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Vásárhelyi was born in Satu Mare, Romania, studied interior design and graphic design at the University of Fine Arts in Bucharest, and moved to Hungary in 1979. Between 1979-1982, with interruptions, he was the artistic director of the Young Artists’ Club in Budapest, organising exhibitions and co-artistic programmes. In the mid-1980s he was involved in the organisation of the international exhibitions Experimental Art and Art Today I-III. In 1988 he became editor of the social and art magazine Hiány, which played a significant role in the creation of political and artistic pluralism in Hungary. In 1998, he organised the exhibition Hommage a` M. C. Escher, and in 1999, with the support of UNESCO and ICSU, the exhibition Science in Art – Art in Science. He is a member of the Association pour la Promotion du Patrimonie Artistique Français and the Berufsverband Bildender Künstler. His large-scale, geometric, mostly black and white works, most often composed of architectural elements, are characterised by solutions influenced by the illusionistic spatialisation of M. C. Escher, often associating abstract forms with figurative details, and by an objective, coolly analytical tone enriched by ironic or dramatic moments.
Solo exhibitions
1975 Theatre Gallery, Satu Mare, Romania
1977 Petőfi Sándor House of Culture Gallery, Bucharest, RO
1978 Korunk Gallery, Cluj Napoca, Romania
1980 Municipal House of Culture, Érd, Eötvös Klub Gallery, Budapest
1981 Ferencvárosi Pince Gallery, Budapest, Mini Gallery, Szeged
1982 State University Gallery, Vienna, Austria,
Rajk László College Gallery, Budapest,
Mini Gallery, Miskolc,
FMK-Gallery, Budapest
1983 Vay Ádám Museum, Vaja
1984 Studio Gallery, Budapest
1985 L’Écume Gallery, Paris
1991 Chagall Gallery, Hungarian Jewish Cultural Association, Budapest,
Maximum Gallery, Nuremberg, Germany
1992 Palazzo Brozi Gallery Café, Nuremberg, Germany,
Komm Gallery, Nuremberg, Germany
1993 Maximum Gallery, with sculptures by Uwe Kunze, Nuremberg, Germany
Young Artists Club, in collaboration with the sculptures of Uwe Kunze, Budapest
1994 Rathausgalerie, together with sculptures by Uwe Kunze, Vellmar,Germany,
UAP Gallery, together with sculptures by Uwe Kunze, Cluj-Napoca, Romania,
“48-4=44”, Art-room Exhibition, Budapest,
Galerie-Kneipe, Nürnberg, Germany
1995 Tamás Gallery, Budapest
1996 V.A.M. Design Center, Budapest,
Sárospatak Gallery
1998 Szín-Folt Gallery, Kaposvár
1999 Mega Center md studio Gallery, Budapest
2000 Újpest Gallery, Budapest
2001 MTM New Theatre Gallery, Budapest
2002 City Art Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden,
Erlin Gallery, Budapest,
Gallery IX, Budapest,
Újlipótvárosi Gallery, Budapest,
Miskolc Gallery,
Gallery B, Szeged
2004 Csongrád Gallery, Csongrád
2005 Ökollégium Art Gallery, Budapest
2006 Art 9 Gallery, Budapest
2007 Ferenczy Gallery, Pécs
2008 Ráday Picture Gallery, Budapest
2009 Kondor Béla Gallery, Székesfehérvár,
Art Center, Rautila, Finland,
Karinthy Salon, Budapest,
Kirjasto Galleria, Vehmaa City Library, Finland
2010 Gallery IX, Budapest,
Szombathely Gallery, Szombathely
Art Museum, Satu Mare, Romania,
Ingeborg Zweymüller Gallery, Baden bei Wien, Austria
2011 SZTE JGYPK Department of Drawing – Art History Gallery Szeged
2012 Gaál Imre Gallery Budapest,
Új Kriterion Gallery Csíkszereda, 2012 Romania,
House of Hungarian Artists /Palm House/Budapest,
Tower Gallery Sopron
Ferencváros Local History Collection Budapest
2013 Association of Hungarian Architects Kós Károly Gallery Budapest
2014 SIMEZA Gallery Bucharest Romania
Mansfeld Péter Gallery Budapest
Hungarian Workshop Gallery Budapest
Awards – scholarships
1982 Young Artists Studio Award, Imre Madách competition, Xantus János Museum Győr
1984 Scholarship from Paris
2006 “For Ferencváros” Medal
2007 Ploiesti City Museum Prize, VII International Biennale of Reproduced Graphic Art “Iosif Iser” Prize
2008 Rome scholarship, Hungart scholarship
2013 Four Elements Award of the National Association of Hungarian Artists
The graphic “TAPIS” is on a sheet of white cardboard A3, the graphic is signed.
Anyone who is familiar with the work and exhibitions of graphic artist Antal Vásárhelyi will know that this work, in addition to its aesthetic and artistic value, can also be considered a serious investment.
We recommend it to everyone!
(Photos by Bálint Erdély, photographer)