Ágnes Eperjesi Color Matters Three exhibitions by Ágnes Eperjesi on three prestigious locations of contemporary art scene, in the Hungarian House of Photography, Budapest, Nessim Gallery and King St. Stephen Museum at Székesfehérvár. Hungarian House of Photography, Mai Manó House: There will always be more fresh laundry Opening remarks by Anna Gács, critic Open to the public: 30. April - 21. June 2009. Every weekdays from 2 pm to 7 pm Weekend from 11 am to 7 pm. Nessim Gallery: Nothing beyond colors Opening remarks by Gábor Zemplén science historian Open to the public: 5. May - 5. June 2009 From Monday to Friday from 2 pm to 6.30 pm King St. Stpehen Museum: Small Prayer A kiállítást megnyitja: Zsófia Bán, writer and critic Opening remarks by 9. May - 20. September 2009. From Wednesday to Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm
Color Matters · Ágnes Eperjesi

Ágnes Eperjesi

Education:
2005-2008: DLA, Hungarian University of Fine Arts
1991: MFA Degree
1990: Master Course of photography and typography
1989: Minerva Academy, Groningen, Holland
1986: Academy of Arts and Crafts, Visual Communication Department

Membership in organizations:
Studio of Young Artists Association
Hungarian Association of Creative Artists

Awards and Grants:

2008: XVI. Photobiennial - Esztergom / Grand Prize
2007: Residency at El Basilisco in Buenos Aires
2006: Eötvös Scholarship, residency in New York
2005: Eötvös Scholarship, residency in New York
2004: Scholarship of Budapest City Council in Salzburg
2001: Scholarship of Hungarian Academy in Rome
2000: NOVACOM telecommunication prize I. prize, Internet category
1998: ArtsLink, USA
1998-2001 Derkovits Scholarship
1997: In & Out of Touch, London
1996: KulturKontakt, Horn, Austria
1995: Budapest City Council Prize
1992-95: Pécsi József Scholarship
1991: Ministry of Culture (with Tibor Várnagy)

Publications – Artist’s books

2008: Private Protest, 12 x 20 cm, color, 168 pages, hand bound, edition of 4, numbered and signed
2007: Timbre Azul, 36 color pencil drawings, unique
2006: Water-Book – edition 3, plexiglas, plastic bag, water
Family Album, ofset, ed. 260 numbered and signed
2004: Family Album – edition 28, numbered and signed (26 x 35,5 cm, 18 pages, 52 original C-print, hand-bound)
Chores around the house – artist book, edition 3, numbered and signed
(21 x 23 cm, color, 98 pages, hand bound and slip cased, C print and tile included)
2003: Recycled images – 1999-2003 (color catalogue, 48 pages)
2001: Busy Hands – artist book, edition of 3, numbered and signed
(A/5, color, 148 pages, hand bound and slip cased, C print on plexiglass or tile included )
1998: Still Life (A/5, color catalogue)
1996: Lichtguß mit Sauglingen (A/4, Xerox, transparent)
1995: Omens (with Tibor Várnagy, A/4, 76 p., hard cover, offset)
1992: Ein Buch (with Tibor Várnagy, A/5, 64p., Japanese binding, offset)
1991: Tavate`s woven pictures (with Tibor Várnagy, catalogue)

Solo Exhibitions

2009
There will always be more fresh laundry – Hungarian House of Photography
Nothing beyond colors – Nessim Gallery, Budapest
Small Prayer – King St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár

2008:
Private Protest, Labor, Budapest

2006:
Irreversible Process, Vintage Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Family Album, PhotoWest Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
Recycled Images, Hungarian Cultural Center, New York, USA

2004:
Family Plans, Millenáris Kerengõ, Budapest, Hungary
Family Album, Van Zoetendaal Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
Compilation Europe – Galerie am Hauptplatz, Hainburg, Austria
Slices of Self-portraits, kArton Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Is He the One?, Vintage Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2002:
The Gentle Art of Making Food, kArton Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Full Plates, Vintage Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Busy Hands, Fotofest, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, USA

2000:
Busy Hands, Vintage Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Weekly Menu, Vintage Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

1999:
Palais Jalta, Frankfurt, Germany
Fruitful Fruits – Abraham Lubelski Gallery, New York, USA

1998:
Still life – Bolt Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Studio Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

1996:
Newborns – Óbudai Társaskör, Budapest, Hungary

1995:
Omens und Kommentar – Goethe Intézet, Budapest (with Tibor Várnagy)

1994:
Baked pictures and Mandala – Szegedi Ifjúsági Ház, Szeged, Hungary

1993:
Der Kern einer Ausstellung – Künstlerhaus, Hamburg, Germany (with T.V.)
Przeplatane zdjecia Tavate – Mala Gallery, Warsawa, Poland (with T.V.)

Selected group shows

2009:
t.error – Institute of Hungarian Culture, New York

2008:
XVI. Photobiennial, Esztergom
Open Space, workshop exhibition, Deák Collection, Székesfehérvár
Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Ungarn - Neuer Berliner Kunsverein, Berlin
Time Print - Hungarian Cultural Institute, Brussels
From the Icon to the Installation – Pannonhalma Abbey

2007:
Light-box - Videospace Gallery, Budapest
Light - Volksbank Gallery, Budapest
DUMBO Arts Festival, New York
Living Color – Vasarely Museum, Budapest
Paraíso Imaginário – Encontro Internacional de Fotografia, Centro Cultural Parque das Ruínas, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Open studio - El Basilisco, Buenos Aires
Lost and Found – MODEM, Debrecen
Ohne HOrt - Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin
Ohne HOrt - Thüringer Museum Stadtschloss, Eisenach

2006:
Lost and Found – Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden
Fotogramme – Künstlerhaus, Wien
Domestic Goods – AIR. Gallery, New York
Plastic – Museum of Ethnography, Budapest
Narratíva – St. Stephen King‘s Museum, Székesfehérvár
Hazai javak – 2B Gallery, Budapest

2005:
Hungarian Contemporary Art Exhibition – The Millenium Art Museum, Beijing, China
Waldsee – Hebrew Union College, New York
Ne(a)t / Woman on Woman – Kogart House, Budapest, Hungary

2004:
Soap Opera – Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
Waldsee – 2B Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2003:
Gravitation – Moszkva Square, Ludwig Museum, Budapest

2002:
Kvízio – Trafó Galéria, Budapest
Display – Loop House Galéria, San Cesario di Lecce
Hand. Medium, Körper,Technik – Stadtische Galerie, Bremen, Germany
Unfolded box 2. – Medium Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

2001:
Ungarische Kunst Heute – Leverkusen, Germany
Léger différé – Centre d’Art Contemporain, Séte, France
Cream – MEO Contemporary Art Collection, Budapest
Art Forum, Berlin, Messe, Germany
Documentum 5. – Mai Mano Gallery, Budapest

2000:
Big Torino 2000 – International Biennial of Young Creativity – Torino, Italy
Day by day – Ludwig Museum, Budapest
Up to you – Skuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia

1999:
XXL– Trafo, Budapest
Unfolded box – Ernst Museum, Budapest
Young Portfolio – Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato, Japan

1998:
Transition – Espace Flon, Lausanne, France
The Spaces, Cleveland, USA
Observatorium – Centrum Sztuki Wspólczesnej, Warsawa, Poland

1997:
Chimaera – Staadtliche Galerie, Moritzburg, Halle, Germany

1997:
Sic! – Kiscelli Múzeum, Budapest

1996:
Knoll Galéria, Budapest

1995:
Hungarian Days in Hamburg – Kunsthaus, Hamburg, Germany
Unversehen – Austria Tabakwerke, Linz, Austria
Through the glass – Skuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia

1993:
Polifónia – SCCA Budapest (With V.T.)

1992:
Lady in enzian blau - Budapest / Bonn” – Frauen Museum, Bonn

1991:
New Spaces in Photography – Muzeum Architektury, Wroclaw, Poland

1990:
2nd Internationale Photobiennale – Paris, France
Photographie de l'Est – Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Schnelle Bilder-Aktuelle Fotokunst im Gesprach – Künstlerhaus, Wien, Austria
Fotoanarchív – Centrum Sztuki Wspólczesnej, Warsawa, Poland

1989:
Junge Ungarische Fotografen – Galerie Pumpe, Berlin, Germany
Más-kép – Ernst Museum, Budapest

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photo: Róbert Kassay