OPEN SPACE CONTEMPOrAry ArT GrOUP ISTVÁN HARMATH sculptor Born Odorheiu Secuiesc, Transylvania, 1974 SZANTI founding member Studies University of Fine Arts, Cluj-Oradea, graduating year 2001, student of Rudolf Bone Contact Adress: 6500 Baja, Szabadság utca 43. Mobil phone: +3620 4872 592 E-mail: harmath@vipmail.hu He has moved from Transylvania to Baja with his family at the turn of the century, where he became an Art Teacher at the Andrew Jelky Vocational Art School’s College of Arts Division. Awards: 2015 Mózes Berde, Full-Body Sculpture Contest, First Prize, Sf. Gheorghe / 2012 ‘56 Memorial Competition, First Prize, Budapest / 2011 István Tisza, Full-Body Sculpture Contest, First Prize, Budapest / 2000 St. George Sculpture Contest, First Prize, Sf. Gheorghe ∙ Significant Works in Public Spaces: 2015 Lázár Mészáros, Baja; Miklós Gyarmati, Sincraiu; Gusztáv Kondor, Hercegszántó / 2014 Pope John Paul, Baja / 2012 ‘56 Monument, Budapest / 2011 István Tisza, Budapest / 2010 Alajos Lancsaracsics , Miskolc / 2009 András Hadik, Gara / 2008 Albert Wass, Kapuvár; Dr. Dezső Róna, Baja; István Zsuffa, Baja / 2007 Albert Wass, Baja / 2006 Fountain, Baja / 2005 St. László, Baja / Gellért Belon, Baja / 2004 Attila József, Baja / 2002 Péter Pázmány, Oradea / Szilárd Bogdánffy, Oradea / St. György, Sf. Gheorghe ∙ Selected Exhibits: 2013 The Possibility of Creating A Mental Image Through Fact-Picking — The Ugly Hole, Installation with Tibor Egyed / 2011 Water and Life, Bácskay Cultural Palace, Baja / 2009, 2008 and 2002: Island Outdoor Installation Exhibit, Baja / 2005 Christian Iconographic Biennial, Kecskemét / 2003 József Attila Cultural Center, Baja / 2001 Apple, Oradea / 2000 Babel XX., Oradea / 1999 ARCA, Oradea / 1998 Group 4, Oradea / Yard-Square, Tg. Secuiesc / 1997 Light, Oradea ”The public art sculpture is a specific genre which has its own separate governing laws, with its own expectations that need to be met. The other medium in which we manifest ourselves in Santi is a freer topic. Here the people can show themselves better to the audience, to their friends and not lastly to themselves. The creative process is an excitement in itself, creating is a continuous death and rebirth. just like life. This is how I think of art, as a permanent renewal. That’s why I like to experiment with it and I really enjoy doing it. Whatever I am doing, I give it all. This is how it becomes enjoyable for myself as well. Art is an obsession for me, it has become an inner necessity, and this is what makes me happy and brings me joy. Art is a serious game without compromises. Art is liberating. just like the poet writes what’s inside him, I also express what’s inside myself due to an inner compulsion. This constraint is always honest because it can’t exist otherwise. Art is criticism and service. It is the criticism of life and the service of the believes. The point is that it can not serve any direction, party or idea. This is the way it can remain pure and true. The man is the center of my interest. The creature who adapts to everything. The subject always shapes my perception. I have not formed my style, I am trying to express the subject, not force it into a specific style. In an age where art trends without tradition compete with each other, a series of questions are formulated in my mind with the primary theme of the creative process that I try to stop only when there is nothing to add and nothing to take from it. My statement is trying to become a whole unit summed up by the constant interaction of the concrete and abstract ideas.” István Harmath, baja, 2015 10
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