BALÁZS PÉTER KÓVÁCS - KPB

painter - graphic artist

Photo: Ildikó Neumann

  • Solo exhibitions
  • Award winner
  • In the press

"In my works, the more natural and figurative shapes are replaced by geometric and natural forms. Yet these hybrid elements are alive and organically interwoven and belong together. Being a city person, I yearn for nature, which I enjoyed to a great extent in my childhood, but it is likely that I feed on it subconsciously to this day. This duality will accompany me throughout my life."

 

"In my pictures, the depicted objects gradually change. They are participants in a meeting and engaged in an ongoing dialogue. The forms located on the right and left sides of the compositions grow together and become one in a process characterized by instinctive, yet controlled gestures. The natural motifs are rearranged, transformed, and take on almost geometric shapes. Stability, the search for calm harmony, the quiet agreement of suspicious objects, while there is the warning, shining scream of growing relationships are important to me. My works are a kind of mutant shapes, which are a combination of the encounters between objects and the living world, which are composed in a controlled way, but can undergo endless changes in the meantime."

Photo: Ildikó Neumann

Works from the artist's oeuvre

Solo exhibitions

2021
Togetherness, Imre Gaál Gallery, Budapest

2018
Forming situations, Széphárom Közösségi Tér, Budapest

2015
Carbon Drawings-Lithographs, Hungarian Institute, Prague

2011
Ara Pacis, Nádor Gallery, Budapest

2010
Krea-Túrák, Art9 Gallery, Budapest

2010
XIII. Russia Drawing. Kálmán Csohány prize, Nógrád History Museum, Salgótarján

2009
Relationships, Gallery IX., Budapest

2008
Landscape speech, Hamilton Aulich Art Gallery, Budapest

2003
KPB, Main Gallery, Rozsnyó

2002
Giant canvases, Limes Gallery, Komárno

2002
Secrets, Újlipótvárosi Club Gallery, Budapest 

Group exhibitions

2022
Message, Vigadó Gallery, Budapest

2022
Groteszk Triennale, Műcsarnok, Budapest

2021
Dante's universe, Hungarian Academy, Rome

2021
Coast, M. Day of Painting, Synagogue, Szolnok

2021
Artist's Book Triennial, Turiec Gallery, Martin, Slovakia

2020
Quarantine, Nádor Gallery, Budapest

2019
8. Ars Pannonica, Botschaft von Ungarn, Wien

2018
3. Eger Watercolor Triennale, Kepes Institute, Eger

2017
Siklósi Salon, Hungarian Institute, Paris

2016
3rd National Drawing Triennale, Béla Dornyay Museum, Salgótarján 

Press releases

2019
Sándor Balázs: Contemporary, literary and artistic journal, IV.

2014
Tímea Merklin: Sugar cloud, dementia, Kép-Tár-Ház, Vas Népe, IV.09.7.o3

2019
Zoltán Gálig. Contrasts and shades, New Art, XII p. 32.

2013
Klára Hudra: Dangerous relationships, New Art, I. 50-51.o3

2013
Lajos Lóska: Mythical images, New Art, XII. p. 52

2012
Livres Faits par des artistes and livres, Atelier Vis-a-Vis Edition

2010
Ernő P. Szabó: Free canvas, large-scale works, Magyar Nemzet, III.3, Kult.

2010
Böröczfy Virág: Relations-KPB in Gallery IX, New Art, I.

2008
Judit Szeifert: Secret dialogue, New Art, III.32-33.p.

2008
László Gerse: Famous Galleries and Auction Houses, NG, Szaktudás Publishing House 

Prizes

2022
Kölcsey Award, Belváros-Lipotváros Municipality, Budapest

2021
A new vision, City Gallery, Szigetszentmiklós

2012
 I. Prize of the President of the Pilsen Region, VIII. Intern. Biennial of Drawing, Pilsen

2007
Mihály Munkácsy Award, Budapest

2006
AMGA award, 5th National Color Print Graphic Exhibition, Szekszá06

2006
Kálmán Csohány Award, XIII. National Drawing Biennale, Nógrádi T. Museum, Salgótarján

2002
Diploma Honoris Causa, Hungarian Pan-European Union, Painting III. award, Budapest

2002
Pro Civibus award, Budapest

2001
VII. International Watercolor Triennale, Losonc

1998
Simsay Ildikó prize, Budapest

1990
Ryu Internationale Prize, Grand -Prix Print Contest '90, Tokyo