Árpád Forgó
lives and works in Budapest
Árpád Forgó is interested in experimental painting, in the question of broadening the interpretation of non-figurative panel painting by keeping its painting feature and by exploring the borderline between painting and sculpture. His shaped canvas works are built from his pre-defined modular system, where structure, shape, measurements and rhythm as well as the planar and spatial relationships are in the focus of his research. He is intensively experimenting with materials in order to create different surfaces that characterise each of his works. In recent years, the rectangular modules were tilted and the new parallelogram-shaped modules made the compositions dynamic.
Forgó was born in Budapest, Hungary. He has participated in group shows widely at galleries and museums, including Ludwig Museum and Vasarely Museum, Hungary; Museum Ritter, Germany; Mark Rothko Art Center, Latvia; and Griffin Gallery, UK. The artist had solo shows at Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, USA; Milano Gallery, Warsaw, Poland; Rómer Flóris Museum of Art and History and Viltin Gallery in Hungary. He has been invited to numerous artist-in-residence programs, including The Vermont Studio Center, USA; Sydney Non Objective Contemporary Art Projects, Australia; The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China and most recently The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Connecticut, USA. Currently he is a grantee of The Pollock-Krasner Foundation.
Biography
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1972
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born in Budapest
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2019-20
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The Pollock-Krasner Foundation grantee, New York |
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2019
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The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, CT (Artist-In-Residence)
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2018
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The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai (Artist-In-Residence)
Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia (Artist-In-Residence) |
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2017
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Rómer Flóris Museum of Art and History, Győr, Hungary (Artist-In-Residence)
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2016
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The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation, New Berlin, NY (Artist-In-Residence) Rómer Flóris Museum of Art and History, Győr, Hungary (Artist-In-Residence) Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim (Artist-In-Residence) |
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2015
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Hungarian Academy in Rome (Artist-In-Residence) Vermont Studio Center, VT (Artist-In-Residence) |
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2013
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Druskininkai Artists' Residence, Druskininkai, Lithuania (Artist-In-Residence) Sydney Non Objective Contemporary Art Projects, Sydney (Artist-In-Residence) |
| 2011 | Visegrad Artist Residency Program, Warsaw (Artist-In-Residence) |
| 2008 | Can Serrat International Art Center, El Bruc, Spain (Artist-In-Residence) The Gershwin Hotel, New York (Artist-In-Residence) |
Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions
| 2020 | Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas (S) Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne (G) Five Walls, Melbourne (G) |
| 2019 | Galeria Milano, Warsaw (S) Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch, Germany (G) Ludwig Museum, Budapest (G) Vasarely Museum, Budapest (G) |
| 2018 | Viltin Gallery, Budapest (S) Rómer Flóris Museum of Art and History, Györ, Hungary (S) Rómer Flóris Museum of Art and History, Györ, Hungary (G) International Symposium, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia (G) Viltin Gallery, Budapest (G) |
| 2017 | Galeria Milano, Warsaw (S) Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas (S) raum2810, Bonn (G) FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture, Budapest (G) Rómer Flóris Museum of Art and History, Györ, Hungary (G) Das Esszimmer goes Weltraum, Basel (G) The Sam and Adele Golden Gallery, New Berlin, NY (G) Latarka Gallery, Budapest (G) |
| 2016 | Platán Gallery, Budapest (S) BABEL Art Space, Trondheim (S) B55 Gallery, Budapest (G) Viltin Gallery, Budapest (G) |
| 2015 | Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas (S) Budapest Project Gallery, Budapest (G) Spazi Aperti XIIIa Edizione 2015, Accademia di Romania, Rome (G) Flux Gallery, Budapest (G) |
| 2014 | Hungarian Cultural Institute, Warsaw (S) Galeria Milano, Warschau (S) Saatchi Art, Griffin Gallery, London (G) |
| 2013 | Flux Gallery, Budapest (S) SNO, Sydney (G) |
| 2011 | Hungarian Cultural Institute, Warsaw (S) |
| 2010 | Hungarian Cultural Center, Brussels (S) Gallery Suez, The Hague (S) Drongengoedhoeve, Knesselare, Belgium (G) 2nd International Biennial of Painters and Sculptors, Milesi Palace, Split (G) |
| 2009 | Galerija Laterna, Crnomelj, Slowenia (S) University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI (G) Loudoun House, Lexington, KY (G) |
| 2008 | The Geshwin Hotel Gallery, New York, NY (S) The FUEL Collection, Philadelphia, PA (G) West Tampa Center for the Arts, Tampa, FL (G) Premio Profilo d’Arte 2008, Museo della Permanente, Milan (G) |
| 2006 | Merlin, Budapest (S) |
| 2005 | Retorta Gallery, Budapest (S) |
