Represented artist
Gáspár Annamária
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Painter whose work foregrounds intergenerational connections through the anonymous female figures that persist in her images.
Gáspár Annamária (Máramarossziget, 1985.) has gone beyond the conventional institutional framework to master the practice of visual art, and her painting is distinctly defined by an exceptionally high level of representational and technical mastery. During her doctoral research in art history, her deep familiarity with Japanese traditions left a strong imprint on her, and she incorporates this influence into her own work in a uniquely personal way.
In the artist’s works a monochrome background, usually a striking shade of gold, often becomes a signature element behind the central figures or groupings, and its texture can vary from slightly stippled to more uniform depending on the mood of the piece.
In choosing the colour, the historical tradition of gold played a key role, a tradition that is primarily associated with solemnity and grandeur. Even when it appears in a worn form, it suggests an almost timeless abstract majesty, while, as the colour of secular values, it also carries with it the vanitas mindset.
This echoes back in one of Annamária Gáspár’s most frequent themes, the historical investigation of female identity, where she updates and confronts the roles of women in the past and present, as well as the tensions between the social stereotypes and expectations that rest on them. In her portrayals of the human figure she sometimes uses herself as a model, but she often draws on old, found photographs, the search for which forms a central part of her creative activity.
With his compressed‑effect images he often delivers a critique of consumer society, while at other times he opts for meditative, tranquil representations. A frequent feature of his work is a critical edge cloaked in humour, which always hits sharply. This tendency tends to show itself in his smaller pieces, whereas the larger works more indirectly explore the social problems lurking behind the surface of society. In the smaller works we also find motifs embroidered onto the canvas, enriching the pieces with an engaging texture.
The images often show a random cropping, or some pairs only reveal the complete form when set side by side, emphasising the exciting and playful visual solutions that arise from asymmetry.
(Cserhalmi Luca, Godot Labor)
Works at byGodotEarlier professional biography
Full biography and exhibition history
Máramarossziget, 1985
Studies:
2015-16 Japanese Foundation Research Fellowship, Osaka
Topic: Japanese modern‑era art
From 2014 to NaN-art Drawing Studio and Graphic Workshop,
master: Nagy Gábor, Munkácsy‑prize‑winning painter
From 2014 to the Faculty of Arts, Eötvös Loránd University, Doctoral Programme in Japanese Studies
Theme: Japanese art history – Meiji‑era woodcut prints.
2009-2010 RING – Applied Graphic Design
2005 – 2010 Faculty of Humanities, ELTE, Japanese Studies
2007 Ferenczy István Visual Workshop
2004-2007 ELTE Faculty of Humanities, Department of Art History
Individual exhibitions:
2023 SOFTNESS OF MY NATURE – Természetem puhasága – Gallai Judit Ágnes and Gáspár Annamária – duo exhibition – Godot Contemporary Art Institute
2023 I keep it with myself, I lock it in a box – GÁSPÁR Annamária and KUN Fruzsina – ArtKartell – AMB
2022 Changes are coming – Godot Labor
2021 – WHEN I CHOOSE MY COLOUR IT WILL BE RAZZLE DAZZLE ROSE – Kelet Galéria
2020 DO YOU HAVE A CHOICE? – Godot Gallery
2018 LIGHTNESS OF BEING – Barabás Villa
2017 ARANYÉLET – AMIKOR Gallery
2016 GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN – Barabás Villa
Selected group exhibitions:
2024 “The Sunset, the Ledgers and the Stagnant Nature”, Tokaj ArtWine Gallery
2024 Theatre and Performing Objects: The performativy of things, Liget Galéria
2024 MAGIC OF VISION – Female Artists from the Collection of the Central Bank of Hungary, Liszt Institute Brussels, Brüsszel
2024 It's fine – The Ineffective Exhibition, Godot Labor
2024 exhibition of Japan‑related artists at the Emperor’s Birthday reception, Mariott
2023 WOMAN XXI. The evolution of women’s prehistoric images in the 21th century. A selection from the KACSUK collection, Vaszary Picture Gallery, Kaposvár
Artkartell Art Objects Market, Golipark
2023 ART MARKET BUDAPEST – I follow it alone, I keep it in a box — Duo stand Gáspár Annamária and Kun Fruzsina
2023 Godot Art EXPO – Art Fair, GODOT Institute of Contemporary Art
2023 Kol-labor '_23 – a joint exhibition of the artists of Godot Labor, Godot Labor
2023 Festő mint modell – the joint exhibition of the Collectors' Club, Esernyős Gallery
2023 BEFINISHED NOW! - International contemporary visual arts exhibition in Tállya, Tállya
2023 Miszla Art in Transylvania // Tamási Gallery
2023 What is ART? – Selection from the Kacsuk Collection, Miskolc Gallery
2023 Interwoven textures. Contemporary textile art from Germany and Hungary. // Verwobene Texturen. Zeitgenössische Textilkunst aus Deutschland und Ungarn, Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
2023 instead of auction, Godot Gallery
2023 The collector better hears what God's heart whispers" – COLLECTORS' POP ART – A selection of pop‑art, neo‑ and post‑pop‑art works found in the collections of the Collectors' Club. Bodó Gallery
2023 It’s fine ---- Godot Labor
2022 Contemplation – selection from the DUNARTCOM Somorjai International Artist Colony, MANK Gallery, Szentendre
2022 II. Winter Szabadkéz Artist Colony exhibition, Szihalom
2022 ART MARKET BUDAPEST / MMG
2022 Kollabor 2022, Godot Laboratory
2022 68. Vásárhelyi Autumn Exhibition, Alföldi Gallery, Hódmezővásárhely
2022 Miszla Art @ Csernáton, Lábasház, Sepsiszentgyörgy
2022 XIX. Painting Biennial, REÖK, Szeged
2022 XIX. Kecskeméti Acélszobrászati Szimpózium, closing exhibition
2022 III. Godot Contemporary Auction and Exhibition, Godot Institute
2022 Miszla-Art 2021, Tamusi Gallery
2021 Our festival, MANK, NewWorkshop Gallery
2021 Kollabor ’21 , Godot Labor
2021 ÉBERSÉG, Bartók Béla Boulevard
2021 Transgenerational effects, Firefighters' Garage Gallery
2021 II. Godot Contemporary Auction and Exhibition, Godot Gallery
2021 Fake Exhibition, Godot Labor
2020 BÁV Christmas Auction
2020 Women’s Perspectives: Contemporary Exhibition of Hungarian Women Artists, Mexican Embassy’s
Residence.
.2020 ART MARKET, GODOT GALLERY
2020 GODOT ART FAIR
2020 KOL-LABOR, GODOT LABOR
2020 CENTRAL NOUN, K GALLERY
2020 Arcane Garden, MAX Gallery
2020 Színdaráló, County House Gallery, Csíkszereda
After 2020, the K‑Galéria
2020 Ari S. Kupsus Gallery – Salon Concert Society Award
2020 Resurgence in June, Godot Gallery
2020 XVIII. Table Painting Biennale, REÖK, Szeged
2020 Theatre, Tamási Gallery
2019 BÁV 7. Contemporary Auction, Budapest
2019 KARE DESIGN x MÜÜSKA MEGNYITÓ and exhibition
2019 Dunart.com Artist Colony Final Exhibition, Somorja
2019 BÁV 74. Art Auction, Budapest
2019 Image of a Floating World, Duna Museum European Central Gallery, Esztergom
2019 35. Salgótarján Spring Exhibition
2018 The Katona Kiss Ferenc and his mother Túri Júlia Visual Arts Foundation exhibition, Szentes
2018 In memoriam Gustav Klimt, Kortárs Galéria, A Vértes Agorája, Tatabánya
2018 XVII Painting Biennale, REÖK, Szeged
2018 Theatre 2017‑18, Sándor Remény Gallery, Cluj, Tamási Gallery, Tamási
2018 The Seven Deadly Sins – In the Footsteps of Hieronymus Bosch, Kecskemét’s Katona József Museum
2018 Theatre-Rotator, Bartók1 Gallery
2018 Hétöznapi (super)heroes, Deák17 Gallery
2017 SZÍNDARÁLÓ Creation studio exhibition, Miszla
2017 XXXIX. Summer Exhibition, REÖK, Szeged
2017 34. Salgótarján Spring Exhibition
2017 NaN‑art Rajztanoda annual exhibition, East Café and Gallery, Budapest
2017 Stage (MiszlaArt artists' colony) Tamási Gallery
2016 Kepesita Collection 2016, Gregersen Art Point
2016 CONCEALED Creation Workshop exhibition, Miszla
2015 33. Salgótarján Spring Exhibition
2015 XXXVIII. Summer Exhibition, REÖK, Szeged
2014 XVth Panel Painting Biennial, REÖK, Szeged
2013 Summer Exhibition, REOK, Szeged
2008 Szakmai ARTalom II., Merlin Café, Budapest
2007 Szakmai ARTalom, Merlin Café, Budapest
Performance:
2024 Rite of passage, Liget Gallery, Gray Box Projects
2022 Sándor Oláh’s mind‑shaping performance / ELEVEN, ŐSZ, BARTÓK BÉLA BOULEVARD
2022 FÁTYLAINK – community embroidery // ELEVEN ŐSZ, BARTÓK BÉLA BOULEVARD
Oláh Sándor: everyone longs for a little love 2022 MISZLA‑ART ART CENTRE, Felsőcsernáton
Awards, scholarships:
2024 Liget Galéria X Gray Box Project AiR Scholarship
2023 NKA Creators' support
2022 NKA Artists' support
2020 ARI S. KUPSUS GALLERY – SALON CONCERT SOCIETY AWARD
2018 YOUNG GENERATION ART FAIR – PRIZE Godot Gallery
2017 MJBT Haiga competition 2
2016 GODOT Galleria – POP‑UP Különdíj
2016 KEPESITA COLLECTION – first 10 – Transition (Miszla)
2012 Bakelite, the special award of the Hungarian Society for Folk Culture and the Fine Arts Lecturers' Institute
Works in public institutions:
2023 MNB Arts and Culture – MNB Kortárs Gyűjtemény
2022 Székely National Museum, Sepsiszentgyörgy
Artist colonies:
2024 Liget Gallery X Gray Box Project, Artist in Residency
2023 GODOT LABOR MÜVÉSZTELEP, MEZŐSZEMERE
2023 ArtisTaille – Art Residency, Tállya
2023 MISZLA-ART MŰVÉSZTELEP – Paradise as a State of Mind, MISZLA
2022 GODOT LABOR MÜSÉSZTELEP, MEZŐSZEMERE
2022 MISZLA-ART ART STATION, Felsőcsernáton
2022 XIX. Metallurgy and Painting Sciences Symposium
**2022 SZIHALOM, II. TÉLI MŰVÉSZTELEP**
2021 MISZLA-ART MÜVÉSZELEP, MISZLA
2021 GODOT LABOR GALLERY ART CENTRE, FIELD OF SIGHT
2021 PAVILLION OF ART, CANVAS
2020 Performing Arts Village, Miszla
2019 SOMORJÁI NATIONAL MUSEUM, DUNAART.COM
2019 GODOT GALLERY ART ESTATE, MEZŐSZEMERE
2019 SZÍNDARÁLÓ ART COLLECTION, MISZLA
2017 Honest Art Venue, similar to
2016 Diamond Art Campus, Miszla
Publication:
- Tóth Kinga: Women’s enclosure – Gallai Judit Ágnes and Gáspár Annamária: The softness of my nature
Képíró Ágnes: Stepping Points, Artkartell Magazine
– The allure of femininity, Gáspár Annamária – interview, OrosCafé
– Katica Kocsis – interview, studio visit
– Young contemporaries IV. – Annamária Gáspár – Katica Kocsis, Országút
– KULTÚRA.HU Contemporary Textile Art from Germany and Hungary in Berlin
— on Highway Gallai Renáta – Is everything alright? 2023
– P. Szabó Dénes – Pop‑art style works have arrived at the Bodó Gallery to be displayed: the movement is still flourishing, *Népszava*
– m5 Hungarian Chronicle, 2023.02.14‑broadcast
ORSZÁGÚT / JANKÓ JUDIT: A Miszla Art guest performance in Transylvania
- MISZLA ART @ CSERNÁTON MÜVESZTELEP, LOCATION: LABASHAZ, SEPSISENTGYORGY
– Podcast conversation with visual artist Annamária Gáspár / CSERHALMI LUCA, GODOT LABOR
- NATIONAL ROAD / BORDÁCS ANDREA: Changes are coming – exhibition at Godot
- KASZ+ 2022 - XIX. Kecskemét Metal Sculpture and Fine Arts Symposium – official video (3:00-tól)
– Óbudai Anziksz 2022. spring magazine issue / front page and interview
– kultúra.hu /Changes are coming /Godot Labor
– interview – Friday Culture Round with Gáspár Annamária – Kultúra.hu / Kocsis Katica 2021
– critique – AND / Gerda Széplaky 2021 Faceless – courage? (Kol‑Labor “21.”, Godot Labor)
– interview – BEOL
- T
Óth Ádám: WOMEN HOLD THEIR OWN DEEDS? An exposition by Annamária Gáspár titled “Do you have a choice?”
– Tóth Béla István: In what way is femininity the chase of beauty? Magyar Nemzet 2020. October 1
- Csepregi Evelyn: Poutfulness in pink, Népszava
– Jankó Judit: Opens the season with a young counterpart at the Godot. World Economy, 2020. 09.06
- video: Bartók Béla Boulevard, ELEVENEDÉS
- interview: Gáspár Annamária, visual artist – Love of Japan and pop culture
- interview: SLOW LIVING HUNGARY / regarding Slow Art (from 23:35)
– interview with BÁV 2019 in his May magazine:
https://www.calameo.com/read/004959756d7410402b7c7
- interview at Barabás Villa X Villa Mustra 2016. May‑June 5‑9.
Exhibition moments
Images from a shared history
Solo and group exhibitions
Exhibitions at Godot 11
Art Market Budapest 2026
15 October 2026 – 18 October 2026
MTK Sportpark
Kol-labor 2026
25 September 2026 – 18 October 2026
Godot Labor Galéria
KOL-LABOR '25
18 September 2025 – 19 October 2025
Godot Labor Galéria
KOL-LABOR '24
20 September 2024 – 3 November 2024
Godot Labor Galéria
Gallai Judit Ágnes és Gáspár Annamária: Természetem puhasága
24 November 2023 – 21 January 2024
Godot Kortárs Művészeti Intézet
KOL-LABOR '22
22 September 2022 – 16 October 2022
Godot Labor Galéria
Gáspár Annamária: Changes Are Coming
28 April 2022 – 14 August 2022
Godot Labor
KOL-LABOR '21
22 September 2021 – 31 October 2021
Godot Labor Galéria
KOL-LABOR – galérianyitó kiállítás
1 October 2020 – 29 November 2020
Godot Labor
Gáspár Annamária: Do you have a choice? 2020-09-10 — 2020-10-10
10 September 2020 – 10 October 2020
Godot Galéria
Feltámadás júniusban2020-06-04 — 2020-06-20
4 June 2020 – 20 June 2020
Godot Galéria