Tibor Szemenyey-Nagy

Tibor Szemenyey-Nagy (born January 31, 1953 in Pápateszér, Hungary ) is a visual artist with a focus on sculpture .

Life

When he was six, Szemenyey-Nagy received his first introduction to art from his grandfather, the post-impressionist Ferenc Szemenyey (1894–1990). In 1960 he began studying classical music (piano) at the Nagykanizsa Conservatory . He emigrated to Luxembourg in 1974, then to West Germany, where he received political asylum in 1975. Initially he lived in Germany, later in the Caribbean, South America and France. He had his studios in Hamburg, Paris and from 1986 to 1989 in Meudon-Clamart ( Hans Arp Atelier, France).

In 1976 he became a member of the BBK (Professional Association of Visual Artists Hamburg). He was one of the founders of the Experimental Institute of the 'Galerie vor Ort' (1975–1979 and 1984). In the 70s and 80s the Hungarian artist lived temporarily in the Rolandseck train station . Twice he retreated to the rainforest between Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil.

In 1990 he returned to Hungary for the first time after sixteen years of exile, where he set up his studios in Nagykanizsa and Balatonberény.

He has lived in Nagykanizsa since 1992. Szemenyey-Nagy has three children.

Public collections

Artothek und Graphothek, Hamburg [inventory numbers: 239-249 / 317-331 / 343 / 415-417 / 3038]
Batthyány Lajos High School, Nagykanizsa, Hungary
City of Nagykanizsa, Hungary
Evangelical Academy North Elbe, Hamburg (today: Ev. Academy North Church) and Kunsthalle Hamburg , Germany
Fondazione Marguerite Arp, Locarno, Switzerland
Hamburg Cultural Authority, State of Hamburg, Germany
Haute-Normandie FRAC Regional Fund for Contemporary Art , France [Inventory number: 1987.052.1]

Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

István Halis Public Library, Nagykanizsa, Hungary

Jewish Community, Nagykanizsa, Hungary

Meudon Fondation Magnelli, Meudon, France

Rolandseck Fondation Jean Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp e. V., Rolandseck

Szent István Király Museum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary

Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Israel

Universalmuseum Joanneum Graz, Austria

Exhibitions

1965-1974

Participation in group exhibitions in Hungary (Nagykanizsa, Budapest, Hódmezővásárhely, Pécs), the Czech Republic and India.

1974

November 14th - December 14th 1974. Solo exhibition: Drawings, Galerie 74, Dennis' Swing Club , Hamburg.
December 3rd: ISH (Heermann, Schulze, Sadowsky VDI), Hamburg, group exhibition.

1975

August 2nd - September 2nd: Solo exhibition: Drawings, Galerie St. Georg (Klaus Hagemann), Hamburg.

1976

April 24 - May 5, 1976: Solo exhibition: Drawings and paintings, Kunstgemeinschaft Sachsenwald Reinbek 1976, Reinbek Town Hall, Hamburg.
April 29 - May 20: Solo exhibition: Drawings, Galerie Bi, Reinbeker Club, Schulstrasse 28, Hamburg.
Solo exhibition: Drawings, Royal Fort de France Martinique.

1978

March 2nd - April 3rd 1978: Solo exhibition: Installations [Hamburg-Projekt 1977-78.Experimental Art], Atelier Moorfurthweg 9, Hamburg, CATALOG.
June 20 - September 3, 1978: Group exhibition: Hamburg artists on site, gallery on site
October - November 1978: Group exhibition: Redy Made from Hamburg: 18 artists from Hamburg; Gallery St. Petri, Lund, Sweden / Jean Sellem's Archive of Experimental and Marginal Art, Lund, Sweden.

1979

7th - 28th September 1979: Solo exhibition: Rio Negro-Project, on-site gallery, Hamburg, CATALOG.

1980

Evangelical Academy North Elbe Hamburg Drawings.
May 29 - August 29, 1980: Solo exhibition: Installations and projects for sacred spaces [Evangelische Akademie Nordelbien Hamburg] in the Cistercian monasteries of Fontmorigny , France (April 17, 1980) and La Bussiere (sur Ouche) , France, April 19, 1980, Catalog

1981

June 5th - 25th, 1981: Group exhibition: Images of Christ and Time Signs, St. Jacobi Church , Hamburg
September 18 - November 2, 1981: Solo exhibition: drawing, on-site gallery, Hamburg.

1982

January 15 - February 28, 1982: Group exhibition: Signs of time - Images of Christ, Evangelical Academy, Bad Segeberg
May 18 - May 28, 1982: Group exhibition: Avantgarde International Book Works, Helmuth von der Höh, Galerie von der Höh, Hamburg.
October 21, 1982 - October 1983. Book work, exhibition rooms, contemporary collection of the Hamburger Kunsthalle.
June 21 - July 20, 1982: drawings. Homage to Thomas von Kempen, Evangelical Academy North Elbe, Hamburg.
May 30th - June 30th 1982: (planned solo exhibition), Paul Gerhard Church, Kiel . (Posters and invitations printed / exhibition canceled).
December 17, 1982 - January 30, 1983: Group exhibition: Hommage a la terre natale [Tisztelet a szülőföldnek], Műcsarnok [art gallery], Budapest, Hungary.

1983

April 29 - May 23, 1983: Group exhibition: Sculpture and Object, Kunsthaus Hamburg , Hamburg.
July 13 - August 9, 1983: Group exhibition: Behavior in Nature, Kunsthaus Hamburg , Hamburg, CATALOG.
September 15 - October 16, 1983: Group exhibition: IMAGO the artistic credo. Transcendence and spirituality in art today, Nuremberg, in the churches of St. Lorenz, St. Sebald and St. Egidien, CATALOG.
November 6, 1983 - January 6, 1984: Group exhibition: Triptych - Abolition of an Art Form, Kampnagel Halle 36, Hamburg, CATALOG.
November 11, 1983 - January 6, 1984: Group exhibition: Cosmic Images in 20th Century Art, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden .

1984

(Opening on February 21, 1984) Group exhibition: Cosmic Images in the Art of the 20th Century, Tel Aviv Museum of Art , Tel Aviv, Israel, CATALOG.
March 01 - April 27, 1984: Group exhibition: Cross signs. (Drawings) Curated by Dr. Ulrich Arnold (art historian). Evangelical Academy North Elbe, Ecclesiastical Art Service, Esplanade 15, Hamburg.

1985

January 11 - February 3, 1985: Group exhibition: 11 Hamburg artists, Hamburg scholarship holders in 1984, Kunsthaus Hamburg , Hamburg. CATALOG.

1986

February 25 - March 26, 1986: Group exhibition: Etats du Livres 2 [Artists Books, Book Objects, Book-works], Galerie Caroline Corre, Paris, CATALOG.
December 09, 1986 - January 04, 1987: Group exhibition: Livres - Delivres. Artist Books, bookworks, La Maison Pelissier, Maromme, France. FRAC de Haute Normandie, France.

1988

May 19 - June 26, 1988: Group exhibition: Jeune Sculpteur 1988, therein: TS-N: Ellipsoids and elliptical space, Port d'Austerlitz, therein Paris, Association de la Jeune Sculpteur, 10, Paris, France. CATALOG.

1989

January 15 - May 16, 1989: Group exhibition: To understand the modern sculpture Autour de Jean Arp , Musée Richard Anacreon , Granville, France. CATALOG.
Group exhibition: Book works Unbound Books, Herzog August Bibliothek , Wolfenbüttel and Hotel de la Region Rouen, France, Mediathéque d'Elbeuf, FRAC du Haute Normandie, France.

1990

September 14 - November 7, 1990: Group exhibition, Tibor Szemenyey-Nagy: Ellipsoid, Rudi Molacek Collection, New Gallery at the Universalmuseum Joanneum , Künstlerhaus Graz, Graz.

1991

March 15-20, 1991: Ellipsoid and elliptical formations, Budapest Art Expo, First International Art Fair, Budapest, Hungary, organized by the Budapest Art Expo Foundation, Hungary, concept by Krisztina Jerger.
November 20 - December 24, 1991: Group exhibition: Sculptures, Gallery Pascale de Sarthe, Los Angeles, America.

1992

January 25 - February 16, 1992: Group exhibition: New acquisitions by the Szent István Király Múzeum , Csók Gallery, Székesfehérvár, Hungary.
March 22 - March 26, 1992: Continuum, 1990–1992: Budapest Art Expo , Second International Art Fair in Hungary, Organized by the Budapest Art Expo Foundation, Hungary, (concept Krisztina Jerger), Budapest Közgazdaságtudományi Egyetem. CATALOG.

1993

March 18-21, 1993: Elliptic chapes, Budapest Art Expo, Third International Art Fair in Hungary, organized by the Budapest Art Expo Foundation and Hungexpo Company Ltd, Hungary, (conception by Krisztina Jerger and István Tenke), Budapest International Fair Center , Pavilion D, Budapest. CATALOG.
April 17 - May 14, 1993: Solo exhibition: Ellipsoids and elliptical space 1980–1990, curated by Dr. László Beke (art historian), Goethe-Institut Budapest, Budapest.
March - June 1993: Group exhibition: Centuries of Hungarian Art as reflectes in the Museum's Collection Work, Tibor Szemenyey-Nagy: Buch-Werk, C21 sculpture, Hungarian National Gallery , Budapest: New acquisitions by the Hungarian National Gallery between 1985 - 1992, Budapest: Collection. CATALOG.
May 28 - July 5, 1993: Group exhibition: Color and Light, curated by Júlia N. Mészáros (art historian), János Xantus Museum (supported by PRO HELVETIA, Switzerland and the Austrian Cultural Institute, Budapest). Napoleon's House, Győr, Hungary. CATALOG.
June 10 - July 11, 1993: Group exhibition: Ars Dia Symmetrica, Kilátó Galéria (Margitsziget, Víztorony), Budapest, Hungary.
October 29 - November 29, 1993: Group exhibition: 11th International Biennial of Small Sculpture (first price of the biennial), Galerija Murska Sobota, Slovenia. CATALOG.

1994

April 9 - April 30, 1994: Solo exhibition: Hyperbolic space, György Thúry Museum , Városi Képtár, Nagykanizsa, Hungary.
July 15 - September 4, 1994: Group exhibition: 10 hungarian artists: The Spirit of the Light, Abbay de l'Epau , Le Mans, France, Conseil Générale de la Sarthe, organized by László Beke, (art historian Hungarian National Gallery). CATALOG.

1996

January 30 - March 30, 1996: Group exhibition: Espace Axelrad: L'experience des Livres, FRAC de Haute-Normandie / Galerie Caroline Corre, France / Université de Rouen, France.
May 10 - June 16, 1996: Group exhibition: My Museum, The Vass Collection (selection from the Vass Collection, Budapest, Hungary), Ernst Museum , Budapest, Hungary.
October 17 - November 24, 1996: Group exhibition: Beyond art, curated by Peter Weibel, Vienna, Austria, Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art , Budapest, Hungary.

1997

February 8th - March 30th, 1997: Group exhibition: Beyond Art [Beyond Art], curated by Peter Weibel. Landesmuseum Joanneum , Künstlerhaus, Graz, Austria, in cooperation with Museum Ludwig, Budapest, Hungary, with 265 artists, art historians, scientists and philosophers from Austria and Hungary. CATALOG.

1999

May 7th - 28th, 1999: Solo exhibition: Sublimitas, organized by Gyula Halász, Synagogue in Nagykanizsa, Hungary: “Artists for the Synagogue”. CATALOG.

2001

May 15-23, 2001: Solo exhibition: Glass-works, Atelier Arcay, Paris, France, [invitation cards for the exhibition by Tibor Szemenyey-Nagy, screen print: Jerome Arcay, Paris, France].

2003

May 22 - June 14, 2003: Group exhibition: The Physics of Spirituality, Westwood Gallery , New York, America.

2004

April 17, 2004 - May 10, 2005. Waterpaper-Objec, István Halis Library, Nagykanizsa, Hungary.
October 29th - November 1st: Sculptures and X-Rays, artfair Cologne , Galerie 99, Dieter Zeibig, Cologne: Yael Kanarek, Tibor Szemenyey-Nagy, exhibition at ArtFair, Cologne.

2007

April 5th - 24th to 2007: Retrospective Exhibition, Kulturzentrum / Centar za Kulturu, Cakovec, Croatia.

2009

2009: Katiny Memorial, (Katyn Memorial Project Budapest) Skulptur / architectural, Barabás Villa, Budapest, Hungary. [2. Prize of the international tender 2009]

2010

November 02-27, 2007: Latent Gen, (sculpture), Thúry György Múzeum, Nagykanizsa, Hungary.

2015

April 25 - July 19, 2015. Here and now, Fine Arts National Salon, Kunsthalle / Műcsarnok Budapest: Hungarian National Exhibition. CATALOG.
March 21 - April 26, 2015 Vass Collection, Veszprém, Hungary "Lyrical Abstraction - 12 artists
October 01 - 30, 2015: Porta Celeste, sculpture / relief, World Exhibition Expo Milan 2015 / Aquae Venezia, Venice, Italy.

2016

October 15 - November 20, 2016: Solo exhibition: Mostra antologica - il tocco, curated by Enrica Feltracco, Massimiliano Sabbion, Lorenzo Berto, Start Palzzo Finco, Bassano del Grappa, Italy. CATALOG.

Funding / scholarships

1981 funded by the cultural authority, Hamburg
1982 funded by the Rudolf Lodders Foundation , Hamburg
Funding, Erdwin Amsinck Foundation , Hamburg (proposal from Prof. Dr. Werner Hofmann , art historian)
Hamburg cultural authority , grant for the studio extension, Zippelhaus , Hamburg
1984 Hamburg scholarship: financial support from the cultural authority of the city of Hamburg
Financial support from the Rudolf Lodders Foundation , Hamburg proposed by Prof. Dr. Werner Hofmann, art historian, Hamburg
1986 Support from Greta Ströh and Marguerite Hagenbach-Arp
1989 Hamburg cultural authority, support for catalog printing costs
1993 Financial support for the exhibition in Nagykanizsa from the city of Nagykanizsa, Hungary

bibliography

Ulrich Arnold : New Tendencies in Sacral Art, Published in Hamburg, Germany, 1980
Tibor Szemenyey-Nagy: Ellipsoid and elliptic space, Published in Hamburg, Germany, 1989
Csilla Markója: The Alif, Published in Élet és Irodalom, 15/5/1992 Budapest, Hungary
László Beke: Tibor Szemenyey-Nagy. Excerpt from the catalog of the 11th International Biennial of small sculpture, 1993, Murska Sobota, Slovenia
Orsolya Merhán: Maximal Art. Excerpts from the article “Portrait Sketch of Tibor Szemenyey-Nagy” Enigma 1995/2, Budapest, Hungary
László Balogh: Tibor Szemenyey-Nagy. Excerpt from the opening speech at the artist's exhibition Sublimitas in Nagykanizsa, Hungary. Published in the Pannon Tükör, 4/4, 1999. http://epa.niif.hu/03300/03335/00024/pdf/EPA03335_pannon_tukor_1999_04_056.pdf
Dominique Biard: Porte Céleste, 2009
Enrica Feltracco / Lorenzo Berto: Exhibition catalog: Il tocco, Tibor Szemenyey-Nagy, Italy 2016. http://www.startbassano.it/2016/09/tibor-szemenyey-nagy/ // http://www.maxiart.it / lesecuzione-dellinvisibile-nel-segno-di-tibor-szemenyey-nagy /
July 13 - August 9, 1983: Group exhibition: Behavior in Nature, Kunsthaus Hamburg , Ferdinandstor 1.
Heinz Thiel: A doubt about the room is unfounded. A compilation of materials, in: Kunstforum International, Vol 71/72, pp. 208ff., Cologne 1984.
Tibor Szemenyey-Nagy (ed.): On-site gallery: Chronicle. Chronological documentation of the seven-year activities and exhibitions of the gallery on site in Hamburg. 1977-82, Hamburg, on-site gallery 1984.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Cultura e Spettacoli: A Palazzo Finco la mostra. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
↑ A doubt about the room is unfounded. Retrieved on February 20, 2020 (German).

personal data
SURNAME	Szemenyey-Nagy, Tibor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hungarian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	January 31, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pápateszér , Hungary

[1] Cultura e Spettacoli: A Palazzo Finco la mostra. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .

[2] A doubt about the room is unfounded. Retrieved on February 20, 2020 (German).