biography

Erika Baglyas (b. 1973, HU)

Artist, performer, art critic

EDUCATION

Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, DLA Program | 2008-2011

Diploma of Visual Arts Teacher, Pécs | 2001

University of Pécs, Arts Faculty | 1995-2000

Pollack Mihály College of Technology, Architect | 1992-1993

SOLO EXHIBITIONS | PERFORMANCES | PROJECTS
2016
ALIBI, Institut of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros, HU, in collaboration with Z Angles Gallery, curator: Sebestyén Székely

2014

Indigo Mood, VILTIN Gallery, Budapest, HU, curator: Tibor ISKI-Kocsis

Break-out, Hungarian Translator House, Balatonfüred, HU, curator: Márta Kovalovszky

2013

Think about your future well in advance!, Park Gallery, Budapest, HU, curator: Ani Molnár

2012

Bunker, Dovin Gallery, Budapest, HU, curator: Szilvi Német

Rectification, with Erik Mátrai, Godot Gallery, Budapest, HU

2011

Salsus, Baroque House, 8th Arcus Temporum, Pannonhalma, HU

Community as Doctor, with Zsolt Zalka, Zsuzsanna Tóth, Óbudai Társaskör Gallery, Budapest, HU

2010

Trousseau – Concealment – Unveiling, Little Synagogue, Eger, HU

2009

Man Proposes, King St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, HU, curator: Kati Izinger

2007

Oblivion, Studio of Vajda Lajos, Szentendre, HU

What remains, MODEM, Debrecen, HU, curator: Katalin Nagy T.

Untitled, with Ilona Lovas, Dorottya Gallery, Budapest, HU, curator: Andrea Bordács, Zsófia  Somogyi

2006

Heart spoon, performance, with Bálint Szombathy, KAS Gallery, Budapest, HU

2005

Individual Weight/Balance, Knoll Gallery Budapest, curator: Erzsébet Pilinger

2004

One hundred Sheets, with Gyuri Baglyas, installation and action in the Csepel Steel Works, Csepel, HU

Artist as a Private Person and Art as My Own Business project, installations, actions in the public space, Budapest, HU

2002

Experience for me, performance, Studio Gallery, Budapest, HU, curator: Edit Nagy

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
With Passion, Slag Gallery, New York, US, curators: Naomi Lev, Jovana Stokic / upcoming

2015
24th Drawing Show: Feelers, Boston Center for the Arts, Mills Gallery, Boston, US, curator: Susan Metrican

Protocol, CHIMERA-PROJECT, Budapest, HU, curators: Bogi Mittich, Patrick Urwyler

2014

Past, Continuous - Contemporary Reflections on the Cultural Legacy of Socialism, Fészek Artist's

Club, Budapest, HU, curator: Edina Nagy

Terra Nova, Gólya, Budapest, HU, curators: Stefi Sparing, Eszter Őze

Pensive Pictures, Goodbye!, Higgs Field, Budapest, HU, curator: Szilvi Német

The Future is Today! / participating in Stano Masár’s project / Chimera-Project @ ICA-D Institute for Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros, HU, curators: Bogi Mittich, Patrick Urwyler

2013

Dual Rhythms, Residency Unlimited, New York, USA, curator: Luise Kaunert

100 Hungarian Minutes - The Westernisation of The Ex-Soviet Bloc, Pavilion Center, Bucharest, RO, curator: Gergő Horváth

Out of the Museum and into the Street, Pavelhaus, Radkersburg, A, curator: Adele Eisenstein

Making the Medium, CHB, Berlin, D, curators: Veronika Baksa-Sós, Dávid Szauer, Rachel Rits-Volloch, Fanni Magyar

Budapest Immersion, Budapest Gallery, Budapest, HU, curators: Gábor Andrási, Péter Fitz, Tamás Török

In the Kitchen, in Bed, in Public - Critique of Gender Stereotypes in Hungarian Contemporary Photography, Mai Manó Hause, Budapest, HU, curator: Kata Oltai

Conceptualism today - Conceptual Art in Hungary from the beginning of the nineties, Paksi Picture Gallery, Paks, HU, curator: Zsóka Tatai

2012

Open Studios, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, D

A/4 Project, Re-culture 1, Patras, GR, curator: Artemis Potamianou

Politechnika, Viltin Gallery, Budapest, HU, curator: Tibor Iski-Kocsis

Magiá(r) kocka, The Hungarian Magic Cube, Kibbutzim College, Tel Aviv, IL, curator: Dvora Bochman

2011

…and the Jews?, with Gyuri Baglyas, Hungarian Jewish Museum, Budapest, HU, curators: László Beke, Judit Lőwy

Table, Budapest Gallery, Budapest, HU

Mimetic Constructions, Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc, HU, curator: Kinga Bódi

Instant, Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc, HU, curator: Szilvi Nagy

2010

Melancholy in Modern Art, Selection from Antal-Lusztig-Collection, MODEM, Debrecen,      HU, curator: Gábor Gulyás

Liberation Formula, Donumenta 2010, Regensburg, D, curators: Adele Eisenstein, Áron Fenyvesi

Bi-cycle, Csepel Gallery, Budapest, HU, curator: Tünde Geisbühl

2009

We are out, Studio Galllery, Budapest, HU

Blocked Disbursement, acb Gallery, Budapest, HU, curator: Anna Lénárd

A Little Hungarian Pornography, MODEM, Debrecen, HU, curator: Gábor Gulyás

2008

Collect is Art, Sonja Pinter Gallery, Budapest, HU, curator: Katalin Nagy T.

From ICON to Installation, Archabbey of Pannonhalma, Pannonhalma, HU, curator: Adele Eisenstein

2007

Lost and Found, MODEM, Debrecen, HU, curator: Kinga Germán

Exhibition of Derkovits Scolarship Holders, Hungarian Institut, Helsinki, FIN

2006

Lost and Found, Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, D, curator: Kinga German

Narrative, King St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, HU, curator: Katalin Izinger

Exhibition of Derkovits Scolarship Holders, Hungarian Institution, Stuttgart, D

2005

Gemine Muse, Young Artists In European Museums, Ernst Museum, Budapest, HU,    curator: Zsófia Somogyi

„Necc”, Kogart House, Budapest, HU, curator: Brigitta Iványi-Bitter

Lost in Translation, Hellenic American Union, Athen, GR, curator: Artemis Potamianou

2004

Border crossings, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros, HU, curator: Tamás Fehérvári

Body – Space – Picture, Knoll Gallery, Budapest, HU, curator: Erzsébet Pilinger

2003

DEMO, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros, HU, curator: Hajnalka Somogyi

2002

One picture for one minute, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros, HU, curator: Katalin Timár

RESIDENCIES | AWARDS | GRANTS

2013 Hungarian Eötvös Scholarship, Berlin, D

2013 International Artist Residency, Residency Unlimited, NY, USA

2012 International Studio Program, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, D

2010 Scholarship of the Municipal Government of Budapest, Lisbon, P

2008 Studio residency, Hungarian Academy Rome, I

2008 Kállai Ernő Scholarship of the Hungarian Ministry of Art Historian-Art Critic

2005 The Critics’ Award from Béla Horváth Art Fundation

2004 Derkovits Gyula Scholarship of the Hungarian Ministry of Culture

WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Municipality, International Contemporary Art Collection, Lisbon, P

Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, SK

King St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, HU

Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc, HU

ART CRITIC ACTIVITY

Kultura.hu, Hungarian Cultural Portal; 2010-2012 www.kultura.hu | Artportal, On-line Hungarian Art Magazine; since 2010 www.artportal.hu | Új Művészet, Hungarian Contemporary Art Magazine; since 2008 | Exit, Free Weekly Program Magazine; 2006-2010 | Műértő, Hungarian Art Review; since 2005 | Exindex, On-line Contemporary Art Magazine; since 2001 www.exindex.hu | BALKON, Contemporary Art Magazine, Budapest, Hungary; since 2000

TEACHING ACTIVITY

Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, HU, 2009-2011

course: Art Criticism and Analysis | Cultural Journalism

CULTURAL ORGANIZATION

As program coordinator, Inventio Arts, Budapest, HU, 2013

As curator, Magyar Műhely Gallery, Budapest, HU, 2006-2008

MEMBERSHIPS

International Association of Art Critics | from 2008

Association of Hungarian Journalist | from 2008

Studio of Young Photographers Hungary | from 2005

Studio of Young Artists Association | from 2001

Approach Art Society | from 1999