My artistic approach reflects on the different aspects of the means and methods of cultural transmission, i.e. knowledge production, taking into account their changing modes over historical time and geographical space. I address these socio-political issues through aesthetics and through artworks. Therefore, the crafting of the works, the artistic form, the value of the skill, plays an important role in my work. A large part of my work is exhibited in installation form, as this form allows me to present certain problematics in a more nuanced and indirect way, integrating many different aspects through the juxtaposition of objects. These installations create a context that constitutes a research-based social, cultural, historical, political or economic critique, as I explore their historical context and its perpetuation in depth. In other words, I am not only showing individual moments of the past, but also the complex interrelationships, coexistence and often ambiguous interconnections of knowledge systems and knowledge production. Indirectly, I also draw attention to how the different frames of contexts change perspectives or create constellations that undermine or even reinforce the order of things. Through aesthetics, I seek to understand and critique systems of power, i.e. biopolitics, knowledge production, or the geopolitical foundations of social realities.
EXHIBITIONS
BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
2005 – 2010
DLA training, Doctoral School, Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest
1998 – 2003
Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest
SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS
2024 –
1646 Experimental art Space, The Hague (NL)
2023 –
Finalist at Leopold Bloom Award
2019 – 2022
ACAX - Residency Unlimited, New York City (USA)
2019 –
Finalist at Esterhazy Art Award
Visegrad Artist in Residency, Bánska St a nica Contemporary, Banská Štiavnica (SK)
2018 –
Design Resistance, International Artist in Residence of Debrecen, MODEM, Debrecen
CHB Residency, Berlin, (D)
2017 –
Finalist at Esterhazy Art Award
2015 –
Finalist at Leopold Bloom Award
2012 –
Artist in residence at AtelierFrankfurt, Frankfurt am Main (D)
2010 –
Hungarian Eötvös Scholarship – Germany
2009 – 2012
Derkovits Gyula Scholarship
2009 –
Hungarian Eötvös Scholarship – Germany
2007 –
Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Rome (IT)
Essl Award 2007, 1st prize
2003 –
Erasmus Scholarship – Akademie der Bildenden Künste München (D)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Regnum et Gloria, Kisterem, Budapest
Suspension of Disbelief – with Krisztián Kristóf and Dominika Trapp, Museum of Ethnoghraphy, Budapest
2022
The Future of the Past is the Present - with Márton Nemes, American Hungarian Library and Historical Society, New York (USA)
2020
Disconnected, Kisterem, Budapest
2018
Everything is Ours!, Kassák Museum, Budapest
The Gardener’s Truth, Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin (D)
2017
Dream of a Barn Owl, Kisterem, Budapest
Melancholy of the Deconstructed Meaning, Art Gallery Paks, Paks
2016
Taxography - with Anna Zilahi, Labor, Budapest
Monument Inflation, Művészetek Háza-Utcagaléria, Veszprém
2015
Recollection - with Áron Kútvölgyi-Szabó and Martin Piacek, OFF Biennále Budapest
2014
The Bauxite Crisis, Kisterem, Budapest
2013
Descriptio, Fuga Galéria, Budapest Center of Architecture, Budapest
2012
Never Take a Trip Alone, Moholy-Nagy Studio gallery, CHB, Berlin (D)
2011
Never Take a Trip Alone, NextArt Galéria, Budapest
2009
p, Cultural Institute Of The Republic Of Hungary, Bratislava (SK)
H.W.A.Á. – Free your mind, with Heidi Wood, Stúdió Galéria, Budapest
2008
decoder, NextArt Galéria, Budapest
2007
Mechanikus Paradicsom [Clockwork Paradise] – with Ádám Szabó, INDA Galéria, Budapest
2005
As If, Menü Pont Galéria, Műcsarnok-Kunsthalle, Budapest
Identify Yourself, Csikász Galéria, Művészetek Háza, Veszprém
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
C80 – Aesthetics of Cancer?, Semmelweis University, Budapest
IN MARGINE: Frame, Plinth, Vitrine, 8smička - zóna pro umění, Humpolec (CZ)
2023
No Gray Zones, Voloshyn Gallery, Miami (USA)
Leopold Bloom Award, Kiscelli Múzeum
2022
Smaller Worlds: Diorama in Contemporary Art- Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art Budapest
Space - Alternate cosmoses, M21 Galéria, Pécs
Emplotment, Ludwig Museum, Budapest
The Man Who Stepped into Paint, MKE PROFIL, Budapest
OUR HERITAGE: Selection from the Balázs-Dénes Collection, Q Contemporary, Budapest
2021
Invisible Spectra, Pannonhalmi Főapátság, Pannonhalma
Sketch, Kisterem, Budapest
Universum – SEFO 2021 Triennial, Olomouc Museum of Art, Olomouc (CZ)
European Glass Context, Bornholm Art Museum, Bornholm (DK)
2020
Finally We Can Learn Something, Kincsem Palace (organised by Kisterem), Budapest
Everywhere good, but.., MODEM - Modern and Contemporary Arts Centre, Debrecen
2019
Esterházy Art Award Hungary 2019, Ludwig Museum – Contemporary Art Museum
Listing VIII., Kisterem
2018
Form Creation Strategies, Labor, Budapest
Zeitgeistlos, Hans Knoll Galerie, Vienna (AT)
2017
Westkunst – Ostkunst. A new collection display, Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
Flying Kayak, OFF-Biennale Budapest
Generosos animos labor nutrit, Omnivore Gallery, Budapest
2016
Przesilenie / Solstice / Napforduló, Panel Contemporary, Budapest
What kind of creature is an artist? – The 2016 Traditional Annual Exhibition of the Studio of Young Artists’ Association (SYAA, Budapest)
PHOTO / MODEL, Images between Art and Nature, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest
2015
Papier / Paper V – ZEICHNUNG, Clement and Schneider, Bonn (D)
Mindsets, Studio of Young Artists’ Association (SYAA), Budapest
Leopold Bloom Award, Új Budapest Galéria-New Budapest Gallery, Budapest
Hungarian and International Art from Private Collections in Hungary, 2010–2014, Új Budapest Galéria-New Budapest Gallery, Budapest
2014
THE MOST – The FKSE’s 2014 Traditional Annual Exhibition, Budapest
[silence] – A Holocaust Exhibition, Ludwig Museum, Budapest
Pensive Pictures, Good bye! Fantasztikus földrajz és képzelt közösségek, Higgs Field, Budapest
Szabadkéz [Free-hand] , MODEM, Modern és Kortárs Művészeti Központ, Debrecen
2013
Shifts. Hungarian Art After 1945. Rearranged permanent exhibition, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Fantastic Stuff, Kisterem, Budapest
Rajz.Ok [Drawing.Ok], Viltin Galéria, Budapest
2012
Artist in Residence-International Künstleraustausch 2012 – Kulturamt Frankfurt am Main, Atelierfrankfurt (D)
Másodfokú Egyenletek [Quadratic Equtions], Kepes Institute, Eger
2011
Profile Budapest, Galerie Schuster, Berlin (D)
Magáért Beszél [Speaks for itself], Magyar Nemzeti Galéria-Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Senior, Studió Galéria, Budapest
2010
Donumenta 2010, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg (D)
Anatomy of a Street, London Festival of Architecture, London (UK)
2009
Free Artwork, ODY – C2001, Paris (FR)
JCE Biennial of Contemporary Art, Montrouge (FR)
Pixelek [Pixels], Ernst Múzeum, Budapest
2008
Lenmechanika [Mechanics of the Canvas], Ernst Múzeum, Budapest
Tetszőleges lényeg – A táj 2000 után [Optional essence – Landscape after 2000], Szombathelyi Képtár, Szombathely
Rundgang der SpinnereiGalerien Leipzig, LADA 2008, Leipzig (D)
Essl Award. Junge Kunst in Mittel- und Südosteuropa, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg (D)
Nem Kötelező [Not compulsory], Stúdió Galéria, Budapest
2007
2007 Essl Award Winners, Essl Museum, Wien/Klosterneuburg (AT)
Hírtelen [Newsless], Dorottya Galéria, Budapest
10 Essl Award Nominees, Ludwig Museum-Contemporary Art Museum, Budapest
2006
Vorfahrt- Kunst im Spannungsfeld zwischen Privatheit und Öffentlichkeit, Stuttgart (D)
2004
Élő struktúrák [Living Structures], Ateliers Pro Arts/ A.P.A!, Budapest
2003
Grafika – Foto – Grafika [Graphic – Photo – Graphic], Ateliers Pro Arts / A.P.A.!, Budapest
La Grafica Ungherese del ‘900, Finale Ligure (IT)
2002
‘Roma – Budapest: due Accademie a confronto’, Galleria Il Quadrato di Omega, Roma (IT)
Albert Ádám, Huszár László, Varga Bálint’s exhibition, Művészetek Háza, Szombathely
WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Ludwig Museum – Contemporary Art Museum, Budapest
Hungarian National Gallery, Contemporary Art Collection, Budapest
MODEM – Modern and Contemporary Art Center, Debrecen
House of Arts, Veszprém
Artwork in public space
Central European Research Institute for Art History, Budapest
Videos
Publications
SELECTED PRESS
Lépold, Zsanett: Gavrilo Princip álma [Gavrilo Princip’s dream], Artmagazin online
Altmann, Susanne: Lines unfaithful, Art Das Kunstmagazin, 2018/9, pp 38-51
Ádám Albert at Art Gallery Paks – Art Viewer, March 15, 2017
Ádám Albert at Kisterem – Art Viewer, March 31, 2017
„Mikroszinten is ismétli magát a történelem” – Albert Ádám, képzőművész, Artportal, 2018. 06. 06.
Magányos növény az ember, Artportal, 2018. 07. 01.
Albert Ádám: The gardener’s truth, Balkon
Ádám Albert | Melancholy of the Disconstructed Meaning | Dream of a Barn Owl, Balkon, 2017.04.23.
The Best and Worst of Art in Central Europe in 2018, BLOK Magazine, 9 January 2019