Dr. habil. Klara Orosz



Studies, degrees
2021 Habilitation, University of Pécs, Faculty of Arts Doctoral School

2012 Doctoral degree (DLA), Faculty of Arts, University of Pécs Doctoral School

The title of my doctoral dissertation is: “Participatory Art Strategies: The Role of the Activated Viewer from the Aspect of Personal Creative Work and the Extended Concept of Sculpture.” See: https://art.pte.hu/muveszeti-doktori-iskola/doktori-disszertaciok

2006-2007 University of London, Goldsmiths, Postgraduate Training

2001-2004 University of Pécs Faculty of Arts Doctoral School (DLA),

Supervisor: István Bencsik Professor Emeritus

1999 Erasmus scholarship, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe

1996–2000 University of Pécs Faculty of Arts, Visual Education, Sculpture Department



Teaching activities
2001-2004 I participated in the DLA training at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Pécs, in figure drawing courses for the sculpture major and in the training of students specializing in visual education and painting.

2013-2018 University of Szeged, Gyula Juhász Faculty of Teacher Training, Institute of Art, Department of Drawing and Art History as an assistant professor

2018 - I am teaching as an associate professor at the Department of Drawing and Art History, Institute of Art, University of SZTE JGYPK

2020-2022 Lecturer at the Department of Design, Institute of Design and Media Arts, University of Pécs

2023 - Lecturer in Environmental Culture at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Pécs



Awards
2023 UP Medical School “In Memory of Dr. Endre Grastyán” sculpture competition, first place

Breuer Marcell public memorial column competition together with László Rádóczy and Bálint Rádóczy, shared third place

2021-2024 MMA Art Scholarship Program, Fine Arts Section

2011 Hungarian Academy of Rome Fine Arts Scholarship

2008 László Moholy-Nagy Design Scholarship

2007 Hungarian State Eötvös Scholarship

2005-2007 Gyula Derkovits Fine Arts Scholarship

2003 PTE MK Fine Arts Master School Award



Participation in symposiums, workshops, and art residency programs:
2021 5th Monostori Concrete Sculptor Artist Colony

2020 Apartment Project, Berlin (with NKA grant support)

2017 - 2018 DAL – Danube Art Lab artist residency program and related exhibition Regensburg “Hidden Places/ Hidden Spaces - making the invisible visible”

2017 Apartment Project, Berlin (with the support of the NKA College of Fine Arts)

2015 Apartment Project Istanbul, (with NKA grant support)

2010 artschooluk, London

2009 - 2010 Art Enterprise Symposium, Karlsruhe

2005 TIPP International Postgraduate Course, Tihany

2004 DLA symposium, Krapanj, HR / Stone Sculptor symposium, Landek, CZ

2003 DLA Symposium, Krapanj, Croatia

2002 Stone Sculptor Symposium, Lucky, Slovakia

1997 Kensington and Chelsea College, London



Solo exhibitions
2022 DODEKA REUNION, MKE Parthenon-Frieze Hall Strawberry Garden, Budapest

Platonic Solids, Museums and Galleries of Budva, “Crvena komuna” Gallery, Petrovac, Montenegro

2021 Dodeka – Complex II. Gallery U, PTE, KPVK, Szekszárd

Dodeka – Complex Reanimation, Károly Viski Museum, Nicolas Schöffer Collection Gallery, Kalocsa

2019 Dodeka – Complex, Nick Gallery, Pécs

2016 Nature, Óbuda Community Gallery, Budapest

2014 3D Pixel installation Carnation Group, Budapest

2013 Brilliant interactive sculpture, Synoptic project, Nick Gallery, Pécs

2012 Pixel Bubble, Lavender Shop, Pécs

Mensa Reanimation, Zsolnay Quarter, Glass House, Pécs

Public art, public performance Rome, Campo dei Fiori, Piazza Farnese

2010 Nikki Diana Marquardt, Hungarian Institute of Paris, Place des Vosges, Paris

2008 Relax, Park Gallery, Budapest

2007 Tenderpixel Gallery, London

2003 Meat Channel Installation, Pécs Gallery Cellar Gallery

2001 Zoom Gallery, Pécs

1999 Zoom Gallery, Pécs



Selected group exhibitions (fine art publications):
2023 OSTRALE Biennale 023, Dresden

LOKART Visual Arts Festival, Pécs

ART FACTORY PÉCS – Open studios project / Selection of works by artists from KME and PBMT, Ancora Art Gallery Pécs

KineticArtLab - PTE KPVK UNIVERSITAS Gallery, Szekszárd

2022 "Christmas Exhibition and Fair" Ancora Art Gallery Pécs

PARALLEL ACTIVITIES (with József Balázs, Tamás, Marek Brzózka and Dóra Varga) at the Casa Matei Gallery of the University of Fine Arts and Design in Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

“Concrete Faces 7.0” – selection from the Monostor Concrete Sculptor Symposium, Nick Gallery, Pécs

LIGHT / COLOR / DESIGN - PTE KPVK creative colony and exhibition at the Viski Károly Museum, Nicolas Schöffer Collection Gallery, Kalocsa

2021 Giant Grass interactive installation, 3D Pixel interactive installation,

OSTRALE Biennale 021, Dresden

2020 STATE OF PLAY PÉCS/2019, Zsolnay Cultural Quarter, M21 Gallery, Pécs, (curator: Sándor Pinczehelyi)

Save the Nick - exhibition and auction, Nick Gallery, Pécs

CO-WORK, (with Gábor Roskó and Kamilla Szíj) Nádor Gallery, Pécs

FKSE Patron 2020, Studio Gallery, Budapest

2019 GameOmetry – Open Structures Art Association (OSAS) Museum of Fine Arts Vasarely Museum, Budapest (curators: Katalin Haász, Barna Bendek)

2018 DAL – Danube Art Lab artist residency program, Regensburg,

"Hidden Places/ Hidden Spaces - making the invisible visible" group exhibition Städtische Galerie in the Leerer Beutel

SZTE JGYPK Department of Drawing Art History 70th anniversary fine art exhibition (curator: Dr Róbert Nátyi)

PRESENT 60, group exhibition, Pécs Gallery, (curator: Sándor Pinczehelyi)

2017 Standby - Bázis Sculptor Association exhibition, Zsolnay Quarter M21 Gallery, Pécs

Antoni Hendrix and his artist friends memorial exhibition, Nádor Gallery Art & Med Cultural Center, Pécs

KME 20+2 exhibition, Nádor Gallery Art & Med Cultural Center, Pécs

2016 István Bencsik and his students, Műcsarnok, Budapest

Artplacc Festival – 3D Pixel public performance and Urban Gardens, Tihany

Nature – Dutch-Hungarian exhibition, Széphárom Community Square and the Art9 Art Association, Budapest

Exhibition of the “Goldenage” Base Association, Osijek, HR

2015 Spectrum, SZETE JGYPK Drawing Art History Department, Szeged

Giant Grass Installation, Sziget Festival “Art of Feedom”, Budapest

2014 Design Week, Swan House Gallery, Pécs

Interdesign Timisoara 2014 International Symposium, Timisoara

2013 Placcc Festival 3D Pixel public performance, Budapest

2012 Exhibition of the Hungarian Academy of Rome Fine Arts Scholarship Holders, Rome

2011 From Here in the Mirror, Beyond the Danube, The Approach – dossier: KME 1995-2010, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros

2010 Exit, Alfed Knecht Gallery, Karlsruhe

KunstUnternehmen, Schlosspark, Karlsruhe

KME 15, Nádor Gallery, Pécs

Trust, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros

OSTRALE'010 Dresden, Katowice, Brussels

István Bencsik Life's Work, Context, Radiance, KME Swan House Gallery, Pécs

2009 Pixels, Ernst Museum, Budapest

Exhibition of László Moholy-Nagy Design Scholarship Recipients, Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest

"Spatial Illusion/ Women Illusion" Grassereins Gallery, Munich

Models and Forms, Pécs 2010, Berlaymont Palace, Brussels

“Pécs DLA” Nádor Gallery, Pécs

2008 Contemporary Art Projects, 00 Nature Part 2, London

Gyula Derkovits Fine Arts Scholarship Winners Exhibition, Ernst Museum, Budapest

Sumukha Gallery, Bangalore, India

2007 AAF The Affordable Art Fair, London

Postgraduate Student Exhibition Goldsmiths College, London

Monarchy@ Contemporary Art Exhibition, House of Arts and Culture, Moscow

Gyula Derkovits Fine Arts Scholarship Recipients Exhibition, Ernst Museum, Budapest

2006 Master Bencsik 75 years old, Swan House Gallery, Pécs

Gyula Derkovits Fine Arts Scholarship Holders Exhibition at the Stuttgart Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Cultural Center, Stuttgart, Germany

Gyula Derkovits Fine Arts Scholarship Recipients Exhibition, Ernst Museum, Budapest

2005 Ten years of the doctoral program in fine arts at the University of Pécs

Faculty of Arts, Ernst Museum, Budapest

Budapest Autumn Festival, Green Wind program, Budapest

2004 Exhibition titled Mecseki Anzix, Swan House Gallery, Pécs

Sveti Kresevan Gallery, Sibenik, Croatia

DLA exhibition, Pécs Gallery, Pécs

DLA Masterpiece Exhibition, Museum Gallery, Pécs



Membership:
Young Artists Studio Association, Approximation Art Association,

Hungarian Sculptors Society, National Association of Hungarian Artists,

Basic Sculptor Association