Lajos Studio Szentendre jubilee exhibition, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest MAMÜ Gallery, Budapest Translater’s House, Siófok KunstMesse, Cologne, Germany 2001 German-hungarian contemporary exhibition Kassák Museum, Budapest Summer Exhibition, ArtMill, Szentendre Workshop Jubilee Exhibition, Szentendre VAM Design Gallery, Budapest 2000 Porsche M5 - Audi Agency, Budapest Innovation - Invention - Intention, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest Dialogue – Painting at the time of the Millenium Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest House of Arts, Pécs Gebauer Gallery, Pécs Oil - Canvas, Middle Europian travelling exhibition
Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Ungarn Fellbach, Germany Transpostitions, Budapest Gallery, Budapest The Hungarian art of the 1990’s, The House of Arts of the City, Győr É.S. Exhibition Gallery of Viziváros, Budapest 1999 Body art-east City Gallery - Ljubjana, Slovenia The Art of the 1990’s, Akademie der Künste, Berlin ARCO Madrid, Spain View Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest Hungarian Institute, Paris, France Exhibition of the Art Colonie of Szentendre, ArtMill, Szentendre Oil - Canvas, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest Pattern Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest Painting - ArtMill, Szentendre
PRODUCTIONS, PERFORMANCES, FILMS Since 1980 he has been having performance and installations in Europe, North and South America, and Asia.
MOST IMPORTANT SHOWS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS 2011. Gödör Club, with László feLugossy Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), opening ceremony performance of A.E. Bizottság exhibition Vajda Lajos Stuido Cellargallery, with Boris Nieslony, Szentendre MODEM, with László feLugossy, Debrecen 2010. Gödör Club, with László feLugossy, Budapest
performance to the exhibition of László feLugossy („Szabad nézni”), Sárospatak 2009 MODEM, Debrecen Main Square, Szentendre Small Synagoge, Eger The Umpteenth Doubt, exhibition opening performance of László feLugossy’s Inscrutable Exhibition, Szentendre Godot Gallery, Budapest 2008 Trust I., III. Open Space Live Art Festival, Eger Trust II., Der lange Atem, Maschinenhaus, Essen Trust III., Der lange Atem, Orangerie, Cologne 2007 Inside, outside, upside, downside – Gödör Club, Budapest Upside, downside – Millenáris, Budapest Prague Spring 2007 – Prague 2006 Small Hungarian Performance Festival, Szentendre Nettles Soup Festival, Békéscsaba 2005 TIPAF Art Festival, Taiwan GISWIL Art Festival, Switzerland Forebear Malicious Evenings, Tokaj Small Hungarian Performance Festival, Szentendre Exhibition of Gyula Pauer, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest 2004 Production of the Shame-secret video installation with 20 pieces of looped film Shame-secret video installation on Hidden Holocaust exhibition– Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest Bercsényi 28-30. Spring 2004. Budapest Art Symposium Mezőszemere, Mezőszemere Small Hungarian Performance Festival, Szentendre Le Lieu Art Center, Quebec, Canada Table performance - Bercsényi 68 Festival, Budapest Blue panic, Art Festival, Quebec, Canada Tableware I. (Teríték I.) Small Hungarian Performance Festival, Szentendre
Tableware II. (Teríték II.) Millenáris Atrium, Budapest Tableware III. (Teríték III.) Ludwig Museum – Contemporary Art Museum, Budapest 2003 Small Hungarian Performance Festival, Szentendre Art Symposium Mezőszemere, Mezőszemere 2002 feature film first presentation: Magyar Filmszemle, Művész cinema, Budapest; Valley of Arts (Művészetek Völgye), Kapolcs; Art Film Festival Szeged Lying on the way (Az úton fekvő) looped film, (Mezőszemere) first show, performance – Ernst Museum, Budapest Definite touch (Határozott érintés) looped film, first presentation: Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest Peal (Harangzúgás) performance Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest 1999-2002 Tabula Rasa (Tiszta lap) feature film, screen-play, storyboard, scene design, shooting written by László feLugossy, János Szirtes directed by János Szirtes producer Budapest Filmstúdió with the support of MMA 2000 World-premiers (Világ-premierek) – with László Krasznahorkai, György Fehér and László feLugossy, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest Tabula Rasa (Tiszta Lap) Ex Teresa Arte Actual – Mexico City, Mexico Tabula Rasa-Jasmin TV (Tiszta Lap - Jázmin TV) – with László feLugossy, Várfok Gallery, Budapest First presentation (Bemutató) City Gallery, Sárospatak 1999 War and War (Háború és háború) with László Krasznahorkai and György Fehér – City Museum, Schaffhausen, Switzerland Tabula Rasa (Tiszta Lap) with László feLugossy – Museum Bern, Switzerland View (Látvány) – Vernissage and finissage performance, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest The Art of the 1990’s (A kilencvenes évek művészete), opening performance, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
SET DESIGN, VISUALISATION, MURAL WORKS 2008-2009
Pannon Art Project, leader of the prize winner art group on the competition of Pannon GSM Mobile Communication Company
2000
Tabula Rasa (Tiszta lap), feature film, set and scene design
1991-2009
Sziget Festival, open air scene and production design, Budapest
1998
Lying crystal (Fekvő kristály), open air statue, Szentendre
1995
Pannos of Mátészalka Hospital (Class of Diagnostic and Surgery)
1994
Theatermakers (Színházcsinálók), scene designer, Madách Theater
1991
Oscillation (Oszcilláció), exhibition design, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle)
WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Firsrt Hungarian Collection (Első Magyar Látványtár), Tapolca-Diszel Gallery of the Capitol (Fővárosi Képtár), Budapest King Saint Stephan Museum (Szent István Király Múzeum), Székesfehérvár Janus Pannonius Museum (Janus Pannonius Múzeum), Pécs Institute of Contemporary Art (Kortárs Művészeti Intézet), Dunaújváros Ludwig Museum-Contemporary Art Museum (Ludwig Múzeum - Kortárs Művészeti Múzeum), Budapest Laczkó Dezső Museum (Laczkó Dezső Múzeum), Veszprém Ludwig Museum (Ludwig Múzeum), Aachen Miskolc Gallery (Miskolci Galéria), Miskolc Hungarian National Gallery (Magyar Nemzeti Galéria), Budapest Munkácsy Mihály Museum (Munkácsy Mihály Múzeum), Békéscsaba M. Sztuki, Poznań Gallery of Paks (Paksi Képtár), Paks Gallery of Szombathely (Szombathelyi Képtár), Szombathely
Upplands Kunstmuseum, Uppsala (SVE) City Gallery (Városi Képtár), Győr
János Szirtes
