Artist bio Kristof Muranyi

Born:

1978

Living in:

Budapest, Hungary

Education:

MFA Graphic Art, Hungarian University of Craft and Design, 2004 

Exhibitions:

Solo Exhibitions: Untitled Selection, Budapest, PortH, 2010; Untitled, Portfolio Points, Ellato, Budapest, 2010; Meeting at 17.50, Portfolio Points, Loffice, Budapest, 2009; Kristof Muranyi, Kapoli Museum & Gallery, Balatonlelle, 2006. Group Exhibitions: Cowparade, Millenaris, Budapest, 2007; Visual Works 'Exostra,' interactive installation, Sziget festival, 2005; Visual Works 'Family Visitation,' Ponton Gallery, 2005; 14 (with Laszlo Krajcso), Millenaris, Budapest, 2005; Visual Works, group debut exhibition, Millenaris, Budapest, 2005; Graduation Show, Hungarian University of Craft and Design, Budapest, 2004 (graduate prize-winner in the Graphic Art Department); Nagashima Art, Children's Book Fair, Kagoshima, 2004; Children's Book Fair, Bologna, 2003;  Varosmajor Gallery, Budapest, 2003; Selection of the 13th Applied Graphics Biennial, Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, 2003; Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, 2003; Children's Book Fair, Otani Memorial Art Museum, Hyogo, 2003; Children's Book Fair, Kawara Museum of Takahama City, Aichi, 2003; 13th Applied Graphics Biennial, Bekescsaba, 2002; Young Genius, Aula, Pecs, 2002; Ex Libris Exhibition, Hungarian Writers Association, Karolyi Palace, Budapest, 2002.

Site:

http://kristofmuranyi.com

Artist statement:

In his landscapes, still lives and portraits reduced to primary colors and minimalist shapes, Muranyi experiments with employing the least to communicate the desired content. While his fresh, crispy graphics are evocative of pop art aesthetics and his formal expression could be related to Julian Opie’s imagery reduced to signs, Muranyi’s works are characterized by a highly idiosyncratic pictorial language that often references uniquely Hungarian flavors. The functional aesthetics of diverse types of Hungaricums, symbols of commonplace venues and household objects dominate his subject matter. The reductionist approach of Muranyi’s working method implies a sense of modernist questioning and a related disillusionment. However, through the injection of a light touch of humor, Muranyi creates complexly layered images, where ironic takes on our superficial, object-bound, materialistic world render the daunting voids refilled.