Family No. 4. Print

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, Budapest (2008). Conceptual Garden, his first national architectural design won first prize at the Vaci Green Competition (2011). He received special funding for his public art project named Art Blankets for Picnic (2019). He was awarded the Pratt in Venice Scholarship, The Carlow Memorial Scholarship, The Virginia Pratt Thaye Scholarship in 2019 and Barrett Endowed Scholarship in 2020. His works were acquired by public and private art collections such as Erste Foundation (2010) and Data Foundation (2014).