Kata GAÁL
Kata GAÁL
Kata GAÁL
Future generation II.2020 - 95x134 cm
mixed technique on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Future generation I.2020 - 91x135 cm
mixed technique on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Happy (Honest) Smile I.2021 - 152x72 cm
mixed technique on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Happy (Honest) Smile II.2021 - 185x98 cm
mixed technique on wood
Private Collection
Kata GAÁL
Lego Heroes I.2021 - 150x83 cm
mixed technique on wood
Private Collection
Kata GAÁL
Lego Heroes II.2021 - 152x93 cm
mixed technique on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Same Goals2021 - 156x116 cm
mixed technique on wood
Private Collection
Kata GAÁL
Unstable2017 - 302x335 cm
textile, wax, acrylic, fur, aluminium, leather, collar on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Lonely Boys2021 - 158 x114 cm
mixed technique on wood
Private Collection
Kata GAÁL
Role Model 6.2020 - 70x50 cm
mixed technique on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Role Model 5.2020 - 120x77 cm
mixed technique on wood
Private Collection
Kata GAÁL
Role Model 4.2020 - 120x64 cm
mixed technique on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Sedative App II.2021 - 152x116 cm
mixed technique on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Sedative App I.2021 - 168x100 cm
mixed technique on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Dating in Cyberspace2019 - 117x84 cm
mixed technique on wood
Private Collection
Kata GAÁL
Small Prisoners2019 - 80x120 cm
textile, pin on wood
Private Collection
Kata GAÁL
Protective Grund2019 - 96x156 cm
textile, pin, bubble foil, wood
Private Collection
Kata GAÁL
Insta Control2019 - 116x183 cm
textile, pin, graphite, wax and led on wood
Private Collection
Kata GAÁL
We Will not Find It, Even if We are Looking for It? II.2018 - 154x93 cm
textile, pin, foil on wood
Private Collection
Kata GAÁL
The Schoolbag Is Heavy2019 - 83x126 cm
textile, pin on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Productive Grund2019 - (29x38x12)x3
foil, led on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Productive Grund II.2019 - 38x87x12
foil, led on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Role Model I.2019 - 121x75 cm
textile, chocolate paper on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Role Model II.2019 - 121x75 cm
textile, chocolate paper on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Role Model III2019 - 70x49 cm
textile, chocolate paper on wood
Private Collection
Kata GAÁL
Retro Fitness 1.2018 - 28x36 cm
chocolate paper, newspaper on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Retro Fitness 2.2018 - 25x40 cm
chocolate paper, newspaper on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Tipping Point
Kata GAÁL
Over time2022 - 157x124 cm
mixed technique on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Future generation II.2020 - 95x134 cm
mixed technique on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Future generation I.2020 - 91x135 cm
mixed technique on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Happy (Honest) Smile I.2021 - 152x72 cm
mixed technique on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Happy (Honest) Smile II.2021 - 185x98 cm
mixed technique on wood
Private Collection
Kata GAÁL
Lego Heroes I.2021 - 150x83 cm
mixed technique on wood
Private Collection
Kata GAÁL
Lego Heroes II.2021 - 152x93 cm
mixed technique on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Same Goals2021 - 156x116 cm
mixed technique on wood
Private Collection
Kata GAÁL
Unstable2017 - 302x335 cm
textile, wax, acrylic, fur, aluminium, leather, collar on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Lonely Boys2021 - 158 x114 cm
mixed technique on wood
Private Collection
Kata GAÁL
Role Model 6.2020 - 70x50 cm
mixed technique on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Role Model 5.2020 - 120x77 cm
mixed technique on wood
Private Collection
Kata GAÁL
Role Model 4.2020 - 120x64 cm
mixed technique on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Sedative App II.2021 - 152x116 cm
mixed technique on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Sedative App I.2021 - 168x100 cm
mixed technique on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Typical Instance
Kata GAÁL
Dating in Cyberspace2019 - 117x84 cm
mixed technique on wood
Private Collection
Kata GAÁL
Small Prisoners2019 - 80x120 cm
textile, pin on wood
Private Collection
Kata GAÁL
Protective Grund2019 - 96x156 cm
textile, pin, bubble foil, wood
Private Collection
Kata GAÁL
Insta Control2019 - 116x183 cm
textile, pin, graphite, wax and led on wood
Private Collection
Kata GAÁL
We Will not Find It, Even if We are Looking for It? II.2018 - 154x93 cm
textile, pin, foil on wood
Private Collection
Kata GAÁL
The Schoolbag Is Heavy2019 - 83x126 cm
textile, pin on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Productive Grund
Kata GAÁL
Productive Grund2019 - (29x38x12)x3
foil, led on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Productive Grund II.2019 - 38x87x12
foil, led on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Role Model
Kata GAÁL
Role Model I.2019 - 121x75 cm
textile, chocolate paper on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Role Model II.2019 - 121x75 cm
textile, chocolate paper on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Role Model III2019 - 70x49 cm
textile, chocolate paper on wood
Private Collection
Retro Fitness
Kata GAÁL
Retro Fitness 1.2018 - 28x36 cm
chocolate paper, newspaper on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
Kata GAÁL
Retro Fitness 2.2018 - 25x40 cm
chocolate paper, newspaper on wood
In the Várfok Gallery
About the works
Kata Gaál has always had an autonomous and experimental approach and, despite her young age, she creates a characteristic visual world in her works. Her highly individual collage and montage techniques require special materials such as wax, wood or pieces of fabric built into the artworks creating interesting and relief-like surfaces on the wooden panels. In her most recent works, she applies LED lights, plush animals and even a hobbyhorse’s symbolic form to the surface.
Her paintings usually reflect on her own experiences, so in her works we can see the actual universal questions in which she is interested. Currently, important topics presented in her works are stereotypical social and gender norms and how these norms are changing with time. Specifically, questions relating to the role of women, relationships, clothing, dominance, or the question of having a child are explored. Gaál formulates social criticism with simple casual scenes with retro slides and the emblematic characters of mothers immersed into their cell phones.
CV
Kata GAÁL
1984, Budapest (H)
Studies
2012-2017
Hungarian University of Fine Arts – Graphics Department, Budapest (H)
Masters: Somorjai-Kiss Tibor, Kőnig Róbert, Berentz Péter, Madácsy István
2011-2012
Secondary School of Fine Arts in Óbuda- Graphics Department, Budapest (H)
Solo Exhibitions
2022
Vision Under Construction – Kahán Art Space, Budapest (H)
2021
Tipping Point, Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
2019
Typical Instance, Várfok Project Room, Budapest (H)
2018
Social Par[i]ty, Kahan Art Space, Budapest (H)
2016
In.put, MissionArt Gallery, Budapest (H)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Art Market Budapest (H)
art KARLSRUHE (G)
2021
Family Trees, Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
2020
Graphic Triennale Miskolc, Miskolci Galéria, Miskolc (H)
Art for Act – joint exhibition of LuppArt and UNICEF, Brody House, Budapest (H)
art KARLSRUHE (with Várfok Gallery), Karlsruhe (D)
The Very Best – VÁRFOK30 – Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
2019
Art Market, Budapest (H)
Digit/Klasszik III. Photographical transcriptions, Vizivárosi Gallery, Budapest
2018
Art Market, Budapest (H)
Explorers, YBL Budai Creative House (H)
Urbanist auras, Bartok 1 Gallery, Budapest
2017
Óbuda-Szimbád, Esernyős Gallery, Budapest (H)
Entrée, Buda Castle District, Mikve, Budapest (H)
Art Moments, Alee Art Gallery, Budapest (H)
Best of Diploma, MKE (University of Fine Arts), Budapest (H)
Graphics2 Open, MKE (University of Fine Arts), Budapest (H)
XXVII. Miskolc’s Graphic Triennial, Miskolc Gallery (H)
Amygdala, Gallery of Miskolc, Miskolc
Art Enterieur – spring contemporary auction, Blitz Gallery, Budapest
2016
Twenty Years of Élesd Art Colony, Kunsthalle, Budapest (H)
Art Market Budapest 2016, Millenáris, Budapest (H)
Art Enterieur – autumn contemporary auction, Blitz Gallery, Budapest
Exhibition of the Élesd art Colony, Oradea (RO)
2015
Selected Exhibition of Miskolc’s Graphic Triennials, Kolozsvári Szépművészeti Múzeum, Bánffy Palace, Cluj Napoca (RO)
Barcsay – Award Winners Exhibition, University of Fine Arts, Budapest (H)
2014
Exhibition of the Élesd art Colony, Oradea (RO)
XXVI. Graphic Triennal of Miskolc winners, Műterem Gallery, Debrecen (H)
XXVI. Miskolc’s Graphic Triennial, Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc (H)
QR code, Hungarian University of Fine Art, Budapest
2013
Beyond the Zone – Élesd Art Colony, IX-XI Gallery, Budapest (H)
BauOXIt Festival Óbuda Vocational School of Fine Arts (H)
2011
A/4, Vajda Lajos studio, Szentendre (H)
Awards
2017
Main Prize of the 3rd Óbuda Fine Arts Exhibition
2015
Olgyai Viktor Prize
2014
XXVI. Graphic Triennial of Miskolc – Common Prize of the Miskolc Gallery and the MissionArt Gallery
Memberships
Budapest Art Mentor Membership
Élesd Art Colony Membership
DIO creative space and gallery
