Dániel Kármán
(b. 1991)
Dániel Kármán was born in 1991 in Jászberény. He graduated from the University of Fine Arts in 2019, majoring in graphic art, in the class of István Madácsy. In 2020, he started to build a studio with Márton Gresa under the name Birdhouse, which has already hosted four exhibitions. As a creator, he is part of the experimental artist collective Birds of Cool, founded in 2022, which has since presented collaborative works in group exhibitions at two institutions, including Q Contemporary. His solo exhibition 2two was on view at BarabásiLab Showroom in 2022 and his work Interrealism was displayed at the Tornyai Museum in 2021. In 2023 he had his first solo show at Einspach Fine Art & Photography, entitled Every Morning.
The content of Dániel Kármán's paintings is a combination of past experiences and his personal vision of the present. His figurative works are deeply personal, lyrical works, about the nature of memories and passing away. His compositions reveal a delicate balance between digital design and manual execution on the one hand, and painting and printmaking on the other. The technical structure, although purely painterly, refers to the visual nature of rhizography and screen printing. His graphic thinking and vision is also reflected in the juxtaposition of different layers. The backgrounds of the images often show details extracted from old etchings.
STUDIES
2013 - 2019 Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Graphic Art Department
2010 - 2012 Óbuda School of Fine Arts, Painting Department
AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS
2021 Kultúra.hu special award
2021 Barcsay Prize
2019 Rudnay Gyula Art Scholarship
2019 Prize - XXXIV. OTDK, Art Section, Graphic Arts
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Every Morning, Einspach Fine Art & Photograpy, Budapest
2023 Instant Age - with Márton Gresa, Birdhouse, Budapest
2022 2two, BarabásiLab Showroom, Budapest
2021 INTRO - With Márton Gresa, BirdHouse, Budapest
2021 INTERREALISM, János Tornyai Museum, Hódmezővásárhely
2015 UNKNOWN AUTHOR - with Gergely Végvári, DEFO lab, Budapest
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Digital Pigment, Kepes Institute - Centre for Contemporary Art, Eger
2023 Summer Wine, Einspach Fine Art & Photograpy, Budapest
2023 LuppArt 2023, Einspach Fine Art & Photograpy, Budapest
2023 Gradus - Óbudai Társaskör Gallery, Budapest
2022 Art of 77 years, Kieselbach Gallery, Budapest
2022 Art - Craft - Design, Q Contemporary, Budapest
2022 New Mediation, Modem, Debrecen
2022 Birds of Cool, Q Contemporary, Budapest
2021 Barcsay Prize Winners, Vajda Lajos Studio, Szentendre
2020 Award-winning artists of the 66th Vásárhely Autumn Art Exhibition, Budapest
2020 Óbudai Cultural Centre, Budapest
2019 Hidden Narratives, B32, Budapest
2019 66th Vásárhely Autumn Exhibition, Alföld Gallery, Hódmezővásárhely 2019 SOCIAL PROJECTS, Csepel Gallery, Budapest
2019 AMADEUS - Fundamenta Amadeus competition, MKE, Budapest
2018 TÉRFÉL, MAMŰ Gallery, Feszty-ház, Budapest
2018 GRAPHICS NOW - Recent works 2018, Nádor Gallery, Pécs
2017 AMADEUS - Fundamenta Amadeus competition, MKE, Budapest
2017 T-minus group exhibition, Csongrádi Gallery, Csongrád
2016 PAKK_ART 3., Budapest
2016 ARE WE THERE YET? - T-minus group, MKE, Budapest
2015 JENŐ BARCSAY MEMORIAL AWARD, MKE, Budapest
2015 BARCSAY'S SCHOOL, Fuga, Budapest
2015. PAKK_ART 2nd - DEFO lab, Budapest
2014 PAKK_ART POP UP STORE 1, Higgs Field Gallery, Budapest
2014 VÁROS BOLTJA - Város Boltja, Budapest 23 - Komárom
