ARTIST PROFILE

Szabolcs KissPál

  • Romania (b. 1967 in Tg.-mures (marosvásárhely))
  • Currently in Budapest, Hungary.
  • Szabolcs KissPál works in various media from photography to video, from installation to objects and conceptual interventions. His main field of interest is the intersection of new media, visual arts and social issues.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018

  • Reframing Identities, Staatliches Museum für Archäologie, Chemnitz , Germany.

2017

  • From Fake Montains to Faith (Hungarian trilogy), Project Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland.
  • From Fake Mountains to Faith (Hungarian Trilogy), OFF Bienale Budapest / Institute of Political History, Budapest, Hungary.
  • From Fake Mountains to Faith (Hungarian Trilogy), Kostka Galeria - Meetfactory, Prague, Czech Republic.

2016

  • From Fake Mountains to Faith (Hungarian Trilogy), Tranzit RO, Cluj, Romania.
  • Hatikva, 2B Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • On Building nations, From Fake Mountains to Faith (Hungarian Trilogy) , Edit Russ Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg, Germany.

2015

  • Suspended Explosion, Nameste Slobode, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Another time, in another place, I hope... (radio play), OFF Biennale Budapest, talk: Auróra (Aired: Rádió Klub, Rádió Civil), Budapest, Hungary.

2012

  • Activist work (2012-15), Various, Budapest, Hungary.

2011

  • Edging, Werkleitz Festival, Werkleitz, Germany.

2010

  • Open Studio, International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York, United States.

2009

  • One by 1, MNAC - Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania.
  • Smallest common multiple, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary.

2008

  • The Tool, The Image, The Action , HIT Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.

2007

  • The Dance, Substation Project Space Bilton Square, Margate, United Kingdom.

2006

  • Director's Cut, Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

2005

  • Backlit Gaps, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

2004

  • Gallery by Night, Studio Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

2003

  • Works, Gastatelier KulturKontakt Austria, Vienna, Austria.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019

  • Alt Right Complex, HMKW – Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund, Germany.

2018

  • Skip the Line, Biennale Warsawa, Warsaw, Poland.
  • The state is not a work of art, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia.

2016

  • Universal hospitality, Alte Post / Wiener Festwochen, Vienna, Austria.
  • Private Nationalism, Apartman Project Gallery, Berlin, Germany.

2015

  • Private Nationalism, Kiscelli Museum, Budapest , Hungary.
  • Silicon Walse, The House of the Lords of Kunstat, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Accumulation of matter , Lehrter Siebzehn, Berlin, Germany.

2014

  • Monument to the cold war victory , Cooper Union, New York, United States.
  • Unicorn is more than Nation, Knoll Gallery, Vienna, Austria.
  • Private Nationalism, Kiscelli Museum, M 21 - Zsolnay Cultural quarter, Ostrale Biennial for Contemporary Art, Kunsthalle Kosice, Budapest, Pécs, Dresden, Kosice, Germany.

2013

  • Like a Bird, Trafó Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Conceptualism Today, Paks Gallery, Paks, Hungary.

2011

  • Joy and Disaster, Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków, Poland.
  • Point 0, Krokus Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Rhythmic Exercises, SOKOL Malopolska Culture Centre, Nowy Sacz, Poland.

2010

  • Donumenta 10., Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg, Germany.
  • Ich kenne drei Farben auf Erden, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany.
  • …on the eastern front video art from central and eastern europe 1989–2009, Ludwig Museum – Contemporary Arts Museum, Budapest, Hungary.

2009

  • Contemporary Hungarian Video Artists, Janos Gat Gallery, New York, United States.
  • New Acquisitions – Rarely Seen Works, Ludwig Museum - Contemporary Art Museum, Budapest, Hungary.

2008

  • What's up, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary.

2007

  • Say it isn’t so, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany.
  • Time print 08, HCI, Bruxelles, Belgium.

2006

  • Points of view, Skuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • Re_Dis_Trans , Apexart, New York, United States.

2005

  • For Some Reason, Maerz Gallery, Linz, Austria.
  • Active Image , NCCA, Moscow, Russian Federation.

2004

  • Digital Homo Ludens: The 3rd Seoul International Media Art Biennale, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul , Korea, Republic Of.
  • EU Positive, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany.
  • Nam June Paik Award show, Phoenixhalle , Dortmund, Germany.
  • Travelling Without Moving, W139, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

2003

  • Prague Biennial, National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

2002

  • Vision, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary.
  • On my way to Timbuctoo, IFA , Berlin, Germany.

2001

  • Context, 49th Venice Biennial - Romanian Pavillon, Venice, Italy.

2000

  • Media Model , Kunsthalle , Budapest, Hungary.
  • New Topics , Kunstverein Neuhausen, Stuttgart, Germany.

1999

  • Toot Festival, Hull Time Based Arts, Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom.

1993

  • Ex Oriente Lux, Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Bucharest , Romania.

PROGRAMS

1999

  • Video screenings, Screenings, Various, Various.
    2019 D'EST: Alyosha and the Rose Queen: Gestures of De-Monumentality, Plovdiv Bulgaria ◼︎ 2017 Re-Imagined Communities, tranzit.ro, Iasi, Roumania ◼︎ 2015 (DE)MARCHES, PARCOURS URBAINS- Espace en cours, Paris ◼︎ 2014 Pandamonium Berlin CHB Berlin ◼︎ 2013 Whatever happened to Hungarian Theater – Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin / Crosstalk Festival Budapest ◼︎ 2012 Pärnu Videofest ◼︎ 2011 57. Internationale Kurzfilmtage, Oberhausen ◼︎ 2010 Open Air-Open Source, IH Paris, Transitland: Moscow International Film Festival, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía ◼︎ 2009 Focus Ungheria - Trieste Contemporanea ◼︎ 2007 New Arrivals – Modern Art Oxford ◼︎ 2006 Videokunst aus Ungarn - NBK Berlin /Videt 06 – Vilafranca, Spain ◼︎ 2005 LIVRAISON #5, Rhinocéros - Nouveau Théâtre du Huitième, Lyon ◼︎ 2004 The Oneminutes Salto TV- Amsterdam / Academie Libanaise des Beaux Arts - Beyrouth / Cubacine 2004. Cuba ◼︎ 2003 Videobrasil XVI. - Sao Paolo 2001 Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris ◼︎ 2000 TRANSMEDIA 2000 - Toronto (CAN), Trampoline 2000 - Nottingham (UK), L'imagine leggera IV. - Palermo (IT), CJC Paris (F) ◼︎ 1999 EMAF ‘99 - Osnabrück (DE), Champ Libre - Montreal (CAN), Hull Screen (UK) ◼︎

LOCATION

  • Born 1967 in Tg.-Mures (Marosvásárhely), Romania.
  • Lives and works in Budapest, Hungary.

EDUCATION

  • 2014 - 2014
    Hungarian University of Fine Arts (MKE), Budapest, Hungary
    dr. Habil in Intermedia
  • 2007 - 2007
    Hungarian University of Fine Arts (MKE), Budapest, Hungary
    Doctor of Liberal Arts (DLA) in Intermedia
  • 1986 - 1992
    Art and Design University , Cluj Napoca, Romania
    Master of Fine Arts in Grafic Arts

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2015
    Stipendium für Medienkunst
    Edith Russ Haus / Stiftung Niedersachsen, Oldenburg, Germany
  • 2008
    Munkácsy Award
    Ministry of Culture, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2004
    Nam June Paik Award (shortlisted)
    Kunststiftung NRW, Dortmund, Germany
  • 2002
    Henkel Youth Artist Award
    KulturKontakt Austria, Vienna, Austria
  • 2001
    Yearly Prize of the FKSE
    FKSE - Association of Young Hungarian Artists, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2000
    NOVACOM Prize for Contemporary Art
    Novacom, Budapest, Hungary
  • 1999
    SUBOTNIC Stipendium
    Akademie Schloss Solitude – Ukio Camera Systems, Stuttgart, Germany

RESIDENCIES

  • 2017
    Studio exchange, Cité internationale des Arts, Paris, France
  • 2010
    Fellowship, ACAX - International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York, United States
  • 2003
    Fellowship, KulturKontakt Austria, Vienna, Austria
  • 2002
    Fellowship, Svenska Konstskolan, Nykarleby, Finland
  • 2000
    Fellowship, Hungarian Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
  • 1999
    European Media Artist Residency , ARTEC, London, United Kingdom
  • 1998
    European Media Artist Residency, Hull Time Based Arts, Kingston upon Hull , United Kingdom

COLLECTIONS

  • Muzeum Współczesne, Wrocłav, Poland
  • Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, France
  • Budapest Kiscelli Historical Museum, Budapest, Hungary
  • Ludwig Museum for Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
  • Szent István Király Museum , Székesfehérvár, Hungary
  • Ostrobothnian Museum, Vaasa, Finland
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest , Romania