Visiting period: 19th of July 2024 – 21st of September 2024

Opening: The exhibition was opened on the 19th of July 2024 at 6 pm by Transylvanian Art Centre’s coordinator dr. Beáta Bordás and dr. Ágota Portik Blénessy, art historian.

The exhibition held on the third floor of the Transylvanian Art Centre aims to comprehend the creative career of András Szabó, which spans approximately twenty years. The exhibition presents a rich selection of subjects that have interested the graphic artist until now, the evolution of the visual world of his works, from the artworks made during his studies at the department of graphic arts of the University of Fine Arts and Design in Cluj to his latest works, which, although are recognizable from a distance due to the unique scratching technique developed by the artist, they are still arranged in separate series.

The exhibition material is accompanied by a trilingual catalogue with a foreword by Ágota Blénessy Portik.

András Szabó (Târgu Mureș, 1980)

Graphic artist András Szabó studied at the Secondary School of Music and Fine Arts in Târgu Mureș between 1991–1999, then continued his studies in the specialization of Graphic Arts at the University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca between 1999–2003, where he obtained a Master’s degree in 2005 and took part in a PhD training between 2005–2008. For nearly twenty years, he has been using a scratching technique he developed to create his works. Since 2001, his work has been regularly exhibited at national and international exhibitions.

His works have been on display, among others, at the Ataş Gallery in Cluj-Napoca, the Anaid Art Gallery in Bucharest, the Korunk Studio Gallery in Cluj-Napoca (where he was also curator between 2010 and 2013), the Bulgakov Café, the MAGMA Contemporary Art Space in Sfântu Gheorghe, the Nano Gallery in Cluj-Napoca or the Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca. Among his most important exhibitions abroad to be mentioned, he exhibited at the 8e Avenue Pavilion in Paris in 2006, at the Art Market in Budapest in 2012 and 2018, at the Contemporary Art Fair in Cologne in 2018; he had a comprehensive solo exhibition in Paris and Brussels in 2015, and in Salzburg in 2022. He currently lives and works in Cluj-Napoca.

András Szabó surprises his audience with new challenges with each presentation. Although an experimental figure, he is a very consistent and persistent artist in his technique and style. Finding his way, his renewal is rather to be found in the theme and source of inspiration of the more recent series, he combines baroque representation and elaboration of Mannerism with elements of the globalized world and does so, in such a way as to use the tools of fine art to formulate truly sensitive portraits of character and society.

Solo exhibitions:
2002: Ataș Gallery, Cluj-Napoca • 2004: Ataș Gallery, Cluj-Napoca • 2005: Bulgakov Café, Cluj-Napoca • 2006: Bulgakov Café, Cluj-Napoca; Artkatakomba Gallery, Budapest • 2007: Anaid Art Gallery, Bukarest • 2009: Matthias House Gallery, Cluj-Napoca • 2010: Korunk Studio Gallery, Cluj-Napoca • 2012: Korunk Studio Gallery, Cluj-Napoca; Várfok Gallery, Project Room, Budapest • 2013: MAGMA Contemporary Art Space, Sfântu Gheorghe • 2014: Kaja Tanya, Cluj-Napoca • 2015: Kohn Gallery, Paris; MB-XL Gallery, Brussels • 2016: studio exhibition, Cluj-Napoca • 2017: City Art Space, Double Tree by Hilton, ClujNapoca • 2022: St. Cyriacus Church, Salzburg

Organizers: Sfântu Gheorghe City Hall, Transylvanian Art Centre Association
Sponsor: Hungarian Government – State Secretary for National Policy, Bethlen Gábor Fund