Csaba Fürjesi's art delves deeply into the timeless inquiries of human existence, traversing the realms of reality and surrealism. With a keen eye for the nuances of everyday life, his pieces invite multiple interpretations within local and global contexts. His oeuvre is characterized by subtle yet profound shifts in thought, weaving together themes of memory, oblivion, and the convergence of past and present. Through evocative imagery and introspective narratives, Fürjesi's work serves as a beacon of individual expression within the tapestry of contemporary art worldwide. Since the 1990s, Fürjesi has been a fixture in both national and international exhibitions. His artistic journey has taken him to esteemed locales such as Salvador Dali's studio in Monterey, the Grafikwerkstatt in Dresden, and the Hungarian Academy in Rome. Over the years, he has pioneered large-scale graphic works and innovative series, notably contributing to the evolution of the multitype process. Fürjesi's contributions to the graphic arts have been recognized through prestigious accolades, including a scholarship to the Citè Internationale des Arts in Paris. Notably, he was awarded the Grand Prize at the International Graphic Biennale of Transylvania in 2010, followed by the Grand Prize at the Miskolc Graphic Triennial in 2020. The province of Salzburg further honored him with the Slavi Soucek Graphic Scholarship in the same year. Presently, Fürjesi serves as the artistic director of the International ArtColony Cered, while calling Salzburg and Budapest his home and creative havens.
WORKS
THE SPACE EXHIBITIONS
16 January - 14 February 2025.
3 November - 2 December 2022.

CV

Born: 1969, Salgótarján
Lives and works in Budapest and Salzburg

2000 - 2003 University of Applied Arts, Budapest
1988 - 1992 Nyíregyháza Teacher Training College

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION FROM 2010)
2025 The Limits of Forgetting - The Space Art Gallery, Budapest (HU)
2024 Timelayers - Kunsthalle Nexus, Saalfelden AUT
2024 drei – Gallery Einblick, Hallein AUT
2023 In-di-go, Gallery Frey, Vienna (AT)
2023Agapé, Künstlerhaus, Salzburg (AT)
2023Synchron, Herman Otto Museum, Miskolc (HU)
2023Between Dimensions, Optika Gallery, Zlin (CZ)
2022 Human Synchronicity, The Space Contemporary Art Gallery, Budapest (HU)
2022 Borrowed words, Hödlmoser Atelier-Galerie, Fortress HohenSalzbug (AT)
2021 Chaos and Cosmos, Open Studio - with Camille Fischer, Cité des Arts, Paris (F)
2021Szinkron, Gallery Frey, Salzburg (AT)
2020 For official use only, Cult-Im, Künstlerhaus, Salzburg (AT)
2019 Mögöttes terek, Gallery Frey, Salzburg (AT)
2019Tracking / Time Tracking, Chika Aruba & Csaba Fürjesi, Gallery Borssenanger, Chemnitz (DE)
2018 Csaba Fürjesi & Andre Deloar, Gallery Borssenanger, Chemnitz (DE)
2017 Csaba Fürjesi & Merlin Kratky, Gallery Frey, Salzburg (AT)
2017Butterfly Effect, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest (HU)
2016 Brody Art Yard Gallery, Budapest (HU)
2015 Connection, Galerie 1blick, Hallein (AT)
2015 Werk.Genau, Gallery of the Hungarian Institute, Stuttgart (DE)
2014 Bio-Set, Raiffeisen Gallery, Budapest (HU)
2014 Werk.Genau, Planschneide Hall, Hallein (AT)
2013 Spaces behind, Galerie Flash, München (DE)
2013 Virtual Existence, Reök Palace, Szeged (HU)
2012 Spheres, Léna & Roselli Gallery, Budapest (HU)
2012 Spheres, Magma Contemporary Gallery, Sfântu Gheorghe (RO)
2012 Spheres, Amsterdam Stadhuis Teatercafé Galerie, Amsterdam (NL)
2012 Spheres, Art Yourself Gallery, Bucharest (RO)
2011 Csaba Fürjesi, Salvador Dali Cottage, Monterey (US)
2010 Urban Myths, HCC, London (UK)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION FROM 2010)
2025
Local and Individual – Gallery Frey, Salzburg (AT)

2024
archiv eins – Traklhaus, Salzburg (AT)
Wunderkammer – Gallery 23, Cered (HU)
Sites and Roots – Neon Gallery, Wroclaw POL
Across the Universe – House of Arts, Hangar 7, Salzburg (AT)
Frey – Peter Frey Gallery, Verona (IT)
International print triennial 2024 – Krakow (PL)
Amore – Gallery Borssenanger, Chemnitz (GER)
Space and Roots – Neon Gallery, Wroclaw (PL)

2023
Vásárhely Autumn Fair, Vásárhely (HU)
Origo, Gallery 23, Cered (HU)
Graphicbox, Gallery Borssenanger, Chemnitz (DE)
Le Maschiere di Dio, Societa Lunare, Bossano in Taverina (IT)
Trends, Reök-palota, Szeged (HU)
Common space, Goszcz Palace (PL)

2022
Accent on printed graphics, Galerie Traklhaus, Salzburg (AT)
Dante's Universe, Reök Palace, Szeged (HU)
Panta Rhei, Galeria Aula, Eugeniusz Geppert Akadémia, Wroclaw (PL)
Galerie Frey 10 Jahre, Galeria Frey, Salzburg (AT)
Was Schönes zum 25, Galerie Borssenanger, Chemnitz (D)
Táblaképfestészeti Biennálé, Reök-palota, Szeged (HU)
Mikrokozmos, Contemporary Gallery, Dunaszerdahely (SK)
ArtColony Cered, Academy Gallery, Banská Bystrica (SK)
National Drawing Triennial, Dornyay Museum, Salgótarján (HU)

2021
A.I.R. exhibition, Gallery City, Salzburg (AT)
Panta Rhei, Cinema Gallery, Uherske Hradiste (CZ)
Occsasional Oratorio, virtualis international exhibition by ArtColony Cered (HU)
Digitalis Agora, International Digitalis Art Triennial, House of Arts, Szekszárd (HU)
Dante's universe, Mank Gallery, Szentendre (HU)
Inter Cered, Art Salon Gallery, Waterhouse Gallery, Budapest (HU)

2020
Fortress of Salt, Gallery Ebensperger-Rhomberg, Salzburg (AT)
Artonom, Kunsthalle, Budapest (HU)
Common Ground, City Gallery, Salzburg (AT)
Eco Media Art, DIG Gallery, Kassa (SK)
Favorite Peaces, Kunstraum Pro Arte, Hallein (AT)
Panta Rhei, Cinema Gallery, Uherske Hradiste (CZ)
Miskolc Graphic Triennial, Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc (HU)

2019
Ostrale Biennale, Dresden (D)
Collection of Salzburg, Traklhaus, Salzburg (AT)
Winter salon, Gallery Borssenanger, Chemnitz (D)
Austrian Graphic Competition, Taxispalais Kunsthalle Tirol, Innsbruck (AT)
Slow Art, Gjutars Künstlerhaus, Vantaa/Helsinki (SF)
Linocut Today, City Gallery, Bietigheim-Bissingen (D)
Art Karlsruhe, Gallery Borssenanger (D)

2018
It was – it is – it will be, Gallery Neon, Wroclaw (PL)
Join the dots, Salon deli Incanti, Trieszt (IT)
Revit Art, Római Magyar Akadémia, Róma (IT)
Budapest Art Week, Csaba Fürjesi, Budapest (HU)
Time capsule, Hungarian Academy of Rome, Rome (IT)
Art Karlsruhe, Gallery Borssenanger (D)

2017
Ausgleich, Austrian Culture Forum, Budapest (HU), Bécs (AT)
Metafisiche e Metamorfosi, Hungarian Academy, Róma (IT)
La Peintura at les Femmes, Gallery Borssenanger, Chemnitz (D)
Graphics Triennial, Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc (HU)
Contemporary Drawing, Kunstraum Pro Arte, Hallein (AT)

2016
Pulse Miami, Frey Gallery, Miami (US)
Winter salon, Borssenanger Gallery, Chemnitz (D)
Linocut Today, Gallery City, Bietigheim-Bissingen (D)
Art Today, Gallery Kunstraum Pro Arte, Hallein (AT)
Razem, Neon Gallery, Wroclaw (PL)
Táblaképfestészeti Biennále, Reök-palota, Szeged (HU)

2015
Here and Now, Kunsthalle, Budapest (HU)
International Biennale of Drawing and Printmaking, Győr (HU)
FÖN Kunstpreis #4, Erfurt (D)
Handapparat der Neugierde, IG Bildende Kunst Galéria, Bécs (AT)
Panta Rhei, Gallery Cinema, Uherske Hradiste (CZ)
Small Project, Kunstraum Super, Vienna (AT)
Imago Mundi, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Velence (IT)

2014
Miskolc Graphic Triennial, Hermann Ottó Museum, Miskolc (HU)
All You Need is Art, Galerie Flash, München (D)
Táblaképfestészeti Biennálé, Reök-palota, Szeged (HU)
Re-painted reality, Collegium Hungaricum, Vienna (AT), Hungarian Institute, Paris (F)
Labyrinth, Art Museum, Szentendre (HU)
Fresh, Újpesti Gallery, Budapest (HU)

2013
All You need is Art, Galerie Flash, München (D)
International Drawing and Printmaking Biennale, Esterházy Palace, Győr (HU)
National Drawing Triennial, Dornyai Museum, Salgótarján (HU)
Four Elements, Barcsay Museum, Szentendre (HU)
Parallel Directives, Hungarian Academy of Rome, Rome (IT)
Genius Loci, Szentendre Old Artists' Colony Gallery, Szentendre (HU)

2012
Mixed Media, Small Pieces, Eugen Lendl Galerie, Graz (AT)
Out in the open!, Virag Judit Gallery, Budapest (HU)
Eventi-Reliquie-Reflessioni, Hungarian Academy of Rome, Rome (IT)
Táblaképfestészeti Biennálé, Reök-palota, Szeged (HU)
Újrafestett Valóság, Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, Budapest (HU)
Inter-Art – Intercontinental Small Prints Biennial, Nagyenyed (RO)
Bathing life, Collegium Hungaricum, Vienna (AT)
Ars Pannonica Biennale, Savaria Museum, Szombathely (HU)
Clean room, Reök Palace, Szeged (HU)

2011
Pictures of Kertész - André Kertész in Hungary, National Museum, Budapest (HU)
Sotto lo Stesso Tricolore, Villa Guadagnini, Bologna (IT)
Kochi International Exhibition of Prints, Ino-cho Paper Museum, Kochi (JP)
Bathing life, Kogart Gallery, Budapest (HU), MODEM, Debrecen (HU)
Szeged Summer Fair, Reök Palace, Szeged (HU)
Life and Water Biennale, Bácskai Kultúrpalota, Baja (HU)

2010
PCHYH – BP SPIRIT, G13 Gallery, Budapest (HU)
Sechs X 6, Loft Art, Vienna (AT)
International Biennial of Miniature Art, Częstochowa (PL)
International Triennial of Small Graphic, Arka Art Galerie, Vilnius (LT)
International Print Biennale of Szeklerland, Jenő Gyárfás Gallery, Sfântu Gheorghe (RO)
Ars Pannonica Biennale, Szombathely Gallery (HU)
International Triennial of Graphic Arts, Szófia (BG)
Táblaképfestészeti Biennálé, Reök-palota, Szeged (HU)

ART FAIRS
2025 Art Karlsruhe – Gallery Frey Karlsruhe GER
2025 Art & Antique Budapest, The Space Art Gallery, Budapest (HU)
2024 Paper Positions Vienna – Peter Frey Gallery, (AT)
2024 Art Karlsruhe – Gallery Frey, Karlsruhe (D)
2023 Parallel Vienna, Gallery Frey, Bécs (AT)
2023 Art & Antique Budapest, The Space Art Gallery, Budapest (HU)
2018 Parallel Vienna, solo show, Gallery Frey, Vienna (AT)
2016 ArtFair Cologne, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Köln (D)
2015 Contemporary Istanbul, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Isztambul (TR)
2015 SWAB Barcelona, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Barcelona (ES)
2013 Volta9 Basel, Léna & Roselli Gallery (with Attila Mata), Basel (CH)

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS
2022 REÖK Award, Biennale of Panel Painting (EN)
2022 MAOE Award, Dante's Universe (HU)
2021 Artist-in-Residence, Cité International des Arts, Paris (F)
2020 Slavi Soucek Graphic Design Scholarship, Salzburg (AT)
2020 Grand Prix, Miskolc Graphic Design Triennial (HU)
2018 Hungarian Academy of Rome Scholarship, Rome (IT)
2017 Cserny József Symposion Award (HU)
2016 Artist-in-Residence, Dresden (D)
2013 2013 Hungarian Academy of Arts Award (HU) (HU)
2013 Madách Award (HU)
2012 REÖK Award, XIV Biennale of Panel Painting (HU)
2011 Artist-in-Residence, Santa Catalina, Monterey (US)
2011 Graphic Design Award, XXXI Szeged Summer Art Exhibition (HU)
2011 1st Prize, Biennale of Life and Water (HU)
2010 Grand Prize, Transylvania International Graphic Biennale (RO)
2010 1st Prize, Kálmán Csohány National Graphic Art Exhibition (HU)
2008 Phoenix Award, XX Debrecen National Summer Fair (HU)
2006 BAZ County Graphic Design Award, XIII National Drawing Biennale (HU)
1999 XII National Outdoor Sculpture and Picture Exhibition; Salgótarján City Prize (HU)
1996 6th Nógrád County Autumn Exhibition Award, Szécsény (HU)

WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Collection of Culture Land Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg Museum, Austria
Collection of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
Luciano Benetton Foundation Imago Mundi Collection, Italy
Collection of Salzburg City, Austria
Graphische Sammlung der Eth, Zürich, SW
Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Hungarian Photography Museum, Kecskemét
Foundation for Hungarian Graphics, Budapest
Petőfi Literary Museum, Budapest
Art Centrum Fayoum, Egypt
The Abbey Foundation of Oregon, USA
Cultural and Artistic Centre - Gheorghe
Losonci Museum, Slovakia
Nógrád County Museum, Salgótarján
Oxford University Collection, Wolfson College, Anglia
Petőfi Museum, Kiskőrös
Salgótarján City Hall
Santa Catalina School Collection, Monterey, USA

MONOGRAPHY
Time out – Csaba Fürjesi, 2021. Verlag für den moderne Kunst, ISBN 978-3-9035572-12-6
Fürjesi Csaba - Time Distillate, 2017. Pauker publishing house, ISBN 978-615-5456-30-5
Csaba Fürjesi - WERK.GENAU, 2014, Patria Publishing House, ISBN 978-963-7539-36-7
Csaba Fürjesi - Spheres, Hungarian Images Publishing House, 2011. ISBN 978-963-9439-64-1
Fürjesi Csaba - 2009. Hungarian Images Publishing House, ISBN 978-963-9439-64-1
Ceredi International Artists' Colony, 2016-2020, Ars Longa Publishing House, ISBN 978-615-81887-0-8
Ceredi International Artists' Camp 2011-2015, Ars Longa Publishing House, ISBN 978-963-08-3315-8
Ceredi International Artists' Camp 1996-2010, Ars Longa Publishing House, ISBN 978-963-08-1910-7

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