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Artist: János Huszti
Portrait 03
By János Huszti
Located in Tulsa, OK
"Can things be deprived of their origins?" A challenging portraitist and emerging creator with a conceptual thinking. Huszti elaborates his constantly changing topics with momentum a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
White Face
By János Huszti
Located in Tulsa, OK
"Can things be deprived of their origins?" A challenging portraitist and emerging creator with a conceptual thinking. Huszti elaborates his constantly changing topics with momentum a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait 02
By János Huszti
Located in Tulsa, OK
"Can things be deprived of their origins?" A challenging portraitist and emerging creator with a conceptual thinking. Huszti elaborates his constantly changing topics with momentum a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Brave
By János Huszti
Located in Tulsa, OK
"Can things be deprived of their origins?"
A challenging portraitist and emerging creator with a conceptual thinking. Huszti elaborates his constantly changing topics with momentum and precision. He depicts historical times, special characters and places from the past, using all kinds of materials to express his interpretations. In addition he is also interested in contemporary street art. His art consists of attributing new origins to things thus establishing new relations. He had got his diploma at University of Pécs, as a painter in 2005. Hungary. He spent one term at University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, England. It was an experimential learning particularly regarding the conceptual art. He has been working in a professional studio at PP Center in Budapest for more than four years. Meet there the Hungarian Contemporary art scene each day, especially Budapest based artists and curators.
János Huszti
Education:
Studies:
1999-2000 Eszterházy Károly College, Eger, Faculty of Graphic and Visual Arts
2000-2005 University of Pécs, Faculty of Visual Arts and Music, Painter Branch
2004 Erasmus Exchange Programme,University of Hertfordshire,
Hatfield, England
Scholarships:
2014 Artist in residence program, Kunst AnDer Grenze, Art By The Border,
Jennersdorf, Austria
2006 PRO ARTE – Scholarship of Komárom-Esztergom County
2005 Residence Programme at Bundanon, North Nowra, Australia
2004 Erasmus Exchange Programme, University of Hertfordshire,
Hatfield, England
Exhibitions:
Common exhibitions:
2015 Apostrophe, The Whale, Budapest, Contemporary Arts Festival
Subject matter, Ateliers Pro Arts (APA), Budapest
2014 Monument is falling into decay, PP Center, Budapest
And You, Where Do You Live, Jennersdorf, Austria
On The Production Line, Flash Art Magazine, PP Center
2013 Finishing Exhibition, PP CENTER
2012 Finishing Exhibition, Partizán PP CENTER, Budapest
2011 ERICSSON HUNGARY LTD.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BUDAPEST, Esterházy Contemporary,
"sponsored by UNIQA”
2007 ANOTHER PLACE, Young artists from Pécs, Inda Gallery, Budapest
DIGITAL MESSAGE FROM EAST-EUROPE, Vaszary Gallery, Kaposvár
CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION, K.A.S. Gallery, Budapest
2006 HOUSE of GENERAL EDUCATION, Tatabánya (with Áron Hidvégi and Kovács László
Kammerlohr)
2006 BUDAPEST ART EXPO FRESH, Art Mill, Szentendre
2005 NEOFOTON photoprint exhibition, Art Mill, Szentendre
STREET ART exhibition, Millenáris Park, Budapest
PAINTER DEGREE 2004/2005, Swan House...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman 02
By János Huszti
Located in Tulsa, OK
"Can things be deprived of their origins?" A challenging portraitist and emerging creator with a conceptual thinking. Huszti elaborates his constantly changing topics with momentum a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled Woman
By János Huszti
Located in Tulsa, OK
"Can things be deprived of their origins?" A challenging portraitist and emerging creator with a conceptual thinking. Huszti elaborates his constantly changing topics with momentum a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman 03
By János Huszti
Located in Tulsa, OK
"Can things be deprived of their origins?" A challenging portraitist and emerging creator with a conceptual thinking. Huszti elaborates his constantly changing topics with momentum a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait 01
By János Huszti
Located in Tulsa, OK
Portrait 01 by artist Jànos Huszti is a white, grey, contemporary, figurative and portrait painting made of oil paint on canvas that measures 80 x 63 and is priced at $8,000.
A challenging portraitist and emerging creator with a conceptual thinking. Huszti elaborates his constantly changing topics with momentum and precision. He depicts historical times, special characters and places from the past, using all kinds of materials to express his interpretations.
About János Huszti
"Can things be deprived of their origins?" A challenging portraitist and emerging creator with a conceptual thinking. Huszti elaborates his constantly changing topics with momentum and precision. He depicts historical times, special characters and places from the past, using all kinds of materials to express his interpretations. In addition he is also interested in contemporary street art. His art consists of attributing new origins to things thus establishing new relations. He had got his diploma at University of Pécs, as a painter in 2005. Hungary. He spent one term at University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, England. It was an experimential learning particularly regarding the conceptual art. He has been working in a professional studio at PP Center in Budapest for more than four years. Meet there the Hungarian Contemporary art scene each day, especially Budapest based artists and curators.
Education
Studies
1999-2000 Eszterházy Károly College, Eger, Faculty of Graphic and Visual Arts
2000-2005 University of Pécs, Faculty of Visual Arts and Music, Painter Branch
2004 Erasmus Exchange Programme,University of Hertfordshire,
Hatfield, England
Scholarships:
2014 Artist in residence program, Kunst AnDer Grenze, Art By The Border,
Jennersdorf, Austria
2006 PRO ARTE – Scholarship of Komárom-Esztergom County
2005 Residence Programme at Bundanon, North Nowra, Australia
2004 Erasmus Exchange Programme, University of Hertfordshire,
Hatfield, England
Exhibitions:
Common exhibitions:
2015 Apostrophe, The Whale, Budapest, Contemporary Arts Festival
Subject matter, Ateliers Pro Arts (APA), Budapest
2014 Monument is falling into decay, PP Center, Budapest
And You, Where Do You Live, Jennersdorf, Austria
On The Production Line, Flash Art Magazine, PP Center
2013 Finishing Exhibition, PP CENTER
2012 Finishing Exhibition, Partizán PP CENTER, Budapest
2011 ERICSSON HUNGARY LTD.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BUDAPEST, Esterházy Contemporary,
"sponsored by UNIQA”
2007 ANOTHER PLACE, Young artists from Pécs, Inda Gallery, Budapest
DIGITAL MESSAGE FROM EAST-EUROPE, Vaszary Gallery, Kaposvár
CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION, K.A.S. Gallery, Budapest
2006 HOUSE of GENERAL EDUCATION, Tatabánya (with Áron Hidvégi and Kovács László
Kammerlohr)
2006 BUDAPEST ART EXPO FRESH, Art Mill, Szentendre
2005 NEOFOTON photoprint exhibition, Art Mill, Szentendre
STREET ART exhibition, Millenáris Park, Budapest
PAINTER DEGREE 2004/2005, Swan House...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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2004 Erasmus Exchange Programme,University of Hertfordshire,
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2006 PRO ARTE – Scholarship of Komárom-Esztergom County
2005 Residence Programme at Bundanon, North Nowra, Australia
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2014 Monument is falling into decay, PP Center, Budapest
And You, Where Do You Live, Jennersdorf, Austria
On The Production Line, Flash Art Magazine, PP Center
2013 Finishing Exhibition, PP CENTER
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Sorrow
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