1970
August 17th, born in Budapest;
“…Tamás Baráz has been present in Hungarian art life with his
works since the 1990s. His sculptures are mainly made by the classical
taking-away method. They are carved in granite or basalt, and sometimes some
stainless steel parts are added. The Baráz-sculptures combine the hand-made and
the machine-made features in one. Whatever the case may be: traditional
creation or modern technical achievements, the works always represents
precision, and perfection on a nearly ideal scale.
The interference of forms and the alternation of shiny and matte
surfaces play a significant role in the conjunction of square and soft, curvy
forms making up a relatively homogeneous and coherent mass basically created according to the laws of
geometric stress. It also plays a significant role in the sculpture world built
up according to the regular form systems.
Above all that, the Baráz-works, beyond their plastic mass
and their place cut out of space for them, they also function as light traps
and instruments of self-place identification or localization by light. They
create physical and theoretical relations by offering the medium of optical
events for the viewer…”
Tibor
Wehner
arthistorian
AWARDS and PRIZES:
2012 PRIX BAUMEL SCHWENCK
/ Grand
prize of the Salon SNBA 2012,
Carrousel
du Louvre, Paris, France
2009 1st Prize of limited competition
of the
Monument of Work-service in the II. World War
2008 1st Prize of national sculpture
competition of
Haydn-Esterhazy with Apolka Eros
2008 Munkácsy Mihály Prize,
State merit of honour of the Hungarian government
2004 1st Prize of the Hungarian Academy
of Fine Arts
at the exhibition „DLA+DLA”
2002 1st Prize of the Art and
Freeculture Foundation at
„Spring Show" of Galéria 13, Bp.
2001 „Grass” Prize of
„Grass-Wood-Flower” Budapest,
2001 3rd Prize of Biennial of Small
Sculpture, Pécs,
2000 Quality Award of the Biennial of
Fine Arts Csepel
1997 Providencia Fine Art Competition
Award
1996 Walz Foundation Award Ist Prize
1992 Scholarship of the Ministry of
Culture
1992 Scholarship of the Soros
Foundation
1991 ELIA / Europian league
of Institutes of the Art / III.
WORKS in PUBLIC PLACES and COLLECTIONS:
2012 Queen of the seven arts /granite/ 290 x
350 x 125
Mosan Art
Museum, Boryeong, South Korea
2010 Train of the seven arts /mild steel/
7300 x 1250 x 1520
Rama
Shankar Collection, Gwalior, India
2010 Thinking sculptor / marble / 310 x 250 x
70
Adana,
Turkey
2010 Thinker / stainless steel / 250 x 150 x
55
Istanbul,
Turkey
2009 Monument of the work-service of the
II World War,
/
mixed media / 12000 x 8000 x 3300
Bethlen
square, Budapest, Hungary
2007 The kiss, / marble of Carrara
/ 40 x 30 x 25
Collection
of Dr. Gábor Fegyveres Fiskál
2007 Philosophical head ~ Queen of the
seven arts,
/ marble of Mula / 330 x 265 x 66
Akdeniz Universty, Antalya, Turkey
2007 Paralells, / marble of
Afyon / 300 x 140 x 120
Mersin,
Turkey
2006 Creator and Artist, / marble, led /
26 x 20 x 16
Dunajská
Streda (Slovakia)
Contemporary Hungarian Gallery
2006 Monument of the 1956 Hungarian
revolution,
/bronze,
limestone/305 x 220 x 160
Dombóvár, Hungary
2004 The Perfect Ship, /sandstone/ 270 x
210 x 130
Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary
2003 Register, / dry clay / 70 x
30 x 24
Siklós,
Hungary
2002 Tolerance II, / marble / 38 x 26 x
12
Collection
of the Granite Italy Ltd.
Dunaharaszty, Hungary
2001 Column for the
Millenium, /granite/ 250 x 145 x 270
Budapest, Hungary
1998 Green torso, / green marble / 12 x
23 x 28
Unknown
private collection, Hungary
1997 Sails, / grey granite / 80 x 62 x
40
Unknown
private collection, Ulm, Germany
1996 Torso, / red marble / 40 x 32 x 24
Deschler
Collection, Ulm, Germany
1996 White sails, / marble / 44 x 37 x
28
Deschler Collection, Ulm, Germany
1996 Red boy, / red marble / 16 x 26 x
44
Collection
of the 21st district Municipality,
Budapest,
Hungary
1995 Torso, / green marble / 12 x 10 x
35
Visi
Collection, Budapest, Hungary
1995 Torso, /marble, wood / 58 x 36 x
118
Visi
Collection, Budapest, Hungary
1994 Lurker in landscape, /
belgian blue stone / 52 x 34 x 26
Konnenkleik Academy, Graven Haag, The Netherlands
1992 Perfect Ship, / bronze
/ 74 x 26 x 29
OHIO State
University, Colombus , OHIO, U.S.A.
1992 In the shade, / bronze, glass
/ 52 x 48 x 14
OHIO State
University, Colombus , OHIO, U.S.A.
1991 Rider, / granite
/ 90 x 45 x 80
Quartu San
Elena, Italy
ACTIVITY:
2009- Chairman of the
Hungarian Sculptors Society
2006-2009 Vice President of the Hungarian Sculptors Society
2001- Member of the
Hungarian Sculptors Society
1998- Member of the
Hungarian Sculptor Association
1993-2005 Member of the Association of Young Artists,
Hungary
STUDIES:
2002-2006 University of Arts and Sciences of Pécs, Master
School of Fine Arts, Training of Doctor of
Liberal Arts, Faculty of Stonework
Sculptural Arts at Professor: István Bencsik
1996-98 Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts , Master
School
of Fine Arts, Faculty of Sculptural Arts
1990-96 Academy of Fine Arts of Hungary,
Faculty of
Sculptural Art, at Master: Ádám Farkas
1987-90 Secondary School of Fine Arts in Budapest
Faculty of Sculptural Arts
1984-87 Professional Circle of Railwaymen, with
the
leading of sculptor master: Károly Kirchmayer
1980-83 Circle of Fine Arts in Csepel,
with the leading
of graphic artist: Ádám Misch
MAJOR GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2010 "Axis in Hungarian
Sculpture" Miskolc
2010 ,Modern Hungarian Sculture
2010", Szeged
2010 „Art Geometria” Hungarian
Institute of Culture,
Rome, ITALY
2010 „ Art Geometria” Zichy
Castle, Budapest
2009 „Art Industriel Futuro”
exhibition of the Hungarian
Sculptor Society, Dunaujvaros
2009 „Deduction” Sculpture
Biennial of Szentendre
2008 „Sculptures & small
sculptures” exhibition
of the Hungarian Sculptor Society, Esztergom
2008 „Silcate technics in sculpture”
exhibition of the
Hungarian Sculptor Society, Kaposfüred
2007 "XXth Biennial of Small
Sculpture" Pécs
2007 "3rd. Biennial of Contemporary
Christian
Iconography" Kecskemét
2007 “Introduction” Exhibition of the Society
of
Hungarian Sculptors, Gyöngyöspata
2007 “Selection of Modern Hungarian
Gallery” Pécs
2007 “ Exhibition of the 5.
International Hüseyin Gezer
sympozium” Mersin, TURKEY
2007 „Magie” exhibition of the
Hungarian Sculptor
Society, Szentendre
2005 „XIXth Biennial of Small
Sculpture” Pécs
2004 „Ancient times” Budapest,
Csepel Gallery
2004 „DLA+DLA” Budapest, Hungarian
Academy
of Fine Arts
2004 „ Hungarian Sculptor Society”
Kaposfüredi Gallery
2004 „Xth.” Hungarian Sculptor Society,
Szombathelyi Palace of Art
2004 „Biennial of Fine Arts” Budapest, Csepel
Gallery
2004 „Stones” Budapest, Kék Iskola
Gallery
2003 „Exhibition of the Society of
Hungarian Sculptors”
Vigadó, Bp.
2003 „ 50th Autumn Show” Hódmezővásárhely
2003 „DLA Exhibition„ Pécs
2003 „ XVIIIth Biennial of Small
Sculpture” Pécs
2003 „ Exhibition of the Society of Hungarian
Sculptors” Trencsény, Slovakia
2002 „ Spring Show” Gallery 13, Bp.
2002 „The Exhibition of the Society of
Hungarian
Sculptors" Dunaszerdahely-Komárno, SLOVAKIA
2002 „Art Expo Fresh 2002” Mill of Fine
Art,
Szentendre
2002 „ Ist Biennial of Contemporary
Christian
Iconography”, Kecskemét
2002 „Exhibition of the Federation of
Hungarian
Sculptors” Millenáris Park, Bp.
2001 XVIIth Biennial of Small Sculpture,
Pécs.
2001 Annual Exhibition of the Society of
Hungarian
Sculptors, House of Hungarians, Bp., Győr.
2001 „From here and beyond Sculpture”
Palace of Art, Bp.
2001 „Grass-Wood-Flower”Agricultural
Museum, Bp.
2000 Biennial of Fine Arts,
Gallery Csepel, Bp.
1999 „ Mill of Fine Art- CAST IRON’’ ,
Szentendre.
1999 Small Stone Sculpture ’99,
Rákoshegy , Bp.
1998 Gallery Dovin , Bp.
1998 „ Hungarian Saloon’’ Palace
of Art, Bp.
1998 Biennial of Fine Arts,
Gallery Csepel, Bp.
1997 The Work of Art of the Month,
AFAH., Bp.
1997 XVth Biennial of Small
Sculpture, Pécs
1996 „Látszóház” Meeting points of
Architecture
and Sculpture, Technical University, Bp.
1996 Biennial of Fine Arts,
Gallery Csepel, Bp.
1994- Studio of Young Artists, Regular Annual
Exh, Bp.
1994 „ CROSS-ROADS’’ London, ENGLAND
1993 „ Fare Arte in Sadegna’’ Quartu San
Elena, ITALY
1992 Larkins Hall, Columbus, OHIO,
U.S.A.
1991 Gallery Water-tower, Bp.
1991 „Renovation’’ Palace of Art,
Bp.
1991 European League of Institutes
of Art, selection of the
Academy
of Fine Arts of Hungary (AFAH), Bp.
1990 Introduction of the AFAH in
France,
Institute of Hungary, Paris, FRANCE
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:
2007 Serbian Church,
Balassagyarmat, Hungary
2004 „Baráz-Erős-Sipos”
Budapest, Kék Iskola Gallery
2004 Tata, Castle of Tata,
Museum Kuny Domonkos
2003 „Gallery ’13 Soroksár”
Budapest
1991 House of Culture
Havana, Bp.
