Gergő Kovách

(1974, Budapest)
Lives and works in Budapest

Education
1998    
Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture

2009     
Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Visual Education Department
About the Artist
Gergő Kovách works with a vast myth inventory combining art history, folk tale elements and pop culture, and his themes raising gender and social questions, as well as his choice of materials ranging from wrapping paper to bronze are also unlimited. At the same time, his artworks are sculptures in terms of their plastic realization, dimensions and material as well. This sculpturing, however, is not so much related to the traditions of Hungarian sculpture: even though sometimes it operates with local kinds of messages, essentially it uses a completely universal language. His art consciously ruffles the aesthetical feathers, sometimes even bordering on kitsch, only to materialize there as a true value with a special emphasis. This is a value, which seems easy to interpret at first, but actually results from difficult questions and the answers given to them. Although the parody of clichés and idiomatic phrases provides a joking overtone to his artworks, its grotesque, fabulous characters are primarily reactions to a rigid way of thinking and the absurdity of blockheaded traditions.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016     
Szentendre Gallery, Szentendre

2015     
Derümán, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest

2014     
Tolera (with Pintér Gábor), Deák Erika Gallery, Budapest

2013     
Strangers In The Shooting Gallery (With Gábor Pintér), Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest

2012     
Csín and Bín, Art9 Gallery, Budapest

2011     
Jani A Talpán, Dovin Gallery, Budapest

2010     
Art Fair Budapest (Dovin)
Fényrederü, Erlin Klub Gallery, Budapest

2009     
Tereh , Dovin, Budapest

2008     
Hungarian Institute In Paris, Paris

2007     
Tukma , Dovin, Budapest
Plug, Art Fair, Budapest (Dovin)

2005     
Ciróka, Dovin, Budapest

2003     
Csititér, Dovin, Budapest

2001     
Fogo(Ó)K, Dovin, Budapest
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016     
Standing in front of objects, Deák Erika Gallery, Budapest

2013     
Deathly Nature, MODEM, Budapest

2012     
What is Hungary?, Kunsthalle, Budapest
Art Paris Art Fair, Paris
Art Cologne, Köln

2011     
U-Festival (Dovin)
Symptomatic Presence, Dovin, Budapest
Couleur Locale, 320fok, Siófok
Plein Air Festival (Erlin Klub Gallery), Ráday Street, Budapest

2009     
Arte Lisboa, (Dovin), Lisbon
Retesz, Dovin, Budapest
Arco, Madrid (Dovin)

2008     
Budapest Art Fair, Budapest (Dovin)
Irokéz Collection, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest

2007     
Arte Lisboa (Dovin), Lisbon
Gum Factory, London, UK
In Memory Of Kálmán Nagy György, A.P.A! Gallery, Budapest
Small Plastic Biennale, Pécs, Hungary
Play Art, Vizivárosi Gallery, Budapest
Hungarian Galleries (Dovin), Hungarian Institute, Brussels
Plug Art Fair, Budapest (Dovin)

2006     
Pig Tower, College Of Dunaújváros
Tólomvadászok, Mke, Budapest
Plug Art Fair, Budapest, (Dovin)
Erlin Camp, Erlin Gallery, Budapest
Heart Matters, Szentendrei Malom, Szentendre
Brick, Mke, Budapest
Arte Lisboa, (Dovin), Lisbon

2005     
Táj Nincs, Dovin, Budapest
Monkey, Fkse Gallery, Budapest
Plug Art Fair, Budapest, (Dovin)
Fox, Bratislava, Slovakia
Fox, Tűzraktér, Budapest

2004     
Delegation, Trafó Gallery, Budapest
Game, Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest
Still Life, Ernst Museum, Budapest

2003     
New Members, Fkse, Budapest
Rosszcsontok, Műcsarnok, Budapest
Deer, Fkse, Budapest

2002     
Derkovits-Scholarship, Debut Exhibition, Ernst Museum, Budapest
Crease, Fészek Gallery, Budapest

2001     
International Small Plastic Triennale, Gallery Murska Sobota, Slovenia
Sculpture And Beyond, Mucsarnok, Budapest
Cream, Meo, Budapest

2000     
The Future Today, Kévés Gallery, Budapest
Dialogue, Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest
Prizes, Awards
2000     
Derkovits- Scholarship

1998     
Ludwig- Scholarship



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