BALÁZS KICSINY
Lives and works in Budapest, Hungary
1958 born in Salgótarján, Hungary
1978–1982 Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Painting Department
1982–1985 Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, MA in Mural Arts
2000–2004 London correspondent of the arts journals Műértő and Balkon
2005-2015 Senior lecturer at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Doctorate School, Budapest
2008 Doctor of Liberal Arts (DLA), Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Doctorate School, Budapest
2014 Habilitation at the at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Doctorate School, Budapest
2015- Associate professor at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Doctorate School, Budapest
2018- Professor at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Doctorate School, Budapest
2023 Member of the Széchenyi Academy of Letters and Arts
SELECTED AWARDS and GRANTS
2014 Hungarian National Cultural Fund Support
2014 Hungarian National Cultural Fund Support
2010 Freund Visiting Artist Fellowship
2011, 2012, Sam Fox School of Design &Arts, Washington University in St. Louis and Kemper Museum St. Louis, U.S.A.
2005 O.H.R. Officer of the Order of the Cross of the Hungarian Republic
2002 New Work and Commissions Grant, Art Council of England, Southern Arts Board
Hungarian National Cultural Fund Support
2000 Year of the Artist Grant, Art Council of England, Southern Arts Board
1995–1997 Residency in Great Britain as an award of the Hungarian Government’s Eötvös Scholarship
1993 Smohay Award, King Saint Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary
1992 Munkácsy State Art Award
Participates at visual arts festival Visionfest, Liverpool, U.K., with support from Visiting Arts, U.K.
1990 European Arts Scholarship to Glasgow, U.K. with the support of the British Council,
1988-1991 Derkovits State Scholarship
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Six Revelations of the Mad Gallery Guard, 2b Gallery, Budapest
2023 Corpse call. Fészek Artist's Club Gallery, Budapest
2021 Üzemzavar – Lábjegyzet az időhúzáshoz, Artus – Kapcsolótér
2021 Time-Wasting, MODEM, Debrecen
2016 The Next Village. Csikász Gallery, Veszprém
2015 Divisions of the Self. (with Marianne Csáky) Inda Gallery, Budapest
Terra Incognita. Iván Fischer Apartment Theater, Budapest
Temporary Resurrections. Első Magyar Látványtár, Diszel
2014 Killing Time IV., Inda Gallery, Budapest
No News from NowHere. Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum, Turku, Finland
2013 The Checkered Doubt. Rooster Gallery, New York, USA
Killing Time II. Volta Show, Inda Galley’s Booth, New York, USA
2012 The Story of O. 2B Gallery, Budapest
Killing Time. Kemper Art Museum, Saint Louis, USA
Good Luck! (with András Böröcz and Pál Gerber), 2B Gallery, Budapest
2011 The Art of Self Justification. Bázis Gallery, Cluj/Kolozsvár, Romania
Wandering Interpretation. Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Late Departure-Early Arrival. HVG, Publishing Headquarters, Budapest
2010 Temporary Resurrection. Minoritenkirche, Regensburg, Germany
The Misunderstanding. Monoly-Nagy Galerie, Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin
2009 The Death of the Decorator II. MOM Park Gallery, Budapest
TOTO or The Witness for the Prosecution. Bartók 32 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Permanent Landing II. Little Synagogue, Eger, Hungary 2008 Winterreise IV., Hungarian Cultural Centre, Helsinki, Finland
Permanent Landing I, Johanniter Church, Feldkirch, Austria
Where and When? I, Tallin Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
Marko Mäetamm and Kicsiny Balázs. Hungarian Cultural Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
Where and When? II. Museum of Foreign Art, Riga, Latvia
2007 An Attempt at Domestication. Somorja, At Home Gallery Synagogue, Samorin, Slovakia
Clock Goes Around. Pannonhalma, Hungary
Winterreiser III. Vasarely Museum, Pécs, Hungary
The Clock Maker’s Story. Raiffeisen Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2006 Interview in the Pump Room. Municipal Picture Gallery / Museum Kiscell, Budapest, Hungary Winterreise II. Hungarian Cultural Institute, New York, USA
Exact Time. Janos Gat Gallery, New York, USA
Seven Sailors. Museum of Contemporary Art, Szceczin, Poland
2005 Winter journeys. Millenáris, Kerengő Galéria, Budapest
Winterreise. Óbudai Társaskör Galéria, Budapest
An Experiment in Navigation. Hungarian Pavilion, 51st Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2004 Flying Dutchman. Hooglandse Kerk, Leiden, Holland
Waiting for Fire II. Waag, Leiden, Holland
2003 From the Journal of a Country Priest. (with Karina Horitz) Pintér Sonia Gallery, Budapest Waiting for Fire. Museum of London, London, U.K.
2002 Work in Progress I. Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, U.K.
Work in Progress II. Museum Gallery, Pécs
Work in Progress III. Museum Ludwig / Contemporary Art Museum, Budapest
2001 The Captain’s Story II. Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth,U.K.
12 of the 23. MEO Contemporary Art Collection, Budapest
2000 100 Pictures. Pintér Galéria (with Karina Horitz), Budapest
St. Clement’s Day. Saint Clement’s Church, Bournemouth, U.K.
Compass. Beaulieu, Abbey ruin, U.K.
1999 23 Sailors. Municipal Picture Gallery / Museum Kiscell, Budapest
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Our Contemporary Daumier. Vaszary Gallery, Balatonfüred
2016 Contemporary East. Sotheby’s, London, U.K.
György Jovánovics: An Autobiography, Vaszary Gallery, Balatonfüred
Dla-Dla100. Barcsay Hall, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest
Macesz, 2B Gallery, Budapest.
2013 Shifts – Hungarian Art after 1945. Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Budapest Immersion. New Budapest Gallery, Budapest
2012 Foreign Material. Modem, Debrecen
What is Hungarian? Műcsarnok, Budapest
2011 Heavy Industry. Kortárs Művészeti Intézet, Dunaújváros
Art on Lake. Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, public artwork,
2011 The New Arrivals 8 Contemporary Artists from Hungary. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Little Hungarian Pornography. MODEM, Debrecen, Hungary
Postproduction - Reflections on the Holocaust. Óbudai Társaskör, Budapest, Hungary
Contemporary Hungarian Video Artists. Janos Gat Gallery, New York, USA
2008 11 Contemporary Private Collections. Kunsthalle, Budapest,
Contemporary Shooting Club, Museum Gallery. Pécs
The Soul Rises? El Kazovszkij and friends. Vasarely Múzeum, Pécs.
2007 Bartok’s Bugs. 2B Gallery, Budapest
Homesickness. Budapest Gallery, Budapest
1-2-3 The Collection in Focus. Ludwig Museum Budapest – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
2006 99 years. MODEM, Debrecen, Hungary
2005 Habitat. VI. Baltic Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Art, Szeczin, Poland
2002 20th Century Hungarian Art. National Gallery, Budapest
2001 20th Century Hungarian Art, New Hungarian Picture Gallery, Pécs, Hungary
1998 Spectacle. Palace of Arts, Budapest
1997 New Acquisitions. Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Diaspora. Jewish Museum, Budapest
WORK IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Ludwig Museum / Contemporary Art Museum, Budapest
Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Zacheta Modern Art, Szczecin, Poland
Albertina, Vienna, Austria
King Saint Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár
Municipal Picture Gallery / Museum Kiscell, Budapest
Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs
Első Magyar Látványtár, Diszel
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth, U.K.
WORKS IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Laszló Gerő Collection, Budapest, Hungary
Alain Servais’s Collection, Brussels, Belgium
Antal-Lusztig Collection, Debrecen, Hungary
Somlói-Spengler Collection, Budapest, Hungary
Silvio Pötchner’s Collection, Vienna, Austria
Michel Bondon’s, Collection, Rennes, France
Paul Westlake’s Collection, London, U.K.
Péter Szauer Collection, Budapest, Hungary
SOLO EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
2011 Balázs Kicsiny - Killing Time. Kemper Art Museum in Saint Louis, USA
2008 Dauerhafte Landung – Balázs Kicsiny. exhibition catalogue, Stadt Feldkirche, Austria
2006 Balázs Kicsiny – Exact Time, Janos Gat Gallery, New York, U.S.A. 2006
2005 Balázs Kicsiny - Experiment in Navigation. exhibition catalogue of the 51st Venice Biennale, Műcsarnok, Budapest
2002 Kicsiny Balázs – Work in Progress. catalogue, Ludwig Museum Budapest – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
2001 The Captain‘s Story: An Attempt in Domestication, An Installation by Balázs Kicsiny. Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth, U.K., 1995
1995 Balázs Kicsiny exhibition, catalogue, King Saint Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár,
1988 Balázs Kicsiny exhibition, Stúdió Galéria, catalogue, Young Artists‘ Studio,
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017 Shifts, Permanent Exhibition of Hungarian Art from 1945 in the Hungarian National Gallery, Edited By Judit Borus, published by Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Gonda Zsuzsa: Our Contemporary Daumier. Graphic works from the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest and Contemporary Artists. Balatonfüredi Kulturalis Nonprofit Kft, Balatonfüred 2017
2016 Daniel Pedersen: Linjer, rutor, gruvor, gravitationer, introdcerar av verk av Balázs Kicsiny. Aiolos, Spar II,
J. A.Tillman: A világfalu utazói / A szomszéd falu - Balázs Kicsiny’s exhibition. Műértő September
DLADLA100. Hungarian University of Fine Arts Doctoral School exhibition catalogue. Edited By Emese Mucsi
2015 Kinga Bodi: Úszó tárlatok. 16th Part. Questions about Balázs Kicsiny’s Art. Balkon, 2015/2
2012 Ivy Cooper: Balázs Kicsiny. Art Forum. April 2012, Page 217-218
Jessica Baran: Balázs Kicsiny. Art in America, May 2012, page 181
2011 Richard Unwin: The New Arrivals: 8 Contemporary Artists from Hungary, Frieze, April, 2011, Page 139,140;
2006 The Drawing Book. Edited by Tania Kovats, Published by Black Dog 2006 U.K.
2005 László Krasznahorkai: Drifted Standing, exhibition catalogue of the 51st Venice Biennale, Műcsarnok, Budapest, 2005
Garin Dowd: The Coblers Paradox, exhibition catalogue of the 51st Venice Biennale, Műcsarnok, Budapest, 2005
Péter Fitz: Experiment in Navigation, exhibition catalogue of the 51st Venice Biennale, Műcsarnok, Budapest, 2005
Mark Bills: Historical Icons and English Narratives, exhibition catalogue of the 51st Venice Biennale, Műcsarnok, Budapest,
2005 János Sturcz: To End and Yet Again, 51st Venice Biennale, Műcsarnok, Budapest,
2005 David Galloway: The Venice Biennale, ARTnews, summer
2005 Marcia E. Vertocq: Be Careful What You Wish For, Art in America, September, 2005
János Sturcz: Stationary Travellers, Műértő, October 2005
2004 Ilja Pfeifer: The Flying Dutcman, Preasens, October-December 2004
2003 Erzsébet Tatai:I Call Upon You, My Lord, from the Deep, Új Művészet, January 2003
2002 István Hajdu: Non-free masons, Magyar Narancs, 14th November 2002.
Kata Krasznahorkai: Interview with Balazs Kicsiny, exhibition catalogue, Museum Ludwig, Budapest, 2002
Kata Krasznahorkai: Work in Progress. Balkon 2002/6
Gábor Andrási: Divers in Cassocks, Műértő, 11/2002
2001 John Russell Taylor: Paradigm regained, The Times, 3 January 2001
Mark Bills: The Captain’s Story, Balázs Kicsiny’s solo exhibition catalogue, Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth, 2001
Krisztina Szipocs: Religion and the Miner, Balázs Kicsiny’s solo exhibition catalogue Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth, 2001
2000 Art Collections in Székesfehérvár, catalogue. King Saint Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, 2000
Heather Neill: Year of the Artist, The Times Educational Supplement. 9 June 2000
1999 Hungarian Arts Directory. published by Visiting Arts, 1999, U.K.
Lóránt Hegyi: Neue Identitat in der neuen Situation, In: Die zweite Offentlichkeit. Kunst in Ungarn im 20.Jahrhundert. Hrsg. Hans Knoll, Dresden, 1999
Imre Bukta: The Sailor’s knowledge is the Anchor, Balkon, 1999/6
Andrea Bordács: Illusory mystique, Balázs Kicsiny’s installation Új Művészet, 1999/12
Hundred Years Hungarian Arts. Published by Corvina, Budapest 1999
1998 Mark Bills: From darkness to light, catalogue, Palace of Art, Budapest,1998
1995 Night Ride. Interview by Krisztina Szipőcs and Balázs Kicsiny, Balkon, 1995/4
Éva Körner: On the Way, catalogue, King Saint Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, 1995
Endre Kukorelly: Slow Article About the Art of Balázs Kicsiny. catalogue, King Saint Stephen Museum,Székesfehérvár, 1995 Andras Zwickl: In Bewegung, Neue Bildende Kunst, 6/1995
1993 New Acquisitions. catalogue Hungarian National Gallery,Budapest, 1993
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2005 - 2015 Senior lecturer, Hungarian University of Fine Arts Doctorate School.
2015 - Associate Professor of artistic research at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts Doctorate School.
Balázs Kicsiny has been lecturing and consulting in Hungarian and English at the following National and International Universities:
2017 Slade School of Art, University College London, London, U.K. (visiting lecturer and consultant)
2015 Academy of Drama and Film Doctoral School, Budapest, master course entitled: The Theory of Contemporary Visual Art
2012 Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Doctoral School (visiting lecturer)
2010/2012/2013 Chelsea College of Art, University of Arts London, U.K.( visiting lecturer)
2011/2012 Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Washington University in St. Louis, U.S.A (visiting lecturer)
2008 Sopron University, Faculty of Arts (visiting lecturer)
2008 University of Pécs, Faculty of Arts (visiting lecturer)
2006/2007 Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork, Ireland (visiting lecturer and consultant)
2007 National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland (visiting lecturer and consultant)
2006/2012 Umea University of Arts, Umea, Sweden (visiting lecturer and consultant)
CONFERENCE ACTIVITY/PARTICIPATION
2016 Professzionalizmus a kultúrában - esztétikai és intézménykritikai közelítések – conference Eötvös Lóránd University, Institute for Art Theory and Media Studies, Budapest, keynote lecturer
2013 Exchanging artistic research conference, Chelsea College of Art and Design London, U.K., visiting lecturer Triangle Project Symposium, Hungarian University Fine Arts Doctorate School, Budapest, organizer and keynote lecturer
2009 Research Narratives 2, Mini Conference, Hungarian University Fine Arts Doctorate School, Budapest, organizer and keynote lecturer
2008 The Art of Research: Research Narratives Symposium, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, U.K., visiting lecturer 2008 Art and Research: HOW? International Conference, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallin, Estonia, visiting lecturer
2006 Művészet, mint kutatás (Art as Research) Conference, Hungarian University Fine Arts, Budapest, visiting lecturer
2006 Beckett & Company, A Centenary Conference on Samuel Beckett and the Arts, Tate Modern, the London Consortium, Birkbeck and Goldsmiths, University of London, U.K., visiting lecturer
RESEARCH AREAS
The Representation of Time in Art
Doctorate Dissertation, entitled The Clock Motif and Eschatology, The Representation of the Measurable and the Immeasurable.
A summary of the dissertation can be found in English on the Hungarian University of Fine Arts Doctoral School website: http://doktori.mke.hu/res/thesis_kicsinyb.pdf
Habilitation: Giorgio de Chirico metaphysical paintings in the context of the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche, Franz Kafka and Marcel Proust, Hungarian University of Fine Arts Doctoral School, 2014
Performative Turn, The Art of Alan Kaprow
Happening as Moral Act, Lecturing series at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts Doctoral School, 2016-2017
The Art and Writing of György Román. Wanderer of Sickness-land – György Román, curator of the exhibition at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Barcsay Hall, 2011
EDUCATIONAL EDITORIAL WORK
2013 Hungarian University of Fine Arts Doctorate School, catalogue, in Hungarian and in English language,
The publication of the catalogue was supported by the TÁMOP-4.2.2/B-10 application. http://doktori.mke.hu/sites/default/files/attachment/mke_doktori_iskola_2013.pdf
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2017 Sufficient Distance, Co-curator, The Hungarian University of Fine Arts Doctorate School and University of Pécs, Factulty of Art, Doctoral School, Zsolnay Quarter, M21 Gallery, Pécs,
2016 DLADLA100 - Co-curator, The Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Doctorate School exhibition celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, Barcsay Hall, The Hungarian University of Fine Arts.
2013 Recalculating, a joint exhibition by The Hungarian University of Fine Arts Doctorate School and the University of the Arts London, CCW Graduate School, as chief curator, Triangle Space, Chelsea College of Art and Design London,
2013 Reverie, an exhibition to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Hungarian Psychoanalytical Society, as co-curator, 2B Gallery, Budapest,
2011 Csepel Works, a joint exhibition by The Hungarian University of Fine Arts Doctorate School Doctorate School and the University of the Arts London, CCW Graduate School, as chief curator, Labor, Budapest,
2011 Román György Betegségország vándora, (György Román Wanderer of Sickness-land), as chief curator, Barcsay Terem, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest,
STUDIES AND INTERVIEWS IN CONNECTION WITH MY EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY
2013 Csepel-Chelsea Project 2011-2013, Hungarian University of Fine Arts Doctorate School, catalogue, introductory study
Process Work, Hungarian University of Fine Arts Doctorate School, catalogue, introductory study http://doktori.mke.hu/sites/default/files/attachment/mke_doktori_iskola_2013.pdf
2007 Bernadett Piskolti: Fine art and doctoral education, an interview with Balázs Kicsiny (Képzőművészet és doktorképzés. interjú Kicsiny Balázzsal), Balkon 2007(10)9-12., interview
In-between Time, In-between Space (Köztes idő – köztes tér). In: Art as Research (Művészet mint kutatás). Magyar Képzőművészeti Egyetem, 2007, study
2004 Surrealism then and now – Surrealist exhibition at the Tate Modern (A szürrealizmus akkor és most – A londoni Tate Modern szürrealizmus kiállítása). In: KÉP-ALÁ-ÍRÁSOK, Művészek a művészetről, Magyar Alkotóművészek Országos Egyesülete, Budapest, 2004, study