Ábel Szabó

painter | 1974, Cluj, RO

He graduated in 1998 with a degree in Graphic Art from the Hungarian University of Fine Art, where his tutors were Gábor Pásztor and Alajos Eszik. He has regularly exhibited his works at solo and group exhibitions since 1997. He lives and works in Budapest. The many accolades received for his works include a Béla Kondor Award (1998) and an Esterházy Art Award (2011). In 2014 he won first prize at the 61st Autumn Exhibition of Vásárhely, a Tornyai Plaque and the Award of the Town of Makó, and in 2016 a Munkácsy Award. From 2017 he was awarded an art scholarship from the Hungarian Academy of Arts. Hungarian and international art collections featuring his works: Óbudai Museum, Budapest; Ignác Tragor Museum, Vác; János Tornyai Museum, Hódmezővásárhely; KOGART Art Collection, Budapest; K&H Collection, Budapest; Collection of the Gyergyószárhegy (Lăzarea) Art Colony, Romania; Luciano Benetton Collection, Italy; Abu Dhabi Art Hub Collection, UAE; Graphische Sammlung der ETH Zürich, Switzerland. He had a solo exhibition in 2019 at Kunsthalle Budapest.