Márton BARABÁS
Márton BARABÁS
Born in 1952 Budapest
Studies
1966–70 Secondary School of Fine and Applied Art
1970–71 Zincographer retoucher apprentice
1971–77 specialization in painting, College of Fine Art
masters: György Kádár, Ignác Kokas and Imre Kocsis
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
1984 exhibition chamber of Kunsthalle (Műcsarnok)
1985 French Institute Budapest
1986 Galerie Steiner, Bad Rappenau, Schloss Babstadt
1987 Galerie Elf, Bielefeld (with Róbert Várady)
Akhnaton Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
1988 Jipian Art Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Lábasház, Sopron (with Kálmán Pollacsek)
1990 Exhibition space in Dorottya street, Budapest
1991 Palm House, Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria
1992 Vigadó Gallery, Dialogue 2 (Barabás, Haverkamp, Lois, Reichert)
1994 Lyss, Contempo Galerie, Switzerland
1996 Picture Gallery Szombathely, Excavations in Consciousness (Barabás, B. Gellér, Gémes, J. Romvári)
Berlin, Hungarian House (with J. Reichert)
1996-97 Dovin Galery, Budapest
1997 Merlin Gallery, Budapest
Polgár Gallery, Budapest
1999 Dovin Gallery, Budapest
Town Gallery Rozsnyó (with Albert Kováts), Slovakia
2000 French Institute Budapest
2001 London, Hungarian Cultural Centre
2002 Karinthy Saloon, Budapest
Pest Center Gallery, Budapest
Szinyei Saloon, Budapest
City Art Museum, Brasov, Romania
Picture Gallery Szombathely,’Statio Savariensis’
Repository of the Reformed College of Sárospatak
2002/3 Schloss Gondelsheim, Galerie Steiner, Germany
2003 ‘Gefundene und Erfundene Klaviere’ Haus der Musik, Vienna, Austria
Berlin-Schpandau, Citadella „ Wiener Mechanik- Klavierskulpturen”
2004 ‘Pianos Found and Invented’, Museum of Applied Art, Budapest
2004 Csepel Gallery, Budapest
2005 Delhi, Hungarian Institute (with Eszter Balás), India
City Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece
2006 Bad Rappenau, Galerie Steiner (with Zsófi Barabás)
Hungarian Academy Rome, Italy
Szeged, Italian Institute (with István Haász and Szilamér Nánay)
2007 Stuttgart, Haus der Ungarischer Kultur (with Peter Riek and Zsolt Koroknai)
Erdész Gallery, Szentendre
2008 Gyárfás Jenő Picture Gallery, Sepsiszentgyörgy
Hamilton Aulich Art Gallery, Budapest
Gallery IX (Screenplay-book sculptures) 47 Ráday street
István Pataki Gallery, Kőbánya (with István Orosz és Erzsébet Szabó Katona
2009 Festival Theatre, Palace of Arts
Conestabo Gallery, Trieste, Italy
12 January – 5 February 2010 Fészek Gallery, Budapest (Antenna sculptures and graffiti in space)
29 January – 10 April Kass Gallery, Szeged- Ferenc Móra Museum (book sculptures and plastic art)
Neue Kunst Galerie and Staatstheater, Karlsruhe, Germany
Sesto al Reghena, Abbazia (Abbey) with Szilamér Nánay, North Italy
Stadt und Fachwerkmuseum”Alte Universität” „Klavierwerke” Eppingen, Germany
Group Exhibitions (2005–2010)
2005 Exhibiton of Contemporary Creative Books, Marseille
Von der Kunst eine Giraffe zu Porträ-Tieren, Leopold Museum, Vienna
The‘80s, Kogart House, Budapest
Mainz, Minipresse und Künstlerbücher Ausstellung (organized by Gutenberg Museum)
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Wood Sculpting Triennial, Nagyatád
Levitation, exhibition of the members of Scultpting Society, Ökogaléria, Budapest
Transformation, Renée Erdős House, Budapest
5th Spring Exhibition, Salgótarján
Miklós Hernádi’s collection, Kassák Museum, Budapest
19th National Small Sculpture Biannual
2006 Horror Vacui, Museum of Applied Art, Budapest
‘Bartók - Mozart – Music objectified’, Bartók 32 Gallery
Box – Box exhibition, Körmendi Gallery, Budapest
Mandarin, Hommage à Bartók, Nádor Gallery, Budapest
‘Points of Direction’ – Selection of the works of Ignác Kokas’ students, Kunsthalle (Műcsarnok)
International wood sculpting symposium and open air exhibition (am Festung) Kronach
4th International Art Book exhibition, King Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár
Depth, Ökoart Gallery, exhibition of the members of the Hungarian Sculpting Society
‘The Road - 1956-2006’, Kunthalle (Műcsarnok)
In the name of mimesis, exhibition of the collection of the Ignác Tragor Museum Vác in the Pécs City Gallery
Looking at Each Other, exhibition of the Szinyei Society in the Museum of Fine Art in Cluj Napoca
2007 10th International Book Fair, Marseille
Minipresse und Künstlerbücher Ausstellung, Mainz, Germany
Schhloss Dachau – European Art Camps (with 9 foreign participants invited)
2008 Encounters, exhibition of the City Artists’ Society, Nádor Gallery, Budapest
6th Triennale Internationale du Papier, Musée Charmey (Switzerland)
From the Depth of Studios and the Storage Rooms of Collections, First Hungarian Visual Show, Diszel
Box World, Győr, Péter Váci Collections’s exhibition chamber
Plastic Art 4., Viziváros Gallery
Friends of El Kazovszkij, Hommage Exhibition, Pécs
2009 István Hoffmann Collection, French Institute Budapest
Mainz Minipresse Messe (International Art Book Exhibition organized by Gutenberg Museum)
Exhibition of Hungart scholarship artists in Palme House
Plastic Art 4., Viziváros Gallery
Arte in Fiera (Fiera di Reggio Emilia) Italy
Hungarian Icons, Museum of Literature Petőfi
Network, Nádor Gallery, Budapest
40th Anniversary of the Summer Art Camp Gyula
2010 Black images, exhibition of the Hungarian Painters’ Society in Palme House (MAK House)
Hungarian Icons, Hungarian Institute Vienna
Bi-cycle, Csepel Gallery
Exhibition of the Hungarian Book Makers’ Society, Kass Gallery, Budapest
Prizes, Scholarships
1979–82 Derkovits scholarship
1984 special prize of the jury, 16th International Painting Festival, Cagnes sur Mer
1986 prize of Soros Foundation
1987 Scholarship and exhibition through the Cultural Ministry of Egypt
1992 scholarship of the Cultural Ministry of Norway, Ekkely, Oslo
1993 Art Revue Budapest (Design and fine art exhibition in the Budapest Congress Centre) shared 1st prize
1995 USIA scholarship, Phelps Stokes Foundation, USA
1996 Panel Painting Biennale Szeged, prize of the Cultural Ministry
1998 scholarship of the city of Frankfurt (Artist in Residence program)
1998 ‘Music for the Eyes’ exhibition series by Matáv, 3rd prize in painting
1999 Munkácsy Prize
2002 1st prize in painting by the Hungarian Pan European Union
2005 Nógrád county’s prize, Spring Exhibition, Salgótarján
2006 Kunststiftung scholarship, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg (organized by Budapest Gallery)
2007 Hungart (Visual Law Society) annual scholarship
2008 Édeske Prize (István Haraszty’s prize) Rákoshegy, (National wood small sculpture and sculptor drawing exhibition)