Tibor Várnagy
lives and works in budapest
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 TV, Fire, Malevich – Photos without a camera 1985–1988, acb Attachment, Budapest
2018 1989, Neon Gallery, Budapest
2017 BUDBURST / The early period of the Substitute Thirsters (1984–1987), New Budapest Gallery
Sparse Alkali Flats (1987-1992). Exhibition Of The Group Substitute Thirsters (1987–1992), Ludwig Museum, Budapest
2016 Tavate’s images: Ágnes Eperjesi and Tibor Várnagy’s joint works from 1991–92, Inda Gallery, Budapest
2010 Crosstalk Video Presentations – Ludwig Inzert, Budapest
2009 Down the riverbank (with Dezső Tandori and Andrea Hajagos), 2B Gallery, Budapest
2002 Past Century, KKMK, Budapest
MANAfEST (with Miklós Erhardt), M-Mobil, Cipo Gallery, Kunsthalle, Budapest
2000 Zoltán Ádám and Tibor Várnagy’s exhibition, Budapest Gallery, Budapest
1999 Pure war/ bulletin board project, Liget Gallery, Budapest
1998 TAK, TAK, Mala Galeria, Warsaw
YES, YES: AMNESIA!, Liget Gallery, Budapest.
1997 Changing Slowly (with Gyula Várnai), Bartók 32 Gallery, Budapest
Poverty is not illegal: EXISTENTIA, Bolt Gallery, Budapest
Slides, video-dokumente/Ausstellungen, Konzepte und Künstler aus Budapeste, Westwerk, Hamburg
1996 Eternal Ground – Floor Parables IV. (with Tandori Dezsõvel), Stúdió Gallery, Budapest
1995 Omens und Kommentar (with Ágnes Eperjesi), Goethe Institut, Budapest
1994 Baked pictures and Mandala (with Ágnes Eperjesi), Szeged Youth Center, Szeged, HU
1993 Con spirito (with Andreas Oldörp and Ágnes Eperjesi), Tűzoltó u. 72., Budapest
1992 Przeplatane zdjecia Tavate, Mala Gallery, Warsaw
Der Kern einer Ausstellung, (with Ágnes Eperjesi), Stúdió Gallery, Budapest
Der Kern einer Ausstellung, (with Ágnes Eperjesi), Künstlerhaus, Hamburg
1990 Photococktail, Bercsényi Klub, Budapest
Passionate Life of the Substitute Thirsters, King St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, HU
One dl red (twice), Young Artists’ Club, Budapest
Living is dangerous (with Viktor Lois), Y Gallery, Room Uitz, Dunaújváros, HU
1989 Beach (S.T.), Young Artists’ Club, Budapest
Fractions (S.T.), Stúdió Gallery, Budapest
Stellvertretende Durstende (S.T.), Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Three Hungarian Photographers — István Halas, Zsuzsanna Ujj, Tibor Várnagy, Houston Center for Photography, Houston
Tibor Várnagy, Jennifer Sloan, Photographic Resource Center, Boston
Spragnieni zastepcy (S.T.), Galerie Wschodnia, Lódz
1987 Fluxus – S. T., GAMF, Kecskemét, Hungary
1986. Mind-Liberating Operations of the Substitute Thirsters, Komárom Gallery, Hungary
1985 Substitute Thirsters 2., Bercsényi Klub, Budapest
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Gift, Budapest Gallery, Budapest
Anatomy of Photography, Flóris Rómer Fine Art and History Museum, Győr, HU
2018 Promote, Tolerate, Ban: Art and Culture in Cold War Hungary, Wende Museum, Culver City, California
The Zone. The Artist’s Artist Group Exhibition, INDA Gallery, Budapest
2017 Economize! On The Relationship of Art and Economy, Ludwig Museum, Budapest
VIEWFINDERS – Hungarian Photography from the past half century 1967-2017, Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, Budapest
2014 Rearranged Reality: Creative Strategies in Hungarian Art under the Spell of Dada and Surrealism, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Second Skin. Visual Codes of Social Constructions, Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, Budapest
Anarchy. Utopia. Revolution. (with the Substitute Thirsters), Ludwig Museum, Budapest
2013 Conceptualism Today: Conceptual Art from the Early Nineties in Hungary, Paks Gallery, Paks HU
MALEVICH LOOKS BACK, MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest
2011 CROSSTALK VIDEO ART FESTIVAL 2011, Gozsdu, B&C yard, Budapest
Heavy Industry, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA-D), Dunaújváros, HU
2008 RIG-RIGATAR / A CLOSE UP, 2B Gallery, Budapest
2007 Bartók’s bugs, 2B Gallery, Budapest
2005 Self Portraits, 2B Gallery, Budapest
On Difference #2: Grenzwertig, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart
2006 Heart matters, Ferenczy Museum Center, Szentendre, HU
2004 The Hidden Holocaust, Art Hall, Budapest
Waldsee 1944, 2B Gallery, Budapest
2002 Budapest Box: Hidden scenes in the 1990s, Ludwig Museum, Budapest
2001 Service, Kunsthalle, Budapest
2000 Millenium Risk, Trafó Galllery, Budapest
Media Model - Intermedia. New Image Genres - Interactive Techniques, Kunsthalle, Budapest
Time Bridge 2000/ Masters and Pupils, Ferenczy Museum Center, Szentendre, HU
Artsiders / K-line, Óbudai Társaskör és Pincegaléria, Budapest
Mimi doesn’t forget, Trafó Gallery, Budapest
1999 Subjective / photo in Látványtárban 1., Első Magyar Látványtár, Diszel, HU
NO KAMERA, Vintage Gallery, Budapest
1998 Image and text , Bolt Gallery, Budapest
Gallery by slides, Bartók 32 Gallery, Budapest
Pocket TV Zsebtévé - C3, Budapest-Linz
1997 Public Utility, Kombirama, Zürich
Even, odd, Óbudai Társaskör és Pincegaléria, Budapest
De Valigia in Hungary, Nyugati Railway Station, Budapest
1996 Post in Post , Fészek Gallery, Budapest
Femininity-Masculinity, Bartók 32 Gallery, Budapest
Month of Photography, Umelecká Beseda Slovenska, Bratislava
Goodbye! Marcell Duchamp’s influence in Hungary, Budapest Gallery, Budapest
VIII. National Drawing Biennale, Salgótarján, HU
Moving Modern, Barcsay Hall, Budapest
1995 Gallery by Night, Stúdió Gallery, Budapest
Landscapes 1., Budapest Gallery, Budapest
Sarajevo,Under siege, Kunsthalle, Budapest
Studio ’95, Vigadó Gallery, Budapest
1994 “Almost not the third Contemporary Hungarian Exhibition of Copycats”, Liget Gallery, Budapest
A new surprise…for our readers!, 2nd International Artists’ Book Exhibition. King St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, HU
Tunnel, Hungarian Cultural Institue of Prague
Man/ Balm to the man, Stúdió ’94, Ernst Museum Budapest
First Exhibition, Bolt Gallery, Budapest
Group Photo, Vigadó Gallery, Budapest
Budapest Art Expo / Pajta Gallery, BAE, Budapest
Fotogram, IX. Esztergom Photobiennale, Balassa Museum, Esztergom
Dobbin Books, Harper Collins Exhibition Space, New York
Foto-modell II., Uitz Hall, Dunaújváros
Derkovits Scholars 1955-93, Szombathely Art Gallery, Szombathely
1993 Derkovits Scholars’ Exhibition , Kunsthalle, Budapest
Variations on pop art: chapters the History of Hungarian art Between 1950–1990, Ernst Museum, Budapest
Zweite Zeitgenössische Ungarische Epigonen Ausstelllung, KX Kampnagel, Hamburg
1992 Aritmia, Uitz Room, Dunaújváros, Hu
Colored Photos, VIII. Esztergom Photobiennale, Rondella Gallery, Esztergom, Hu
Derkovits Scholars’ Exhibition, Kunsthalle, Budapest
Studio 92, Ernst Museum, Budapest
Analogue,Budapest Gallery, Budapest
1991 Photoanarchive II., Szombathelyi Art Gallery, Szombathely, HU
New Spaces in Photography, Muzeum Architektury, Wroclaw
Studio 91, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Eastern Academy of Photography - Workshop and exhibition, WUK, Wien
1990 Blue-Red, Uitz Room, Dunaújváros, HU
Inspiration : Sommer Atelier, Messe Gelende, Hannover
Hidden Story: Samizdat from Hungary and Elsewhere Franklin Furnace, New York
The Fourth – The Exhibition of theStudio of Young Photographers, Ernst Museum, Budapest
Portrait and Self Portrait, VII. Esztergom Photobiennale, Castle Museum, Esztergom, HU
Farbe Übertrag, East Side Gallery GDR, Berlin
Schnelle Bilder-Aktuelle Fotokunst im Gesprach, Künstlerhaus, Wien
Fotoanarchiv - Nowa fotografia z Austrii i Wegier, Centrum Sztuki Wspólczesnej, Warsaw
Studio '90, Ernst Museum, Budapest
1989 Young Artist from the GDR and Hungary, Ernst Museum, Budapest
Blue Steel,Budapest Gallery, Budapest
Symmetry and Asymmetry , Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
The Metamorphic Medium: New Photography from Hungary, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin
Other-image, Ernst Museum, Budapest
Photo-model, Szombathelyi Gallery, Szombathely, HU
Studio '89, Ernst Museum, Budapest
Blue Iron , Duna Gallery, Budapest
1988 New Acquisitions, King St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, HU
Wegierska Sztuka Mlodych, Galeria PSEP, Wroclaw
Junge Künstler der DDR und Ungarn, Neue Berliner Galerie, Berlin
Junge Ungarische Fotografen, Galerie Treptow, Berlin
Zeitgenössische Ungarische Fotografie, Fotogalarie Wien, Wien
Dada art in contemporary Hungarian art , ELTE, Budapest
VI. Esztergom Photobiennale, Rondella Gallery, Esztergom, HU
Stúdió '88, Ernst Museum, Budapest
Zeitgenössische Fotografie aus Ungarn, Fotohof, Salzburg
1987 Out of East-Europe: Private Photography, List Visual Arts Center, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Grey Art Gallery, New York
Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas
Art Space, San Francisco, California
Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia
Baxter Gallery, Portland
The laundresses are a nudes early, Vajda Lajos Stúdió, Szentendre, HU
Surprise for our readers, King St Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, HU
Deutsch - Ungarischer Künstlertreff, Kulturzentrum Hardtberg, Bonn
Studio '87, Ernst Museum, Budapest
Wegierska Sztuka Mlodych, Galeria Studio, Warsaw
1986 Invisible Art, Kavics utca, Budapest
II. International Portfolio, Liget Gallery, Budapest
Studio '86, Budapest History Museum, Budapest
1984 Substitute Wave, Kisörspuszta, HU
East European Exhibition, No Se No Gallery, New York
WORKS IN COLLECTION:
Artpool, Budapest
Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
The John P. Jacob / Riding Beggar Press Collection at the Beinecke Rare Book
and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven
2B Gallery, Budapest
Kiscelli Musem, Budapest
Ludwig Museum, Budapest
Hungarian Photography Museum, Kecskemét
Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Mala Gallery, Warsaw
Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros
Obala Art Center, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Hercegovina
King St Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár
Galeria Wymiany, Lodz