Balázs Faa

Associate Professor

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I was born in Pápa (Hungary) in 15th of July 1966. In 1990 I graduated as fine graphic artist, drawing, geometry and art history teacher in the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts.

My first exhibitions were during my studies at the Academy. After graduating I participated one year postgradual training in the same Academy. In this year I have got the "Derkovits" scholarship, and became a member of Studio of Young Artists.

In 1993 I was accepted in Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, in Amsterdam for a two year long work period. My consultants were Peter Struycken and Bruce McLean. In the second year I won the bronze prize of the Osaka Graphic Triennale. In January of 1995 I returned to Hungary.

I teached methodology for visual education in the Visual Education Department of the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts from 1995 to 2009. From August of 1996 I was invited to Marseille, to Atelier Brouillard Précis. I coded real-time artworks for Silicon Systems. Meantime I am adjunct of the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, I teach on the Visual Education Department, and work in the multimedia studio of the Department. I participated as designer and programmer in several scientific and educational projects, such as developing interactive CD-ROMs "Electronic image in the visual education" and "Jenõ Barcsay: Art Anatomy". I also work as webdesigner and consultant for web based projects.

I am member of Association of Hungarian Graphic Artists and Association Symposion. In 2001 March I have got Munkácsy prize. Since 2009 I work in the Visual Arts Department in the Esztarházy Károly University, in Eger.

Exhibitions

2020

• Through Mirror
  Springfield, Missouri, US, Brick City 1, Budapest, Hungary, Óbuda Gallery

2019

• Typozone
  Eger, Magyarország, Templom Galéria, An exhibition based on the works of students and professors from Hungarian universities providing training in Graphic Design and the typographic works of the students and professors of Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow.
• APPEARANCE WORLDS
  Roma, Italy, Collegium Hungaricum Roma, Exhibition by the teachers of Visual Arts Institute / Eszterházy Károly University

2018

• TYPOZONE
  Eger, Hungary, Templom Gallery, An exhibition based on the works of students and professors from universities providing training in Graphic Design in Hungary.
• Nine Ateliers
  Budapest, Hungary, Kunsthalle, József Bullás, József Baksai,Balázs Faa, András Kapitány, Péter Lajtai, Gabi Nagy, Antal Turcsányi, Agnes von Uray (Ágnes Szépfalvi), Antal Pázmándi
• SIZE INVARIANCES
  Budapest, Magyarország, Gallery Magyar Műhely, István Antal, József Tamás Balázs, Károly Elekes, Balázs Faa , Előd Izsák, Hunor Pető, Csongor Szigeti, Szabolcs Süli-Zakar, Szilvia Anett Takács , István Zakariás

2016

• Imprinting
  Debrecen, Hungary, Modem, B24 Gallery, Viola Fátyol, Balázs Faa, Tibor Gyenis, Sándor Imreh, Éva Mayer, Szilárd Miklós, Péter Pettendi Szabó, Katharina Roters, József Szolnoki, Dorottya Vékony, Janek Zamoyski
• INVARIANT
  Dunaszerdahely, Slovakia, Contemporary Hungarian Gallery, Péter Balázs, Borbála Blahó, Lajos Csontó, István Erőss, Balázs Faa, Erzsébet F. Balogh, Dániel Horváth, Éva Juhász, Tamás Kopasz, Tamás Kótai, Éva Mayer, Erik Mátrai, Levente Sipos, Szabolcs Süli-Zakar, Gábor Csongor Szigeti, Barnabás Szita, József Szurcsik, Magdolna Ványai, Zoltán Zeman

2015

• Pictures and Pixels
  Budapest, Hungary, Kunsthalle
• GEM / GAMECLIP
  Debrecen, Hungary, MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts
• THINKING SPACES
  Budapest, Magyarország, RAM gallery, Nikolett Balázs, Daniela Bikácsi, Zoltán Bohus, Gábor Erdélyi, Balázs Faa, Ádám Gáll, Gyöngyi Gallusz, István Halmi-Horváth, Gyöngyi Kerekes, Sándor Kigyós, Éva Krajcsovics, Tamás Konok, Tamás Kótai, Dénes Kovács, Edit Lajos, Mária Minya, Csaba Nagy, György Olajos, Péter Somody, Éva Varga

2014

• SENTIMENT - ARS SACRA FESTIVAL
  Budapest, Magyarország, Gallery Pál Mácsay of Cultural Centre Attila József in Angyalfold, Ildikó Bakos, József Baksai, Zoltán Bohus, Lajos Csontó , Adrienn Dér, Gábor Erdélyi, Balázs Faa, Éva Mária Gábor, Orsolya Góra, András Herencsár, Katalin Hőgye, Zoltán Kemény, Zsolt Koroknai, Tamás Kótai, Lola Kovács, Nóra Lévai, Jenő Lévay, György Olajos, Tibor Palkó, Gábor Csongor Szigeti, Péter Ujházi, Ildikó Várnagy
• Free fall
  Budapest, Magyarország, Chimera Project Galéria, Curators: Bogi Mittich, Patrick Urwyler Artists:Peter Aerschmann, Balázs Faa, Áron Kútvölgyi-Szabó, Eszter Szabó and Tamás Waliczky
• VAD
  Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Visual Arts Department, ISI Yogyakarta, group exhibition, Balázs Faa, Edina Fazekas, Enikő Fodor, István Erőss, Kund Kopacz, Lajos Csontó, Márton Borbás, Péter Balázs, Péter Lipkovits, Szabolcs Süli-Zakar
• XXVI. MISKOLC GRAPHIC TRIENNALE
  Miskolc, Hungary, Miskolc Gallery – Rákóczi House
• FREE-HAND
  Debrecen, Magyarország, MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts

2013

• Budapest Immersion
  Budapest, Hungary, Budapest Gallery (Whale), Zsolt Asztalos, Csilla Babinszky, Erika Baglyas, Imre Bak, András Bernát, Orsolya Drozdik, Balázs Faa, Anna Fabricius, Péter Forgács, Aliona Frankl, György Gáti, Tibor Gáyor, Pál Gerber, Gábor Gerhes, Imre Gábor, Luca Gőbölyös, István Haász, Péter Tamás Halász, Mariann Imre, György Jovánovics, Gyula Július, Zsigmond Károlyi, Gábor Kerekes, Balázs Kicsiny, Ádám Kokesch, Tamás Komoroczky, Attila Kondor, Endre Koronczi, Éva Köves, András Lengyel, Jenő Lévay, Ilona Lovas, Ákos Matzon, Dóra Mauer, János Megyik, István Nádler, Hajnal Németh, Hunor Pető, Gizella Rákóczy, Károly Schmal, Si-La-Gi, János Sugár, Ádám Szabó, Ágnes Szabics, Éva Eszter Szabó, Péter Szalay, György Szász, Kamilla Szíj, Lenke Silágyi, Teréz Silágyi, György Szőnyei, Szilvia Takács, Villő Turcsány, Péter Türk, Róbert Swierkiewicz, János Szirtes, Ilona Visnyei, Erzsébet Vojnich
• SEGMENT IX
  Guangzhou, China, 53Art Museum, Imre Bukta, Lajos Csontó, Árpád Daradics, István Erőss, Balázs Faa, József Gaál, Tamás Kopasz, Vilmos Koter, Péter Pál, Ádám Szabó, Gábor Csongor Szigeti, János Szirtes, József Szurcsik
• LIBUM
  Eger, Hungary, Small Sinagogue, one man show, curator: Rudolf Szilágyi
• HIDDEN VISIONS
  Budapest, Hungary, Csepel Pipe Factory, Ádám Albert András Blazsek Igor Buharov Ivan Buharov István Csákány Balázs Faa Roland Farkas Barbara Ipsics Mátyás Oláh the Randomroutines Kata Soós Zsófia Szemző Gruppo Tökmag. Curators: : Dóra Dobi Judit Kis Márton Pacsika

2011

• Mega-pixel 2010
  Budapest, House of the Hungarian Artists, National exhibition of digital artworks
• Segment VI
  Yogyakarta, Campus Gallery ISI, Borgó, Imre Bukta, Lajos Csontó, Eszter Csurka, István Erõss, Balázs Faa, József Gaál, Tamás Kopasz, Zoltán Lányi, Károly Meszlényi, Gábor Csongor Szigeti, József Szurcsik, József Tasnádi, Péter Vályi

2010

• Magyar utópia - Ungari utoopia
  Tallinn, City Gallery of the Arthall Tallinn, Miklós Erhardt, Marcell Esterházy, Balázs Faa, Zsolt Keserue, Sarolta Szabó
• Exhibition of the Artist Camp Gyergyószárhegy
  Gyergyószárhegy, Lazar castle, gate-bastion
• Biciklus
  Budapest, House of Arts Gallery Csepel, Opener: Zsófia Frazon. Curator: Tünde Geisbühl.
• Stillife
  Budapest, Gallery Óbudai Társaskör, Opener: Csontó Lajos képzõmûvész

2007

• Curators Artists
  Budapest, Exhibition Hall of the Budapest Gallery, A curator, an artist. My curator was Gábor Andrási.
• Artinact
  Paks, Gallery Paks, group exhibition

2005

• Dark geo II
  Budapest, Óbuda Gallery, one man show
• Dark geo
  Budapest, Art Palace, Menupoint gallery, one man show
• Hungarian Digital Print
  Budapest, Millenaris Park - B exhibitian hall

2004

• Ornametria
  Budapest, Erdõs Renée House, exhibition and conference
• Infinite Run
  Székesfehérvár, Gallery István Csók, with Péter Türk and György Olajos

2003

• Triennale Collection Autumn 2003
  Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Contemporary Art Collection
• Budapest, Gallery Ericsson, one man show

2002

• Shadow on the wall
  Dunaújváros, Contemporary Art Institute, group exhibition
• Babel
  Budapest, Víztorony Gallery, group exhibition
• Agnes Hincz: New drawings
  Budapest, Gallery Óbuda, one man show
• Hungarian Electrography
  Belgrad, National Museum Belgrad, group exhibition

2001

• Munkacsy awarded artists exhibition
  Budapest, Olof Oalme House, group exhibition

2000

• XX. National Graphic Biennale Miskolc
  Miskolc, Gallery Miskoilc
• Ó 2000
  Budapest, Gallery Íbuda, group exhibition - First prize
• Brouillard, Précis
  Marseille, Friche belle de mai, group exhibition
• Media Model
  Budapest, Art Palace, group exhibition

1999

• Hommage á Escher
  Miskolc, Gallery Miskolc, group exhibition
• Hommage á Escher
  Kaposvár, Museum of Kaposvár, group exhibition
• Hommage á Escher
  Budapest, Vigadó Gallery, group exhibition
• Hommage á Escher
  Budapest, Barcsay Hall, Hungarian Academy of Fine Art, group exhibition
• Pattern
  Budapest, Art Palace, group exhibition
• International Graphic Biennale Gyõr
  Gyõr
• Nine
  Budapest, Erlin gallery, group exhibition
• Untitled
  Budapest, Gallery Óbuda, one man show

1998

• Ornament
  Szombathely, Gallery Szombathely, group exhibition
• Penrose-parquet
  Budapest, Club of Assotiation Symposion, one man show
• MA-TEMATIKUS
  Budapest, Gallery Pest Center, group exhibition

1997

• Our servant objects
  Budapest, Museum of Crafts and Design, group exhibition

1996

• Beta test
  Marseille, Art Transit
• Multimedia Manufacture Miskolc
  Miskolc
• Budapest, Gallery Óbuda, one man show

1995

• Monas
  Vác, Gallery of Museum Ignác Tragor
• Yearly Exhibition of Studio of Young Artists
  Budapest, Ernst Museum

1994

• Budapest, Erlin Gallery, with László Taubert
• Osaka Graphic Triennale
  Osaka, (bronse prize)
• Esztergom, European Middle Gallery, one man show

1993

• Gallery by Night
  Budapest, Studio Gallery, with Ágnes Szabics
• The forms of thought
  Budapest, Gallery Óbuda
• Budapest, Stúdio Gallery, one man show

1992

• Yearly Exhibition of Studio of Young Artists
  Budapest, Ernst Museum
• XVI National Graphic Biennale
  Miskolc, Gallery Miskolc, Special award of the Selfgovernment of Salgótarján

1991

• Miskolc, Artists House, with Lajos Csontó and Endre Koronczi
• Yearly Exhibition of the Studio of Young Artists
  Budapest, Hungarian National Gallery
• Pyramid
  Budapest, Barcsay Hall, Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, with Endre Koronczi
• Gallery by Night
  Budapest, Studio Gallery, with Lajos Csontó
• Budapest, Piktúra Gallery, one man show
• First Plastic Rabbit Exhibition
  Miskolc, Mission Art Gallery

1990

• Budapest, Community House Lágymányos, with Endre Koronczi (common work also)
• Szár
  Budapest, Barcsay Hall, Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, with Lajos Csontó

1989

• Budapest, Club of Young Artists, with Ildikó Fekete
• Jászjász
  Budapest, Gallery Alkortárs, with Lajos Csontó and Tamás Kaposi

Publications

Péter Türk: All is not visible
book
Ludwig Museum, 2018

An end of the design
lecture, "Design resistency" conference
Modem, Debrecen, 2018

Truhtellers, article
Műértő, 2014

More perfect orange
article
Mûértõ, 2007

Bricks from the tower of Babel
article
Mûértõ, 2006

New paintings of Gábor Roskó
article
Mûértõ, 2004

György Jovánovics : Ditirambikus retrospektív / L.W. J.Gy.-vel sakkozik
article
Mûértõ, 2004

Math in contemporary art
lecture
ISIS congress, Tihany, 2004

Gyula Várnai's exhibition in the ACB Gallery
article
Mûértõ, 2003

Exhibition Guide: Balázs Faa
article
Mûértõ, 2003

Before choice
article
Mûértõ, 2002

Study of the Effect of Reception of Works of Art through an Interactive CD-ROM
book
László Halász - Károly Hantos - Balázs Faa
Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts - Publisher Balassi, 2002

Lettre face+image: Picture Without Text. An Interview with Ágnes Hincz
article
Lettre Internationale 46. issue, 2002

What is an idea in art?
lecture
Brouillard, Précis conference, Marseille, 2000

Art theory
text in a catalogue, 1999

Programming languages in the computer art
lecture, Aix en Provance, 1996.

Perfect Orange
Attila Csörgő's text in a catalogue - Goethe Institut, Budapest, 1995

Programming languages in the computer art
Electrinic image in the visual education, CD-ROM, study, Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, 1996.

Selfpainting paintings
The new paintings of Enre Koronczi - New Art, 1993