Tamás GILLY
sculptor
- Solo exhibitions
- Group exhibitions
- In the press
- A work appearing in the public square
"In the conception and implementation of my sculptures, I strive to ensure that each work radiates inner calm and silence. A silence that speaks to the innermost sphere of the human soul. I could mostly relate this approach to a musical parallel, when the "silence" created as a result of a pause between two notes or melodies is of particular importance to the piece as a whole. An indispensable part of the powerful expression of audible music is a short "silent silence", where there is no audible sound, yet something is created, something happens that is "not there", and yet it is present." – Tamás Gilly
"For Tamás Gilly, immersion in work also manifests itself in a kind of desire to create order. This comes from the structure of the intention and it is not a question of walking around a place for one's own purposes, but through his sculptures we can come face to face with the freedom that comes from order. Tamás Gilly's sculptures and graphics, which lead into spaces that are open to the eye, or with slits in some cases, are about space, the shaping force, and being shaped. The space around the sculptures and captured by their open space can sometimes be coded as a known, perceived known, or foreign sign, while we may not even be able to decide whether we see the absence, or the heavy iron object, the body of the vessel-like forms, or the space surrounded by the body or concentrated within it. The sophisticated order of proportions of the sculptures can result in this wavering of consciousness. The spiritual space into which we meet the creator through a sculpture is the essence of the sculpture. In the sculptures of Tamás Gilly, this essence is not hidden, but revealed, his sculptures, in addition to the material and form, invite us to experience this essence with a thematically enhanced display of being in space." – Péter Gálhidy, sculptor
Works available
Works from the artist's oeuvre
Solo exhibitions
2019
Kápolna Gallery, Kecskemét Contemporary Art Workshops - International Ceramic Studio and Foundation for Contemporary Ceramic Art, Kecskemét
2018
Neither one, nor the other, both, neither, joint exhibition with sculptor Réka Gergely, Karinthy Szalon, Budapest
2017
Joint entry, joint exhibition with sculptor Réka Gergely, Biatorbágy
2016
Museion No.1 Gallery, Budapest
2015
"Rethinking", Bozsó Collection, Kecskemét
2013
Source Gallery, Kecskemét
2012
"Eddig", Parthenon-frieze room, Budapest
2009
Aba-Novák Cultural Center, Szolnok
2008
Inda Galéria "IN VIVO" joint exhibition with painter Tomas Piars, Budapest
2008
Polish Institute, Budapest
Group exhibitions
2021
Infinitive, in memory of János Pilinszky, Umbrella Gallery, Budapest
2021
25+, Jubilee exhibition of the Hungarian Sculpture Society, János Damjanich Museum, Szolnok
2021
National Biennale of Ceramic Art, M21 Gallery, Pécs
2021
Patinás present, Szolnok Bronze Sculpture Symposium exhibition, B32 Gallery, Budapest
2020
Free play, Műcsarnok, Budapest
2019
Adults, Tótvázsony-Budapest 2007-2019, Kahan Art Space, Budapest
2019
Bauhaus 100, Vasarely Museum Budapest, Budapest
2017
RAMPA, Várkert Bazaar, Budapest
2017
Fine Form Art 9, Kunstraum Wild, Munich Maxvorstadt
2015
Here and now, National Salon, Műcsarnok, Budapest
Public works
2014
Úszó Fuji, joint work with sculptor Réka Gergely, Zalaszentgrót
Prizes
2022
Samu Géza Award
2016
Zoltán Kovács Borbereki Award
2010
Award of the National Wood Sculpture Exhibition, Somogy County Assembly
2008
Nagyatádi Faszobrász Biennale, HM Kaszó Erdőgazdaság Zrt. prize
2007
Erasmus scholarship, Hesinki-UIAH – University of Fine Arts and Applied Arts 2006 Barcsay award
