Photo: Miklós Sulyok
Réka GERGELY
sculptor
- Award winner
- Solo exhibitions
- A work appearing in the public square
"In my sculptural work, I look for opportunities to synthesize Eastern and Western, more precisely, Japanese and European art traditions. My personal motivation for this is my encounter with European and Japanese culture, but the interactions between Eastern and Western civilizations today are also an inspiration. He is primarily concerned with how the defining features of the Western and Eastern aesthetic traditions come into a new context. In my opinion, the sculptural work is the formulation of an experience of being and an interpretation of being, which should provide clues for the self-interpretation of its observer."
My sculptures are not made with the aim of conveying some easy-to-grasp message that can be decoded at first glance. I think of them more as signposts. Abstraction, as an operation of highlighting the essence, has taken a central place in my sculptural endeavors. When designing a work, my goal is to create a kind of concentrate, both in terms of content and form, which initiates a dialogue between the work and its viewer. I see that the simultaneous involvement of different cultural traditions can contribute to the construction of a reflective space, the exploration of which can bring us closer to reformulating the basic questions of our existence. My works are made up of several units. The simple basic elements, such as carrier and carried parts, are connected to each other. As a rule, a geometric body bounded by planes appears, which has the role of support, carrier or enclosure, as well as one or more carried, curved shapes. The relationship between these two units is in balance, they mutually presuppose and complement each other. The two components formed by me are often accompanied by some component formed by natural influences, such as water, snow, fire, coal, or ash. The incorporation of these materials gives my sculptures new layers of meaning. Due to the flowing or spontaneous nature of the included natural elements, the composition as a whole can evoke static and dynamic effects at the same time.
Works available
Works from the artist's oeuvre
photo: G Csongor Szigeti
Solo exhibitions
2021
"Sound itself is silence", Art9 Gallery, Budapest
2020
Kire-cuzuki, or the unity of change and continuity, At the same time - Studio visits, Műcsarnok, Budapest
2018
Neither one, nor the other, both, neither, joint exhibition with sculptor Tamás Gilly, Karinthy Szalon, Budapest
2017
Joint entry, joint exhibition with sculptor Tamás Gilly, Juhász Ferenc Cultural Center, Biatorbágy
2017
Summa, Garden Gallery, Szolnok
2017
Koan, Parthenon-frieze Hall, Budapest
2013
Boundary marks, Barabás Villa Gallery, Budapest
Group exhibitions
2022
"Gone Viral", in collaboration with the Youngart Online Gallery, Collegium Hungaricum Wien/Collegium Hungaricum Vienna
2021
Patinás present, Szolnok Bronze Sculpture Symposium exhibition, B32 Gallery, Budapest
2021
25+ Jubilee exhibition of the Hungarian Sculpture Society, Szolnok Gallery, Szolnok
2021
DERKÓ, Exhibition of Gyula Derkovits Fine Arts Scholarship winners, Műcsarnok, Budapest
2020
Steel stories, a selection of steel sculptures from the K-ARTS Art Collection, REÖK palace, Szeged
2018
Fine Form Art 10, Kunstraum Wild, Munich, Germany
2017
3D-2017, Exhibition of the Hungarian Sculpture Society, Szentendre Old Artists Colony, Szentendre
2017
RAMP, Castle Gardens, Budapest / RAMP, The Castle Gardens, Budapest
2015
Here and now, National Salon, Műcsarnok, Budapest
2013
Best of Diploma, MKE Barcsay Hall, Budapest
Public works
2014
Úszó Fuji, joint work with sculptor Tamás Gilly, Zalaszentgrót
Prizes
2022
Searching for T-Art Award"
2022
Hungarian Academy of Arts Art Scholarship Program, 2022-2025
2021
Gyula Derkovits Art Scholarship
2021
V. Sculptor Biennale - Hungarian Sculptor Society award
2016
Szolnok Art Gallery Award
2013
Tamás Vigh Prize Sculptor Biennale - Hungarian Sculptor Society Award
2013-17
DLA scholarship, PTE





