Endre Kis
ARTISTIC STATEMENT
I have always been drawn to engaging with contemporary phenomena, while also considering the preservation of painting traditions equally important. As for my working process, after selecting a theme, a detailed plan emerges through a long, playful process of montage, and only then does the actual painting begin. Many of my works feature inscriptions, icons, and glitches taken from the digital world, yet the final result is always created using traditional oil on canvas. It’s a demanding, laborious, and sometimes even painful process — and I’ve been in it for so long that it’s no longer me making art, but rather art that shapes me. If creation were to cease, I would cease as well; it is inseparable from who I am.
STUDIES
1995–1999. November 18 Technical Secondary School of Architecture, Industrial Printing Technician Department, Subotica, Serbia
1999–2000. Hungarian Language Institute, Art History Department, Budapest, Hungary
2000–2006. University of Pécs, Faculty of Arts, Painting Department, Pécs, Hungary
SOLO EXHIBITION
2024. Journey into White Noise, Haáz Rezső Museum Gallery, Székelyudvarhely (Odorheiu Secuiesc), Romania
2021. Dead Stream – Live Stream, Haáz Rezső Museum Gallery, Székelyudvarhely (Odorheiu Secuiesc), Romania
2020. I Love Plastic, County Hall Gallery, Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
2018. The Distribution of the Sensible (with Rita Mátis), M21 Gallery, Pécs, Hungary
2014. Exhibition, Nappali, Pécs, Hungary
2014. Hun-ted, ArtWorks, Trenton, USA
2011. Mirror, Apa Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2011. Mirror, Baš House, Subotica, Serbia
2002–2003. Márton Áron College, Pécs, Hungary
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2022. Hinterland, John Martin Gallery, London, UK
2021. Instinct – 1st Transylvanian Contemporary Art Review, Transylvanian Art Center, Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania
2021. Hargita Salon, County Hall Gallery, Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
2014. CTRL-V Group Exhibition, Hungarian Workshop Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2013. Doyens and Young Artists, Reök Palace, Szeged, Hungary
2013. Derkovits – Now, Kunsthalle Budapest, Hungary
2012. Derkovits Scholarship Holders’ Exhibition, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2012. Doyens and Young Artists, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2012. Incident II – Accident, Czestochowa Museum, Czestochowa, Poland
2012. Re/8 Design Park, Cultural Centre of Novi Sad, Serbia
2011. Derkovits Scholarship Holders’ Exhibition, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2011. Doyens and Young Artists, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2010. Pécs Beach, Herrmannpark, Vienna, Austria
2010. Connections, City Gallery, Székesfehérvár, Hungary
2008. Meeting Point, Valdinger Hall, Osijek, Croatia
2008. Field Practice, Hattyú House, Pécs, Hungary
2008. Re:Fresh, Kogart House, Budapest, Hungary
2008. Meeting Point, Galerie Města Plzně, Pilsen, Czech Republic
2008. Meeting Point, Oskar Kokoschka Museum, Pöchlarn, Austria
2008. Marika, the Samovar and the Sneakers, Inda Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2007. Another Place, Inda Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2007. Meeting Point, Arad Museum, Arad, Romania
2006. Fresh Europe, Kogart House, Budapest, Hungary
2006. Fresh Europe, Hungarian Cultural Institute, Brussels, Belgium
2004. KisHáz Group Exhibition, Garrison Club, Pécs, Hungary
2001–2003. StandART Multiplex Final Exhibition, Novi Bečej, Serbia
1997–2000. TAKT Art Camp Final Exhibitions, Temerin, Serbia
AWARDS, ACCOMPLISMENTS
2011. Special Painting Award, Meeting Point, Arad, Romania
2010, 2011, 2013. Derkovits Art Scholarship
2006. Kogart Award
2005. Sell the Design! Design Week Window Competition, 2nd Prize
2003. 1st National Student Art Conference, 2nd Prize
1999–2005. Márton Áron College, Hungarian State Scholarship
*photo: Orsolya Egressy