Ferenc Csurgai
ARTISTIC STATEMENT
Ferenc Csurgai’s geometric-organic concrete forms, situated in space, are characterized by a fragile balance that emerges on the threshold between stability and displacement. “Csurgai is a master of reduction, absence, and emptiness.” (Ildikó D. Udvari) In contrast to the solidity of concrete, his carbon fiber creations—lightweight in material and plastic in form, seemingly “floating” off the wall’s surface—open up an entirely new dimension in contemporary sculpture, both in terms of materiality and visual expression.
STUDIES
1984. Graduation from the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts
SOLO EXHIBITION
2023. Beton² – Hybridart Space, Budapest (with Veres Balázzsal)
2019. Crossroads – Magyar Műhely Gallery, Budapest
2018. IDEA Conference, Kecskemét
2017. Structured emptiness – Ceglédi Gallery, Cegléd
2016. Structured emptiness – FUGA, Budapest
2015. Even - Odd – Kápolna Gallery, Kecskemét
2012. In search of RE - Kökény and Son Winery, Cegléd
2011. 3rd International Triennial of Silicate Arts, Kecskemét
2011. Before Rain, After Fire, Godot Gallery, Budapest
2010. Late - Fészek Gallery, Budapest
2010. Fragmentums, Blaskovich Museum, Tápiószele
2010. Mask, Nagy Gáspár Culture Centre, Vasvár
2010. Duó Gallery, Cegléd
2009. Under Open Skies – Kert Gallery, Szolnok (with Tibor Palkó)
2008. BASF conference, Visegrád
2005. Hidden - Art Colony Gallery, Szolnok
2004. Step by Step - Cegléd Gallery, Cegléd
2003. Cloud Gazer - Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Parthenon-frieze Room, Epreskert - Budapest
2003. Duna-Dráva Cement Ltd. Factory, Vác
2002. Cloud Gazer - Collegium Hungaricum, Wienna
2001. Greek church, Vác
2000. Hotel Füred, Balatonfüred
1999. Kossuth Lajos Secondary School, Cegléd
1995. Artists' centre, Kisújszállás
1995. "Ah, painting!” - Cegléd Gallery
1994. Carmina Gallery - Budapest, Empedocles-festival
1989. Kortárs Gallery, Jászberény
1988. Studio Gallery, Budapest
1988. Cegléd Gallery, Cegléd
1986. Blaskovits Museum, Tápiószele
1986. Fotografika UG Gallery, Szombathely
1985. Kossuth Museum, Cegléd
1985. Galeria Imago, Amsterdam
GROUP EXHIBITION
2025. The Aesthetics of Weightlessness – Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest
2024. "Térhálóka" – Demola Egyetemek Közti Kreatív Kulturális Tér, Budapest
2024. Metamorphosis – MKISZ, Budapest
2023. The Faces of Concrete 8.0 Industrial Silence – Nick Gallery, Pécs
2023. Space Appropriation – VI. Szobrász Biennálé – MANK Gallery, Szentendre
2023. Osas Plusz No.2 – Vasarely Múzeum, Budapest
2023. Art Market Budapest
2023. Beautiful – Szolnok Gallery, Szolnok
2022. The Cegléd Gallery 35 years old, Cegléd
2022. The Faces of Concrete 7.0 – Nick Gallery, Pécs
2021. Sculptures in the Garden – MANK Gallery, Szentendre
2021. Shapes – Form Trends – ÚjMűhely Gallery, Szentendre
2021. Interactions – V.Szobrász Biennále – Art-Mill, Szentendre
2021. Gardener — in a different way – MANK Gallery, Szentendre
2021. Transcendence Earthshot contemporary exhibition – ALLEE, Budapest
2021. Here again! – Ceglédi Gallery, Cegléd
2021. 25+ – Magyar Szobrász Társaság – Szolnok Gallery, Szolnok
2020. Free play/II. – Kunsthalle, Budapest
2019. Monostori Művésztelep – Magyar Képzőművészeti Egyetem Parthenón- fríz terem, Budapest
2018. The Faces of Concrete – Nick Gallery, Pécs
2018. Monostori Artist's Colony – FUGA, Budapest
2018. Part and Whole – A Szolnoki Képzőművészeti Társaság Kiállítása
2018. Contemporary Art Exhibition – Pest Megyei Kormányhivatal
2017. 30 x 30, 1985 – 2015 – Műcsarnok, Budapest
2017. Faces of concrete – Nick Gallery, Pécs
2017. Chaos and Order – Reök, Szeged
2017. Dimensions - IV. Szobrász Biennálé – Művészetmalom, Szentendre
2016. The Victim's Freedom – Szolnok Gallery, Szolnok
2016. STÚDIÓ ’58-89 – Budapest Gallery, Budapest
2016. Once upon a time – MKISZ, Budapest
2016. Faces of Concrete 30 – Nick Art Gallery, Pécs
2015. Pulzus-impulzus – Ceglédi Gallery, Cegléd
2015. I. Pécsi Kisplasztikai Qadriennálé, Pécs
2014. Tones–Guardians – Ceglédi Gallery, Cegléd
2014. 4th International Triennial of Silicate Arts, Kecskemét
2014. Once upon a time – MKISZ, Budapest
2014. River – Szolnoki Gallery, Szolnok
2014. Art Market – Millenáris, Budapest
2014. Hí-fidelity, Milan, Italy
2014. Evidencia – 3rd Biennale of Sculpture, Szentendre
2013. Generations - Erlin Gallery, Budapest
2013. Artists of Cegléd, Cegléd Gallery
2013. Szolnoki Galéria, Szolnok
2013. Kis szobrok-nagy álmok – MKISZ, Budapest
2012. ITT Articum Fine Art Biennial, Szolnok
2012. II. Szobrász Biennálé – Art-Mill, Szentendre
2012. A Magyar Szobrászat Ünnepe – Erzsébet square, Budapest
2011. Sculptures and Objects of the KOGART Contemporary Art Collection - Pozsonyi Művészetek Háza, Pozsony
2011. Europaischen Dialogs - Kunstsalon Schönbrunn, Wien, Austria
2011. Szolnoki Képzőművészeti Társaság – Szolnok Gallery
2011. IV. Particum Biennálé, Szolnok
2011. 3rd International Triennial of Silicate Arts, Kecskemét
2011. Artists of Cegled – Cegléd Gallery, Cegléd
2011. KOGART Contemporary Art Collection, Budapest
2010. ARTICUM Art Biennial, Szolnok
2009. Deduction - I. Sculpture Biennial, Szentendre - Art-Mill, Szentendre
2009. Contemporary Hungarian Sculpture 2009 - Castle, Körmend
2008. Art Review - Olof Palme Ház, Budapest
2008. Artists for drummers - Duo Gallery, Cegléd
2008. II. International Triennial of Silicate Arts, Kecskemét
2008. Artists of Cegled - Cegléd Gallery, Cegléd
2007. XX. National Biennial of Graphic Art, Pécs
2006. XI. Panel Painting Biennial, Szeged
2006. Contemporary Hungarian Sculpture, Trenton (USA)
2005. International Triennial of Silicate Arts, Kecskemét
2005. XIX. National Biennial of Graphic Art, Pécs
2005. Society of Hungarian Sculptors - Exhibition of 11 artists, Szombathely
2005. pARTicum Biennial, I. Open Air Statue Exhibition, Szolnok
2005. Kossuth Myths - Permanent Contemporary Exhibition, Olaszliszka
2005. Artists of Cegled - Kossuth Secondary School, Cegléd
2004. Society of Hungarian Sculptors - Statue Exhibition - Erzsébet square, Budapest
2004. Free Space - Contemporary Hungarian Sculpture, Kecskemét
2004. Kispest Europe Statue Park, Budapest
2004. I. Articum International Art Biennial, Szolnok
2004. 10th Exhibition of the Society of Hungarian Sculptors, Szombathely
2003. XVIII. National Biennial of Graphic Art, Pécs
2003. Free space, Contemporary Hungarian Sculpture, Kecskemét
2003. Society of Hungarian Sculptors - Color Exhibition - Gallery Limes, Komarno (Slovakia)
2003. Hungarian Szépmives Society - Körmend Gallery, Budapest
2002. Exhibition of the Association of Hungarian Artists scholarship holders, Millenary Salon, Budapest
2002. 1st Biennial of Contemporary Christian Iconography, Kecskemét Gallery
2002. Exhibition of Pest County, Art Mill, Szentendre
2002. Exhibition of the Society of Hungarian Sculptors, Budapest
2002. Society of Hungarian Artists - Collegium Hungaricum, Vienna
2001. Exhibition of the Society of Hungarian Artists, Kisgaléria, Pécs
2001. On this side and that of sculpture, Kunsthalle, Budapest
2001. Exhibition of Niveau Prize winners, Museum of the Applied Arts, Budapest
2001. Minden más - exhibition of the Society of Hungarian Sculptors, Budapest
2000. 8th Biennial of the Panel Painting, Szeged
2000. „Our past in the future”, Art Mill, Szentendre
2000. Artists from Pest County Exhibition - Átrium Gallery, Veresegyház
2000. Representative selection of prize-winning works at millenary competitions, Millenary Salon, Budapest
2000. Exhibition of Pest County, Szentendre
2000. The Calvinist church of Cegléd in art, Kossuth Museum, Cegléd
1998. 2nd step into the future. Exhibitions of the design, Vigadó Gallery, Budapest
1996. Homoród region art colony, Homoródszentmárton Romania (Transylvania)
1996. 4th International biennial of sculptors' drawings, Vigadó Gallery, Budapest
1996. Art exhibition on the 1100th anniversary of the Hungarians' Settlement, Cegléd Gallery
1995. Homoród region art colony, Homoródszentmárton Romania (Transylvania)
1995. Three painters, G Gallery, Nagymaros
1994. Light-sound-colour-space Spring festival, Dunaújváros
1990 - 1993. annual exhibitions of the holders of the Derkovits scholarship, Ernst museum - Budapest
1990. Architectonic thinking today, Kunsthalle, Budapest
1989. 3rd Graphic Exhibition, Nagykőrös
1988. exhibitions of the artists' centre, Nagykőrös
1987. 2nd Graphic Exhibition, Nagykőrös
1987. exhibitions of the artists' centre, Nagykőrös
1986. Dunaújváros Exhibition, Dunaújváros
1986. exhibitions of the Foundation for Culture in Cegléd, Cegléd Gallery
1985 - 1993. annual exhibitions of the Young Artists' Studio, Budapest
1985. Galerie Imago, Amsterdam
AWARDS, SCOLARSHIPS
2014. 3rd Biennale of Sculpture - Szentendre
2009. NKA creative scholarship
2009. Holocaust Memorial competition, 1st prize
2008. MAOE creative scholarship
2008. II. International Silicate Arts Triennial , 1st prize
2008. Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Kecskemet, 3rd prize
2007. NKA creative scholarship
2005. NKA creative scholarship
2005. I. International Silicate Arts Triennial, Special Jury Award
2005. XIX. Small-scale Sculpture Biennial, 3rd prize
2004. Articum International Art Biennial, sculpture prize
2002. NKA creative scholarship
2001. Niveau prize for design
2001. MAOE creative scholarship
1990 - 1993. Derkovits scholarship
1990. Soros scholarship
1988. „Studio ’88” niveau prize