Hajas
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Katinka Hajas
contemporary artist
“I am trying to understand and analyze both the reality surrounding me as well as my own inner reality through the tools of sculpture, but without being restricted only by the language of sculpture. The selection of a particular genre and the intellectual content to be displayed are closely interconnected in my work.
For me, a sculpture is a mental object, the space a psychological space, and a motion picture represents the unity of both. I try to create this content in the most minimalist manner possible, thereby providing an appropriate framework for showing changes in the material such as reflection, corrosion, erosion, wear, a lot of which sometimes may seem insignificant. Furthermore, the concepts of balance, motion, and absorbency are also central elements of my work’s message. This perspective often pushes genre boundaries, but at the same is striving to find the unity of our inner and outer worlds.”
Schools:
2005-2012 Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Sculpture program, MA
Masters: Péter Molnár, Zoltán Karmó, Pál Kő, Péter Gálhidy
2000-2004 Bolyai János Secondary Grammar School, Salgótarján, Hungary
Professional achievments:
2023. BME Artist Residency program
2017. Budapest Art Mentor program
2016. Derkovits Gyula Scholarship
2015. Derkovits Gyula Scholarship
2014. Derkovits Gyula Scholarship
2011. studio practice at the Amadeus Sculptural Atelier
2009. My research project was subsidised by the Hungarian University of Fine Arts
2009. Ludwig Scholarhip
2008. Erasmus Scholarship
2008. My project got subsidy at the auction on the Maecenas'Day
2007. Finta Award
Solo exhibitions:
2017 Between every day, K.A.S Gallery, Budapest
2014 Solo exhibition, Room 'Parthenon-fríz' exhibition space, Budapest
2011 Milano 2009 Photo Exhibition, Kálvária, Epreskert, Budapest
2010 Artwork of the Week, Kálvária, Epreskert, Budapest
Group exhibitions:
2023. Leopold Bloom Art Award 2023, Kiscelli Múzeum, Budapest
2023. Light revolution, Light Art Museum, Budepest
2023. Átrajzolt fájdalom, Art 9 Galéria, Budapest
2022. What will be ours, KUBIK Coworking, Budapest
2022. Fokus Europa II + III., Schafhof - Europäisches Künstlerhaus Oberbayern, Germany
2021 Circle, Viltin Gallery, Budapest
2021 Light Year 69: Evoke, New York, United States
2020. Look and See, (Lássátok, lássátok) MANK onlie exhibition
2019 In prints (Nyomatokban), Mikve Gallery, Budapest
2019 Multitasking, Molnár Ani Gallery, Budapest
2018 Explorers, Ybl Budai Kreatív House, Budapest
2018 Morning (Délelőtt), Eleven blokk, Budapest
2018 Join the Dots - Connect the Distances, Salone degli Incanti, Trieste, Italy
2016 Starting Capital, (Kezdőtőke), m 21 Gallery, Zsolnay Cultural Quarter, Pécs
2015 derko2014, Budapest, Kunsthalle
2015 INTERVIEW, Miskolci Galéria, Miskolc
2015 Ama II., AmaTÁR, Budapest
2015 I. The 1st National small sculptor Quadriennal, Pécs
2015 derko2015, Budapest, Kunsthalle
2014 derko.pécsi.2014, Budapest, Kunsthalle
2014 Kolo, ringulus, AmaTÁR, Budapest
2013 Jak-Solitude, Roham bar, Budapest
2013 Mullaringid, Mooste, Estonia
2013 Springtime, Balassi Institute, Budapest
2012 AmaTáR, group exhibition of the artist's of Amadeus House, Budapest
2012 Best of Diploma Exhibition, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest
2011 Loft of Commerzbank, Budapest
2007 II. pARTium Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Szolnok
2007 Pál Kő and his followers, House of Arts, Eger
2007 Pál Kő and his followers, Loft of Hotel Grand, Budapest
2006 Reflection, 'Parthenon-fríz’ exhibiton space, Budapest
Art Fair Participations:
2018 Art Market Budapest
2013 Art Market Budapest
Public Artworks:
2016 Edge, Zalaszentgrót, Hungary
2010 walkway of the Northern Battlement, Bench of Tiles, Pécs, Hungary
2013 Earth Circles, Mooste, Estonia
Artist in residency:
2020 Freising, Schafhof - European Center for Art Upper Bavaria, Germany
2013 Moks, Estonia
