Szabolcs Szolnoki
ARTISTIC STATEMENT
My paintings are essentially on the verge of the abstract and the figurative, with one or the other coming to the fore. The main goal is not illustration, but expression. I always create one or more focal points through which the story of the painting can be interpreted. What falls outside of this - on the periphery - is difficult to capture, but only together do they make the picture complete and coherent. I try to apprehend and depict the layers of the human soul, sometimes in the most ordinary and sometimes in the most surprising of settings. I do not shy away from depicting social and political issues. Each painting is a separate, closed story, a small universe. In the vast majority of cases, I work in oils and acrylics on canvas.
STUDIES
2002-2008. University of West Hungary, faculty of arts (philosophy and art)
2016-2020. Member of The Hungarian Artists Association (MAOE) since 2007. Regional leader
SELECTED SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024. Private Lansdscape, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest
2024. Aura, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest
2022. My Imaginary Land, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest
2022. Faur Zsófi Gallery, Káli Cool, Káptalantóti
2019. City Gallery Oreghegy, Szekesfehervar
2017. Hungary- New tendencies in the contemporary painting-with polish and czech artists, Modem, Debrecen
2017. Gallery NextArt, Budapest
2016. Art Market Budapest
2016. New Hungarian Gallery, Székesféhervár
2016. Social Solitude- Gallery NextArt, Budapest
2014. Zombie Democracy- Gallery NextArt, Budapest
2014. Trends in figurative painting (with Sudár Péter,Csík R., Hatala P., Földesi B.), Hangvilla Veszprém
2013. Four words, Art9 Gallery, Budapest
2013. Contemporary auction, Gallery Blitz, Budapest
2012. BUMBUM „POP UP”, Budapest, with Ádám Dallos
2012. BUMBUM Budapest with Gábor Miklós Szőke and Ádám Dallos
2012. Fehérvári Szalon, Székesfehérvár, Volksbank Galéria
2012. Questionable years, Gallery Pelikán, Székesfehérvár
2011-2014. Art Market BUDAPEST
2011. Edinburgh Art Fair, Scotland, UK
2011. Buy Art Fair, Manchester, UK
2011. Reading Contemporary Art Fair, UK
2011. Winter exhibition, Gallery Pelikán, Székesfehérvár
2011. Autumn exhibition, István Csók Gallery, Székesfehérvár
2011. New works, Gallery BUMBUM, Budapest
2011. Mostly at night, VOKE, Székesfehérvár
2010. Gallery Pelikán, Székesfehérvár
2010. Fehérvári Szalon, Székesfehérvár
2009. Premier, Gallery Duna, Budapest
2008. Light-paintings, Castle of Devecser
2008. Ajka Tárlat, City Gallery, Ajka
2008. Thesis exhibition. Gallery of Szombathely, Szombathely
ART FAIRS
2025. Art and Antique Budapest, Faur Zsófi Gallery
2024. Budapest Contemporary, Faur Zsófi Gallery
2023. Art and Antique Budapest, Faur Zsófi Gallery
2011-2016. Art Market Budapest
2011. Edinburgh Art Fair, Scotland, UK
2011. Buy Art Fair, Manchester, UK
2011. Reading Contemporary Art Fair, UK
WORKS IN PERMANENT OR PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
King St.Stephen Museum Szekesfehervar, Hungaryx
New Hungarian Art Gallery
Deák Gyűjtemény, Székesfehérvár
PRIZES
2022. Town-prize Fehérvár Szalon
2022. STRABAG ArtAward Shortlisted, Vienna
2006., 2008., 2012. Winner of various Hungarian painting prizes
2010. STRABAG ArtAward Selected artist
2008. Ajka Tárlat /Winner of Regional Prize Ajka