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''ISTVAN NYARI

Istvan Nyari (1952, Budapest) is a fine artist and one of the greatest Hungarian icons of modern hyperrealism.

István Nyári graduated from the Hungarian College of Applied Arts in 1977 with a degree in graphic design. He has been working in fine arts since 1978. At the turn of the 70's and 80's he created hyper-realistic, photographically painted pictures (Csirkeragu, 1981, [1] Szombathely Gallery), and he worked in this precise, impassive but very sensual style, combining different motifs for a decade. His interest then turned to the relationship between kitsch and fine arts, and from this point on he started to create pictorial reliefs, objects and collections of objects. In addition to solo exhibitions, he has participated in numerous group exhibitions in the United States, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Great Britain, Spain, and Switzerland. In London, the National Portrait Gallery selected his painting for display, which he then exhibited in Scotland and Wales for a year. His works can be found in several Hungarian public collections, a significant part of which enrich private collections in Australia, the USA, Switzerland, Austria and Hungary. His art has been published continuously since 1994 - in Hungarian art magazines, and published in Switzerland, Spain, and in the United States as well. His name was added to the list of the most expensive living and non-living Hungarian artists in 2019. Nyári sympathizes with the Lowbrow movement, but basically considers herself a pop surrealist.

About his art:

István Nyári is best known for his paintings that fill entire walls, balancing on the border of (hyper) realism and pop surrealism. His works usually include posthuman visions, kitschy elements, absurd situations, and a selection of phenomena from different subcultures that reflect in a satirical, almost frightening way the 21st century; the absurdities of the consumer society of the 20th century and the depressing fixations of our materialized environment. "(source: Új Művészet, Attila Sirbik)

2021 David Kovats Gallery, London, United Kingdom
 * Selected Solo Exhibition:
 * 2017 Beauty & Beast, NextArt Galéria, Budapest
 * 2016 kArton galéria, Budapest
 * 2013 Virag Judit Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
 * 2007 Gallery White, Budapest, Hungary
 * 2006 Gallery White, Budapest, Hungary
 * 2004 MEO- Collection of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
 * 2003 Gallery Galamb, Budapest, Hungary
 * 2001 Gallery XO, Budapest, Hungary
 * 2000 Gallery XO, Budapest, Hungary
 * 1999 Gallery XO, Budapest, Hungary
 * 1996 Gallery Vigado, Budapest, Hungary
 * 1994 Gallery Varfok, Budapest, Hungary
 * 1992 Museum Istvan Kiraly, Szekesfehervar, Hungary
 * 1991 Exhibition Hall Dorottya, Budapest, Hungary
 * 1985 Liget Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
 * 1976 Young Artists’ Club, Budapest, Hungary
 * Selected Group Exhibitions:
 * 2015 Frissen – Egyenesen a műteremből, Kunsthalle Budapest, Hungary
 * 2014 “Határlények- Az emberi test átváltozásai”, Kapolna Gallery, Kecskemet, Hungary
 * 2013 Deadly Nature – Modem, Debrecen, Hungary
 * 2011 Mexico Sinestro, Resistance Gallery London, United Kingdom
 * 2011 BP Portrait Award, Aberdeen Art Gallery, United Kingdom
 * 2011 National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom
 * 2008 Gallery White, Budapest, Hungary
 * 2007 Gallery White, Budapest, Hungary
 * 2006 “One for All and All for One”, Aeroplastics Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
 * 2006 “Hommage á Márai Sándor”, Home Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
 * 2005 “Oracle of Truth”, Aeroplastics Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
 * 2005 “Playtime”, Aeroplastics Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
 * 2003 “Távoli közelség”, Museum of Fine Art, Olmütz, Czech Republic
 * 2003 “A Mikulás is ember”, MEO – Collection of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
 * 2002 “Örökölt realizmus”, Szombathelyi Képtár, Szombathely, Hungary
 * 2002 KunstZurich, Zurich, Switzerland
 * 2001 “Szobrászaton innen és túl”, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
 * 2001 “Krém”, MEO- Collection of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
 * 2000 KunstZurich, Zurich, Switzerland
 * 1997 “Olaj/Vászon”, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
 * 1997 “Diaszpóra (És) Art”, Dohany St. Synagogue, Budapest, Hungary
 * 1996 “Helyzet-kép”, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
 * 1995 “Art of 80s”, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary
 * 1993 “Nueva Pittura del Este”, Galeria del Arte Detursa, Madrid, Spain
 * 1990 “Test-ék”, Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
 * 1987 “Mágikus Művek”, Szombathely, Hungary
 * 1986 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA
 * 1984 “kb. 50515253 cca”, Pécs Gallery, Pécs, Hungary
 * 1984 “Plánum 84”, Almássy téri Szabadidőközpont, Budapest, Hungary
 * 1983 “Álomszép képek”, Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
 * 1983 “Studió 83”, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
 * 1983 Young Artists’ Club, Budapest, Hungary
 * 1982 “Hagyomány I”, Pataky Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
 * 1982 “Studió 82”, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
 * 1982 “Szociografika 2”, Óbudai Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
 * 1978 Young Artists’ Club, Budapest, Hungary
 * 1978 Young Artists’ Club, Budapest, Hungary





Szombathelyi Képtár, Szombathely, Hungary
 * Works in public collections
 * Works in public collections
 * Vak Bottyán Múzeum, Vác, Hungary
 * István Király Múzeum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary
 * Csók István Képtár, Székesfehérvár, Hungary
 * Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
 * Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
 * Fine Art Collection of Synagogue, Budapest, Hungary
 * Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA

website: istvannyari.com