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Istvan Ocztos
 
 
About the Artist

My inspiration is the life, the plants, the human and the sky.

 
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dark night me no.: 01

2008
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dark night me no.: 02

2008
paper - ink, pencil, charcoal
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dark night me no.: 03

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circular no.: 01

2008
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watercolour field

2008
digital collage
56 x 42

watercolour field
digital collage of my water colours

before the jump

2008
digital collage
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before the jump
digital collage of my water colours

in front of the sun

2008
digital collage
56 x 42

in front of the sun
digital collage of my water colours
 
Education and biography
Ocztos István

Architect, artist, set designer
Born: Budapest, 1962 18. February
Lives and works in Budapest, freelancer


ocztostudio@mail.datanet.hu


http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/o/ocztos/
http://www.myspace.com/ocztos





Studies


1980–1986 Budapest University of Technology and Economics, BA in architecture




1982–1987 2. mûsor band
alternative, underground, dance band,
/keyboardist, singer, composer, lyrics/
1992 Festival Nap Nap, recording, of which a music cassette was recorded
Production: Bahia Music, 1992
In the same place, selected songs cassette /2. Mûsor, Soma, Sex-E-Pil, Ági és a Fiúk/
Production: Bahia Music, 1992




Own exhibitions


1981 “Metro” Exhibition in underground stations, Budapest
1982 Bercsényi Klub, Budapest,
Jászberény (with Zsolt Telek)
1983 Vajda Lajos Art Studio, Szentendre (with Gábor Gerhes and Péter Kirschner)
1988 “ Nyitó kiállítás” (“Opening exhibition”), Fekete Lyuk, Budapest
1990 Bercsényi 28–30. Art Gallery, Budapest
http://www.artpool.hu/Bercsenyi/Klub_820420.html
1992 “Saját idô mûvészeti fesztivál” (“Own Time Art Festival”, installation (with the photos of György Karvázy)
1996 “Installáció” (“Installation”), Bercsényi 28–30. Art Gallery, Budapest
2005 “Egy vonallal beljebb” (“One line further in”), Fészek Art Gallery, graphics, drawings, Budapest,
opening: Bori Ruttkai musician, artist
http://english.artnet.hu/portal/event.archive?p=2
“E tûnô rajzolat, sohasem lehet valóság”, paintings, Budapest,
opening: László Sári, researcher of Oriental studies
2006 “Egy szó – Egy rajz” (“A word- A drawing”)drawings - , Gallery of Új Színház,
Budapest
opening: Tibor Várnagy, artist
“Ceruza – papír” (“Pencil-paper”) drawings, Liget Art Gallery, Budapest
http://www.c3.hu/~ligal/314.html
http://www.artportál.hu/aktualis/kiallitasok/ocztos_istvan/ocztos_istvanand_ceruza_papir/
2007 “Vonal – Vászon” (“Line- Canvas”) paintings, Ráday Képesház, Budapest,
opening: Márta Mészáros film director
“Emberlények” ceruza- és szénrajzok, Szív35 Art Gallery, Budapest,
opening: Zsuzsa Naszódi painter






Selected group exhibitions


1982 Vajda Lajos Art Studio, exhibitions, Szentendre
1995 “Helyzetkép – State of The Arts”, magyar szobrászat /Hungarian plastic art, Mûcsarnok, Budapest
1996 “Gallery by Night”, Stúdió Art Gallery, Budapest
/András Gál, János Térey, István Kemény, Attila Bartis, Zsuzsanna Fülöp /
“Ottenstein”, Austria
1998 “Alagút-kiállítás” “Tunnel-exhibition”, Clark Ádám square, Budapest
2005 “55 Posztamens”, N&n Galéria, Budapest, “Lakótelep” (“Housing estate”) installation with Panna Ocztos
2006 “Portfolió összes” Stúdió Art Gallery, Budapest
“Lélek és Elme” (“Soul and Mind”) exhibition, National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Budapest
“Galéria Nyitó” (“Gallery Opening”) exhibition, BB Art Gallery Budapest
2007 “Kelj fel, Laci!” (“Stand up, Laci!”) Charity Exhibition and Auction, Mûcsarnok – mélyföldszint, Budapest
“boulevardésbrezsnyev pique – nique a holdudvarban”, Budapest, Margitsziget
“2 in 1 – zenészképek”, Millenáris, Budapest exhibiting artists: Laurie Anderson, Miles Davis, Tibor Kiss, András Wahorn, Gábor Gerhes, László fe Lugossy, István ef Zámbó, and others
“Négy rész” Tûztate, Budapest
“Te rongyos élet” Apropódium, Budapest






Set designs


1985 “Bizottság Afrikában”, installation together with Bizottság band, Hungary,
1987 “Manhatten” performance of László Rókás dance theater group, Szkéné Theatre,
1988 “Hármas Csatorna”, video clips of Balkán FuTourist band, MTV
1990 “A Király” Fiatal Mûvészek Klubja (Club of Young Hungarian Artists), installation, based on the idea of Tamás Király
1990–1991 “Király Tamás divatbemutatói” “Fasion shows of Tamás Király, Graz, Aarhus, director: Mariann Padi
1991 “De Sade márki élete” “Life of the Marquis of Sade” director: András Szirtes
“Tudatalagút” (“Consciousness-tunnel”), visual effects design,
participants: János Gasner, Ágnes Bárdos Deák, Tamás Király, Mariann Padi
1992 “Neoszarvasbika” director: László fe Lugossy
“A fele királyságom”(“Half of my kingdom”) director: András Kisfaludy
“Fekete Doboz” cable programme, studio set design and credits, programme of
László Pesty
1996 “Red Line” director: Tibor Takács
1996–2006 Hungarian and international commercials
1997 “Tactical Assault” director: Mark Griffith
“Egy tél az Isten háta mögött”, with Piroska Szabady, director: Can Togay
1998 “Au Pair” director: Mark Griffith
1999 “Kisvilma” (“Little Vilma”) director: Márta Mészáros
2001 “Elôre!” (“Forward!”) director: Dániel Erdélyi
2002 “Den of Lions” director: James Bruce
2003 “A temetetlen halott – Nagy Imre naplója” (“The unburried man-diary of Imre Nagy”) director: Márta Mészáros
“Egy bizonyitás körvonalai” (“Contours of verification”), “Proof”, Merlin Theater, director: László Magács and Krisztina Goda
2004 “Történetek az elveszett birodalomból” (“Stories from the lost empire”) director: Frigyes Gödrös
2005 “The Moon and The Stars” – art director, set designer, Amedeo Fago, director: Jhon Irvin
2005 “A Nagy Könyv” – The boys of Paul Street director: Ferenc Török
2007 “Eine Kleine Bachmusik” – dance performance MU Szinház, coreography: Kata Juhász

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0643855/





Architectural designs


1987–1988 “Fekete Lyuk”, interior design, Budapest (with Balkán FuTourist band)
1989 “Kinizsi Mozi”, Budapest (based on the mock-up of Gábor Bachman)
1990 “NA-NE Galéria”, Budapest (based on the plans of Gábor Bachman)
1991 “Toldi Mozi” entrance hall of Toldi cinema, Budapest
“Király Sörözô” shop front of Király pub, Budapest (with Eszter Kreissl)
“Rigoletto sörözô”, interior design of Rigoletto pub, Budapest
1995 “Bedrock diszkó”, interior design, Budapest
2003 “Merlin Színház”, Merlin Theatre, reconstruction plans, Budapest




Graphics and graphic designs


1987-1988 “Club MM” poster design and scenery, Almássy téri Szabadidôközpont, Budapest
1988–1989 “Sötét Zenék Háza”, poster design, son et lumiere – projection, Petôfi Csarnok, Budapest,
1990 “Beszélô” periodical and poster design (with Gábor Bachman and Sándor Kardos)
1991 “Magyar Narancs”, weekly paper design (with Ágnes Eperjesi)
book cover design
1992–1993 “Fríz Televíziós Iroda”, MTV, animated credits and graphics (Médiamix, IS)
1993 “MTV Gyermek és Ifjúsági Osztálya”,Youth Department of the Hungarian National TV Chanel, graphic designs
2003-2005 “Beszélô” periodical, illustrations
2007 “Élet és Irodalom” illustrations



Casts


1992 “Neoszarvasbika”, director: László fe Lugossy
1995 “A kisbaba reggelije”, director: András Szirtes
2006 “A trükk vége”, director: Nóra Lakos
2007 “Szerafina”, director: Csilla Hajósi Szabó



Workshops


2006 “Mesefesztivál” “Fairy tale Festival”, Colouring with children, Berlin
“Alkotóhét”, workshop tutor at the Faculty of Architecture of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, with third year students at the Department of Public Building Design
http://www.eszk.bme.hu/kozep/alkotohet/08.html
2007 “Momebazár2” Colouring with children, Budapest




Publications


2007 Magyar Építômûvészet 2007/1, “Alkotóhét 2006”
Magyar Építômûvészet 2007/2, “Berlin, Friedrichshain, kényszerhelyzet és elszántság”
http://www.magyarepitomuveszet.hu/csarnok.php?lapszam=2007-2





Publications - Products


2006 “Wer ist das, Was ist das” malbuch, colouring book, Budapest
“Halak” képeslap, five-piece series, Budapest
“Táblakép A B C D E F”, hand made, printed on wooden panel in a limited
number of copies
2007 “Kiaz? Mi az?” “Who’s this? What’s this?” Coluring book, Publisher: Blanc et Rouge kft. Budapest
“Ki az? Mi az? Who is this? What is this?” Coluring book, Publisher: Ocztos Stúdió Budapest
“Ki az? Mi az? Who is this? What is this?” postcard, Publisher: Ocztos Stúdió, Budapest
http://www.libri.hu/hu/book/gyermek_es_ifjusagi_konyvek/4_8_eveseknek/kifestok/
ki_az_mi_az_who_is_this_what_is_
http://www.hungarian-books.com
http://www.fokuszonline.hu
“Táblakép G H I”, hand made, printed on wooden panel in a limited
number of copies




Specialized Literature


1994 Para Kovács Imre, “Ocztos István Narancs Galéria”, Magyar Narancs, 1994. június 24.
1995 “Helyzetkép / State of The Arts” magyar szobrászat /Hungarian Sculpture, Mûcsarnok
2000 Kortárs Magyar Mûvészeti Lexikon, Enciklopédia Kiadó, fôszerkesztô, Fitz Péter
2005 Csizmadia Alexa: Élet-rajz
2007 dck, “Vonal - vászon” Magyar Narancs, Kultúra – visszhang, 2007. április
http://www.mancs.hu/index.php?gcPage=/public/hirek/hir.php&id=14503
Dékei Kriszta, “Érintések gubanca” Magyar Narancs, Kritika, 2007. május 3.
http://www.mancs.hu/index.php?gcPage=/public/hirek/hir.php&id=14678
Szombathy Bálint, “A játszma vége?”, Élet és Irodalom, 2007. május 25.






On Television


2005 “portréfilm” (“profile”) on the occasion of the street exhibition in Vienna, MTV Kultúrház, editor: Sári Szily
2007 “Barakk Fesztivál” Almássy tér, MTV, Feszti Körkép,
editor: Elvira Kubik, director: Mária Takács, 2007. augusztus 12.
http://www.mtv.hu/videotar/?id=7290
http://www.hirado.hu/cikk.php?id=224579






On the radio



2007 “Egy férfi, egy nô” , Petôfi, Magyar Rádió, programme of János Nelz, live, 2007. március 21.



Member of the Young Hungarian Artists’ Association, and the Hungarian Creatives’ Union

 
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