CSÁKÁNY ISTVÁN
Web: www.csakanyistvan.com
E-mail: csakanyi at gmail.com
Studies
1999 – 2006 Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, Dóra Maurer class
Grants, Activities
2014 - Artist-in-residence at Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart (D)
2011 - Artist-in-residence in Petőmihályfa - Krinzinger Gallery, Petőmihályfa (H)
2010 - AICA (Association Internacionale des Critiques d'Arts)-prize for Bernsteinzimmer exhibited in Sience of Imagination in Ludwig Museum- Museum of Contemporary Art - Budapest
2010 - Winner of BREUER IN PÉCS / BACK and FORTH - public art competition in memory of Marcel Breuer
2010 - Artist-in-residence at AtelierFrankfurt, Frankfurt (D)
2009 - nomination for "Aviva Art Award 2009"
2009 - Artist-in-residence at Meetfactory, Prague, (CZ)
2008 - Prize for Best Young Artist 2007, from Studio of Young Artists Association
2007 - Artist-in-residence at Stanica Zilina-Zariecie, Zilina, (SK)
2006 - project leader of „Space definitions” workshop, Public building department, University of Technology and Economics, Budapest (H)
2004 - Erasmus grant, Academy of Fine Arts Macerata (I)
Exhibitions
2017
- The throw of the dice will never abolish chance, La Borie, Solignac, France
- A mirrow dimly (solo show), Glassyard Gallery, Budapest Hungary
- Life a User's Manual - Art Encounters (Contemporary Art Biennale) Timisoara, (RO)
2016
- Cassini Cruise IV, Vrijthof 21, Maastricht (NL)
- Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi (IN)
2015
- Isolator, Off-Biennal Budapest (H)
- Adam, Eve and the Devil, Marres - House for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht (NL)
- Speakers' Corner, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart (D)
- Doubleplusgood, Trapéz Gallery, Budapest (H)
- donumenta: "14 x 14 - Vermessung des Donauraumes. - Momentaufnahmen", Pécsi Galéria, Pécs (H)
2014
- Do you hear what I hear? Do you see what I see?
, Galerie Krinzinger, Wien (A)
- Invisible Viloence,
ARTIUM - Basque Museum Center of Contemporary Art, Vitoria-Gasteiz (ES)
- Diorama, Trafo Gallery, Budapest (H)
- Invisible Violence, ARTIUM Basque Museum - Centre of Contemporary Art (ES)
- Bernsteinzimmer, MUDAM Luxembourg - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg (LU)
- Beating Around the Bush, Episode #1 , Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (NL)
- Invisible Violence , Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade (MoCAB) (SRB)
- 14x14 – Vermessung des Donauraumes. Momentaufnahme. Fotografische Positionen. Edwin Scharff Museum Neu-Ulm (D)
2013
- Just what it is that makes today's homes so familiar, so uneasy ? LIAF 2013 Lofoten Art Festival (NO)
- Hidden Visions, Csepelművek, Budapest (H)
2012
- The Other Half of the Sky, Museum of Contemporary Art - Ludwig Museum, Budapest
- AIR HUNGARY 2011/12, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna (A)
- 14x14-Vermessung des Donauraumes. Positionen aktueller Kunst, Forum, Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg (D)
- dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel (D)
- Exhibition of Derkovits fellowship awardees 2011, Ernst Museum, Budapest
- Haunting monumentality, Plan B, Berlin (D)
- Nahe Ferne, CHB, Berlin (D)
2011
- Agriculture, Institute for Contemporary Art- Dunaújváros
- GrafiTri - XXV. Miskolc Graphics Triennial, Gallery of Miskolc Museum, Miskolc (H)
- Lost Stories, BWA SOKÓŁ
Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nowy Sacz (PL)
2010
- Sok sikert! (Good luck!) - with Beatrix Szörényi, Budapest Galéria Kiállítóháza, Budapest (solo)
- Simpla Dupla, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, (D)
- Exhibition of Derkovits felowship awardees 2009, Ernst Museum, Budapest
- The sience of imagination, Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
- Unmistakable sentences. The collection revised, Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
- EASTgoesEast I., Oupost Gallery, Norwich (GB)
- Joy and disaster. notes on the economy , Hausgalerie - Künstlerhaus, Wien (A)
- Bernsteinzimmer, make up gallery - Kasárne Kulturpark, Kosice (SK) (solo)
- EASTgoesEast II., Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow (PL)
- Donumenta 2010 UNGARN, Städtische Galerie Regensburg
(D)
2009
- Aviva Art Award 2009, Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest
- It was an experience to be here! open studio - Meetfactory, Prague (CZ) (solo)
- Vaccumnoise, Trafo Gallery, Budapest
- Iconoclasm, Atelier of L. Šaloun, Praha (CZ)
2008
- Exhibition of the 2007 Studio Prize-winners, Studio Gallery, Budapest
- 50' exhibition series (solo), Budapest
- The mechanics of the canvas, Ernst Museum, Budapest
- Province models, Stanica Gallery, Zilina-Zariecie (SK) (solo)
2007
- Dear painter, paint me.. with heart and mind, Trafo Gallery, Budapest
- Kapitalistische Freundschaft, Collegium Hungaricum Berlin (D)
- II. Biennale of Prague, Prague (CZ)
2006
- eats=food, Közelítés Gallery, Pecs (H)
- Province model, Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts - aula (diploma work) (solo)
2005
- Portable Museum of Intermediate Spaces, travelling exhibition and mobile exhibition space
- Munka cím (solo), Stúdió Gallery, Budapest (H)
2004
- Plus 190, Kunstpunkte, Düsseldorf (D)
- 100 years Rudolf Arnheim, Macerata, Italy (I)
- Ludwig grant exhibition, Barcsay hall, Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest (H)
2003
- The robbery of Europe, Millenary Center, Budapest (H)
2002
- Maybe, Sepsiszentgyörgy (RO)
- Friss - Budapest Art Expo, Art mill, Szentendre (H)
- Tömérdek, Trafó - House of Contemporary Arts, Budapest (H)
2001
- Gyöngykép (solo), ART WINDOW GALLERY, Budapest (H)
2000
- Klón (solo), Foyer of Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest (H)
WORKS IN Public COLLECTIONS
- Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (NL)
- Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean Museum, Luxemburg
- Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
- ICA-D, Institute for Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros (H)
- Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich (CH)