KÁROLY KESERÜ

Born in 1962, Budapest, Hungary Lives and works in Debrecen, Hungary 

Education 

1995-96 Diploma in Visual Art, Swinburne University, Melbourne 1997-99 BA Fine Art, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne 2000-01 MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London 2002-04 Associate Student, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London 

Solo Exhibitions 

2019 39, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art Gallery, London 2016 keserüsó (XX Century in Fragments) - Várfok Gallery, Budapest 

bitter - Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London 2014 Károly Keserü and Brigitte Stahl, Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart 

zen(e) (with Tamás Jovánovics), Gallery Várfok, Budapest Stork - Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart 2013 noha, B55 Contemporary Gallery, Budapest 

CON-TEXT-WORX, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London 2011 magnificent coincidence, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London 

Two artists from London, (with Tamás Jovánovics), B55 Contemporary Art Gallery, Budapest 2010 Tiger, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London 2009 mikrokozmosz, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London; Hungarian Cultural Centre, 

London 2007 (untitled) New Paintings & Works on Paper, patrick heide art projects, London 2005 scope London, St Martins Lane Hotel, London with patrick heide art projects 2004 Exploring the Grid, (with Isabel Albrecht) patrick heide art projects, London 2000 Folkmodern II, John Buckley Fine Art, Melbourne 1999 Folkmodern, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne 

Apróságok, Mü - Terem Galéria, Debrecen 1998 Paintings, VCA Gallery, Melbourne 1997 Made (with Martin Gill), VCA Gallery, Melbourne 

Selected Group Exhibitions 

2019 The Hungarian Scene, Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch 

Vom pinsel bis zur kamera, Werke von Moholy-Nagy und seinen ungarischen Zeitgenossen aus der Sammlung Antal-Lusztig Debrecen, Deri Museum Debrecen, Dresden and the Collegium Hungaricum Berlin On canvas, Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart Bauhaus 100, OSAS, Vasarely Museum, Budapest Should I stay or should I go? Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London Art Karlsruhe Art Fair, Gallery Várfok 2018 Black, Várfolk Gallery, Budapest 

Paint it Balck, Ungarisches Kulturinstitut, Stuttgart III, Országos Akvarell Triennale, Eger How time was place to wonder.......: Selections from the collection of JoAnn Gonzalez Hickey, Mt. College Research Library, Edwwards, CO, USA 2017 Receptors: a multi-sensory intervention by Hilda Kozári in the Antal-Lusztig 

Collection, MODEM, Debrecen Autism as metaphor, Szent Istvan Kiraly Museum, Székesfehérvár Walk the Distance and Slow Down: selections from the collection of JoAnn Gonzalez Hickey, BMoCA, Boulder Word Dance, Denver Art Museum, Denver TEFAF Maastricht, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Maastricht 2016 Paperclip - Museum of Modern Art (MODEM), Debrecen 

Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City Die Kunst ist Zurück - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg Re-Planning (Selection from the Antal-Lusztig Collection) - Museum of Modern Art (MODEM), Debrecen Volta12 Basel, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Amsterdam Biennale of the Kunstverein Essling, Essling Art Bodensee, Galerie Michael Sturm, Dornbirn TEFAF Maastricht, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Maastricht Art Karlsruhe Art Fair, Várfok Gallery 2015 Várfok 25th Anniversary Exhibition - Várfok Gallery, Budapest 

Paperwork - Galerie Martin Mertens, Berlin Art Market Budapest with Várfok Gallery, Budapest artBO, International Art Fair of Bogotá, Galerie Michael Sturm, Bogotá Amsterdam Drawing, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Amsterdam Interpretations of Ornament in Fine Arts Today 1990-2015, Gallery Várfok, Budapest Here and Now – Fine Arts, National Salon, Budapest Hungary - The next Generation, Artmark Galerie, Vienna GRIDS # 2, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, Netherlands (with Frank Badur, Emma Langridge, Axel Reusch, Ditty Ketting) Oeuvres, Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam (with Jill Baroff, Tom Benson, Susan Collis, David Connearn, Katie Paterson, Ignacio Uriarte) 2014 Corner, Gallery Várfok, Budapest 

Space as space, Vasarely Múzeum, Budapest Freehand, MODEM (Museum of Modern Art Debrecen) 

2013 walking the line V, Galerie Martin Kudlek, Cologne 

Art Market Budapest, Gallery Várfok Párbeszéd / Conversation (Antal-Lusztig collection) Kepes Institution, Eger 2012 Concrete – Abstract – Color Painting – Street Art, B55 Gallery Budapest 

text(ure), Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London walking the line IV, Galerie Martin Kudlek, Cologne Anschlüssel London/Berlin, Centre for Recent Drawing, London Anschlüssel Berlin/London, Fruehsorge Contemporary Drawings, Berlin Summer Show, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London Back and Forth – 8 Artists from London, B55 Gallery, Budapest FutureShock OneTwo, dr.julius I ap., Berlin 2011 Remix 2011-2014 (Selections from the International Collage Center collection), Lewisburg PA, Sedalia MO, Katonah NY, Knoxville TN, Lewiston Summer Group Show, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London Entre chien et loup, Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris 2010 Drawing Attention, Pablo’s Birthday, New York 2009 Stand in Line, Patrick Heide Contemborary Art, London 2008 microwave, six, Josée Bienvenu Gallery, New York 2007 Straight forward, pablo’s birthday, New York Obsession durch Technik, artMbassy, Berlin Galerie van den Berge, Westwal, NL (with Mirjam Hagoort & Jus Juchtmans) 2006 Summer Exhibition, Foster Art, London 

Art Forum Berlin 2005 Mostyn Open Exhibition, Llandudno, Wales 

Bologna Flash Art Show, Sofitel Hotel, Bologna 2004 Pizza Express Prospects 2004, Tea Building,London 

Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Liverpool Biennale and Barbican London 2003 Australian Art in London, Australia House, London 

Summer Exhibition 2003, Royal Academy of Arts, London The Hunting Art Prizes 2003, Royal College of Art, London Artfutures, Contemporary Art Society, City of London School, London 2002 Summer Exhibition 2002, Royal Academy of Arts, London New Inventive Works, e1 Gallery, London (X)hibit, The London Institute Gallery, London Artfutures, Contemporary Art Society, City of London School, London 2001 Exhibition for the Queen’s Visit, Goodenough College, London 2000 National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Gallery, Melbourne 

City of Hobart Art Prize, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania 1999 Darebin – La Trobe Art Prize and Exhibition, Centre for Decorative Arts, Melbourne 1998 Poco Noco meets Jacques Derrida, Derrida Prize Exhibition, VCA Gallery, Melbourne 1997 Damp, Clothing Exchange, Grey Area Art Space Inc., Melbourne 1996 Ego, Temple Studio, Melbourne 1995 Annual Group Show, Linden Gallery, Melbourne 1993 Iglu Csoport, RS9 Színház, Budapest 

Selected Collections 

JoAnn Gonzalez Hickey Collection, New York, USA Frankel Collection, USA Michalke Drawing Collection, Munich, Germany Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany Antal – Lusztig Collection, Debrecen, Hungary Bodnár Collection, Budapest, Hungary Rechnitzer Collection, Győr, Hungary Collection of University of the Arts London (Formerly ‘The London Institute’), London, UK Collection of Athenaeum Hotel on Piccadilly, London, UK The Shirley Foundation, UK The MAG Collection, UK Progressive, USA Private Collections in Europe, USA, Australia