Zsombor Barakonyi

lives and works in Budapest, Hungary

Education:

2007 DLA degree from the Doctoral School of the

Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest
2005 Scholarship at the Accademia Ungherese a
Roma, Rome
2003 - 2005 Assistant of International Office at the
Hungarian University of Fine Arts
2002 - 2005 DLA doctoral studies at The Hungarian
Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest
2001 MA degree from The Hungarian University of
Fine Arts, MA in Painting
2000 Erasmus Photography scholarship at The London
Institute, Camberwell College of Art, London
1996 - 2001 Student of the Painting Program of the
Hungarian University of Fine Arts
1990 Graduate from Szinyei Merse Pal
Secondary School

Awards:

2011 Leopold Bloom Award finalist

2011 Esterhazy Art Award - nominee
2008 MTV Central European Network Hungary The 3rd Prize
2007 Strabag Prize artists subsidy
2000 Grant for artistic designers of the company Volvo 1st Prize
2000 A2 - Audi: The Muse, grant for artistic designers of the company Porsche Hungaria
- 3rd Prize
1999 Jen Barcsay Art Prize - 2nd Prize of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts

Solo exhibitions:

2016 The Hamburg Series Reinhardt & Partner Contemporary, Hamburg

2013 Spectacular and Hiding Hotel Nemzeti Budapest
2012 Far Beyond the Infinite Eotvos 10 /E 10/ Gallery, Budapest
2011 Manual Focus with Zbynek Sedleczky, acb Gallery, Budapest
2010 First Step to Black & White - NextArt Gallery, Budapest
2009 Light&Magic 1999-2009 - NextArt Gallery, Budapest
2008 Dog Town NextArt Gallery, Budapest
2007 Blade and Spray NextArt Gallery, Budapest
2004 Seven (7) Ply paintings on skateboards at the Parthenon-frieze Hall, Mulberry
Garden, Hungarian University of Fine Arts
2004 Bed-cover Land vol. 2 Telecom Gallery, Telecom Headquarters Building, Budapest
2003 Bed-cover Land - Parthenon-frieze Hall, Mulberry Garden, Hungarian University of
Fine Arts
Csoportos killtsok / Group exhibitions (selection):

2016 Fresh directly from the studio - Kunsthalle, Budapest

2013 Art Market Budapest
2012 Art Market Budapest
2011 Leopold Bloom Art Award Kiscelli Muzeum, Budapest
Esterhazy Art Award Muzeum of Fine Arts, Budapest
2009 Art Cologne, New Contemporary - Koln, Germany
2007 Start Next gallery launching exhibition of NextArt gallery, Budapest
2007 Strabag Prize Ludwig Museum, Budapest
2006 Les Retrouvailles 2006 Contemporary painting in Eastern Europe, Paris
(Mairie du 6 arroundisement de Paris)
2005 Memo Contemporary Art in Europe, acb Gallery, Budapest
2005 One-Weeker Hungarian Contemporary Art Kunsthalle, Budapest
2001 Climate Kunsthalle, Budapest
2000 Painting Kunsthalle, Budapest

Photo: Robert Hegedus