Gagyi Botond

b. 1992 in Tîrgu-Mureş, Romania, lives and works in Cluj, Romania.

My name is Botond Gagyi, I'm a painter of Transylvanian origin (Romania) who was born in Târgu-Mureș but is living and working in Cluj-Napoca. I studied fine arts at the University of Art and Design of Cluj-Napoca, where I earned my Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree. At the moment I am attending the same university as a Phd student. I attended several group excursions both in my country as well as in foreign countries, as a result of these the list of my solo exhibitions has broadened. As a winner of a series of exhibitions organized in 2017, I had the chance of showcasing my paintings at the National Gallery Prague (Trade Fair Palace, National Gallery Prague, Prague, Czech Republic) within the framework of a group exhibition, which is known as an event by the name of Start Point Prize 2017, Prize for European art graduates.

The body became the expression of physical and emotional human experience. In this way, my paintings are not about a false representation of reality, but rather the concealing of the notion that reality is no longer real. At the same time it is important to keep in mind that these illusionary worlds have their bases in reality, seem in...

2017-2020 Phd candidate, University of Art and Design, Cluj Napoca, Romania
2015-2017 Masters degree with Magna Cum Laude, Painting Departement, University of Art and Design,
Cluj Napoca, Romania
2012-2015 BA, Painting Departement, University of Art and Design,
Cluj Napoca, Romania
2008 – 2012- Fine Arts High school, Visual arts profile, Painting department, Tîrgu-Mureş, Romania

Solo Exhibitions:
2020 Kunsttage Ehrenbreitstein 2020, Theater am E’stein, Koblenz, DE
2019 Kunsttage Ehrenbreitstein, Theater am E’stein, Koblenz, DE
2018 Solo exhibition, Transylvanian Art Center-Arcade House, Sfântu-Gheorghe, RO
2017
Splinter, Casa Matei Gallery, Cluj, RO
Game Zone, Expomaraton, Casa Matei Gallery, Cluj, RO
RE FRESH Painting/ Research, ”Paul Sima” Gallery UBB, Cluj, RO
2015 Artful Gallery, Bucharest, RO

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2020
Szarhegy 2020, Art Gallery of Harghita County Council, Miercurea-Ciuc, RO
Exhibition of Autumn Art Camp Lazarea, Lazarea, RO
Noaptea Albă a Galeriilor Cluj-Napoca 2020
Neo-Manifest Romantic, Museum of Arts Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, RO
275 Group Show NYAFAIR Exhibition 2020, “TriBeCa’s Contemporary Aty Fair”, New York Art Center, New York, US
L’Art s’invite dans l’industrie 2.0, Energom, Uzinaj, Cluj-Napoca, RO
2019
Alchemic Body / Fire Air Water Earth,The Line London,THE LINE Contemporary Art Space,London, UK
RE:START, Museum of Arts Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, RO
The Night Watch, Sala dei Templari, Molfetta, IT
Antisistem Integrat, NAG, Uzinaj, Cluj, RO
Abstract, Museum of Arts Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, RO
The Night Watch, Museum of Arts Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, RO ...