Adam Würtz Jr

Adam Würtz Jr. was born on 22 May, 1957 in Budapest, Hungary of an artist family. Since the age of 18 he has been working as a freelance graphic artist, currently living in Hungary. He became a professional graphic artist in 1984. He has been member of the Hungarian Artists' Association since 1984, and member of the Hungarian Association of Art and Applied Art since 1991. In that same year he also became member of the Hungarian Association of Graphic Artists. He has had numerous group exhibitions, the first one in 1975. His first solo exhibition took place in 1978 in Budapest, Hungary and he has had 19 solo exhibitions to date, including 3 in the United States, as well as in Luxembourg, Austria, Belgium and in Italy. His latest solo exhibition took place in Budapest, Hungary in September 2017, after 11 years. During his career he has also illustrated more than two dozen novels and short stories.

He learned the knack of a graphic artist and painter from the best masters before having started his independent artst’s career in the 1970s. Perfectionism became an indispensable part of his tool case. As a rebellious man, however, he used every endeavour possible to distinct himself from the great predecessors in thematic and creative...

1975-1981 Member of the Young Artists; Club
1981-until its closedown: Honorary Member of the Young Artists; Club
1981-present: Member of the Young Artists; Studio
1984-present: Member of the Hungarian Artists; Association
1991-present: Member of the Hungarian Association of Art and Applied Art
1991 Founding member of the Dharma Gate Buddhist College and Church

Selected Group Exhibitions

1991 16th National Graphic Biennial, Miskolc, Hungary
1990 Young Artists’ Club, Budapest
1990 International Art Today and Art Today II. Budapest, Hungary
1986 UNICEF Postcard Exhibition, Strasbourg, France
1985, 1987 Small Graphic Forms, Łódż, Poland
1983 Hammer Gallery, New York, USA
1983 Profile Gallery, New York, USA
1983 Contemporary Hungarian Graphics and Drawing in the Hungarian National Gallery,
Budapest, Hungary
1982, 1985, 1988-90 Annual Exhibitions of the Young Artists’ Studio in Műcsarnok (Kunsthalle)
and in the Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary

Solo exhibitions

2017 - Próféta Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2006 - Arten Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2005 - Hungarian Cultural Institute, Rome, Italy
2005 - Hungarian Cultural Institute, Vienna, Austria
2005 - Hungarian Cultural Institute, Brussels, Belgium
2005 - Neumunster Abbey Cultural Centre, Luxemburg
(On the occasion of the first anniversary of Hungary’s EU accession)
2002 - Katartik Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2001 - Újlipótváros Club-Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1989 - Three Dimensions Gallery, Berkeley, California, USA
1989 - Young Artists’ Club, Budapest, Hungary
1988 Perbál Gallery, Perbál, Hungary
1987 Gold Gallery, ...