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1969, born in Budapest
Academic Career
1988-1992
Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Painting Department, Budapest (teachers: Gábor Nagy, later Dóra Maurer)
1992
Graduated at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Painting Department, Budapest
1992-
Lecturer of computer studies at the Intermedia Department
1992-1994
postgraduate studies, Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest
1994-1995
Lecturer of computer-animation at the Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts
1994-1996
Lecturer of computer studies at the postgraduate video & telecommunications course of the ELTE University Budapest
1996-2002
program coordinator of C3 (Center for Culture and Communication) Budapest
1997
assistant professor at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Intermedia Dept.
1999-2002
DLA studies, Hungarian University of Fine Arts Budapest, Intermedia Dept.
2003
Doctor of Liberal Arts degree at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts
2005-2009
Vice Rector of Education, Hungarian University of Fine Arts Budapest
2007
Habilitation Qualification in Visual Arts
2009-
General Vice-Rector, Hungarian University of Fine Arts Budapest
2011
professor, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Intermedia Dept.
Prizes and Grants
1992
1st price of Hermann Lipót Foundation
1993
Eötvös Foundation, Budapest
1995
Hungarian Photobiennal Esztergom/Budapest: price of the magazine “Fotóművészet”
European Media Artist in Residence, Dessau, Bauhaus
1999-2002
Derkovits scholarship
2003
finalist for Nam June Paik Award
2003-2004
Deák Ferenc post doctorial scholarship
2005-07
Derkovits Gyula fellowship
2008
Camera Obscura – second prize of the restricted tender by Hungarian Museum of Photography
2010
Munkácsy state art award
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2020
Sole and Joint Works 2020 (with Márton Fernezelyi), Artus Studio, Budapest
2019
We Cannot See Clearly, Kisterem, Budapest, Hungary
2016
Smalltalk2016: Hello Stranger!, Kisterem, Budapest
2015
Kisterem, Budapest, Hungary
2014
B5 Gallery, Targu. Mures, Romania
2013
Sole and Joint Works 2.0, Magma, Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania
2012
In Terms of Hardware, Kisterem, Budapest
2008
Sole and Joint Works, Museum of Paks, Hungary
2007
AURA 2.0, Dorottya Gallery, Budapest
Collection Deák, Székesfehérvár
2006
SeeThrough, networked installation: Hungarian Institute Paris – French Institute Budapest
2004
SeeThrough, networked installation: Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe (D), Ars Electronica Center, Linz (AT), Millenáris Budapest
2003
Promenade 2.0, C3 Gallery, Budapest
Raiffeisen Gallery, Budapest
2001
Raiffeisen Gallery, Budapest
1999
Promenade, Ars Electronica Center, Linz
Variations on Steganography, Collegium Budapest – Institute for Advanced Studies, Budapest
1998
Achilleus and the Turtle, Studio Gallery, Budapest
1996
In the Belly of the Whale, Kiscelli Museum, Budapest (with Dóra Maurer)
1993
Goethe Institut, Budapest
1991
Ostmodern, Künstlerhaus Klenzestr. München (with Attila Csörgő & Róza El-Hassan)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
Sketch, Kisterem, Budapest
2020
Finally We Can Learn Something, Kincsem Palace (organised by Kisterem), Budapest
2018
GameOmetry, Vasarely Múzeum, Budapest
Dia-logos, ZKM, Karlsruhe
2016
Tértelenítés (De-spacing) – exibition with Zsombor Pólya, Artbázis, Budapest
The Tongue is not a Reliable Instrument, B32 Gallery, Budapest
2015
TIMEBASE – Time-Based Media in Contemporary Art, New Budapest Gallery
Thougths around the Black Square, Museum Vasarely of the Hungarian Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
2014
Contemporaries: collectors and artists, New Budapest Gallery, Hungary
The State of Things, Castle Gallery, Veszprém, Hungary
2013
Coded Images – Informatics in Photography, Aquarium, Budapest, Hungary
Cake, Gallery of Miskolc, Hungary
Conceptualism Today, Kunsthalle Paks, Hungary
Still – Photography in the Museum, MODEM, Debrecen, Hungary
2012
Works Based on Human Intervention, Kunsthalle Paks, Hungary
Quadratic Equations, Kepes Institute, Eger
Rangefinder, Kepes Center, Eger, Hungary
2011
Background II. – Neither Master, nor Student, Kisterem, Budapest
Grafitri XXV. – Mimetical Constructions, Rákóczi-ház, Miskolc
Coleur Locale – Hungarian Contemporary Artworks, 320fok, Siófok
Gateways – Art and Networked Culture, KUMU Art Museum, Tallin
2010
Contemporary Media Art, Arthouse Veszprém
Art exhibition of state award winners 2010, Magyar Alkotóművészek Háza, Budapest
Concrete Photo, Photogram, Vasarely Museum Budapest
2009
Máquinas de mirar. O cómo se origan las imágenes, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla
Camera Obscura, House of Hungarian Photographers, Budapest
Agóra Digitáliában – Digital Trends in Contemporary Hungarian Art 2, Magyar Alkotóművészek Háza, Budapest
Visual Tactics, Kunsthalle Budapest
2008
Blickmaschinen – Visual Tacticts, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen
Camera Obscura, Hungarian House of Photography, Budapest
Constructive-Concrete Wanted, Vasarely Museum Budapest
Camera Obscura, Millenáris, Budapest
2007
ARTINACT, Paksi Képtár, Paks
Wolfgang von Kempelen. Mensch [in der] Maschine, ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe
Kempelen, Kunsthalle Budapest
2006
Re:mbrandt – Contemporary Hungarian Artists Respond, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
ACM Multimedia Interactive Art Exhibition, Santa Barbara CA (USA)
Real and Virtual Spaces, Vasarely Museum Budapest
2005
Dingpolitik – Making Things Public, ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe
Active Image, NCCA Moscow
Digital Media Artworks, House of the Future, Millenáris, Budapest
2004
Second World, APA Ateliers pro Arts, Budapest
EU&You, Vienna – Graz – Szombathely, Railway Stations
The Hidden Holocaust, Kunsthalle Budapest
2003
Aura – After the Age of Technical Reproduction, Millenáris, Budapest
2002
Nam June Paik Award, NRW Forum, Dusseldorf
VISION – Image and Perception, Kunsthalle Budapest
Hungarian Electro-graphy, National Museum, Belgrade
Zweite Welt (Second World), KunstAllianz Berlin
Iconoclash, ZKM Karlsruhe
2001
Young Artists from Hungary, ICA London
On Photogram, C3 Gallery Budapest
C3 ou la jeune création, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
2000
Media Modell, Kunsthalle Budapest
Intuition, Innovation, Invention, Kunsthalle Budapest
Derkovits scholarship holders’ exhibition, Ernst Museum, Budapest
1999
Intermedia – Inductive Point of Junction, Artpool P60 Budapest
Interstanding III., Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallin
Kunst der neunziger Jahre in Ungarn, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Young and serious – recycled images, Ernst Museum, Budapest
Perspective, Kunsthalle Budapest
1998
Digital Glance, Trafó Gallery, Budapest
DEAF Festival, Rotterdam
Trieste Contemporanea 98, Trieste
SeaFair, Skopje, Macedonia
Inter/Media/Art, Ernst Museum, Budapest
Obserwatorium, Centrum Sztuki Wsplczesnej – Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw
1997
Áthidalás, Danube Museum Esztergom
The code, exhibition and lecture with Gustav Hámos and Miklós Peternák, Vilém Flusser Symposion, Goethe Institut Budapest
Internet Galaxis, Museum of Fine Arts Budapest
1996
Beyond Art, Ludwig Museum, Budapest
Exploration Network, Center for Culture and Communication, Budapest
Internet Galaxis, Budapest Gallery
The Butterfly Effect, Kunsthalle, Budapest
1995
Ostranenie, Bauhaus Dessau
Autokatalízis, Vizivárosi Gallery, Budapest
Fotogramok (Photograms), Vigadó Gallery, Budapest
1994
Fotogramok (Photograms), Photobiennal, Esztergom
Sculpture City, RAM Galerie, Amsterdam
Intermedia Diploma, Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest
Rajz, rajzolás… (Drawing, to draw…), Polish Institute, Budapest
1993
Polyphony, Budapest
Jövőgyűjtés (Collecting future), Liget Gallery, Budapest
Tér-képzetek III. (Space-concepts III.), Budapest Gallery, Budapest
1992
Aritmia, Uitz hall, Dunaújváros
Tér-képzetek I. ( Space-concepts I.), Budapest Gallery, Budapest
Fotogram (Photogram), Goethe Institut, Budapest
1991
Sub Voce, Műcsarnok, Budapest
Oszcilláció (Oscillation), 6th Bastel, Komarno ( Czechoslovakia) – Kunsthalle, Budapest
Áthatás (Cross-Reflections), Fészek Gallery, Budapest
Olaj (Oil), Fészek Club, Budapest
1990
Árnyék (Shade), Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Barcsay Hall, Budapest
1989
Det nya Ungrens Konst, Kulturcentrum Ystadt, Stockholm
Selected Bibliography
Hermann Veronika: A legkedvesebb idegenek, Balkon 2016/6
Hermann Veronika: Hétköznapok és csodák, Balkon 2015/3
Mélyi József: Képi tennivalók (To Do Lists in Images), Műértő, 2015 február
Sole and Joint Works 2.0, Catalogue, MAGMA Contemporary Medium, 2013
Hermann Veronika: A jelrendszerek magányossága, Balkon 2012/11-12, pp. 30-32
Gateways – Art and Networked Culture, Catalogue, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-7757-2796-9
Grafitri XXV., katalógus, Miskolci galéria könyvek 44, 2011
Concrete Photo, Photogram, Catalogue, Vasarely Museum, Budapest, 2010
Máquinas de mirar. O cómo se origan las imágenes, Catalogue, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla, 2009, ISBN 978-84-8266-859-8
Pillanatgépek, catalogue, C3 Center for Culture and Communication – Műcsarnok Kunsthalle Budapest, 2009, ISBN 978-964-9506-35-0
Hermann Veronika: A szavak és a dolgok – Szegedy-Maszák Zoltán: Magányos és társas művek,, Balkon 2009/2
Szegedy-Maszák Zoltán, bilingual book and DVD, edited by Zoltán Prosek, Museum of Paks, 2009, ISBN 978 963 87881 1 5
Blickmaschinen oder wie Bilder entstehen, Catalogue, Cat, Dumont Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978 3 8321 9186 3
ENTZ Sarolta Réka: 01101011 11101001 01110000, Új Művészet 2007/6
DÉKEI Kriszta: Szegedy-Maszák Zoltán, Artmagazin 2007/5
ARTINACT, Catalogue, Museum of Paks, Paks, 2007
Szegedy-Maszák – Fernezelyi: Collaborative Works 1997-2007, Catalogue, az Ernst Múzeum Dorottya Galériája, 2007, ISBN 978-963-7032-37-0
Wolfgang von Kempelen. Mensch [ in der ] Maschine, Catalogue, ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe – Matthes & Seitz Berlin, 2007
Hermann Veronika: Fénykényszer, Balkon, 2007/7-8
RIEDER Gábor: Szegedy-Maszák Zoltán és Fernezelyi Márton, Artportal July 2007
Joyful Science – Interview with Zoltán Szegedy-Maszák & Márton Fernezelyi In: Praesens — Central European Contemporary Art Review 2007/1.
HAJDU István: Embergépember – Kempelen a Műcsarnokban, Magyar Narancs 2007-04-19
Kempelen, Catalogue, Műcsarnok-C3 Alapítvány, 2007
DÉKEI Kriszta: Joyful Science (Vidám tudomány) – Szegedy-Maszák Zoltán – Fernezelyi Márton: Aura 2.0, Magyar Narancs 2007-08-09
Making Things Public – Atmospheres of Democracy , Catalogue, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe-MIT Press, 2005, ISBN 0-262-12279-0
Elhallgatott Holokauszt / Bisterdo Holokaust / The Hidden Holocaust, Catalogue, Műcsarnok Budapest, 2004, ISBN 963 9115 91 6
Iconoclash – Beyond the Image Wars in Science, Religion, and Art , Catalogue, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe-MIT Press, ISBN 0-262-62172-x
VISION Catalogue, C3 Foundation Budapest, ISBN 963 204 494 0
Nam June Paik Award Catalogue, Hatje Cantz Verlag 2002 ISBN 3-7757-1258-5
MÉLYI József: Hidden Space. Conceptional Help to the Works of Zoltán Szegedy-Maszák, Hungarian Lettre Internationale (47/2002-2003)
Zweite Welt (Second World – Artists from Budapest) Catalogue, KunstAllianz Berlin, 2002 ISBN 963-440-954-7
Iconoclash Catalogue, ZKM Karlsruhe-MIT Press 2002 ISBN 0-262 62172-X
Dóra Maurer: Fényelvtan (On Photogram) Magyar Fotográfiai Múzeum-Balassi Kiadó Budapest, 2001 ISBN 963 8383 28 3
Perspective Catalogue published by Műcsarnok, Budapest, 2001.
Media Modell Catalogue published by Műcsarnok, Budapest, 2001.
István Hajdu: “Designing the meaning” Interview in the book entitled “Előbb-utóbb” (Before and After), Orpheus Publishing House 1999, ISBN 963 9101 61 3
István Hajdu: “Designing the meaning” Interview, Balkon 99/11–12
Kunst der neunziger Jahre in Ungarn Catalogue published by the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany. ISBN 3-88331-033-6
Young and serious – recycled images Catalogue published by the Studio of Young Artists Association Budapest, 1999. ISBN 963 03 8250 4
The Butterfly Effect – Current Coordinates CD-ROM, published by C3 Center for Culture and Communication Budapest, 1999.
Bel Tempo 1999, Trieste Contemporanea, Triest, Italy
DEAF 98 catalogue 1998, V2_Organisatie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ISBN 90-5662-090-8
Obserwatorium Catalogue published by Műcsarnok, Budapest, 1998.
Miklós Peternák: Achilleus and the turtle Balkon 98/5
Cryptogram Magyar Műhely 102, Spring, 1997
L. Simon László: Virtual Sculptures on the Net interview with Zoltán Szegedy-Maszák, Magyar Műhely 102, Spring, 1997
Petőcz András: In the Belly of the Whale Magyar Hírlap 1997. Jan. 7.
Peter Weibel: Jenseits von Kunst Passagen Verlag, 1997. ISBN 3-85165-254-1
Kuglóf és fasírt – Austrian and Hungarian filmavantgarde catalogue published by the Béla Balázs Studio, Budapest 1996
Bohár András: This is a(nother) world Balkon 1996 December
Crossroads in Central Europe – Ideas, Themes, Methods and Problems of Contemporary Art and Art Criticism edited by Katalin Keserű, published by the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists, 1996. ISBN 963 04 8548 6
Intermedia Balkon 1995 Feb.
Camera-Obscura-Photogram Fotművészet 1994. 3-4.
The Genes of Architecture (CD-ROM documentation of the Internet workshop Budapest-Wien-Rotterdam, published by Attila Foundation, Rotterdamm, 1994)
Sub Voce, Catalogue, published by Műcsarnok, Budapest, 1991