György Gáti
ARTISTIC STATEMENT
The interfaces between man and the world around him – this is what I am after. For me, the features of the presentation and aesthetic quality constitute the primary value of the photograph, and when even the image, but in any event, its meaning is deeply structured. I do not want my photos to be interesting for their recognizable objects. I focus on topics where the subject will not distract you from the meaning. Consequently, the topic is of secondary importance. My interest is in the image itself.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024. Passage, B32 Gallery, Budapest
2022. POSITIVE, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest
2020. Mirror-mirror, Kronstadt, Artphoto Gallery, Budapest
2020. Budapest-pictures, B32 Gallery, Budapest
2019. Revision, Faur Zsófi Galéria, Budapest
2019. Panoramic Vision (with Ghyczy Dénes), Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest
2017. My Virtual Reality, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest
2015. Light-exploration, Cellar Gallery, The event of the "Budapest 100"
2011. Finlandscapes, Galleria Gloria, Jyväskylä, Finland
2010. GÁTI / KAPA a joint exhibition with Martti Kapanen - Galleria Harmonia - Jyväskylä, Finland
2010. SENSES – Images from the Anthroposphere, Budapest Gallery, Budapest Salon, Budapest
2009. MA/GÁT Fotózták, a joint exhibition with Ferenc Markovics, Palace of Arts, Budapest
2007. Secret Relations, Valley of Arts, Teleház, Taliándörögd
2005. Eleven (11) Colours, Karinthy Salon, Budapest
2003. The Bridge – Details, Raiffeisen Gallery, Budapest
2002. The Main Tollhouse, Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration, Sóház, Budapest
1989. This is the way you sit..., Péter Pál Gallery, Szentendre
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024. Budapest Contemporary, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Bálna Budapest
2023. Christmas Art Fair, Panel Contemporary, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest
2023. ARTPHOTO 10, Artphoto Gallery, Budapest
2023. In Memoriam Móricz-Sabján Simon, Einspach Fine Art & Photography, Budapest
2022. A Guest of the Lord, Szegedi Dóm Látogatóközpont, Szeged
2022. Petőfi Living Among Us, MANK Galéria, Szentendre
2022. Fotótriptichon, ÚjMűhely Gallery, Szentendre
2022. Triptichon, Kákonyi Asztrik Kortárs Gallery, Esztergom
2022. The outside to me, the inside to me, Faur Zsófi Galéria, Budapest
2021. Mastercard 20/21 - online literary and fine art project, Könyvesmagazin
2021. The Birth of Patience, Kálmáncsehi Galéria, Debrecen
2021. Images of Light, II. Fotóművészeti Nemzeti Szalon, Műcsarnok, Budapest
2021. Come into the Light!, B32 Galéria, Budapest
2020. One Artist – One Designer, Faur Zsófi Galéria, Budapest
2020. Közért-bár, Káptalantóti
2020. Isolated Realites – Fotók egy új világrendből, B32 Galéria, Budapest
2019. Perspectives / Contemporary Hungarian Landscapes, Budapest Photo Festval, Kiscelli Museum
2018. Silently / Still life - Contemporary Hungarian photography, Budapest Photo Festval, Kiscelli Museum
2017. Viewfinders, Hungarian Photography from the past half century, 1967-2017, Capa Center, Budapest
2017. Szubjektum, - Budapest Photo Festival – Várkert Bazár
2017. Citylife, Photo-Street-Festival, BPF – Nagymező utca, Budapest
2016. Pictures and Pixels | Photographic Art - and Beyond, National Salon, Kunsthalle, Budapest
2014. Hommage Lucien Hervé, - Alföldi Gallery - Hódmezővásárhely and Art IX-XI Gallery, Budapest
2014. International Sculpture Symposium, Penza, Russia
2014. House Games, - Jyväskylä, Finland
2013. Budapesti Immersion, New Budapest Gallery (The Whale), Budapest
2013. Contemporary Projected Images, Capa Center, Budapest
2010. SETSE - Seeing Europe Through a Stranger’s Eyes, Centre L. Malaguzzi - Reggio Emilia, Italy / Centre del Carmen di Valencia, Spain
2009. AK 12. Exhibition of André Kertész Scholarship Recipients Hungarian Cultural Institute, Prague (Czech Republic) / Bratislava (Slovakia)
2009. RESTART, ARC-exhibition, Ötvenhatosok square, Budapest
2008. AK 12 Exhibition of André Kertész Scholarship Recipients Balassi Institute, Budapest, Hungarian Cultural Institute, Paris)
2008. Camera Obscura, Contemporary Darkrooms, Hungarian House of Photography, Budapest
2006. Exhibition of HUNGART Scholarship Recipients Olof Palme House, Budapest
AWARDS, ACCOMPLISMENTS
2017. Cultural Capital of Europe 2023, Debrecen Contest Grand Prize
2011. National Cultural Fund's support for the album György Gáti: SENSES2003 André Kertész Grant, Paris
2009. Balogh Rudolf-prize
2005. Grant of the Budapest Gallery, Salzburg
2004. HUNGART Grant
2002 / 2014 / 2016. National Cultural Fund, Creative Scholarships
2002-2011. Hungarian Press Photo Contests prizes
2002-2003. Raiffeisen Bank Contest, 2nd prizes, Best Collection Award, and Audience Award
1986. Record Cover of the Year