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Barabás Zsófi (Budapest, 7 April 1980 –) Hungarian pointer.

Life
Zsófi Barabás was born in Budapest in 1980 and graduated from the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in 2004. She is a prominent figure in contemporary Hungarian art, recognized for her geometric and organic abstract paintings.

Following her graduation from the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, she was mentored by Ilona Keserü Ilona in Pécs and pursued further studies in Cambridge and Tokyo. In addition to her artistic career, she is also known for her contributions to the “Everyone Can Draw” book series and various other design collaborations.

The title of her 2017 exhibition, “Moments of Being,” coincides with the title of Virginia Woolf's autobiographically inspired short story collection published after the author’s death. This title encapsulates those frozen moments when we grasp the essence of reality for fleeting moments. The large-scale images shown in the exhibition depict personal narratives in an abstract form.

Personal life
Zsófi Barabás grew up in a family of artists. Her father Márton Barabás is a fine artists, her mother is Luca Forray, and her younger brothers are Lőrinc Barabás musician and Benedek Barabás sculptor.

Education

 * 2009 Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku), Japan, Professor: Sakaguchi Hirotoshi
 * 2005 – 2022 DLA studies, University of Pécs, Faculty of Fine Arts
 * 1999 – 2004 Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Painting and Teaching Department, Budapest
 * 1998 Anglia Ruskin University, Illustration Department, Cambridge, UK
 * 1994 – 1998 Secondary School of Visual and Applied Arts, Graphic Department, Budapest

Awards and scholarships

 * 2018 Artist in Residence, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, New York, USA
 * 2014 Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy in Rome, Italy
 * 2013 Atelier Frankfurt, Scholarship of Stadt Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
 * 2009 Monbukagakusho Research Scholarship, Tokyo, Japan
 * 2005 Artist in Residence, Porvoo, Finland; Prize of the Kunsthalle Budapest at the “One week” exhibition
 * 2003 Sommerakademie, Salzburg, Austria
 * 2001 Erasmus Scholarship, Fachhochschule, Darmstadt, Germany 2000 Artist in Residence, Rauma, Finland
 * 2000 Artist in Residence, Rauma, Finland

Solo exhibitions

 * 2023 Sky on your Shoulder, Heart and Cherry Project Space, Budapest (with Botond Keresztesi)
 * 2022 The Weight of Clouds, Deák Erika Gallery, Budapest
 * 2020 Unfolded Motion, Deák Erika Gallery, Budapest
 * 2018 Offspace, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest (with Jussi Niva)
 * American Diary, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, New York, USA
 * 2017 Moments of Being, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest
 * Extension, Alvitr Gallery, Yekaterinburg, Russia
 * Extension, Hungarian Institute in Moscow, Moscow, Russia
 * 2016 Playground, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest (with Shunsuke François Nanjo)
 * 2015 Flow, A38 Ship exhibition space, Budapest
 * Playground, Wada Fine Arts Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (with Shunsuke François Nanjo)
 * 2014 Urban Histology, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest
 * 2012 Nonfiguration, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest (with Imre Bak)
 * 2011 Skin-Flesh-Color, B55 Gallery, Budapest
 * 2010 Map of the Days, B55 Gallery, Budapest
 * 2009 From Ueno to Nippori, Mono Gallery, Budapest
 * 2009 Raiffeisen Gallery, Budapest
 * 2008 Hungarian Cultural Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
 * The Berlin Series, Mono Gallery, Budapest
 * Sonja Krasner Collection, B55 Gallery, Budapest (with Nóra Soós and Zsuzsa Moizer)
 * 2007 Mono Gallery, Budapest
 * Hungarian Cultural Centre, Gallery U, Helsinki, Finland
 * 2006 Fészek Gallery, Budapest
 * Hommage à Patrick Heron, Hungarian Cultural Centre, London
 * 2005 Skicc, Vadnai Gallery, Budapest (with József Bullás)
 * 2004 Vadnai Gallery, Budapest
 * PÁ, Hungarian University of Fine Arts – Aula, Budapest (with Nóra Soós and Zsuzsa Moizer)
 * 2003 Vadnai Gallery, Budapest
 * 2002 K.A.S. Gallery, Budapest

Group exhibitions

 * 2023 Abstraction is Freedom, curator: Manuel Benoit, 193 Gallery, Paris
 * Liquid Slices of Time, Female artists from the MNB contemporary collection, Dubniczay Palace – House of Arts Veszprém
 * 2022 Place Value – New Acquisitions, Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
 * 2019 The Allegory of the Cave, curator: Zita Sárvári, Société, Budapest
 * 2018 Unbound – The Unexpected Constellation, curator: Zita Sárvári, Hybridart Space, Budapest
 * 2017 Unfold, curator: Lassla Esquivel, K.A.S. Gallery, Budapest
 * 2016 Rain Come Down, curator: Zsolt Petrányi, Sara Zanin Gallery, Rome,Italy
 * 2015 Spazi Aperti, Accademia di Romania, Rome, Italy
 * Aria, Terra, Casa, Hungarian Academy in Rome, Italy
 * 2014 Utopia, Art Kura-Biraki, Cino Lab, Fujiyoshida, Japan
 * Parallelity and Encounters, Hommage exhibition for Ilona Keserü, Museum of Szombathely
 * Layers – Contemporary Collage Exhibition, Latarka Gallery, Budapest
 * 2011 Meditative Objects, Selection of the Bodnár-Collection, Reök, Szeged
 * 2010 Panno-Panoramas, Museum of Modern Art – Modem, Debrecen
 * Equlior Collection, kArton Gallery, Budapest
 * 2009 Conquering Snow, Dynamo Art Project, Tokamachi-city, Niigata, Japan
 * Tolerance in Art, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia
 * 2008 DLA exhibition, Pécs Gallery, Pécs
 * Re: Fresh, KOGArt, Art Foundation of Gábor Kovách, Budapest
 * 2007 Spring Play – Love and Serenity in Painting, Society of Hungarian Painters, ArtMill, Szentendre
 * The Strength of Colour – Big Paintings I, Zsolnay Factory, Pécs DLA exhibition, Pécsi Gallery, Pécs
 * The Strength of Colour – Big Paintings II, Zsolnay Factory, Pécs Palette, Galerie Kranzl, Göppingen, Germany
 * 2006 11 Young Artists, Csepel Gallery DLA exhibition, Pécs Gallery, Pécs
 * 2005 Collections, Knoll Gallery, Vienna, Austria One Week, Kunsthalle, Budapest
 * 2004 Drawings, Lönnströmin Art Museum, Rauma, Finland Fresh, KOGArt, Art Foundation of Gábor Kovács, Budapest
 * Energy and Equivalent, ArtMill, Szentendre
 * 2003 Colour, curator: Dóra Maurer, Barcsay Hall of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest

Collaborations
2017 – Bomo Art x Zsófi Barabás calendar and journal collaboration

2015 – Clothing collection with Dóra Tomcsányi

2012 – Zsuzsa Moizer – Zsófi Barabás “Everyone Can Draw” book series, Scolar Kiadó

Further information

 * Artportál