I try to make the spectators of my paintings feel like "I've been there before, it's just like that", "I've seen something like this, I'm not alone". I do not refrain anything, not even using alchemic experiments in painting so as to be able to reach this effect.

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CURRICULUM VITAE

(1967, Miskolc, Hungary)        
Lives and works in Budapest. Married, his two daughter Vilma and Flóra Napsugár.



Studies

1989–1995

Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, Painting Department
1995–1997

Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, postgraduate studies

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2012   

Ritual virtuality, Nextart Gallery, Budapest
2011

Hub gear, Gallery Neon, Budapest
Shifting self-center Temple Gallery, Eger, Hungary
2010   

Solid fan-fair National Theater Budapest, Hungary (with Mónika Bek Balla)
Art Moments Colorbar, Budapest (with Mónika Bek Balla)
2009   

Brown-drift, acb Gallery, Budapest
2008   

Eye for eye, hour for hour, acb Gallery, Budapest
Paintings, Cafe Eklektika, Budapest
2007   

Cronos and Co., acb Gallery, Budapest
2006   

Self-starter, acb Gallery, Budapest
House of Arts, Miskolc, (H)
2005

FOLLOW ME, acb Gallery, Budapest
2004

HU.GO, acb Gallery, Budapest
MU Színház, Budapest
2003

Recto - Verso, Irokéz Gallery, Szombathely (with Zoltán Ádám)  
VERSO, acb gallery, Budapest
2001

Annuus Patium, Bank Center, Budapest
Fire Deluge, City Gallery, Tiszaújváros (H)
ION, Deák Erika Gallery, Budapest
2000

Diana and Hubertus, Gallery of Szombathely, Szombathely (H)
R 29.C, Deák Erika Gallery, Budapest
1998

Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros (H)
1997

Stúdió Gallery, Budapest
1996

Mű-Terem Showroom, Budapest
1993

Tam-Tam Galéria, Budapest
1992

Hangár, Budapest
1991

Folyamat Gallery, Budapest

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012    

What is Hungarian? Contamporary Answers Műcsarnok/ Kunsthalle, Budapest
The Day of the Hungarian Painting, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Studioshow 1/2/3 , Budapest
2011 

Hibridity in the Carpathians The Irokéz Collection and the Regime Change, Modem,   Debrecen
 Space.metal Rákoczi-house, Miskolc
2009    

Abstract and eroticism ’69  B55 Gallery, Budapest
Art Fanatics Műcsarnok/ Kunsthalle, Budapest
2008   

What’s up? Műcsarnok/ Kunsthalle, Budapest
Discretion, Final exhibition of VI.Art-workshop of Miskolc, Bartok 32 Gallery,         Budapest
Selection, Deak Erika Gallery, Budapest
The last denial of the time, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Maecenas days, Műcsarnok/ Kunsthalle, Budapest
2007    

Place of birth: Miskolc, Gallery of Miskolc,Miskolc (H)
Discretion, Gallery of Miskolc, Miskolc (H)
2006   

Ten years of the Strabag Painting Prize, Museum of Contemporary Art – Ludwig Museum, Budapest
Generally Believed, Collegicum Hungaricum, Berlin
2005   

Achille Piotti Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
Hungarian EU-House, Brussel
Winter Salons, Gallery of Miskolc, Miskolc (H)
2004   

Technoreal, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros (H)
2003

Without  title, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros (H)
Cream, MEO Contemporary Art Collection, Budapest
Selection, acb Gallery, Budapest
Introductory Exhibition, acb Gallery, Budapest
Latest Works, Műcsarnok / Kunsthalle, Budapest
What – Why? Gallery of Szombathely, Szombathely (H)
2002

Derkovits Exhibition, Ernst Museum, Budapest
K&H Private Banking, Budapest
Homogene, Cadre Rouge Gallery, Budapest
End of the World Festival, Szimpla, Budapest
2001

Dialogue, Műcsarnok / Kunsthalle, Budapest
Accidental Works, Artpool, Budapest
Derkovits Exhibition, Ernst Museum, Budapest
6X Ungarn, Kassák Museum, Budapest / Künstlerhaus, Passau (Germany)
Irokéz Collection, Szombathely (H) / Műcsarnok, Budapest
2000

MM - Timeless, Deák Erika Gallery, Budapest
Derkovits Exhibition, Ernst Museum, Budapest
Summertime, Deák Erika Gallery, Budapest
Dialogue, Deák Erika Gallery, Budapest
Markt9, König Albrecht Haus, Lipcse (Germany)
Junge Kunst Ungarn, Drezdner Bank, München (Germany)
1999

Magyar Aszfalt Prize, Museum for Contemporary Art - Ludwig Museum, Budapest
Remix, Pécsi Gallery, Pécs (H)
Budapesti anzix, Fészek Gallery, Budapest
Pattern, Műcsarnok / Kunsthalle, Budapest
Hellhof, Kronberg (Germany)
Karmelitenkloster, Frankfurt (Germany)
The First Autrotel Contemporary Art Fair, Vienna
1998

Polgár Gallery, Budapest
Traffic, Landesgalerie, Eisenstadt (Austria)
Anthology, Museum for Contemporary Art - Ludwig Museum, Budapest
Obserwatorium, Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw
Stalemate, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros (H)
Black Money, Polish Institute, Budapest
Open Studio, Gasworks Gallery, London
1997

Traffic, Gallery of Szombathely, Szombathely; Morawska Galeria, Brno (Czech  Republic)
New Studio Members, Duna Gallery, Budapest
Oil/Canvas, Műcsarnok / Kunsthalle, Budapest
New Acquisitions, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros (H)
1996

Gallery by Slide I., Liget Gallery, Budapest
Dreamhome, Tent Festival, Margit Island, Budapest
K as Chimera, Gallery of Szombathely, Szombathely
1995

Monthly-Collection, Vizivárosi Gallery, Budapest
1994

Sound, Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest
1993

Vajda Lajos Studio, Szentendre (H)
1992

Light, Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest
1989–90  

Berlin-Ambiente – Budapest, Berlin, Paris

Art Fairs

2003

MEO Art Fair, Budapest
2004 

KunstKöln, Köln
Antik Enteriör, Budapest
Christmas Fair Kogart House,  Budapest
2005

ViennAfair 2005, Wien
PLUG, Budapest
2006

ViennAfair 2005, Wien
Arte Fiera, Bologna
Viennafair, Bécs
2007  

ArtFair Bologna
ArtFair, Bécs
2012    

Artplacc , Tihany

 

Awards and scholarships

1995

Ludwig Foundation, 1st Prize
1998

Scholarship of the Soros Foundation
Artist Residence, Gasworks Gallery, London
1999

Magyar Aszfalt Award, 2nd Prize
1999–2001  

Gyula Derkovits Scholarship
2000

Scholarship of the Budapest Gallery in Frankfurt
2003   

Scholarship of the National Cultural Foundation
2003

Axe Colonia 1st Prize
2005   

Fineart Scholarship of Miskolc town
2006   

Scholarship of the National Cultural Foundation
2011   

Scholarship of the National Cultural Foundation