2000 - 2006     
Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary - class of Dóra Maurer

1998 - 2000     
Faculty of Art and Visual Communication, Eszterházy Károly College, Eger, Hungary

József Csató finished his studies at the painting department of the Hungarian Art Academy in the class of Dóra Maurer in 2006. He won three times the honoured Gyula Derkovits Scholarship in 2013, in 2014 and in 2015. He received the prominent Esterhazy Prize in 2013. He participated in many group exhibitions in abroad also. His works can be found in representative Hungarian and International private and institutional collections. 

2023      
Secret sized garden, Haverkampf Leistenschneider, Berlin, Germany
My Memory Foam Keeps Forgetting, Erika Deák Gallery, Hungary
Hair Houre Skin Minute Bone Second, PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 
Lush Ferns in Empty Wells, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, Texas, US

2022      
Treasures, Trees, Fire and Bones, Double Q Gallery, Hong Kong, CH
Crickets in the carpet, PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerpen, BE
Crossing The Invisible, Sean Horton (Presents) Chelsea, New York, USA

2021      
TBA, Semiose Gallery, Paris, France
Broken Bones of the Heart, Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Kiss of the Leopard, Semiose Gallery, Paris, France
Balancing on the top of the Fountain, Ravnikar Gallery Space, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Diary of Open Secrets, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, Texas, USA

2019     
Each and Every Kiss, Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Sad Cyclops Under Palms, Lollipop Factory, Budapest, Hungary
Interesting Collection from the Universe, Schloss Esterhazy, Eisenstadt, Austria
Not Enough Buckets to Hold the Tears of Joy, ENA Viewing Space, Budapest, Hungary
Easy Ways of Breathing, VUNU Gallery, Kosice, Slovakia

2018     
Selfminerals/Under my shoe, AQB Project Space, Budapest, Hungary

2017     
Patches and Drips, Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2016     
Pocket Volcano, Virág Judit Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2015     
If you push it it feels good, ENA Viewing Space, Vienna, Austria

2014     
József Csató Malerei, Kreis Galerie, Nürnberg, Germany

2013     
Vomeronasale, Virág Judit Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Új Kriterion Galéria, Csíkszereda / Miercurea Ciuc, Romania

2012     
Artus Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Large Papers, Rumbach Street Synagogue, Budapest, Hungary

2010     
Women, pastry, and a snake, Nextart Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Girl with a Csató-painting, Nextart Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2009     
In line, Nextart Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2007     
Brand New, Chinese Caracters Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Self-portrait in a Busó mask, Artus Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2003     
Being a cactus, Studio of Contemporary Artists, Budapest, Hungary

2023      
Think Pinker, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Art Rotterdam, PLUS-ONE Gallery and Galler y Sofie Van de Velde, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2022      
Infinite Flowers, part 4, PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium

2022      
Place Value: New Acquistions, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary

2021      
Traces, Haverkampf Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Six Solo Shows, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, Austria

2020     
Softer Softest, Andrea Festa Fine Arts, Rome, Italy
Melancholympics, The Wunderwall, Antwerp, Belgium

2019     
Floral Centrepiece, Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Gift, Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2018     
AIR - Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, Austria

2017     
Real Hungary, Collegium Hungaricum, Vienna, Austria

2016     
Parallel Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Reproduced Paradise, Váncza Villa, Budapest, Hungary

2015     
On Paper II., Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Parallel Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Neoteric International Exhibition, Dab Art Ventura, USA
Derkó most, Kunsthalle , Budapest, Hungary

2014     
Derkó, Pécsi, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary

2013     
Drekovits Now, Kunsthalle , Budapest, Hungary
Contemporary Budapest, Art FaCTory 03, Catania, Italy

2012     
Made in Wunderland, Virág Judit Contemporary, Budapest, Hungary
Berlin-Budapest, Berlin, Germani
Tabou Script, GEDOK Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany

2011     
Small Talk, Virág Judit Contemporary, Budapest, Hungary
Budapest Flow, Virág Judit Contemporary, Budapest, Hungary
Galeria Civica, Potenza, Italy

2010     
Tabou Script, CK Centre, Skopje, Macedonia
Tabou Script, The Fridge, Sofia, Bulgaria
Tabou Script, Carton Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2007     
All is one, Collegium Hungaricum, Wien, Austria
Uncut version, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary

2005     
Institute of Geology, Budapest, Hungary
We’re 25, Raiffeisen Bank, Budapest, Hungary
Exhibition for „Hedopiritanists”, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary

2004     
hartes brot, with Philipp Moll, Kunst im Gang, Bamberg, Germany

2003     
Transmission, University of Fine Arts of Stuttgart, Germany
Artus Gallery, joint exhibition with Gábor Király and Eszter Szabó, Budapest, Hungary

2002     
Two, Goethe Institute, Budapest, Hungary

 

2022     
Soart Residency, Millstatter See, AT

2019     
Wien Alte Scmiede/Budapest Gallery – Residency, Vienna, AT

2017    
Krinzinger Projekte Residency

2015     
Derkovits Gyula Scholarship

2014     
Derkovits Gyula Scholarship

2013     
Derkovits Gyula Scholarship  

2013     
Esterhazy Art Award

2004     
Erasmus Fellowship to Nürnberg

2002     
Tóth Menyhért Scholarship