ŠWIERKIEWICZ, Róbert

Biographie

1942	born in Pécs, Hungary
Since 1981	participant of the International Mail Art Movement
1982	founded the Xertox Group, Hungary
Lives and works in Budapest, Hungary

Ausbildung

1966-68

Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts, Budapest, under Ferenc Lantos

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2009	Selected Graphic Works, AL Galéria, Budapest Godot Institute, Budapest
2007	"Balloons and Upanisads", Petrys Galéria, Budapest
2005	"River Path Book", Fészek Club, Budapest
2002	"Ethiopie Rimbaud", Mission Art Galéria, Budapest Petrys Galéria , Budapest,
2001	"Indian Coffee", Liget Galéria, Budapest Budapest Galéria, Budapest
1999	Szinyei Salon, Budapest Fészek Club, Budapest Museum Dezső Laczkó, Veszprém, Hungary Arcus Galéria, Vác, Hungary "Les Contemporains", Gallery Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
1998	Gallery Wyspa, Gdansk, Poland (with Zsigmond Károlyi) Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Arts, Budapest
1997	Gallery Kamiyamada, Japan
1996	AL Galerie, Frankfurt/M., Germany
1995	"Hindu heart", Vigadó Galéria, Budapest Liget Galéria, Budapest Consulate New Orleans, New Orleans, USA AL Galerie Gerlinde Walz, Stuttgart, Germany Fészek Club, Budapest
1994	Municipal Picture Gallery - Museum Kiscell, Budapest Éri Galéria, Budapest Óbuda Galéria, Budapest
1993	AL Galerie Gerlinde Walz, Stuttgart, Germany
1992	AL Galerie Gerlinde Walz, Stuttgart, Germany
1991	De Media, Eeklo, Belgium Gallery Vanhan Tlioppilastalon, Helsinki, Finland Fészek Club, Budapest
1990	Budapest Galéria, Budapest Hungarian Academy, Rome, Italy Artestudio Bergamo, Ponte Nossa, Italy
1989	"Polaroid striptease", Liget Galéria, Budapest
1986	Petőfi Museum of Literature, Budapest Galérie Lécume, Paris, France
1985	Bercsényi 28-30 Galéria, Budapest Fészek Club, Budapest Somogyi Galéria, Kaposvár, Hungary
1984	Kecskeméti Galéria, Kecskemét, Hungary Greek Church, Vác, Hungary
1983	Ottó Herman Museum, Miskolc, Hungary
1982	Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest Studio Arte, Bergamo, Italy The Sándor Teszler Library, Wofford College, Spartanburg, USA
1980	Mini Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
1979	Art Gallery of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
1978	Atelier Exhibition, Budapest
1977	Museum Lajos Hatvany, Hatvan, Hungary Gallery Prizmat, Krakow, Poland
1976	Bercsényi Hall, Budapest Kassák Club, Budapest
1975	Studio Galéria, Budapest Uitz Hall, Dunaújváros, Hungary
1972	Fényes Adolf Exhibition Hall, Budapest
1967	Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs, Hungary
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2007	Modem, Debrecen, Hungary 2B Galéria, Budapest,
2006	" Narrative", King St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary
2003	Contemporary Graphic Arts, Vízivárosi Galéria, Budapest
2002	"Picture of the Future", Ernst Museum, Budapest
2001	"Zeitbrücke", Museum Moderner Kunst – Stiftung Wörlen, Passau, Germany
2000	Art Hall, Budapest
1995	Merlin Theater, Budapest Fészek Club, Budapest Collegium Hungaricum, Vienna, Austria
1994	"Culturalia", Gallery Brita Prinz, Madrid, Spain "Graphic Workshop", Makó, Hungary Óbuda Galéria, Budapest Museum Kiscell - Municipal Picture Gallery, Budapest Éri Galéria , Budapest "Prints '93", Fészek Club, Budapest
1993	"Mail Art", Uppsala, Sweden "Mail about blind people", Gallery of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary Rockov Galéria, Budapest
1992	Barcsay Hall, Budapest
1991	Municipal Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
1990	Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
1989	Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest Art Hall, Budapest
1988	VI. Photo Biennial of Esztergom, Castle-Museum, Esztergom, Hungary "Xertox", Gallery of Óbuda, Budapest
1987	Budapest Galéria, Budapest
1982	Art Hall, Budapest "Xertox Group", Bercsényi 28-30, Budapest
1981	Budapest History Museum, Budapest Mini Galéria, Budapest XI. National Biennial of Graphic Art, Miskolc, Hungary Helikon Galéria, Budapest
1980	"Drawings", Gallery of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
1978	"In memoriam of Béla Bartók", Paris, France
1977	Petőfi Museum of Literature, Budapest UNESCO Headquarter, Paris, France V. National Biennial of Small Sculptures, Pécs, Hungary
1976	Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest "Hungarian Graphic", Stockholm, Sveden, Berlin, Germany, Moscow, Russia
1975	Graphic Exhibition, Segovia, Spain

Preise und Stipendien

2000	New XERTOX scholarship Hungary, scholarship to India India-Award, Orientation Grant
1998	Soros Prize, Hungary
1993	XVII. National Biennial of Graphic Arts, Miskolc, Hungary
1992	Munkácsy Prize, Hungary
1987	FŐFOTÓ Prize, Hungary
1985	XIII. National Biennial of Graphic, Miskolc, Hungary
1981	Grand Prize, XI. National Biennial of Graphic, Miskolc, Hungary
1980	Attila-József-Exhibition, I. Prize, Hungary Aszú Prize, Hungary

Sammlungen (Auswahl)

Art Centre, Kyoto, Japan

Art Centre, Seoul, Korea

Deák Collection, Székesfehérvár, Hungary

Municipal Picture Gallery – Museum Kiscell, Budapest, Hungary

King Saint Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary

Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs, Hungary

Museum of Contemporary Art - Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary

Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, France

Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Museum Dezső Laczkó, Veszprém, Hungary

Nationalmuseum, Krakow, Poland

Petőfi Museum of Literature, Budapest, Hungary

Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary

Publikationen (Auswahl)

Szabó, J.: A farewell to the prophets. God bless you, poesy! Új Művészet, 1999/11.

(Translation: Vladimir Végh)

Wołodzko, A.: The ethereal mammoth and the heavy cloud. The exhibition of Zs. Károlyi and Róbert Šwierkiewicz, Balkon, 1998/6.

Birkás, Ákos: The church, Balkon, 1994/7.

Kúnos, L.: Keywords to the exhibition of Róbert Šwierkiewicz, Balkon, 1994/7.

Conversation about the space, Hajdu I., Balkon, 1994/7.

István Hajdu: Šwierkiewicz (cat. intro., Municipal Picture Gallery, 1994)

Szilágyi, Á.: Šwierkiewicz, Critics, 1993/11.

István Hajdu: (cat. intro., AL Galerie Gerlinde Walz, Stuttgart, 1993)

Andrási, G.: About the exhibition of Róbert Šwierkiewicz, Új Művészet, 1991/3.

H. K. [Hudra, Klára]: Conversation with the artist Róbert Šwierkiewicz, Művészet, 1988/1.

Gyetvai, Á.: "Muszáj-Herkules!", Művészet, 1984/11

László Beke: Róbert Šwierkiewicz (cat. intro., Adolf Fényes Hall, 1972)