
About the works
Munkácsy and Palladium Prizes recipient László Szotyory has been the member of Várfok Gallery’s artists circle nearly from the beginnings. His paintings realised with soft and exeptional lightness and subtle colours have two characteristic source of inspiration: one is the world of the USA and the other is the „Mediterraneum”. Parks, Italian gardens, giant creatures and antique buildings appear on his pictures which are created by pastel-like colours and wispy layers that often let the spectator discover the rough canvas under the paint. Due to the effects of the classical landscapes, the everyday life scenes and simple motives – cars, planes – rise above the casual meaning, they emerge from the linear dimension and by the timelines and interactions they become eternal values. The atmosphere of his paintings is strange, mysterious, and often dream-like.
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László SZOTYORY
1957, Cluj, Romania (RO)
Studies
1978-83
Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest (H)
His masters: Kokas Ignác és Dienes Gábor
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023
Válogatás – múlt és jelen, B32 Gallery, Budapest (H)
2021
Cypresses and Aeroplanes, Várfok Project Room, Budapest (H)
2019
‘The Obscure Objects of Desire’, Kunsthalle, Budapest (H)
2016
Small Retrospective, Big Manias, Várfok Project Room, Budapest (H)
2015
Beautiful and Formidable, Karinthy Szalon, Budapest (H)
Exhibition of Szotyory László and Berthold Bock, Austrian Cultural Forum, Budapest (H)
2014
Beautiful and Formidable, Ferencvárosi Pincegaléria, Budapest (H)
2013
Óbuda Cultural Centre, San Marco Galéria, Budapest (H)
Amazing Creatures, Várfok Project Room, Budapest (H)
Semmelweis Salon, Budapest (H)
2012
Kárászy Salon, Budapest (H)
2011 Megyeháza Gallery, Csíkszereda (RO)
Pelikán Gallery, Székesfehérvár (H)
2010
Gönczi Gallery, Zalaegerszeg (H)
2009
Art9 Gallery, Budapest (H)
2008
Parks and Clouds – Mandala, Várfok Gallery – Várfok Hall, Budapest (H)
2007
Dionysus Among the Palm Trees, Várfok Gallery – XO Hall, Budapest (H)
2006
Constructions and beings, Szinyei Salon, Budapest (H)
2005
Gardens, Várfok Gallery – Várfok Hall, Budapest (H)
Castle Festetics, Dég (H)
Ferenvárosi Pincegallery, Budapest (H)
2004
Buildings and Constructions, Várfok Gallery – XO Hall, Budapest (H)
Volksbank Gallery, Budapest (H)
Bartók 32 Gallery, Budapest (H)
2003
Petró Gallery, Nagykanizsa (H)
Retorta Gallery, Budapest (H)
2002
Művészetek Háza, Szombathely (H)
Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
2001
Centrális Gallery, Central European University, Budapest (H)
Ács Károly Cultural Centre, Ráckeve (H)
2000
MAMÜ Gallery, Budapest (H)
Szent István Király Museum, Székesfehérvár (H)
Gallery of Jászay Mari Theater, Tatabánya (H)
Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
1999
Museum Kiscelli, Municipal Picture Gallery, Budapest (H)
Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
1998
Művészetek háza, Veszprém (H)
Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
1997
TV- Gallery, Veszprém (H)
Örökmozgó Gallery, Budapest (H)
Merlin Gallery, Budapest (H)
Parks and Graces, Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
1996
Cirko Gejzir Gallery, Budapest (H)
Városi Könyvtár, Győr (H)
Fészek Gallery, Budapest (H)
O as Orfeo, Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
Central European University, Budapest (H)
1994 Hungarian Institute, Moscow (RUS)
Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
1993
Városi Kiállítóterem, Kalocsa (H)
Polish Institute, Budapest (H)
Kempinski Kiállítóterem, Budapest (H)
Keener Gallery, Atlanta (USA)
1992
Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
1991
Studio Gallery, Budapest (H)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Art Market Budapest (H)
Tidal Factors – Duna Museum, Esztergom (H)
2021
Other Lands Are To Come, Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
2020
The Very Best – VÁRFOK30, Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
2018
The Language of the Images, Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi (VN)
The Language of the Images, Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum, Ho Si Minh City (VN)
Budapest – Frankfurt – Paris/Budapest, Vízivárosi Galéria, Budapest (H)
2017
The Stratification of Art, Pesti Vigadó, Budapest (H)
2016
Does the Soul Fly Away?, Fészek Galéria, Budapest (H)
Spring Exhibition of Veszprém, Művészetek Háza, Veszprém (H)
2013
Art FaCTory03, Catania (I)
2012
Allured by Contrasts, Reök Palace, Szeged (H)
Water – 7 artists, Pintér Szonja Gallery, Budapest (H)
2011
The Pear, the Desire and the Doubt, Godot Gallery, Budapest (H)
In a Blink of an Eye, Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
Body-textures, Bartók ’32 Gallery, Budapest (H)
2010
Crescendo, Várfok Gallery – XO Hall (H)
Veszprémi Tavaszi Tárlat, Veszprém (H)
Croprotation, Várfok Gallery – Várfok Hall (H)
Eight of Veszprém Plus, Gönczi Gallery, Zalaegerszeg (H)
2009
ArtVilnius’09 Várfok Gallery, Vilnius (LT)
Budapest Art Fair, Várfok Gallery (H)
Hommage á El Kazovzkij, Várfok Gallery – XO Hall, Budapest (H)
2008
Hommage á El Kazovszkij, Várfok Gallery – XO Hall, Budapest (H)
The Day After Yesterday…, Várfok Gallery – XO Hall, Budapest (H)
Ice Cubes, Várfok Gallery – XO Hall, Budapest (H)
Mise en abyme, Várfok Gallery – XO Hall, Budapest (H)
ArtFair Budapest, with the Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
2007
Budapest- Bucarest Bridge, Bartók 32 Gallery, Budapest (H)
Budapest Artfair, with Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
2005
Hommage á István Farkas, Magyar Festők Társasága, Szekszárd, (H)
The Day of the Hungarian Painting”, Olof Palme Ház, MAMÜ Gallery, Budapest (H)
Őszi Tárlat, Ajka, (H)
Plug, Contemporary Art Fair, with the Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
Ars Poetica, Várfok Gallery – XO Hall Budapest (H)
Kogart, Salon Budapest (H)
2004
Tavaszi Tárlat, Veszprém (H)
The Day of the Hungarian Painting, Millenáris, Budapest (H)
2003
Vásárhelyi Őszi tárlat, Hódmezővásárhely (H)
2002
Urbis Pictus, Művészetek Háza, Veszprém (H)
2000
Remembering, Vigadó Gallery, Budapest
“Dialogue – Festészet az ezredfordulón, Műcsarnok, Budapest (H)
1999
FIAC, Paris (F)
Hungarian Institute, with Várfok Gallery, Paris (F)
Vásárhelyi Őszi Tárlat, Hódmezővásárhely (H)
1998
MAMÜ exhibition, Budapest Gallery, Budapest (H)
Budapest Art Expo, Műcsarnok, Budapest (H)
Élet és Irodalom kiállítása, Vizivárosi Gallery, Budapest (H)
1997
“Hungarian Salon ’97″, Műcsarnok, Budapest (H)
Oil on Canvas”, Műcsarnok, Budapest (H)
French Institute, Budapest (H)
Round- Green”, Budapest Gallery, Budapest (H)
1996
“Symbiosis”, Pest Center, Budapest (H)
Őszi Tárlat, Hódmezővásárhely, Budapest (H)
1994
Green Hill Centre, North- Carolina (USA)
Diaspora (and) Art, Jewish Museum, Budapest (H)
1993
Hommage á Vaszary, Tata (H)
Works in Public Collections
Axis Gallery, Atlanta (USA)
Brenau University Gallery, Geinsville (USA)
Ludwig Museum Budapest (H)
Gallery of the Capital City, Kiscelli Museum, Budapest (H)
Hungarian Contemporary Gallery, Dunaszerdahely (SK)
First Hungarian Show-Hall, Tapolca-Diszel (H)
Dezső Laczkó Museum, Veszprém (H)
St. Stephen King Museum, Székesfehérvár (H)