Szilárd Cseke

Studies

1992–1995 Master’s School of Fine Arts, University of Pécs, Faculty of Painting, Professor: Gyula Konkoly
1987–1991 University of Pécs, Faculty of Fine Arts
Professors: Ilona Keserü and István Bencsik

Prizes, scholarships

2014 Munkácsy Mihály Prize
2013 Scholarship of the National Cultural Fund
2008 Awarded by the Art Universitas Program (Geo Project of Székesfehérvár)
2007 Art Scholarship of the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg
(in the organization of the Budapest Gallery)
Awarded by the Kristart Fine Art Program
2006 Strabag Painting Award
1998 Scholarship of the National Cultural Fund
1997 Derkovits Gyula State Fine Art Scholarship
1996 Art Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy in Rome

Memberships in Art Organizations

2005– HUNGART
1995– Studio of Young Artists Association (FKSE)
Association of Hungarian Artists (MAOE)
2001– 2003 vice president of FKSE

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2015 ‘Sustainable Identities’, 56th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2014 I Have Great Desire, Ani Molnár Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2013 We are Moving Abroad, Museum Kiscell, Budapest, Hungary
2012 Jobcentre East, Ani Molnár Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Illusion of progress, Park Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2010 Race for hope, Ani Molnár Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Abandoned path, Raiffeisen Gallery, Budapest
Southern slope (with Balázs Csepregi), Krisztina Palace, Budapest, Hungary
2009 Virág Judit Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2008 Studio Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2007 Land Rover! Where Is the Forest Which I Paint?, City Gallery, Deák Collection, Székesfehérvár,
Hungary
2006 Evergreen or Deciduous, Deák Erika Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Relax-Center, Hincz Gyula Gallery, Vác, Hungary
Betonút Zrt., Budapest, Hungary
2005 The Stream Flows Again, Somogyi József Gallery, Pápa, Hungary
Fészek Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2003 E.G.O. Contemporary Fine Art Series, Edge Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Esterházy Foundation, Eisenstadt, Austria
2002 A Piece of Land with a Panoramic View for Sale, Vadnai Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2001 Experience-center, Vadnai Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2000 Gallery by Night, Stúdió Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1999 Kvaliplastik (with Manfred Ejrautz, Austria) , Exhibition Hall, Szombathely, Hungary
1998 Budapest Tomato, Óbudai Társaskör Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
“Incubator House”, Duna Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1997 Air Bags, Studio Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1995 Nine Debutants from Pécs, Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Barcsay Room, Budapest, Hungary

Selected Group Exhibitions

2015 Oltre – Beyond the Foreground, Italian Cultural Institute, Budapest
Overture Hungary – Imago Mundi exhibition, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice
Siliconvalse. Hungarian Reality, curator: Adam Dominik, House of the Lords of Kunstat, Brno, Czech Republic
XXXVIII. Summer Exhibition, REÖK (Regional Art Center), Szeged
2014 Contemporaries: Collectors and Artists – Hungarian and International Art from Private Collections in Hungary, 2010-2014, New Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Selected works supported by the National Cultural Fund in 2013, Várkert Bazár, Budapest,Hungary
Installations in the Municipal Picture Gallery 1992-2014, Kiscell Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Iron Deficiency, Erlin Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
The Day of Hungarian Painting, Bálna, Budapest, Hungary
11th Steel Sculpture Symposium in Kecskemét, Kecskemét, Hungary
Hollow Land – Keep Out!, Kro Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
When the Angel Comes, REÖK-Regional Art Center, Szeged, 4 December, 2014 – 18 January, 2015
2013 La Grande Migration, Art Market Budapest, Hungary
2012 What Is Hungarian? Contemporary answers, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
Untouchable Matters, Ani Molnár Gallery, Budapest
2011 Young European Landscape, CHB / Moholy-Nagy Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2010 Keep in touch, Ani Molnár Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Picture of the Picture, Virág Judit Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2009 Urban Landscapes, Ani Molnár Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Monument (in memoriam Ernő Tolvaly), eMKá Gallery, Pécs, Hungary
Lively Light, E10 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Kogart Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2008 Reloading – Technical Renaissance, Studio Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Hungarian Cultural Institute, Stuttgart, Germany
The Power of Colour – Change of Scale, Zsolnay Porcelain Manufacture, Pécs, Hungary
10. Jubilee of Deák Erika Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Landscape-renaissance, Volksbank Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2007 “Kelj fel Laci” Charity Auction Exhibition, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
“Bátor Tábor” Charity Auction Exhibition, Hotel Hilton, Budapest, Hungary
Kristart Contemporary Art Program Exhibition, Virág Judit Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2006 Cow-Parade, Budapest, Hungary
10. Jubilee of the Strabag Painting Award, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Budapest Art Expo Fresh, ArtMill, Szentendre, Hungary
Kogart Salon 2006, Kogart, Budapest, Hungary
Pápa Art Exhibitions 2006, Somogyi József Gallery, Pápa, Hungary
‘Metro’ exhibition, Arany János street metro station, Budapest, Hungary
2005 Kogart Salon 2005, Kogart, Budapest, Hungary
2004 Open Space, Hatvany Lajos Museum, Hatvan, Hungary
E.G.O., Edge Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2003 Lipstick, Exhibition Hall, Kunsthalle, Szombathely, Hungary
Fresh Works, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
2002 Still Life, Godot Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Ex-Röltex, Deák Palace, Budapest, Hungary
Plage, Godot Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Table-Network, House of Civil Societies, Pécs, Hungary
Green, Concept: Balázs Beöthy, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Santa Claus Is Human Too, MEO, Budapest, Hungary
2001 Short Stories, Budapest Gallery Lajos street Exhibition Hall, Budapest, Hungary
Beyond and Forth Sculpture, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
The Garden, Exhibition Hall, Kunsthalle, Szombathely, Hungary
Magyart, Jyvaskylan Art Museum, Jyvaskyla, Finland
Service, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
Auction exhibition, Blitz Modern Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
The Scent of a Rose, Godot Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
High Light, Vadnai Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2000 Gallery by Night, Studio Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Ó 2000, Óbudai Társaskör Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Culture and Communication towards New Boundaries, Ybl Palace, Budapest, Hungary
Dorottya Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Dialogue – Painting at the Millennium, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
Changing Copies (with Dezső Szabó), French Institute, Budapest, Hungary
Budapest Art Expo Fresh, ArtMill, Szentendre, Hungary
1999 Mobiles, objects, Vizivárosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
V.A.M. Design Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Unusual Remembrance, Karmeliterkloster, Frankfurt, Germany
1998 The Honey of Sin, Exhibition Hall, Kunsthalle, Szombathely, Hungary
Exhibition of Master students, GATE, Gödöllő, Hungary
1997 Hiding, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary
FUOCO, Hungarian Academy in Rome, Italy
Exhibition of Derkovits Scholars, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary
1996 ER-ZO, Gallery of Pécs, Hungary
Leopold Bloom’s Pillow, Exhibition Hall, Szombathely, Hungary
Exhibition of the Young Artists’ Association, Duna Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1995 Hungarian Sculpture Today, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
Artists of Pécs, Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria
1994 University Exhibition, Gallery of Pécs, Hungary
1993 Sign-Language III., Hungarian House, Berlin, Germany
University Exhibition, Gallery of Pécs, Hungary
1992 Parti Gallery, Pécs, Hungary
1991 House of Arts, Pécs, Hungary

Art Fair Participations

2015 viennacontemporary, Bécs
The Armory Show, New York, USA
2014 ARCOmadrid, Madrid, Spain
Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Viennafair, Vienna, Austria
2013 Artissima 20, Turin, Italy
Viennafair, Vienna, Austria
Art13, London, UK
2012 Artissima 19, Turin, Italy
Viennafair, Vienna, Austria
Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul
2011 Preview Berlin, Germany
Viennafair, Vienna, Austria
Art Market, Budapest, Hungary
2010 Budapest Art Fair, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
C.A.R. Essen, Essen, Germany
2009 Budapest Art Fair, Hungary
2008 Budapest Art Fair, Hungary
2007 Budapest Art Fair, Hungary
2006 Viennafair, Vienna, Austria
Plug, Contemporary Art Fair, Budapest, Hungary
2005 Kunst Köln 2005, Cologne, Germany
Plug, Contemporary Art Fair, Budapest, Hungary

Works in Public Collections

Kiscell Museum / Municipal Picture Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Exhibition Hall, Kunsthalle, Szombathely, Hungary
Ignác Tragor Museum, Vác, Hungary
University of Pécs, Faculty of Fine Arts, Pécs, Hungary
International English Center, Pécs, Hungary
Esterházy Foundation, Eisenstadt, Austria
Hatvany Lajos Museum, Hatvan, Hungary
Municipality of Pápa, Hungary
Studio of Young Artists Association, Budapest (FKSE), Hungary
Kovács Gábor Art Foundation, Budapest, Hungary
West Hungarian University, Faculty of Geoinformatics, Székesfehérvár, Hungary