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Áron

Károly Sándor

Áron KÁROLY SÁNDOR (Kolozsvár, 1978 - ) photographer, lecturer at Kaposvár University. In his photographic works he is particularly interested in the use of traditional and archaic procedures, and the opportunities which carries various genres of art (graphics, painting, installation art, conceptual art) and digital image processing/imaging. This technical experimentation is also reflected in his themes, which is usually associated with use the variety of fiction and reality and time. He has been a member of the Association of Hungarian Photographers since 2007.

Studies

Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest, DLA, photography, 2005 

University of Art and Design of Cluj-Napoca (Universitatea de Artă şi Design Cluj), Photo-Video-Computer Image Processing, 2002

Awards/Grants

Individual exhibitions

Gun Works, Contemporary Studio Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2015

Bonsai in the Land & Europe Minimal, SZÍNtiszta Contemporary exhibition series, Csiky Gergely Theatre, Kaposvár, 2015

Gun works – Micrograph, Károly Sándor Áron - Cristian Opris. ArtBázis All Arts Workshop, Budapest, 2014

Fake Documents, Moscow Cafe, Oradea, Romania, 2014

Fake Documents & Real Virtuality. FUGA- Budapest Center of Architecture, Budapest, 2013

My hometown, IV. Twin Cities International Arts Festival. Tver, Russia, 2013

Fake Documents, National Gallery (Bánffy Palace), Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2011 

Dr. Walter Museum. Miró Photo Gallery & Fészek Art Club, Budapest, 2003

Group Exhibitions

Red Poppy Fields, The Great War Reflected in Contemporary Photography, Centre for Contemporary Photography – Ljubljana, Photon Gallery – Vienna, Kisfaludy Gallery - Balatonfüred, Kameralna Gallery - Slupsk, PROFIL Gallery – Bratislava, 2015 - 2016

Retracings – use of archives in contemporary photography, Komárom Fortress, Komárom, Budapest Gallery, Budapest,  2014

2ème Biennale Internationale de l’art Contemporain Casablanca. Casablanca, Morocco, 2014

6x6, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, USA, 2014

RCA Secret Royal College of Art Battersea, Dyson Building, London, UK, 2014

FAUST II. - Fiction and reality in contemporary photography. Photo Month 2012, Budapest Gallery, Budapest, 2012

Seeing Oneself, ICHO-AN Gallery, Osaka, Japan, 2012

Reflections/refractions, VIII. International Light Symposium, House of Arts, Pécs, 2010

Tradition and openness - Hungarian photographic endeavors today. Tampere, Finland, 2009

Works in public collections

Hungarian Museum of Photography, Kecskemét

Publications

Publications

Website

Áron KÁROLY SÁNDOR (Kolozsvár, 1978 - ) photographer, lecturer at Kaposvár University. In his photographic works he is particularly interested in the use of traditional and archaic procedures, and the opportunities which carries various genres of art (graphics, painting, installation art, conceptual art) and digital image processing/imaging. This technical experimentation is also reflected in his themes, which is usually associated with use the variety of fiction and reality and time. He has been a member of the Association of Hungarian Photographers since 2007.

Studies

Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest, DLA, photography, 2005 

University of Art and Design of Cluj-Napoca (Universitatea de Artă şi Design Cluj), Photo-Video-Computer Image Processing, 2002

Awards/Grants

Individual exhibitions

Gun Works, Contemporary Studio Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2015

Bonsai in the Land & Europe Minimal, SZÍNtiszta Contemporary exhibition series, Csiky Gergely Theatre, Kaposvár, 2015

Gun works – Micrograph, Károly Sándor Áron - Cristian Opris. ArtBázis All Arts Workshop, Budapest, 2014

Fake Documents, Moscow Cafe, Oradea, Romania, 2014

Fake Documents & Real Virtuality. FUGA- Budapest Center of Architecture, Budapest, 2013

My hometown, IV. Twin Cities International Arts Festival. Tver, Russia, 2013

Fake Documents, National Gallery (Bánffy Palace), Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2011 

Dr. Walter Museum. Miró Photo Gallery & Fészek Art Club, Budapest, 2003

Group Exhibitions

Red Poppy Fields, The Great War Reflected in Contemporary Photography, Centre for Contemporary Photography – Ljubljana, Photon Gallery – Vienna, Kisfaludy Gallery - Balatonfüred, Kameralna Gallery - Slupsk, PROFIL Gallery – Bratislava, 2015 - 2016

Retracings – use of archives in contemporary photography, Komárom Fortress, Komárom, Budapest Gallery, Budapest,  2014

2ème Biennale Internationale de l’art Contemporain Casablanca. Casablanca, Morocco, 2014

6x6, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, USA, 2014

RCA Secret Royal College of Art Battersea, Dyson Building, London, UK, 2014

FAUST II. - Fiction and reality in contemporary photography. Photo Month 2012, Budapest Gallery, Budapest, 2012

Seeing Oneself, ICHO-AN Gallery, Osaka, Japan, 2012

Reflections/refractions, VIII. International Light Symposium, House of Arts, Pécs, 2010

Tradition and openness - Hungarian photographic endeavors today. Tampere, Finland, 2009

Works in public collections

Hungarian Museum of Photography, Kecskemét

Publications

Publications

Website