Ambrus Gero

Ambrus Gero is a Hungarian visual artist who currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. He creates kinetic sculptures, installations and oil paintings that express his concept of unity and human alienation. He majored in painting at University of Pecs, in Hungary. After completing his first MFA, Gero went on to participate in group exhibitions in the United States, Hungary, Slovenia, Denmark, and Germany. He earned his second MFA, majoring in painting again from Pratt Institute (2020). Gero had solo shows cooperating with The Garment District Alliance for Public Art, NYC in 2022 and at Satellite Gallery, NYC in 2024. Recent group exhibitions have been in cooperation with Wassaic Projects, Wassaic, NY (2022-2023), Paradise Palace at Future Art Fair, NY (2023) the Pratt Manhattan Gallery (2022), Super Dutchess Gallery - now Below Grand - (2020), Fashion Institute of Technology New York (2019), Carlsberg City Gallery & Art Salon Exhibition during Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen (2019), and Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe, Germany (2010). Gero won the international People’s Choice Award from Jackson’s Open Painting Prize in 2018. Gero has been a recipient of awards including The Most Positive Artist Award at Wam Design Gallery, Budape...

2018-2020, Pratt Institute, MA, Painting and Drawing, Brooklyn, NY
2009, University of Hertfordshire, MA, Fine Art, Hatfield, England,
2005-2011, University of Pécs, BA + MA, Painting, Hungary
2004-2005, Novus Art School, Printmaking and Film, Budapest, Hungary

Solo Exhibitions
2022 Masks in Rave, Garment District, Space for Public Arts, Kaufman Arcade, Manhattan, NY, https://www.artrabbit.com/events/masks-in-rave
Group Exhibitions

2023 Future Fair, presented by Paradice Palase, Manhattan, NY
2023 ChaShaMa Gala 2023, An experiential art celebration featuring 200 performers and interactive installations, Manhattan, NY, https://chashama.org/gala2023/
2022-2023 No Misery Can Tell, No Word of Farewell, curated by Eve Biddle, Bowie Zunino, Jeff Barnett-Winsby and Will Hutnick, Wassaic Projects, Wassaic, NY
https://www.wassaicproject.org/exhibitions/no-misery-can-tell-no-word-of-farewell

2022 Echoes of the Ancient, a group exhibition curated by Jacki Davies, Jolene Dosa, and Ambrus Gero, 56 Bogart Street, Suite 122, Brooklyn, NY
https://www.artrabbit.com/events/echoes-of-the-ancient

2022 Chromotherapy in an Age of Doubt, curated by Yasmeen Shiddiqui, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, NY
https://www.pratt.edu/the-institute/exhibitions/pratt-manhattan-gallery/

2021 18+, curated by Szilvi Ipacs, Collab Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2020 inheritance, curated by Andrew Paul Woolbright and Kyle Hittmeier, Super Dutchess Gallery, Manhattan, NY
https://www.superdutchess.com/inheritance
2020 The Shape ...