Gusztáv Hámos

Gusztáv Hámos (* 1955 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian video artist .

life and work

Gusztáv Hámos studied at the Béla Balázs film studios in Budapest. In 1979 he emigrated to Germany and studied from 1980 to 1985 at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin . Gábor Bódy , Veruschka Bódy , Astrid Heibach and Hámos worked on the first issue of the international video art magazine Infermental .

Exhibitions (selection)

Gusztáv Hámos' videos have been shown internationally, including at the Museum of Modern Art , New York; New Berlin Art Association , Berlin; documenta 8 , Kassel; Stedelijk Museum , Amsterdam; The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Badischer Kunstverein , Karlsruhe; Center Georges-Pompidou , Paris; Museo Reina Sofía , Madrid; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ; Ludwig Museum, Budapest; Montreal Film Festival; World Wide Video Festival, Amsterdam; International Cannes Film Festival , Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián , Ludwig Forum for International Art Aachen, Kunsthaus Dresden , Edith-Russ-House for Media Art, Oldenburg.

Awards

• 1984: Marler Video Art Prize
• 1988: Artist in Residence , MoMA PS1

Web links

• Gusztáv Hámos in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ documenta 8 catalog: Volume 1: Essays; Volume 2: Catalog page 317; Volume 3: artist book; Kassel 1987, ISBN 3-925272-13-5 .
2. ↑ Media Art Network Gusztáv Hámos , accessed on October 4, 2015.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Electronic Arts Intermix Gusztáv Hámos accessed on October 4, 2015