SZIGETI G CSONGOR
visual artist (1980)
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Csongor G Szigeti’s approach is classified by his conceptual and critical thinking, combined with an organic use of materials and a high level of craftsmanship. His environmental and context-oriented art is characterized by its interdisciplinarity features, however, his work, which ranges from photography and graphic design to sculpture, is technically and stylistically unclassifiable. Szigeti’s working method, which explores the iconography of urban existence and draws associations from the materials found in nature, is both humane and irrational.
Márton Orosz, art historian
From 2001, he attended the Graphic Arts Department of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in Budapest, then graduated in Intermedia in 2006. Between 2010 and 2014, he participated in the DLA program at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Pécs, his supervisor was Colin Foster. He has been a member of the Studio of Young Artists since 2003, and of the MAMŰ Society since 2005, of which he was president between 2011 and 2015, and continues to participate in the association's work. Since 2020, he has been a founding member of the Hungarian light art Lighthouse Association, and since 2023, a member of the International Kepes Society.
Since 2009, he has been a teacher at the Media and Design Institute in Eger, and since 2022, he also teaches at the Department of Visual Arts at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. He currently lives and works in Budapest and Eger. He regularly participates in Hungarian and international exhibitions, art projects, residency programs, and workshops from Europe to the Far East, as an invited artist or organizer.
Szigeti G Csongor művészetét a konceptuális és kritikai gondolkodás jellemzi, amely organikus anyaghasználattal és magas szintű kézműves kidolgozással párosul. Környezet- és kontextusorientált művészetére az interdiszciplinaritás jellemző, azonban a fotográfiától, a tervezőgrafikán át a szobrászatig ívelő tevékenysége technikai és stílustörténeti szempontból besorolhatatlan. Az urbánus lét ikonográfiáját kutató és a természetben talált anyagokat saját belső összefüggéseiből kiemelő, asszociációteremtő munkamódszerében a humánus magatartás és az irracionalitásra való hajlam egyszerre érvényesül.
Orosz Márton művészettörténész
2001-től a budapesti Magyar Képzőművészeti Egyetem Grafika szakára járt, majd 2006-ban Intermédia szakon diplomázott. 2010–2014 között a Pécsi Tudományegyetem Művészeti Karának DLA képzésében vett részt, témavezetője Colin Foster. Tagja 2003-tól a Fiatal Képzőművészek Stúdiójának, 2005-től a MAMŰ Társaságnak, melynek elnöke volt 2011–2015 között, és azóta is részt vesz az egyesület munkájában. 2020-tól a magyar fényművészeti Lighthouse Egyesület alapító tagja, majd 2023-tól a Nemzetközi Kepes Társaság tagja.
2009-től az egri Média és Design Intézet tanára, majd 2022-től a Magyar Képzőművészeti Egyetem Vizuális Művészet Tanszékén is tanít. Jelenleg Budapesten és Egerben él és dolgozik. Rendszeresen részt vesz magyarországi és nemzetközi kiállításokon, művészeti projektekben, rezidencia programokban, workshopokon Európától a Távol-Keletig, meghívott művészként vagy szervezőként.
AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS
Ars Hungarica Foundation Scholarship, 2000–2001
Hungarian State Talent Support Scholarship, 2001–2006
Barcsay Award, 2003
Ludwig Scholarship, 2003
Scholarship of the Hungarian Republic, 2004
Székely Bertalan Scholarship, 2004
Main Prize, Freedom '56 Competition, 2006
Silver Grade, Lyceum Pro Scientis Award for Eszterházy Károly University, 2018
Kőrösi Csoma Sándor Award, 2019
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Human /Private/ Trap 1.0, Collection of Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc, Hungary, 2019
Private Sanctuary 1.0, Collection of Tolcsva Art Colony, Tolcsva, Hungary, 2019
The EYE (4.0), Kőrösi Csoma Sándor Foundation, Collection of Covasna County Cultural Center, Romania, 2019
Top Creatures // Debrecen, Collection of Modem, Debrecen, Hungary, 2018
Human /Private/ Trap 6.0, Collection of Echigo Tsumari Art Triennale, Japan, 2018
Human /Private/ Trap 5.0, Collection of Pulzus International Art Colony, Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania, 2017
Human /Private/ Trap 2.0, Collection of Lake Velence Symposium, Velence, Hungary, 2016
HUMAN Balance Steel, Skulptur LAB 2016, Collection of 4D Gallery, Galanta, Slovakia, 2016
F-RADAR, Collection of DUNART.COM, Šamorín, Slovakia, 2015
SCOPE STEEL URBAN (photos), FRACTAL WIND (video), Collection of Doctoral School, Faculty of Arts, Pécs, 2014
VIDEOPANTOCRATOR (video), Collection of MAGMA Contemporary Medium, Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania, 2013
SPACESHEEPS, Collection of European House of Art, Freising, Germany, 2013
FRACTAL WIND, Collection of YATOO / Geumgang International Nature Art Center, Gongju, South Korea, 2012
HORN BLOW, Collection of Sandarbh Art Residency, Partapur, India, 2011
SCOPE Forest, Collection of YATOO / Geumgang International Nature Art Center, Gongju, South Korea, 2010
Several works, Collection of Harghita County Cultural Center, Lăzarea Art Colony, Lăzarea, Romania, 2008–2019
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
IRON.SKETCH.WORKS., Dinghi, Budapest, Hungary, 2021
ART_FOUND, Kádár László Gallery, Covasna, Romania, 2021
The Eyes @ NANOEVENTS, KÁPOLNA, Budapest, Hungary, 2020
Spacesheeps, Schafhof – Europäisches Künstlerhaus Oberbayern, Freising, Germany, 2020
Public_Art_Found, Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc, Hungary, 2019
Keep_Your_Trap_Shut, Esernyős Gallery, Budapest, Hungary, 2018
Human /Private/ Trap 6.0 (public art), Echigo Tsumari Art Triennale, Japan, 2018
ON TOP, MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary, 2018
[be]longing (public art), Žagarė, Lithuania, 2017
AETHEREAL, Horizont Gallery, Budapest, Hungary, 2016
Mobile BALANCE, Egymű Gallery, Miskolc, Hungary, 2015
PULSE, Holdudvar Gallery, Budapest, Hungary, 2013
Filter (video installation), Szatyor Plazma, Budapest, Hungary, 2012
HORN BLOW (public art), Sandarbh Art Residency, Partapur, India, 2011
LIGHTTREE (public art), Pécs, Hungary, 2010
YOU ARE HERE (public art), Dobó Square, Eger, Hungary, 2009
GROUP EXHIBITIONS, WORKSHOPS
2025
Light! More Light!, IZZO, Budapest, Hungary
Szárhegy 50 – Contemporary Anzix, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
MAMŰ Matrix, Transylvanian Art Center, Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania
Roots and Routes (trio exhibition), Tailors' Tower, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Non-Fungible Objects, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
2024
12 Hertz, Lighthouse Art, Kollab, Budapest, Hungary
RANDOM VI. – FEVER CURVE, MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Gyermely 30., Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
TRASH - Spoiled Works, MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Hungarian Graphic Design Biennale, MKE Barcsay Hall, Budapest, Hungary
REFLECTOPIA, Csikász Gallery, Veszprém, Hungary
PUBLIC_ART_FOUND, Delta Gallery, FAL Gallery, Eger, Hungary
Paradise as a State of Mind, Esernyős Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
CO-VISION (lecture, workshop and exhibition), Bánffy Castle, Bonțida, Romania
Blending experiments, Magyar Műhely Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2023
Anatomy of Design, MKISZ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Art Market Budapest, Gallery East of Eden, Budapest, Hungary
Cooking Performance Day 2023, Csévharaszt, Hungary
Paradise as a State of Mind, Miszla Art Colony and Exhibition, Miszla, Hungary
CONTEMPORARY PALEOLITHIC, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2022
Lighthouse in Dubai, Kanvas Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Contemplation (Dunartcom), MANK Gallery, Szentendre, Hungary
R-FLOW 1.2, Light Art Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Tolcsva Art Residency and exhibition, Tolcsva, Hungary
Art Market Budapest, Gallery East of Eden, Budapest, Hungary
Common Ground, Rožňava Mining Museum, Rožňava, Slovakia
0,1, MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2021
Inversions, Kepes Institute, Eger, Hungary
Matter of Perspective, Gallery FiguratiF, Košice, Slovakia
Instinct, EMŰK – Transylvanian Art Center, Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania
Aura mobile 1.0, MUMUSH Festival, Adorjani, Romania
CARPATHIAN BASIN FLOW, County Hall Gallery, Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
RANDOM V. – HAPPY END, MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Tool for Privacy Practices, Miszla Art Colony, Miszla, Hungary
Come Out Into the Light!, B32 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Miszla Art 10, Széphárom Community Space, Budapest, Hungary
Art Unboxed, MODEM, Debrecen, Hungary
PLEIN AIR, Bartók 1 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2020
Lighthouse ON, Csokonai Theatre, Debrecen, Hungary
MAMŰ TRAINING, Kilroy Art, Csákberény, Hungary
Moholy-Nagy 125, Graphifest 2020, Moholy Nagy University of Art, Budapest, Hungary
DUNART.COM 10, Šamorín, Slovakia
Field of Sparks Artweek, Ipolytarnóc, Hungary
Color Grinder, Miszla Art Colony and Exhibition, Miszla, Hungary
Neuaufbruch, Schafhof – Europäisches Künstlerhaus Oberbayern, Freising, Germany
RANDOM IV. – SPOT CHECK, MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Closed Realities – Photos from a New World Order, B32 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
INSTEAD OF OVIDIUS (Metamorphoses), MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2019
After Reality, Living Space II. Exhibition, Iran
NeighbourART Meetup '19, Brody Studios, Budapest, Hungary
MONDI DI APPARENZE (Worlds of Appearances), Hungarian Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
MATT BAUHAUS 2019, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
Infinite Passage, Művészet Malom, Szentendre, Hungary
MOUNTAIN-GYMNASTICS, MAMŰ Lăzarea Art Colony Exhibition, Lăzarea, Romania
Kőrösi Csoma Sándor Memorial Exhibition, Covasna, Romania
Interpreted Relations, Bernády House, Târgu Mureș, Romania
Made in Miskolc IV. (open studio program), Miskolc Gallery Studio House, Miskolc, Hungary
100 Sparks @ Telep, Telep Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
AQB OPEN HOUSE, Art Quarter Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
2018
Scale Invariances, Magyar Műhely Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Szárhegy Art Colony Exhibition, Bartók 1 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Public Art Found (presentation / Urban Playground exhibition), Maximiliansforum, Munich, Germany
TYPOZONE/2, Templom Gallery, Eger, Hungary
Worlds of Appearances, Templom Gallery, Eger, Hungary
Echigo Tsumari Art Triennale, Japan
Art Market Budapest, MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Debrecen International Artist in Residence (workshop, exhibition), Modem, Debrecen, Hungary
Designresistance Conference, Modem, Debrecen, Hungary
PSEUDO RANDOM III., MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2017
Typozone/1, Templom Gallery, Eger, Hungary
ROM – Riders on the Mall Festival 2.0, Budapest, Hungary
25 Years Symposium, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
Budapest Art Week, Art Quarter Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
If I Saw It in a Gallery, I'd Think It Was Art, Studio Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Zsolnay Light Festival, Pécs, Hungary
Human /Private/ Trap 4.0, Miszla Art Camp, Miszla, Hungary
Human /Private/ Trap 5.0, Pulzus International Art Colony, Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania
LOCKED IN THE HEART OF ART, Dunapest Festival, Art Quarter, Budapest, Hungary
HeadCage 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, Art Market Budapest, Millenáris Park, Budapest, Hungary
PX, MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2016
DUNART.COM I–V., MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
ATELIER, Székely Bertalan Scholarship Holders Exhibition, Szada, Hungary
What Is a Visual Artist?, FKSE Annual Exhibition Series, Art Bázis, Budapest, Hungary
Crosstalk Video Art Festival, Multiple Venues, Budapest, Hungary
10x10, Lake Velence Symposium and Exhibition, Velence, Hungary
QUESTION OF DECISION, MAMŰ Media Workshop and Exhibition, MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
INVARIANT, Exhibition of Faculty at Eszterházy Károly University Visual Arts Institute, Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
Art Market Budapest, Millenáris Park, Budapest, Hungary
Skulptur LAB 2016, 4D Gallery, Galanta, Slovakia
Sculpture Cemetery, Telep Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
smART! XTRA // Frames, Trafó, Budapest, Hungary
Vertical Situations, Magyar Műhely Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2015
GIFEXHIBITION, Szimpla Kert, Budapest, Hungary
ACCUMULATION OF MATTER, LEHRTER SIEBZEHN Art Space, Berlin, Germany
VMT, Exhibition of Eger Visual Arts Department Faculty, Urbán György Gallery, Sárospatak, Hungary
Art Mobilized, MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Give me five!, MAGMA Contemporary Medium, Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania
MORE LIGHT!, Új Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Bandage, Lenovo Charity Evening, Akvárium, Budapest, Hungary
Reality Landscape 4.0, Aszúház Museum, Mád, Hungary
Coloring in Progress, Sziget Art Zone, Budapest, Hungary
DUNART.COM, Šamorín, Slovakia
Minimum Party Workshop, Romania
LUMINA – Hommage to György Kepes, D17 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
LIGHT PRINCIPLES, Kepes Institute, Eger, Hungary
Art Market Budapest 2015, Budapest, Hungary
This Is Not Disco, Telep Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
LAID OUT, Latarka, Budapest, Hungary
2014
SCOPE STEEL 4.0, HP Innovart, Váci 1. Center, Budapest, Hungary
Rotomirror – Perceptual Hypotheses, MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Rurality (video festival), United Kingdom, Poland, Turkey
PENSIVE PICTURES, GOODBYE!, Higgs Field Exhibition Space, Budapest, Hungary
DLA 2014, Pécs Gallery, Pécs, Hungary
SUNcamp III. (workshop), Bixad, Romania
COLLECTING is ART, Blue and Red Chapel, Balatonboglár, Hungary
INTERTWINED, M21 Gallery, Pécs, Hungary
SCOPES, Sziget Festival, Art Zone, Budapest, Hungary
BATH(ING), Bath Walks and Urban Art, Budapest, Hungary
THE MOST, FKSE Exhibition, Multiple Venues, Budapest, Hungary
ZOOM / MASTERWORKS, Nádor Gallery, Pécs, Hungary
LDLP_001, Telep Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
MMG 10, Magyar Műhely Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2013
SEGMENT 8. – Contemporary Hungarian Art, Galeria Amarte Maroma, Mexico
TIME-DEPENDENCIES, UAP Gallery, Bernády Gallery, Târgu Mureș, Romania
The 2nd Collection, MAGMA Contemporary Medium, Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania
WORKSHOP, M21 Gallery, Zsolnay Cultural Quarter, Pécs, Hungary
DISPLAY, B29 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
FREE COLORS, European House of Art, Freising, Germany
Crosstalk Video Art Festival, Budapest, Hungary
SEGMENT 9. – Contemporary Art from Hungary, 53 Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
Does Art Belong to Artists?, MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
USER EXPERIENCE, Csikász Gallery, Veszprém, Hungary
The EYE 3.0, Inventio Arts, Art Market Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
2012
Filter (video), Szatyor Plazma, Budapest, Hungary
Retrospective, Videospace Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Szentendre in Târgu Mureș, Târgu Mureș, Romania
Art Moments – SEJT, FKSE Exhibition, Akvárium, Budapest; Modem, Debrecen, Hungary
Superfluous Light, Zsolnay Festival, Pécs, Hungary
Fractal Wind – Colloquium (international workshop), Lăzarea, Romania
The Lamb Outside, The Wolf Inside, MAGMA Contemporary Medium, Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania
FRACTAL WIND (kinetic public artwork), Daejeon Museum of Arts, South Korea
MAMŰ MEDIA, Mu Theatre, Budapest, Hungary
CiTOYEN 0100101110101101, Dovin Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
PATRON, FKSE Christmas Exhibition and Fair, Budapest, Hungary
Year-End Artifacts, MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2011
Segments VI., Campus Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
MEGAPIXEL, MAH, Budapest, Hungary
Social Bazaar, Studio Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
The Limits Are in Your Head!, TAT Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
SOCIO-MEDIA, Videospace, Budapest, Hungary
Captured Time, MMG, Budapest, Hungary
FIKA (Young Contemporary Positions), Pécs, Hungary
DLA2011, Annual Exhibition of Pécs Doctoral School, Pécs Gallery, Pécs, Hungary
SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
There Must Be an Exit! (Media Art Works from Hungary), Art Stays 9, Ptuj, Slovenia
MAGTÁR, International Nature Art Symposium, Bódvaszilas, Hungary
CLINICAL PICTURE (art colony and exhibition), Lăzarea, Romania
SZENTENDRE IN THE PIT 2.0, Gödör Club, Budapest, Hungary
ART MARKET BUDAPEST (represented by Videospace Gallery), Budapest, Hungary
DEELSTAAT = Extrapool+Sandarbh (workshop and exhibition), Nijmegen, Netherlands
2010
LIGHTTREE – 21 Dialogues (public art exhibition), Pécs, Hungary
SCOPE Forest, Geumgang International Nature Art Center, South Korea
DLA 2010, PTE MK Gallery, Pécs, Hungary
ARTVENTURA (traveling exhibition), Various Cities, Hungary
SZENTENDRE IN THE PIT 1.0, Gödör Club, Budapest, Hungary
2009
Segments V., Vyom Centre for Contemporary Art, Jaipur, India
SPACE IMPRINT, Mai Manó, Budapest, Hungary
AFFINITY, Művészet Malom, Szentendre, Hungary
INTRO, Merlin, Budapest, Hungary
Artists in Higher Education, Vaszary Gallery, Kaposvár, Hungary
YOU STAND HERE (public art exhibition), Dobó Square, Eger, Hungary
NATURE, PEACE, Geumgang Nature Art Pre Biennale, Gongju, South Korea
2008
Segments IV. – Contemporary Hungarian Art Exhibition, Târgu Mureș, Romania
50, FKSE Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Post Printmaking, DSA Gallery, Sang-Ri Gallery, Hyundai Gallery, Daejeon, South Korea
HANA Project, Application for 2009 Venice Art Biennale (with EGGS), Hungary
2007
Loop-Pool Festival, Oberhausen, Germany
Mirror Box (environment), Minimum Party Workshop, Cașin, Romania
Salt Mine Workshop, Praid, Romania
Vanstyle, Gödör Club, Budapest, Hungary
Segments IV. – Contemporary Hungarian Art Exhibition, Daejeon, South Korea
2006
Souvenir – The Road 1956–2006 (with Miklós Kiss), Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
Budapest Art Expo Fresh IV., Művészet Malom, Szentendre, Hungary
Max. 10 People, Max. 680 kg, MKE, Budapest, Hungary
Respect the Eastpak, Nádor Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Free Camp (international workshop and exhibition), Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
Segments III., Taipei, Taiwan
2005
No Problem, Kunsthalle Bistro Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Live Forever, Loop Pool Festival, Oberhausen, Germany
Game (group exhibition), Glasgow, United Kingdom
Aspiration for Eternity, Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
2004
XX/XY (thematic exhibition), Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros, Hungary
Hungarian Contemporary Art Exhibition 2004, Aijima Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
Dinner (installation with Miklós Kiss), Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
Resurrection (multimedia installation with Miklós Kiss), Dinamo Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2003
Exhibition for Jenő Barcsay's Birthday Anniversary, HUFA Barcsay Hall, Budapest, Hungary
XP (installation with Miklós Kiss), Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Aula, Budapest, Hungary
2002
Interart (international art colony and exhibition), Mikó Castle, Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
Tulsó P'Art Group Anniversary Exhibition, Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc, Hungary
2001
Black and White, Hungarian Millennial Graphic Exhibition, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
Tihany International Art Colony Exhibition, MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
No, Vajda Lajos Studio, Szentendre, Hungary
