Péter Szarka
PÉTER SZARKA
1964, Kőszeg
Lives and works in Budapest
EDUCATION
1983–1985 Berzsenyi Dániel Teacher’s Training School – art, history
1985–1989 University of Fine Arts, Hungary, painting
1989–1992 University of Fine Arts, Hungary, post-graduate program
1989– Studio of Young Artists Association, Budapest, Hungary
1989– National Association of Hungarian Artists
1989–1995 Újlak Group – artist group
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 RGB Hypothesis, acb Gallery, Budapest
2017 With Global Warming Against Cold War, Trafó Gallery, Budapest
2015 play-pause, Liget Gallery, Budapest
2013 drum_lesson_1, acb Galéria, Budapest
2012 FAQ, acb Gallery, Budapest
2009 Partition_, acb Gallery, Budapest (with Péter Tamás Halász)
Cold Sun Statue Park, Mono Gallery, Budapest
2007 I, PRINTER, acb Gallery, Budapest
2005 Thursday 13, acb Gallery, Budapest
2003 Soft bomb, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle) Budapest
Soft bomb, Irokéz Gallery, Szombathely, Hungary
Soft bomb, acb Gallery, Budapest
2002 Pictures of the stock, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros, Hungary
2001 Siru, Picture Gallery of Szombathely, Hungary
1996 Exhibition of Péter Szarka, Liget Gallery, Budapest
1995 Exhibition of Péter Szarka, Liget Gallery, Budapest
Exhibition of Péter Szarka, Studio Gallery, Budapest
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 The Dead Web - The End
2017 Summer Show, acb Gallery, Budapest
Patron Contemporary Christmas Art Fair, FKSE, Fiatal Képzőművészek Stúdiója Egyesület, Budapest
2016 Patron Contemporary Art Fair, FKSE, Studio Gallery, Budapest
Statues of Rebels, acb Attachment, Budapest
2013 Irokéz selection No. 9, Thea- tér programs, Weöres Sándor Theater, Szombathely, Hungary
2012 Art Hong Kong 2012
2011 Hybridity in the Carpathians, MODEM, Debrecen, Hungary
Libero Arbitrio, Paris, France
2010 Art Hong Kong 2010
2009 Provisory present, Hungarian Institute Paris, France
2008 Time Print 08, Hungarian Cultural Institute, Brussels
2007 Arte Fiera 2007, Bologna
2006 Plug, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest
2005 Young Art Europe, Moya, Museum of Young Art, Vienna, Austria
Plug, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest
Digital Feeling - Pixelkunst aus Ungarn, TFH, Berlin-Wildau
2004 26th Biennial Sao Paulo, Fundacao Bienal de Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo
Eu Positive, Akademie der Künste Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Soap opera, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest
2x4 Artist, Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Harlem
2003 The introductory show of acb Gallery, Budapest
2002 Budapest Box, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Contemporary Art Museum, Budapest
2001 Garden, Picture Gallery of Szombathely, Hungary
Green flow, Kieselbach Gallery, Budapest
Climate, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest
Irokéz Collection, Irokéz Gallery, Szombathely, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle) Budapest
Short stories, Exhibition space of the Budapest Gallery, Budapest
2000 Media Model, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest
T-plug, De Fabriek, Eindhoven
Media Model, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest
Crosstalk, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest
1999 It’s Jazzy (Komoróczky, Szarka), Palais Jalta, Frankfurt, Germany
0-1 / and back again, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
Bloomsday – Irregular memory, Picture Gallery of Szombathely, Hungary
The dream factory functions when oiled, Trafó, House of Contemporary Arts, Budapest
Internet Galaxy 999, Műcsarnok (Kusthalle), Budapest
1998 Bel tempo, Palazzo della Reggione, Triest
“man fügt eins zu man zieht eins ab”, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Bloomsday – The honey of sin, Picture Gallery of Szombathely, Hungary
Gallery by night, Studio Gallery, Budapest
Serious and young, Ernst Museum, Budapest
Self portrait in youth, Galerie Emil Filly, Ustí nad Labem
EuroArTrain, Amsterdam, Hoorn
Digital glimpse, Trafó, Budapest
Anthology, Ludwig Museum Budapest
Traffic, Landesgalerie, Eisenstadt
1997 Traffic, Picture Gallery of Szombathely
Traffic, Morawska Galerija, Brno
Rejtőzködő, Ernst Museum, Budapest
1996 Beyond Belief, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
The most dearing, Ernst Museum, Budapest
1995 Beyond Belief, East-central-european contemporary art – Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Újlak s port, Liget Gallery, Budapest
Kulturabkommen, Börse, Hamburg, Germany
1994 Újlak s port, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle) Budapest
More than ten, Ludwig Museum, Budapest
The 1980s – fine arts, Ernst Museum, Budapest
1993 Second contemporary Epigon exhibition, KX Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany
Sound installations, Újlak Group, Geothe Institute, Budapest
Fremd und Vertraut, Újlak Group, Kulturfabrik, Salzmann, Kassel
Little Things – Fészek Gallery, Budapest, Randolf street Gallery, Chicago
Art in General, New York; Delta Axis Center, Memphis; City Gallery, Guadalajara
1992 Spektrum, Tűzoltó 72, Budapest
Újlak Group, Uitz Hall, Dunaújváros, Hungary
Újlak performance, House of Cultures, Dunaújváros, Hungary
Újlak Group, Tűzoltó 72, Budapest
Újlak music performance, Hangár, Budapest
1991 Sub Voce – Contemporary Hungarian video installation, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest
Oszcilláció 1-2, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest; 6. Bástya, Komarno
Újlak introductory exhibition, Tűzoltó 72, Budapest
1990 Studio ’90, Ernst Museum, Budapest
Újlak performance and window-exhibition, Életünk Gallery, Szombathely, Hungary
Inspiration – Sommer Atalier, Messegelande, Hannover
Ressource Kunst, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest
1989 Performance cases 1-2, Hungária Fürdőház, Budapest
PURSUIT
1990-1996 organiser of the Tűzoltó 72 exhibition space
1990-1995 founding member of the Újlak Group
1989-1990 organiser of the Újlak cinema
SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS
2007 NKA (Nemzeti Kulturális Alap, National Cultural Foundation)
2005 NKA
2004 Artist in residency, Salzburg
2003 NKA
2000 Artist in residency, De Fabriek, Eindhoven
1999 In end Out of Touch, London
International Atelierprogramm, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
1997 Artist-in-Residency, Frankfurt
1994 Derkovits Gyula Scholarship (Fine Arts) – till 1997
1991 Sub Voce – First prize at the Contemporary Hungarian Video Installation Exhibition I.
Internet
Balkon - Dékei Kriszta: Tükröződések
balkon.c3.hu/pdf/2008/Balkon_2008_3.pdf
Katalógus
Hegedüs Orsolya: Szarka Péter, Budapest, acb Galéria,2011