Dániel SALLAY
As a sculptor, he is interested in rethinking classical techniques. In his creative method he combines the opposing processes of carving and patterning, creating a unique balance between construction and dismantling. He currently works mainly with wood, whose organic character is closely interwoven with the formal and conceptual layers of his work.
His work explores the relationship between the whole and the part, the question of completion and incompleteness, and the dilemma of the passage and suspension of time. His sculptures follow an abstract formal world, but are deeply rooted in personal and shared experiences. For him, abstraction is not the opposite of realism, but another way of looking at things - a means to shed new light on the world around us.
20 June - 8 August 2024
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Born: 1985, Pécs
Lives and works in Budapest
EDUCATION
2005-2012 Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest
2010 École supérieure des beaux-arts de Marseille (ESBAM)
2000-2005 Pécs Secondary School of Art, Pécs
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 "Temporarily Permanent" Art9 Gallery, Budapest
2021 "Things" Óhegy Clubhouse, Budapest
2018 "Urtár Nexus" (with Levente Leitner), Surgery, Budapest
2018 "Uretanian Wolves" (with Levente Leitner), Lab, Budapest
2015 "In the Garden", Parthenon-Frieze Room, Budapest
2014 "Dadama" (exhibition with Tamás Melkovics and Daniel Kiss), House of Liberal Arts, Székesfehérvár
2009 "341", Parthenon-Frieze Hall, Budapest
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 "Those who walk the same path, arrive at the same place" The Space, Budapest
2024 "Paradise" Round Hill Festival, Tállya
2024 „Abstract Horizons” Ani Molnár Gallery, Budapest
2024 „Save Space” The Space, Budapest
2023 "My Creatures" K6 Project Gallery, Budapest
2023 "Master and his students" Óbuda Society, Budapest
2023 "Through the ages" HAB Art Centre, Budapest
2022 "Paraphrases" Crossing Gallery, Budapest
2022 „Out of bounds”, Art Salon Contemporary, Budapest
2021 "25+ Anniversary exhibition of the Hungarian Sculpture Society" Szolnok Gallery, Szolnok
2019 "In your footsteps. Inspiring forces in Russian and Hungarian contemporary art", Mikve Gallery, Budapest
2019 "Art is not a luxury", Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc
2018 "Lifebelt", M21 Gallery, Pécs
2018 "These are our best years", Modem, Debrecen
2018 "Midday", Eleven Block, Budapest
2018 „Derkó 2018”, Kunsthalle, Budapest
2017 „Deepwater”, M21 Gallery, Pécs
2017 „Derkó 2017”, Kunsthalle, Budapest
2016 "Starting Capital", M21 Gallery, Pécs
2016 "Five Sculptors", Vigadó, Budapest
2015 "A selection of works by students of the Ádám Farkas class of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts", Art Mill, Szentendre
2015 "Forms Inside and Beyond", B55 Contemporary Gallery, Budapest
2012 „Artplacc”,Tihany
2012 "Best of Diploma 2012", Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest
2010 "Exhibition of Ádám Farkas class", Parthenon Friez Hall, Budapest
2008 "Forming spaces, space-formers", Ybl Palace, Budapest
2007 "Reflection", Parthenon-Frieze Hall, Budapest
PUBLIC SQUARE SCULPTURES
2016 "Three Rivers", Győr
2015 "Dám", Tamási
SCHOLARSHIPS
2018 Gyula Derkovits Fine Arts Scholarship
2017 Gyula Derkovits Fine Arts Scholarship
2016 Gyula Derkovits Fine Arts Scholarship
2011 Amadeus Stone Sculpture Workshop Studio Competition (2011-2012)
2010 Erasmus ösztöndíj: Marseille School of Fine Arts (ESBAM)
