Márton Nemes (b. 1986, Székesfehérvár, Hungary) is a multimedia artist based in London, creating paintings, sculptures, installations and sounds. He received an M.F.A. from Chelsea College of Arts, London in 2018. Initially inspired by the architecture of Budapest, a city that he has spent the majority of his life residing in, Nemes’s practice is rooted in the colourful abstraction of buildings. Since this early work, and after moving to London, Nemes has been heavily influenced by techno subcultures, continuing to create abstracted colourful works whilst attempting to duplicate the atmosphere and experience of rave culture, creating a disintegration and rearrangement of the pictorial state. Made using a range of materials, Nemes’s artworks are eager to expand and bend, referencing the escapist counter cultures associated with rave scenes, creating multisensory, diverse experiences.
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EDUCATION
2018
M.F.A Chelsea College of Arts, London University of Arts
2013
Hungarian University of Fine Arts
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
The Better Self, Fold Gallery, London – UK
Salón ACME, project with Annka Kultys Gallery, Mexico City – MX
2019
Ghosting Love, Annka Kultys Gallery, London – UK
New Positions, solo project with Deak Erika Gallery at Art Cologne, Cologne – DE
Tomorrow, Szent Istvan Kiraly Museum, Székesfehérvár – HU
2017
Shaping Realities, Deák Erika Gallery, Budapest – HU
2016
UnderCovered, Kunstklag Gallery, Munich – DE
2015
OverColored, Deák Erika Gallery, Budapest – HU
EastMeetsWest, Wesport Arts Center, Westport – US
2014
Painted Paint, Paksi Képtár, Paks – HU
Out of Order, Contemporary Architecture Center Project Gallery, Budapest – HU
2013
Temporary Closed, Deák Erika Gallery, Budapest – HU
When Time Speeks, Chimera Proyect Gallery, Budapest – HU
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
The Better Self, Fold Gallery, London – UK
Salón ACME, project with Annka Kultys Gallery, Mexico City – MX
2020
Solid Fiction, Emsdettener Kunstverein, Emsdetten – DE
Ghosting Love, Esterhazy Castle, Eisenstadt – AT
2019
Esterházy Art Award 2019, Ludwig Museum, Budapest – HU
Expo Chicago (Duo show with Stine Deja), project with Annka Kultys Gallery, Chicago – US
Falling Out the Rythm (Duo show with Małgorzata Szymankiewicz), BWA Warszawa, Warsaw – PL
BuBu 02, (Duo show with Zsolt Bodoni), Eleven Twenty Project, Buffalo – US
Falling Out the Rythm (Duo show with Małgorzata Szymankiewicz), Deák Erika Gallery, Budapest – HU
hu_Hungarian (Touring Exhibition), White Conduit Projects, London – UKCarry On, Fold Gallery, London – UK
2018
CACOPTOPIA 03, Annka Kultys Gallery, London – UK
2017
Abstract Hungary, Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst und Medien, Graz – AT
2015
Everyone Has Right, ICA-D, Dunaújváros – HU
Don’t bring me flowers, 68 Projects, Berlin – DE
2014
Abstract Variations, Trapéz Gallery, (curated by Imre Bak), Budapest – HU
Haunting Monumentality, MSU Zagreb, (curated by Áron Fenyvesi), Zagreb – HR
2013
Eszterházy Prize, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest – HU
X-Ray Texture Pack, Ulrike Hrobsky Gallery, Vienna – AT
2012
Loop, Virág Judit Gallery, Budapest – HU
2011
Wir Waren Leipziger, Labor Gallery, Budapest – HU
Budapest Áramlat, Virág Judit Gallery, Budapest – HU
PUBLICATIONS
2019
Abstract Hungary – Texts by Dávid Fehér, Áron Fenyvesi, Michael Wimmer, Mónika Zsikla, co-published with Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst und Medien, Graz, Sternberg Press
Márton Nemes: Ghosting Love – Texts by John Brennan, Annka Kultys Gallery, London (exh. cat) (forthcoming)
2014
Márton Nemes: Megfestett festék – Painted Paint – Edited by Zoltán Prosek, text by Dávid Fehér, Paksi Képtár, Hungary (exh. cat)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (ARTICLES & REVIEWS)
2018
Rieder, Gábor. “Interview with Márton Nemes.” Artkartell (October 2018) (online)
“In 2018, Deák Erika Gallery’s exhibition of Nemes Márton is the most beautiful stand.” ArtMagazin (October 2018) (online)
Timofejev, Sergej. “Art Cologne 2018 A sea of art on three levels.” Arterritory.com (April 2018) (online)
Hering, András. “The Creator of the Week: Márton Nemes.” Phenomenon (January 2018) (online)
2017
Sipos, Tünde “Generational Dialogues In Painting.” PRAE (July 2017) (online)
Dávid, Fehér. “Márton Nemes, Shaping Reality.” Balkon (July 2017): 9 – 13
2016
Kegyes, Julia. “I do not want to be afraid, the rest come from you. Interview with Márton Nemes” ArtPortal (January 2016) (online)
2015
A.S. Boros, Phyllis. “Translates artist’s vision” Westport News (May 2015) (online)
Gábor, Ébli. “Material? Experiments” Balkon (February 2015): 31 – 33
2014
Gárdonyi, Laszlo. “Examination of Modernity – For Paintings by Nemes Márton” Mozgó Világ (January 2014): 38 – 43
AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
2019
Esterházy Art Award (one of three winners), Budapest – HU
Bu-Bu Residency, Buffalo – US
2015
Residency at Westport Art Center, Westport – US
2014
Residency Salzburg, Land Salzburg – AT
2012
Ludwig Prize Winner – DE