Zsófi Barabás

(1980, Budapest)
Lives and works in Budapest

Education
2009               
Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku), Japan

2005 –            
DLA studies: University of Pécs, Faculty of Fine Arts, Pécs, Hungary

1999 – 2004    
Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Painting and Teaching Department, Budapest, Hungary

1998              
Anglia Polytechnic University – Illustration Department, Cambridge, UK

1994 – 1998    
Art Secondary School of Budapest, Graphics Department, Budapest, Hungary
About the Artist
Zsófi Barabás's most characteristic feature are the indicative, dense and scarce compositions, and as well the act of combining organic and geometric forms. Her biomorphic forms often build on, yet unfold from each other. Spreading out horizontally, they often seem to break trought the tresholds of canvases into the great vastness. Her artistic language is defined by a conscious, yet a constantly present experimental attitude, by an urge of searching for new ways in representation, in terms of concept and execution. The duality of plane and space, the reinterpretation of compositional elements in 3D formats and the need to plastically reinterpret pictorial thoughts are all aspects that become indicative in Barabás’ body of work from time to time.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
From where the sea can be seen, Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2022
The weight of clouds, Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2020      
Unfolded Motion, Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2018      
OffSpace (with Jussi Niva), Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
American diary, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, New York, USA

2017      
Moments of being, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Extension, Alvitr Gallery, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Extension, Moszkvai Magyar Intézet, Moszka, Russia

2016      
Playground (with Shunsuke Francois Nanjo), Faur Zsófi Gallery, Hungary

2015    
Flow, A38 Ship – exhibition space, Budapest, Hungary
Playground (with Shunsuke Francois Nanjo), Wada Fine Arts Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2014      
Urban histology, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2012      
Nonfigurations (with Imre Bak), Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2011      
Skin-Flesh-Color, B55 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2010      
Map of the days, B55 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2009      
From Ueno to Nippori, Mono Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Raiffeisen Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2008      
Hungarian Cultural Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
The Berlin series, Mono Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
The collection of Sonja Krasner (with Zsuzsa Moizer and Nóra Soós), B55 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2007      
Mono Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Hungarian Cultural Centre, Gallery U, Helsinki, Finland

2006      
Fészek Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Hommage à Patrick Heron, Hungarian Cultural Center, London, UK

2005      
Skicc (with József Bullás), Vadnai Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2004      
Vadnai Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
PÁ (with Zsuzsa Moizer and Nóra Soós), Hungarian University of Fine Arts – Aula, Budapest, Hungary

2003      
Vadnai Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2002      
K.A.S. Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Selectes Group Exhibitions
2024
Abstract Narratives, curator: Zsolt Petrányi, Selection from the Collection of the Central Bank of Hungary, Friedman Gallery, New York
Picture Practices, Contemporary art from the collection of the Central Bank of Hungary, Q Contemporary, Budapest
Tender forever, curator: Éda Meggyesházi, Képező Gallery, Budapest

2023
Abstraction is Freedom, curator: Manuel Benoit, 193 Gallery, Paris
Liquid Slices of Time, Female artists from the MNB contemporary collection, Dubniczay Palace – House of Arts Veszprém

2022
Place Value – New Acquisitions, Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art , Budapest

2019      
The Allegory of the Cave, Société, Budapest, Hungary

2018      
Unbound - The unexpected constellation, Hybridart Space, Budapest, Hungary

2017      
Unfold, K.A.S. Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2016      
Rain Come Down, Sara Zanin Gallery, Rome, Italy

2015      
Spazi Aperti, Accademia di Romania, Rome, Italy
Aria, Terra, Casa, Accademia di Romania, Rome, Italy

2014      
Utopia, Art Kura-Biraki, Cino Lab, Fujiyoshida, Japan
Parallelity and encounters – Hommage exhibition for Ilona Keserü, Museum of Szombathely, Szombathely, Hungary
Layers – Contemporary collage exhibition, Latarka Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2011      
Meditations Objects, Selection of the Bodnár-collection, Reök, Szeged, Hungary

2010      
Panno-Panoramas, MODEM, Debrecen, Hungary
Equlior Collection, kArton Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2009      
Conquering Snow, Dynamo Art Project, Tokamachi, Niigata, Japan
The Art of Tolerance, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia

2008      
Tendencies, Árkád Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
DLA Exhibition, Pécs Gallery, Pécs, Hungary
Re: Friss, KOGArt, Kovács Gábor Művészeti Alapítvány, Budapest
The strenght of colours, Hungarian Institute, Stuttgart, Germany

2007      
Spring Game – Love and brightness in painting, Society of Hungarian Painters, ArtMill, Szentendre, Hungary
The strength of colours – big paintings I, Zsolnay Factory, Pécs, Hungary
DLA exhibition, Pécsi Gallery, Pécs, Hungary
The strength of colours – big paintings II, Zsolnay Factory, Pécs, Hungary
Palette, Galerie Kränzl, Göppingen, Germany

2006      
11 Young Artists, Csepel Gallery, Csepel, Hungary
DLA Exhibition, Pécsi Gallery, Pécs, Hungary

2005      
Collections, Knoll Gallery, Wien, Austria
One week, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary

2004      
Drawings, Lönnströmin Artmuseum, Rauma, Finland
Fresh, KOGArt, Art Foundation of Gábor Kovács, Budapest, Hungary
Energy and equivalent, Contemporary Fine Art Exhibition, ArtMill, Szentendre, Hungary

2003      
Colour Exhibition, Barcsay Hall of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary

2002      
Flekk, Cadre Rouge Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2001      
Kumulusz Group, Aula of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
 
Grants and Scholarships
2018     
Artist in Residence, Buffalo, New York, USA

2014     
Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy in Rome, Italy

2013     
Atelier Frankfurt, Scholarship of Stadt Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2009     
Monbukagakusho Research Scholarship, Tokyo, Japan

2005     
Artist in Residence, Porvoo, Finland
Prize of the Kunsthalle Budapest, at the One week exhibition, Budapest, Hungary

2003     
Sommerakademie, Salzburg, Austria

2001     
Erasmus Scholarship, Fachhochschule, Darmstadt, Germany

2000   
Artist in Residence, Rauma, Finland



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