PÉTER UJHÁZI

About the works
Péter Ujházi’s oeuvre has been unbroken for over 40 years: despite his diverse artistic activities one can observe that his specific artistic world formed in the 70s has not changed substantially over the years. The elemental narrative character of his works is strengthened by the different texts and inscriptions appearing on his works. The particular, multi-perspective view of his paintings, and their special spatiality led straightly the artist to create boxes and sculptures. In the stage-like world of his boxes and clay sculptures the two dimensional figures of the paintings almost come to life, but the basic characteristics of his oeuvre, such as the lightness and playfulness, also appear as well as a grotesque view of the world and sour, critical approach.
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Péter UJHÁZI
1940 Székesfehérvár (H)
Studies
1960-66
University of Fine Arts, Budapest (H)
Solo Exhibitions
2021
Life-carpet, Kunsthalle Budapest, Budapest (H)
2019
Spaces Travelled Separately, Csók István Picture-Gallery, Székesfehérvár (H)
2018
Labyrinth, Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
2017
Karinthy Salon (with Zsemlye Ildikó), Budapest (H)
2016
New Boxes, Liget Gallery, Budapest (H)
2015
My Ujházi, New Hungarian Gallery, Székesfehérvár (H)
Ujházi 75, Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
2014
Exhibition of the artworks which were made in 2013 at the 1st Fehérvár and the 20th Mór artists’ colony, Pelikán Gallery, Székesfehérvár (H)
8 pc (Narr)ative Pots, Pelikán Gallery, Székesfehérvár (H)
2013
Bulcsu Bertha Cultural House and Library, Balatongyörök (H)
2012
Hányattatunk, Vaszary Gallery, Kaposvár (H)
With Time, TEREM, Budapest (H)
Have no Fear!, Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
2011
Urban Garden, Museion No.1., Budapest (H)
Godot Gallery, Budapest (H)
2010
UP DETAIL, St. Stephen King Museum– Monastery, Székesfehérvár (H)
Bus station, or UP70, The House of Free Cultures, Székesfehérvár (H)
2009
Rural Work, Várfok Gallery – Várfok Hall, Budapest (H)
Godot Gallery, Budapest
My Papers, Studio 1900 Gallery, Budapest (H)
2007
Godot Gallery, Budapest (H)
2006
UP 66, Godot Gallery, Budapest (H)
UP 66, Körmendi Gallery, Budapest (H)
UP 66, Budapest Gallery, Budapest (H)
Boxes, Bartók 32 Gallery, Budapest (H)
UP 66, Szonja Pintér Gallery, Budapest (H)
2005
Pictures and Boxes Again, Várfok Gallery – XO Hall, Budapest (H)
Péter Ujházi, Painter’s Exhibition, Gallery of Volksbank Inc., Székesfehérvár (H)
2003
Várfok Gallery – XO Hall, Budapest (H)
2002
Erlin Gallery, Budapest (H)
Nadap, Studio 1900 Gallery, Budapest (H)
2001
Foliage paintings, Dorottya Gallery, Budapest (H)
Várfok Gallery – Várfok Hall, Budapest (H)
2000
Várfok Gallery – XO Hall, Budapest (H)
St. Stephen King Museum, Székesfehérvár (H)
1999
N. Y. C., Urban Art Gallery, Deák Collection, Székesfehérvár (H)
Studio 1900 Galéria, Budapest (H)
1998
Takács Lajos Collection
From collection of Layota Art Studio, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros (H)
House of Free Culture, Székesfehérvár (H)
Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
Spiritusz Gallery, Budapest (H)
1997
Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
Studio 1900 Gallery, Budapest (H)
Vigadó Gallery, Budapest (H)
1996
Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
Spiritusz Gallery, Budapest (H)
House of Free Culture, Székesfehérvár (H)
1995
Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
Hungarian Institute, Bukarest (RO)
House of Arts, Pécs (H)
Studio 1900 Gallery, Budapest (H)
1994
Hungarian Institute, Stuttgart (D)
Hungarian Cultural Institute, Moscow (RUS)
Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
Csók István Gallery, Székesfehérvár (H)
1993
Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
House of Free Culture, Székesfehérvár (H)
1992
T-Art Gallery, Budapest (H)
1991
National Széchényi Library, Budapest (H)
Várfok ’14 Gallery, Budapest (H)
1989
Castle Gallery, Veszprém (H)
1987
Uitz Hall, Dunaújváros (H)
1986
Csók István Gallery, Székesfehérvár (H)
1985
Galerie Lévy, Hamburg (D)
Small Gallery, Pécs (H)
Nádasdy Castle, Sárvár (H)
1984
Lajos Vajda Studio, Szentendre (H)
1983
Flóra Martos College, Budapest (H)
“B” Gallery, Szeged (H)
Helikon Gallery, Budapest (H)
1982
Ferencvárosi Cellar-Exhibition, Budapest (H)
1980
Atelier Exhibition, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest (H)
1979
Lamberg Castle, Mór (with Mária Ecsedi) (H)
1978
Mini Gallery, Budapest (H)
1977
Kassák Club, Budapest (H)
1976
St. Stephen King Museum, Székesfehérvár (H)
1975
JATE Club, Szeged (H)
1974
Studio Gallery, Budapest (H)
1973
Uitz Hall, Dunaújváros (H)
Center of County Culture, Székesfehérvár (H)
1971
St. Stephen King Museum, Székesfehérvár (H)
Intercisa Museum, Dunaújváros (H)
Csepel Gallery, Budapest (H)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Art Market Budapest (H)
Tidal Factors – Duna Museum, Esztergom (H)
Smaller worlds. Diorama in contemporary art., Ludwig Múzeum, Budapest (H)
2021
Other Lands Are To Come – Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
Family Trees – Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
2019
ARCANA, Collection of András Lengyel and Judit Major, Budapest Gallery, Budapest (H)
Robinson’s Ship, Museum of Architecture, Wrocław (PL)
Public Privacies – The Art of the 90s in Hungarian Private Collections, MűvészetMalom, Szentendre (H)
Fejér County Salon, István Csók Picture Gallery, Székesfehérvár (H)
2018
Private Storage, Works/rescues, Collection of Péter Gyárfás, Budapest Gallery, Budapest (H)
Black, Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
2017
Transliterations, New Hungarian Picture Gallery, Székesfehérvár (H)
Private/Public Collections, Selection for Szolnok, From the Collections at King St. Stephen Museum of Székesfehérvár, János Damjanich Museum, Szolnok Gallery, Szolnok (H)
2016
„Our duty is to besieger”, The Forbidden World in Motion (1975–1983), Ferenczy Museum, Szentendre (H)
Fehérvár Salon 2016, King St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár (H)
GÉM/GAMEkapocs (Paperclip), Works From the Antal-Lusztig Collection with Parallels in the Visual Arts, MODEM, Debrecen (H)
Exhibition of the Artists Society of Székesfehérvár, Tibor Ernő Gallery, Oradea (RO)
2015
Decorative Interpretations in Current Visual Arts (1990-2015), Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
25 Year Jubilee Exhibition of the Várfok Gallery, Várfok Gallery, Budapest (H)
Redesign – Selection From the Antal-Lusztig Collection, MODEM, Debrecen (H)
Masterpieces at the Vaszary Gallery, Vaszary Gallery, Balatonfüred (H)
Art Collection of Gábor Kozák, MűvészetMalom (ArtMill) , Szentendre (H)
Jubilee Exhibition of the Society of Hungarian Painters, FUGA, Budapest (H)
Fejér County Autumn Salon, István Csók Picture Gallery, Székesfehérvár (H)
2014
Spaces and Distances, MANK Gallery, Szentendre (H)
The Contemporary Hungarian Gallery is 20 Years Old, Vermes-villa, Dunaszerdahely (SK)
XV. Panel Painting Biennial, REÖK, Szeged (H)
Contemporaries: Collectors and Artists, New Budapest Gallery, Budapest (H)
2013
V. International Artbook Exhibition, City Picture Gallery – Deák Collection, King St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár (H)
2012
8th Kunst – jungle / MŰÚT Exhibitions, Miskolci Gallery, Miskolc (H)
2011
Box Artworks. Thematic exhibition, Pelikán Gallery, Székesfehérvár (H)
2010
Crop Rotation, Várfok Gallery – Várfok Hall, Budapest (H)
Paradogma, Várfok Gallery – XO Hall, Budapest (H)
Crescendo, Várfok Gallery – XO Hall, Budapest (H)
Impulso, Spiritusz Gallery, Budapest
Our Pictures. Tamás Szikora and his Friends’ Exhibition – Pelikán Gallery, Székesfehérvár (H)
2009
Shooting Club of Contemporaries, Budapest Exhibition Hall, Budapest (H)
Wheel Clamp, Godot Gallery, Budapest (H)
To See, French Institute, Budapest (H)
Hommage á el Kazovszkij, Várfok Gallery – XO Hall, Budapest (H)
2008
Icon, Vizivárosi Gallery, Budapest (H)
Virya, Szonja Pintér Gallery, Budapest (H)
Boksz-World. Contemporary Box-art in Hungary, Péter Váczi Collection, Győr (H)
Shooting Club of Contemporaries, Museum Gallery, Pécs (H)
2007
Tracker, Szonja Pintér Gallery, Budapest (H)
Mis en abyme, Várfok Gallery – XO Hall, Budapest (H)
III. Steel Statuary Simposion Participants’s Exhibition at, Exhibition Place of the National Ceramic Studio, Kecskemét (H)
Bucharest-Budapest bridge, Bartók ’32 Gallery, Budapest (H)
2006
Narrative, St. Stephen King Museum, Székesfehérvár (H)
BOX – Box-Exhibition of the Hungarian Painters Group, Körmendi Gallery, Budapest (H)
Conceptual Abstraction of Individual Petroglyphs, Godot Gallery, Budapest (H)
2004
Brutal and Naive, Godot Gallery, Budapest (H)
Europe Friese UngArt, The Gallery of Wien Collegium Hungaricum, Wien (A)
2000
National Graphic Biennale, Miskolc (H)
National Watercolour Biennale, Eger (H)
1999
Our 20th Century, István Csók Gallery, Székesfehérvár (H)
Masterpieces and Master Piecesm First Hungarian Show-Hall Látványtár, Diszel (H)
1998
Böröcz – Roskó – Ujházi, Hungarian Consulate, New York (USA)
Three ways, Muzeum Narodowe, Wroclaw (PL)
XV. National Ceramic Biennale, Pécsi Gallery, Pécs (H)
1997
Hungarian Salon, Kunsthalle, Budapest (H)
Oil/canvas, Kunsthalle, Budapest (H)
White pictures, Vígadó Gallery, Budapest (H)
1996
Artworks and Behaviour. Hungarian Art if the 20th Century, István Csók Gallery Székesfehérvár (H)
1995
Fejér County Autumn Exhibition, St. Stephen King Museum, Székesfehérvár (H)
1993
Colour Water, Ernst Museum, Budapest (H)
Grotesque Art, Rippl-Rónai Museum, Kaposvár (H)
Roman Scholars, Accademia d’Ungheria, Rome (I)
1992
Game, Missionart Gallery, Miskolc (H)
National Watercolour Biennale, Eger (H)
1991
From the Collection of the St. Stephen King Museum, Pécsi Galéria, Pécs (H)
1990
In Anfführungszeichen, Haus der Ungarischen Kultur, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin (D)
Works in Public Collections
Contemporary Art Foundation, Dunaújváros (H)
First Hungarian Show, Hall Foundation, Budapest (H)
József Rippl-Rónai Museum, Kaposvár (H)
Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs (H)
Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest (H)
Szombathelyi Gallery, Szombathely (H)
St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár (H)
Town Gallery – Deák Collection, Székesfehérvár (H)
Ludwig Sammlung, Aachen (D)