The Transylvanian Art Center cordially invites You to the opening of Antal Jánosi’s exhibition at Sfântu Gheorghe, Oltului street no. 2, 3rd floor, on Friday, the 25th of June 2021, at 6 pm.
The guests will be greeted by dr. Beáta Bordás, director of the Transylvanian Art Center.
The exhibition will be opened by the artist András Dimény.
Curator of the exhibition: Pál Art Gallery
The exhibition can be visited between 26 June 2021 – 30 July 2021, from Tuesdays to Fridays from 10:00 to 17:00, and on Saturdays between 10:00 and 18:00.
Antal Jánosi graphic artist I Sânmartin, 13 October 1954.
In 1955 they moved to Cluj-Napoca and he lived there until 1980. Between 1976 and 1980 he was a student of graphic art at the Ion Andreescu Academy of Fine Arts in Cluj Napoca. After graduating from university, like his contemporaries, he found a job as a teacher, teaching in Miercurea Ciuc and the surrounding villages. In 1988 he founded the graphic art and painting department of the Popular Art School in Miercurea Ciuc, where he worked part-time for 30 years until his retirement. Since 1990 he has been a member of the Romanian Artists’ Association. In 2003, he initiated, and then together with Zsolt Berszán, founded and edited the bilingual contemporary art magazine Nyitott Műhely / Atelier Deschis / Open Studio, which reported on the contemporary art events in the country quarterly and semi-annually for about five years. In 2004, together with Zsolt Berszán and Örs Csongor Kelemen, they founded the Atelier Deschis Association. In 2005 he participated in the foundation of the Contemporary Art Museum in Miercurea Ciuc. Between 2005 and 2006, the international INTERart project, the Open Studio contemporary art magazine and the Contemporary Art Museum were presented within the framework of several symposia at the National University of Arts in Bucharest, the University of Fine Arts and Design in Cluj-Napoca and the H'Art Gallery in Bucharest.
Exhibitions:
1979: Székely Museum of Csík, Miercurea Ciuc ● 1987: Gallery of the Romanian Artists’ Association, Miercurea Ciuc ● 1989: Editorial Office of Brassói Lapok, Brașov ● 2001 Hargita Visual Art Gallery, Miercurea Ciuc ● 2003: AUTOPSY, Gyárfás Jenő Gallery, Sfântu Gheorghe ● 2004: Szekler Action Art – Hydrological Gazette (& Zsolt Berszán, Örs Csongor Kelemen), Art Jazz Club, Horizon Gallery, Bucharest ● 2005: HUNKYS (& Zsolt Berszán and Örs Csongor Kelemen), ATAS Gallery, University of Fine Arts and Design in Cluj-Napoca ● 2006: AUTOPSY (& Zsolt Berszán, Csongor Kelemen Örs), Contemporary Art Museum, Miercurea Ciuc ● 2007: AUTOPSY, Brâncoveanu Palace, Sâmbăta de Sus, Bucharest ● 2012: OMOTRA, Új Kriterion Gallery, Miercurea Ciuc ● 2015: OMOTRA, House with Arcades, Sfântu Gheorghe ● 2016: OMOTRA, Pál Art Gallery, Miercurea Ciuc ● 2016: OMOTRA, Art Market Budapest, HU ● 2019: ANAMORPHOSIS, Új Kriterion Gallery, Miercurea Ciuc ● 2019: OMOTRA, Pál Art Gallery, Miercurea Ciuc ● 2020: OMOTRA - virtual exhibition, Pál Art Gallery, Miercurea Ciuc ● 2020: OMOTRA - virtual exhibition, Pál Art Gallery, Miercurea Ciuc
Literature:
István András BOJÁR: OMOTRA rajzok [OMOTRA Drawings], Bookart Publishing House, Miercurea Ciuc.
Zoltán VÉCSI NAGY: Jánosi Antal, Az ismeretlen margójára. OMOTRA [Antal Jánosi, On the Margins of the Unknown. OMOTRA], Új Kriterion Gallery, Miercurea Ciuc.
