István László’s work explores the relationship between physical and digital artefacts and their role as mediators in remodelling experiences of collective memory. Through current innovative methodologies, his recent work explores the potential of virtual objects and their impact on our perception of the authenticity of visual representation in our digitally mediated realities.
Born in 1981 in Tirgu Mures. Lives and works in Dublin
Studies
2019 - 2023 Dublin City University, PhD Candidate, Digital Media Technologies in Urban Space, Dublin
2017 - 2019 National College of Art and Design, MFA, Digital Art, Dublin
2004 - 2006 New Media Technology, Film & Sound, Dublin
1999 - 2003 University of Art and Design, Sculpture Department, Cluj
Selected Exhibitions
2022
Maybe 5, Proxy, Magma Contemporary Art Space, Sf. Gheorge
Pop-Up Tanking, Budapest
2021
191st RHA, Annual, Dublin
2019
Glossary of Distant Narratives, Pilot (Fabrica de Pensule), Cluj
MFA Digital Art, Annex, NCAD, Dublin
2018
All Other Places, Point Square, Dublin
Personaje/Alakok, K'Arte, Targu Mures
2017
Maybe 4, Magma Contemporary Art Space, Sf. Gheorge
2015
Never Alone, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest
Itt es most- Here and now, Mucsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest
Repertories of (in)discreetness, Tranzit, Bucharest
2014
Through the Collector's Eye, The Office, Cluj
2012
2 Collections, Cultural Palace, Targu Mures
Maybe 3, Magma Contemporary Art Space, Sf. Gheorge
Salonul de vara, Plan-B Gallery, Cluj
'A Gathering', Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
''A Gathering', Greek Festival, Athens
European Travellers. Art from Cluj Today, Mucsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest
Cer variabil. Works from the Mircea Pinte Collection, Cluj in dialog with Collectie G+W, The Netherlands Collectors House, Heerlen
2011
Things are not what they seem to be, B5 studio, Targu Mures
Eu sunt roman: ruta Bucuresti-Tel Aviv, Beer Sheva
2010
Darklight: State of at the Nation, Goethe Institut, Washington DC
The Anatomy of Skulls, Sebastian Guinness Gallery, Dublin (solo)
Find and Replace, B5 studio, Targu Mures (solo)
I know three colours on earth, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden
Mircea Pinte Collection, The Museum of Art, Cluj
New Film at Cake Contemporary Arts, Kildare
Preset Adjustments II, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels (solo)
2009
Feedback 1989, Tirane
State of Tranzition, B5 studio, Targu Mures
No Pass, Biennale of Hungarian artists living abroad, Budapest
Preset Adjustments, Plan-B Gallery, Berlin (solo)
Track Changes, Wilkinson Gallery, London
Portraits of the Artists as Young Artists, Andreiana Mihail Gallery, Bucharest
2008
Berlin Show 1, Plan-B Gallery, Berlin
On The Spot, Anaid Gallery, Bucharest
2006
Darklight Festival program for VU Space, Mediated ArtDepartament at Victoria University, Melbourne
Darklight Festival 2006, Dublin
2004
Art for the masses, SUPERNOVA Group,Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu
Art for the masses, Protokoll,Cluj Biennale de Paris 2004 , Paris
2003
Docu-Fiction, University of Architecture, Bucharest Re:location 4, Casino Luxembourg - Forum d’art contemporaine, Luxembourg
Re:location 2, Galeria UAP Cluj / O.K Centrum, Linz
Inflexible Clash, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaujvaros
2002
Grandma in the city, Atash Gallery,Cluj ( solo)
Coleurs Locale, Fortress Gallery, Targu Mures
Super Us / SUPERNOVA, Casa Matei ,Cluj
SUPERNOVA, Sindan Cultural Center, Cluj
SUPERNOVA, Atash Gallery, Cluj A.E., Casa Tranzit, Cluj
Public Talks / Lectures
2019 Part-time Lecturer, Media Art, Dublin City University, Dublin
2019 Public Talk, Royal Hibernian Academy, Split Focus-Panel Discussion, Dublin
2013 / 2019 Lecturer, The Drawing Studio, Dublin
2012 Guest Lecturer, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dublin
2010 Public Talk, Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin
Grants / Awards
2019 / 2020 Peer Residency, Royal Hibernian Academy
2016 The Liberties Art Commission / Shortlisted
2011 / 2013 Luas Public Art Commission
2010 / 2011 Communitas Visual Arts award
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