Istvan Zsako Biography


 

 

The Needle, The Paintbrush and
The Knife

 

EDUCATION

1979-1984
Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, sculptor degree

1974-1977
Teacher’s College, Eger, Hungary, math and drawing

1968-1972
Hungarian High school for Arts, Budapest, Hungary, ceramist


EXHIBITIONS

2008
The Needle, The Paintbrush and The Knife, The Proposition Gallery, New York City
Fables, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK (with Anna Torma & Balint Zsako)
Colours, Trinity Galleries, Saint John, NB
Black & White, Trinity Galleries, Saint John, NB

2006
In English, SPIN Gallery, Toronto, ON
Reflections, Stuart Hall, Montréal, QC and Pier 21, Halifax, NS

2005
Warriors, Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, NS
Textile drawings & bronze idols, Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB (with Anna Torma)

2004
Toronto International Art Fair, (Studio 21 Fine Art)
Metaphase, Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB and You-Me Gallery, Hamilton, ON
Extremes, Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, NS

2003
27th International Art Fair, Gent, Belgium (with Erdesz Gallery)
Galerie Espace, Paris, France
Joy of Life, Erdesz Gallery, Szentendre, Hungary
Spring Festival, Gaal Gallery, Budapest, Hungary and Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, ON

2002
Fall Exhibit, Trinity Galleries, Saint John, NB
Erotica, Vigado Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2001
Duologues, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON

2000
Cologne Art Fair, Cologne, Germany (with Erdesz Gallery)
Pelikan Gallery, Szfehervar, Hungary

1999
Duna Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (with Anna Torma)
Gallery on the Bay, Hamilton, ON

1998
Cologne Art Fair, Cologne, Germany (with Erdesz Gallery)
9th Hungarian Drawing Biennial, Salgotarjan, Hungary
Garden of Delights, an exhibition of the Hungarian Sculptor Society, Budapest, Hungary

1997
Cologne Art Fair, Cologne, Germany (with Erdesz Gallery)
National Art Exhibition, Hodmezovasarhely, Hungary
Hungarian Salon ’97, Mucsarnok, Budapest

1996
Hommage to Tamas Vigh, Vigado Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
8th Hungarian Drawing Biennial, Salgotarjan, Hungary

1995
Defining The Site, Art Gallery of Hamilton, ON
Noah’s Ark, Vigado Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
The Bronze Triangle, Galerie Slovackeho, Kremnica, Slovakia

1994
Derkovits Scholarship Winners 1955-1993, Szombathely, Hungary

1987
Italian-Hungarian Art Exhibition, Palazzo Falconery, Rome, Italy
Contemporary Hungarian Art, Mucsarnok, Budapest, Hungary and Galerie der Kunstler, Munich, Germany

1986
Contemporary Hungarian Sculpture, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden (with Hungarian Ministry of Culture)
Studio’86, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Derkovits Scholarship Winners, Mucsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
International Sculptor Colony, Villany, Hungary

1985
Helikon Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
40 Creative Years, Mucsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
Studio’85, Ernst Muzeum, Budapest, Hungary
World Festival of Youth, Moscow, USSR

1984
Pesterzsebeti Muzeum, Budapest, Hungary (with Anna Torma)


PUBLICATIONS

1999
Nature of Things with David Suzuki, “Phallacies,” CBC TV

1998
Muveszet (Art Today), January, by Lajos Lóska, Hungary

1997
Mozgo Vilag (Moving World), December, by Imre Szemethy, Hungary

1986
Muveszet (Art Today), July, by Erno P. Szabo, Hungary
L’Express De Toronto, May, Pierre Leon


WORKS IN COLLECTIONS

Irving Zucker Bequest, Hamilton, ON
National Gallery of Hungary
Hungarian Ministry of Culture
Hermann Otto Museum, Miskolc, Hungary
Janus Pannonius Museum, Pecs, Hungary
Museum of Art, Nyiregyhaza, Hungary
Museum of Art, Hodmezovasarhely, Hungary
Museum of Art, Salgotarjan, Hungary
Museum of Art, Siklos, Hungary