ZSOLT BODONI
Born 1975 Élesd, Romania
Lives and works in Oradea, Romania.
EDUCATION
2000 BFA Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Simplicity, EMUK Museum Sfantu Gheorghe, Romania
2021 Hybrids, David Kovats Gallery London, UK
2019 Duo Exhibition with Márton Nemes, BuBu, Buffalo, NY
2019 E.H.M.S., Art+Text Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
2016 Forest, Art+Text Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
2015 The Shining Path, Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2013 King Give Us Soldiers, Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2011 Remastered, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
2011 Gods and Mortals, Mihai Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Son of the White Mare, Ana Cristea Gallery, New York, NY
2009 The Foundries of Ideology, Ana Cristea Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Yesterday’s Heroes, Tomorrow’s Fools, Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Monuments, FA Projects, London, UK
2008 Art Factory Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2006 HCI, Bruxelles, Belgium
2005 MAMU Budapest, Hungary
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Telepesek. Art Colony of Élesd at Gödöllő, Várkapitányi Lak. Hungary 2022 “Sții cse zic” Art Colony of Élesd, Pop-up show – Lokal, Nagyvárad/Oradea, Romania 2021 Travel guide, Iomo Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2021 Instinct, EMUK Sfantu Gheorghe, Romania
2020 In progres, Castle, Oradea, Romania
2019 Contemplating the Spiritual in Contemporary Art, Rosenfeld Porcini Gallery, London, UK
2017 Disruptive Imagination, Art Mill, Szentendre, Hungary
2016 Gardens and studios, 20 years of the Art Colony of Élesd , MUCSARNOK, Budapest, Hungary
2016 Disruptive Imagination, Gallery of Fine Arts, Ostrava, Czech Republic
2015 THE NUDE in the XX & XXI CENTURY, S|2 Gallery, London, UK
2014 Turning Points, , Hungarian National Gallery, Buda Palace, Budapest, Hungary
2014 Defaced, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
2014 This Side of Paradise, S|2 Gallery, London, UK
2013 Nightfall, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
2013 Nightfall, MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts, Debrecen, Hungary
2013 Referencing History, Green Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2013 Zona, MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts, Debrecen, Hungary
2011 East Ex East, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy Prague Biennale 5, Prague, Czech Republic
2011 Leipzig Walkabout, Ana Cristea Gallery invited by Galerie Eigen + Art, Leipzig, Germany
2010 Uncertain Terrain, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
2010 After the Fall, HVCCA, Peekskill, NY, Ana Cristea Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Bad Industry, Mihai Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Face Your Demons, Milliken Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2010 In Standard Time, Ana Cristea Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Show Me a Hero, Calvert 22, London, UK
2009 Staging the Grey, Prague Biennale, Prague, Czech Republic
2008 15 Hungarian and Romanian Painters, Plan B, Cluj, Romania
2009 Portraits of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, FA Projects, London, UK
2007 10 years of the Art Colony of Élesd, Ernst Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PRESS
2014 This Side of Paradise, exhibition catalogue, ed. By Jane Neal. S|2 Gallery. London, UK
2013 Nightfall – New Tendencies in Figurative Painting, exhibition catalogue, ed. By Jane Neal. Galerie
Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
Kalsi, Jyoti. “An Investigation Of Power Games.” Gulf News. January 24,
“Hungarian painter Zsolt Bodoni in Dubai.” Time Out Dubai. January 15,
2012 Neal, Jane. “What Lies Beneath.” Flash Art. July-September
Remastered exhibition catalogue, interview of Jane Neal. Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy 2011
“After the Fall.” New York Times. 2011
2010 Sicha, Choire. “The 23 Must-Buy Artists of the 2010 Miami Art Fairs.” The Awl, web. Dec 6 th .
Chambers, Christopher. “Like a Rolling Stone: Alexander Esters, Peter Gerakaris, Justen Ladda,
and Gallery Artists at Ana Cristea Gallery in New York.” Dart International. No 27, Fall
After the Fall exhibition catalogue. HVCCA, New York.
2009 “Back to Storage.” Harper’s Bazaar. November 2009: P.17 Taubman, Lara.
“Zsolt Bodoni at Mihai Nicodim.” Art in America. October 2009: PP.175-176.
“Top 100 Emerging Artists.” Flash Art international. October 2009: PP.52-53
2008 Exley, Roy. “Zsolt Bodoni, FA Projects – London.” Flash Art. November-December
2008 Rudkin, Joe. “Portraits of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.” Flavorpill London, 2008
NOTABLE COLLECTIONS
Knoxville Museum of art