Lajos SEJBEN
painter, sculptor
- Internationally known
- Award winner
- In the press
- Solo exhibitions
„…ahhoz kell csak igazán képzelet, hogy lássuk a valóságot… ” – Osváth Ernő
I deal with several branches of the visual genre, so I consider myself not only a painter but also a sculptor. In my pictures: which can be custom-made paper pictures or blackboard pictures, I always start from reality, for which I usually make photos, drawings, preliminary studies, and sketches. My style usually appears as a lyrical abstract expressive image. In a little more detail, this means that I balance the surfaces and colors in a subtle, well-thought-out way that exudes calmness, and balance them, or if appropriate, I "overwrite" them in an unusual way, which makes my pictures characteristic of me. Therefore, I think that my works convey a harmony and an inner calm to the viewer. I believe that the artist's job is to transform between the real and the invisible world. I create my sculptures with a similar mindset, with the difference that the possibilities provided by three dimensions are sometimes much more concrete and tangible for the viewer. With these spatial things of mine, I like to highlight the properties inherent in the materials, to make them clash, and not least to make the viewer think. This means that, for example, incompatible materials such as paper-stone or metal-textile, so the combination of soft-burnable and hard-cold generates special indescribable inner feelings in the viewer. Of course, the above-mentioned example is only a concept, a kind of attitude, which is not sufficient in itself for the work as a whole, but it belongs to the philosophy behind the creation of the work. In the digitized world of our time, I try in every way to make people realize that we cannot ignore the culture of the forgotten ages, their rich and pure world of forms, because it is our job as artists to show them to the future and thereby create a renewed value.
Works from the artist's oeuvre
Solo exhibitions
2021
"Time capsule" Makó Archive sculptures, art books
2021
"...I'll never forget it's summer" Wagner yard Szeged, sculptures
2018
Szeged National Theater pictures, sculptures
2017
"Desperate time" EDF Dégáz Gallery Szeged pictures, sculptures
2015
"SUB ROSA" SZAB Headquarters, Szeged
2012
"CONNECTIONS" SZTE JGYTF Drawing - Works. Department of Tört
2012
"CONNECTIONS II." Csongrád City Gallery
2008
"Half Past" Reök Palace (retrospective exhibition) - Szeged
1999
Stege, Mon island. Cultural Center (Denmark)
1996
Rusty Water, Cultural Center, Turku (Finland)
Group exhibitions
2022
Panel Painting Biennale Szeged, Reök Palace
2021
Joseph Beuys memorial exhibition Tatabánya, Vértes Agora
2018
International Grotesque Triennale, Kaposvár
2016
Autumn Exhibition, Hódmezővásárhely
2015
VII. Christian Iconography Exhibition, Cifrapalota
2014
III. Sculpture Triennale Art Mill, Szentendre
2009
Grotesque Triennale, Kaposvár
2007
Summer Exhibition, Szeged, Italian Institute
1998
VII. International Textile-Paper Competition Kyoto, Japan
1998
National Watercolor Biennale Eger, City Gallery
Press releases
Japan Design Museum, Kyoto
Cultural Center, Turku (FIN)
Mail-Art Foundation, Kaposvár
Ferenc Móra Museum, Szeged
Oxygen Foundation, Győr
City Museum, Darmstadt (D)
Lombard Headquarters, Szeged,
Tower Museum, Hódmezővásárhely
Contemporary Collection, Almássy-Wenckheim Castle, Gyulavár
Petőfi House, Contemporary Teacher. Collect. small-skinned,
Dobó I. Castle Museum, Contemporary Aquarell. Collect., Eger
Prizes
2021
Joseph Beuys memorial exhibition Tatabánya, Vértes Agora award
2020
Szeged Panel Painting Biennale, Szeged city award
2018
International Grotesque Triennale Kaposvár, MMA award
2018
József Gregor Award of the Art Board of the Szegedért Foundation
2014
III. Sculpture Triennale Art Mill, Szentendre - MKISZ award
2012
Szombathely Textil Triennale, International Minitextile category - MKISZ award
2009
Grotesque Triennale, Kaposvár - Dorottya plaque
2002
Hajó - Society of Hungarian Painters, Bp. Vigadó Gallery - MAOE award
1998
VII. International Textile-Paper Competition Kyoto, Design Museum gold award and the Ministry of Trade award
1995
Gold prize, International Japanese Paper-Textile Competition, Kyoto
