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ISTVÁN OROSZ (1951)
Hungarian graphic artist and an animated film maker. Graduated at the Hungarian University of Arts and Design in Budapest in 1975.
His individual graphic works of art are often related to postmodernism by archaic forms, art historical references, stylistic quotations and playful self-reflection. Themes of the natural sciences, especially of geometry and optics appear in most of his works. He is also concerned with the theories of vision and sight such as the way the beholder’s hypothetical expectations influence the visual and empirical perception of spatial constructions. He is likely to experiment with the extremes, paradoxes of the representation of the perspective to create the illusion of space. Also he does experiements to renew the techniques of anamorphosis when he distorts the pictures in such a way that it can only be seen from a particular aspect or in such a way that its new layer of meaning only reveals by the interposition of reflective surfaces.
Orosz is a regular participant in international art exhibitions, symposiums, filmfestivals. He was elected to the Alliance Graphique Internationale, and the Hungarian Academy of Arts and Letters.
Utisz (pronounced: Outis, means ‘Nobody’), his pseudonym is used since 1984 and it was also Odyssey’s feigned name in the well-known affair with the Cyclops that ended in the blinding of the monster’s only eye. According to Orosz’s symbolic and ironic name, his art is a kind of attack on the eye.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Dorottya Gallery, Budapest; 1994: Mexico City, Caja del Poeta; 1995: Budapest, Vigado Gallery; New York, St. Johns’ University; 1997: Chicago, I Space Gallery; Thessaloniki, Aristotelian University; Copenhagen, Mosting Hus; Bethlehem, Payne Gallery; Kansas City, Hammerpres-GrafikArchive; 2000: Silkeborg, Kunst Center; Istanbul, Bilgi Üniversitesi; 2002: Bratislava, Slovenska Narodná Galeria; Xalapa, Universidad Veracruzana; New York, Sun Yat Sen Gallery; Princeton, Marsha Child Contemporary; 2002: Mikkeli, Taidemuseo; 2003: Torun, Galeria Sztuki Wozownia; Den Haag, Escher in Het Paleis 2005: Paris, Hungarian Institute; 2006: Budapest, Ernst Museum. 2007-2008: Essen, Grillo Theater; Jorwert, Reformed church; Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Melbourne.
AWARDS:
Gold Medal at the Biennial of Graphic Design (Brno, 1990); First Prize at the International Poster Biennial (Lahti, 1991) ; Main Prize of „Mediawave” (Győr, 1991); Merit Award at the Annual Exhibition of Art Directors Club (New York, 1991); Award of Excellence at the Show of Communication Arts Magazina (Los Angeles, 1991) ; Master’s Eye Prize at the International Poster Triennale (Trnava, 1991); Special Prize at the International Poster Biennial (Warsaw, 1994) • ICOGRADA-prize at the International Poster Show (Chaumont, 1994); Creative Distinction Award of European Design Annual (Dublin, 2000); „Golden Bee” Prize at the International Poster Biennial (Moscow, 2000); Gold medal at the 43rd Annual Exhibition of Society of Illustrators (New York, 2001); Main Prizes at the Festival of Fine Art Films (Szolnok, 2002, 2004); Main Prize of the KAFF Animated Film Festival (Kecskemét,2005); Pro Ludo Ring, Budapest, (2007); Plakat Kunst Hof Ruettenscheid Prize, Essen (2007).
BOOKS:
OYTIΣ - Orosz Istvan. Balassi Kiadó, Budapest, 1994.
István Orosz, Exhibition Book, Hammerpress – GrafikArchive, Kansas City, 1998.
Vladislav Rostoka: Istvan Orosz / Posters. Rabbit&Solution, Bratislava, 2002.
Al Seckel: Masters of Deception Sterling Publishing Co. New York, 2004.
Deep Down - István Orosz. Catalogue of the "Orosz bij Escher" exhibition, The Hague, 2004.
Clouds for Polonius. Ernst Múzeum, Budapest, 2006.
Istvan Orosz: Vision of Design. Index Books / Hesign, Berlin - Shanghai, 2007.
Istvan Orosz: The Drawn Time, Tiara / Budapest, 2008.
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