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Ákos Major has long photographed anthropocene urban landscapes, an act that for him is both an act of relaxation and a means to an end. His work can be labelled by many different adjectives, but his minimalist, inhuman urban photographs are clearly associated with the New Topographics that originated in America. The monochrome tones, and the landscape portraits with their contemplative attitude, are themselves evocative of the state of mind in which they were taken: meditative, serene images, whether they were taken in Dubai, California or Lake Balaton.
IG Ákos Major
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Academic studies
2001 – Hungarian University of Arts and Design (now MOME), Budapest / visual communications BA
1993 – Secondary School of Arts, Pécs / applied graphics
Solo exhibitions
2021
– Dad’s walks | Apa csavarog – TOBE Gallery / Budapest
2018
– ORDER | REND – TOBE Gallery / Budapest
Selected group exhibitions
2024
– JUST TO BE… – Hungarian Cultural Institute / Sofia
2023
– TO BE continued – TOBE Gallery / Budapest
– FCKN LOVE I – TOBE Gallery / Budapest
2020
– SO[u]LIDARITÉ online – TOBE Gallery / Budapest
– Summer Show: Dreamers – TOBE Gallery / Budapest
– Subjectively Objective – OITO / Detroit
2019
– LIGHT – TOBE Gallery / Budapest
2018
– Playground curated by TOBE Gallery – Pegazus / Szentbékkálla
2017
– GÜELCOME – TOBE Gallery / Budapest
2016
– PICTURES and PIXELS | Photographic Art – and beyond | National Salon 2016 – Budapest Hall of Art – Kunsthalle / Budapest
2015
– Arquitecturas – Victor Lope Arte Contemporáneo / Barcelona
2014
– Crossroads – Victor Lope Arte Contemporáneo / Barcelona
– Crossing Lines – Victor Lope Arte Contemporáneo / Barcelona
– Le Project SFAX – Centre Cívic Fort Pienc / Barcelona
– Le Project SFAX – Kheireddine Palace / Tunis
2012
– Perfect Exposures 2012 – The Perfect Exposure Gallery / Los Angeles
Presence in Art Fairs
2024
– Budapest Contemporary – TOBE Gallery / Budapest
2022
– UNSEEN Photo Fair – TOBE Gallery / Amsterdam
2021
– MIA Milan Image Art Fair – TOBE Gallery / Milan
2020
– Art Market Budapest – TOBE Gallery – Art Advisory Budapest / Budapest
2019
– MIA Photo Fair – TOBE Gallery / Milan
2018
– viennacontemporary – TOBE Gallery / Vienna
– MIA Photo Fair – TOBE Gallery / Milan
2017
– Art Market Budapest – TOBE Gallery / Budapest
– Parallel Vienna – TOBE Gallery / Vienna
– MIA Photo Fair – TOBE Gallery / Milan
Awards
2012
– Grand Prix de la Découverte – winner in Landscape category / Paris
Works in collections
Aksenov Family Foundation / Moscow
Bibliotheque Nationale de France / Paris
Publications
2019
– Observations in the Ordinary by Noah Waldeck – Edited by Obscura Land / Detroit
– Subjectively Objective Issue 20 by Noah Waldeck – Edited by Obscura Land / Detroit
2016
– Two of a Kind by Sandrine Kerfante – Edited by Chronicles Books / San Francisco
2015
– An Uncommon Archive – Edited by T. Adler Books / Santa Barbara
2013
– Le Project SFAX by Juan Angel de Corral – Edited by Delegation of the EU to Tunisia / Maghreb
2012
– The Still Series – Ákos Major by J. Walters – Edited by Global Art Junkie / Ontario
Selected PRESS
2021
– Contrasting intimacy, Lili Farkas-Zentai / HYPEandHYPER
– A sivatag mindenütt jelen van, és megváltja a jelentéktelenséget, Sirbik Attila / Új Művészet
– Dad’s walks : Ákos Major / Artmirror
– Major Ákos fotográfus munkái ember nélküli tájakról, amelyek az emberről mesélnek / Műtárgy
– A kényelmes távolság a világ és köztem, Tóth Judit Nikolette / Artnews
2018
– MAJOR ÁKOS – grafikus, fotóművész/graphic designer, photographer / Neighbour Art
– Minden ugyanaz másként, Karip Timi / INDEX Nagykép
– Az ember világa. A világ embere, Tóth Judit Nikoletta / Artnews
2017
– Interview with fine art photographer Ákos Major / international photogrAphy magazine
– Les paysages balnéaires minimalistes d’Akos Major / Art Juice
available artworks
DAD’S WALKS / APA CSAVAROG
Archival pigment ink prints from medium format digital photography and analogue negatives
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Untitled I | 80 x 100 cm | Ed. 1/3
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Untitled II | 80 x 100 cm | Ed. 1/3
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Untitled III | 80 x 100 cm | Ed. 1/3
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Untitled IV | 80 x 100 cm | Ed. 1/3
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Untitled V | 50 x 40 cm | Ed. 1/5
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Untitled VI | 50 x 40 cm | Ed. 1/5
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Untitled VII | 50 x 40 cm | Ed. 1/5
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Untitled VIII | 50 x 40 cm | Ed. 1/5
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Untitled IX | 50 x 40 cm | Ed. 1/5
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Untitled X | 40 x 50 cm | Ed. 1/5
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Untitled XI | 40 x 50 cm | Ed. 1/5
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Untitled XII | 40 x 50 cm | Ed. 1/5
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Untitled XIII | 40 x 50 cm | Ed. 1/5
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Untitled XIV | 40 x 50 cm | Ed. 1/5
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Untitled XV | 40 x 50 cm | Ed. 1/5
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Untitled XVI | 40 x 50 cm | Ed. 1/5
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Untitled XVII | 40 x 50 cm | Ed. 1/5
