SI-LA-GI, contemporary artist of eastern european origin was born in Tokaj, Hungary on 17 September 1949.

In 1966 he emigrated via Italy to Sweden. There he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Art and later continued his studies at the University of Stockholm (Science of visual arts). He also worked with experimental film and photography in the 1960s and started to work with videos in 1973. He was a pioneer in the mid-1970s who began making installations using video.

At the end of the 1970s he co-founded the Video Nu Studio in Stockholm which gave artists the opportunity to create experimental arts.

Between 1980-1986 he taught art video and painting in Stockholm. He has travelled widely throughout the United States of America, Africa and Asia, where he developed his interest in Buddhism. His martial art studies and long Buddhist retreats have had a great influence on his concept-based art.

In his art SI-LA-GI uses diverse media, including photography, video, sculpture and installation. His works are concept and philosophy-based investigations of impermanence, life and death, and individual opportunities.

“�his works are not about aesthetic values or formal solutions but the direct exploration of reality and all levels of intellectual and emotional understanding as well as making others understand are his subjects. He does not want to amaze but to awaken …”
(Dr. Lajos Pressing).

“…His works raise questions, stimulate, but at the same time remain open. His artworks are not completed products, they are not articles but communication instruments and systems. His personality corresponds to contemporary arts, we could say to global culture’s most advanced approach…”
(Pierre RESTANY, French art historian, curator.)

“…His identity is not based on some school, type or identification with any technical knowledge, but his own human experiences, encounters and recognition. To make them visible he bravely, freely and in a supreme way uses any style or expressive media. This freedom can equally manifest itself in a minimalist or in an expressive way, and it does not come from subjectivity or personal judgement. SI-LA-GI’s freedom breaks through the conditionality of birth, race and culture and expresses the dignity of a human who recognises his own universal importance, who is a creator and user but not a slave to his instruments and life conditions…”
(Dr. Lajos Pressing).

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

2006 New Art from Hungary Art Museum Radford USA
2003 Suffering of Suffering MEO Contemporary Art Collection Budapest Hungary
2000 Hanging garden F�szek Gal�ria Budapest Hungary
2000 The go Between - Sophie Calle, Nan Goldin Galerie Erna H�cey Luxembourg Luxembourg
1999 Dream about thinking II. F�szek Gal�ria Budapest Hungary
1998 Dialogues Le Cercle bleu Metz France
1996 Foot-Notes The European Court of Justice Luxembourg Luxembourg
1996 Traum vom denken Galerie de Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg
1995 Seven days, seven Pictures European Investement Bank Luxembourg Luxembourg
1994 Inner Doors P�csi Gal�ria P�cs Hungary
1993 Mirrors of the void / Time making Galerie de Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg
1992 SI-LA-GI Galleri Isabelle Stockholm Sweden
1991 Nothing, Illusion, Nothing Obudai Pincegal�ria Budapest Hungary
1991 United Senses of Art Ernst Museum Budapest Hungary
1987 Surf teaching for Zen beginners and 114 years Studio Szigliget Hungary
1986 Anatomy of time Galleri Q. Stockholm Sweden
1985 Aspect of Change Galleri Lang Malm� Sweden
1984 Shelter Project Shelter H�kar�ngen Stockholm Sweden
1984 Changelling Galleriet V�rnamo Sweden
1981 SI-LA-GI’s art projekt Grand Palais Centre Pompidou Paris France
1980 “A” art projekt Moderna Museet Stockholm Sweden
1969 Perfumeria Flemming 68 Stockholm Sweden

GROUP EXIBITIONS

2006 Hearts Expressed M�v�szet � Malom Szentendre Hungary
2005 �Neofoton� / Contemporary Photo Print Exhibition M�v�szet � Malom Szentendre Hungary
2004 �The Hidden Holocaust�, Palace of Art (M�csarnok) Budapest Hungary
2003 Cream MEO - Contemporary Art Collection Budapest Hungary
2001 Noah’s Covenant Jewish Museum Budapest Hungary
2001 Before and after sculptures Palace of Art (M�csarnok) Budapest Hungary
2001 Dialogue Palace of Art (M�csarnok) Budapest Hungary
2001 Written Images E. M. L. Foundation Tapolca Hungary
2001 Group exhibition Galerie Erna Hecey Luxembourg Luxembourg
2000 ART Herald of the new Millennium Varosliget Lake Budapest Hungary
2000 The go-beetween Galerie Erna Hecey (wth Sophie Calle, Nan Goldin) Luxembourg Luxembourg
1999 Rondo Ludwig Museum Budapest Hungary
1998 Master Pieces E. M. L. Foundation Tapolca Hungary
1997 Colour Prints Triennale House of Arts Szekszard Hungary
1997 Bread and Rose E. M. L. Foundation Tapolca Hungary
1996 Boltanski, P�rez, Serrano, SI-LA-GI Galerie de Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg
1996 International Print Biennale Saporro Japan
1996 Group exhibition Galerie de Luxembourg Budapest Hungary
1996 Group exhibition Gallery Cottheim Knokke Belgium
1995 International Independant Exhibition of Prints Kanagawa Japan
1995 International Biennale of Graphic Art Contemporary Art Museum Ljubljana Slovenia
1995 Hungarian sculptures Palace of Art (M�csarnok) Budapest Hungary
1995 The Visuable Present Ernst Museum Budapest Hungary
1995 Megl�k�tt Csend�let (le chemin parcouru) Szombathelyi Museum (E. M. L. Foundation) Szombathely Hungary
1995 Report from the road we passed Szombathelyi Museum (E. M. L. Foundation) Szombathely Hungary
1994 Variation on Pop art Ernst Museum Budapest Hungary
1994 Speculum Budapest Gal�ria Budapest Hungary
1994 Colour Prints Biennale House of Arts Szekszard Hungary
1993 80’s Art Tendencies in Hungary Palace of Art (M�csarnok) Budapest Hungary
1992 Aritmia I Institution of Contemporary Art Dunaujvaros Hungary
1988 Mirrors Tihany Abbey Tihany Hungary
1987 11 Lithographers British Embassy Budapest Hungary
1986 Rosa Rosa Neurosa Budapest Gal�ria Budapest Hungary
1985 Modern Graphics Fine Art Museum Budapest Hungary
1984 Homage to Terre Natal Palace of Art (M�csarnok) Budapest Hungary
1983 Salon independent Stockholm Sweden
1982 Shaked Natura Morte Galerie F�szek (E. M. L. Foundation) Budapest Hungary
1982 Group exhibition Galerie N.R.A Paris France
1980 Group exhibition Gallery Forum Stockholm Sweden
1980 Group exhibition Contemporary Art Gallery Bridgeport USA

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