Rollin’ II
Vámos János
Rollin’ II, 2023
60 x 79 cm
acrylic on canvas
Part of the curatorial text by Martin Varyš, curator of the solo exhibition High Turns at the Dolmen Gallery in Prague.
"Driving a car can be understood as a kind of dialogue between the body and the machine, which brings about concrete physical interactions and through which we develop a personal relationship with the machine. The thrill of acceleration and speed, caused by adrenaline, could be described by some as a form of sexual satisfaction. Which is somewhat paradoxical considering that adrenaline is a stress hormone that indicates danger and in this case a certain teetering on the edge of death, an accident that can have absolutely fatal consequences. The fascination with speed plays a noticeable role in the author's work. And not only the speed experienced in the seat of a car, but in our post-digital age of the internet, where any information is disseminated faster than ever before, it is the speed and overload of perception and information that characterizes our society and way of life.
In his paintings, the artist, in his peculiarly expressive handwriting, at times caricatures or even ironizes the characters of cars, as if giving them certain human and character qualities that touch on the very culture associated with this phenomenon mentioned above..."
About the artist
Born in 1995, Nové Zámky, Slovakia
Education:
2023 - present Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
Studio of Painting IV, studio of Marek Meduna and Petr Dub
2020 - 2023 Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
Studio of Painting I, studio of Robert Šalanda
2017 - 2019 Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, evening figural drawing
2017 - 2019 Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Institute of Design, Master’s course, Studio of Martin Baláž
2013 - 2017 Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Institute of Design, Bachelor’s course, Studio of Martin Baláž
2017 - 2009 Gymnázium – Gimnázium, Štúrovo
Solo exhibitions:
2023 Destruction of the Surface,duo výstava s Michalom Fízikom, Pistoriho Palác, Bratislava, Slovensko
2022 Bouncy Castle - Synagóga, Tata, Maďarsko
2022 Cíť sa ako doma!, Faur Zsófi Gallery - PANEL Contemporary, Budapest, Slovensko
2022 Cíť sa ako doma!, Galéria Limes, Komárno, Slovensko
2022 Kipakolás / Vykladanie, Galéria Jozefa Bartu, Štúrovo, Slovensko
2020 From home to the nest, Fest;tisztít Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2019 Nest, Bánhidai Betegszamár Galéria, Tatabánya, Hungary
2018 Another party, FUGA, Bratislava, Slovakia
Group Exhibitions:
2023 POP-UP FRESH, Galerie Dolmen, Praha, Česko
2023 FLASHBACK, Klauzál 6 Gallery, Budapest, Slovensko
2022 Intersections, Galéria Limes, Komárno, Slovensko
2021 My Place, MANYI, Budapest, Maďarsko
2021 Huddle, Magyar Műhely Galéria, Budapest, Maďarsko
2021 Otthonról Haza, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest, Maďarsko
2020 Godot ART Fair, Godot Institute of Contemporary Art -Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
2020 Bordering on the Boundless, Old Synagogue, Tata, Hungary
2020 Bordering on the Boundless, Limes Gallery, Komárno, Slovakia
2020 Summer selection, Flat Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2020 Bordering on the Boundless, City art gallery, Senta, Serbia
2020 Bordering on the Boundless, Contemporary art gallery, Subotica, Serbia
2019 30 years of Hungarian art in Slovakia, Žitnoostrovské múzeum, Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
2019 30 years of Hungarian art in Slovakia, Gallery Bašta, Košice, Slovakia
2019 Godot ART Fair, Godot Institute of Contemporary Art -Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
2019 ZiggY Art Fair, Pintér Galéria és Aukciósház, Budapest, Hungary
2019 Leave a sign, Gallery Figuratif, Košice, Slovakia
2019 Next move, UMELKA (Gallery of Slovak Union of Visual Arts), Bratislava, Slovakia
2018 Coal, Klein house, Subotica, Serbia
2016 Taszöszóma-Végletek IV., City hall, Sovata, Romania
2015 ERATO VII erotic biennale, Contemporary Hungarian Gallery, Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
2015 Végletek II., Gallery of Dobó Tihamér, Kanjiža, Serbia
Scholarships and residencies:
2023 HAB Hungarian Art and Business, residency in Budapest, HU
2022 Dél-Balatoni Kortárs Alkotóműhely, residence in Szólád, HU
2021 Kultminor, Slovak Republic Scholarship for the Development of National Minority Culture
2020 Art colony of Gallery Godot, Mezőszemere, Hungary
2017 TAKT 38 art colony, Temerin, Serbia
