Istvan Horkay at The American Center for Artists

Horkay's work combines original drawn and painted images, appropriated masterpieces, photographs, artists' signatures and commercial logos. These elements are digitally assembled, i.e., collaged, to create a single, layered moment. This work is post pop, i.e., post modern pop art. Whereas Warhol took moments from popular culture and turned them into history, Horkay takes history and turns it into a moment, as though the past millenium was a monolithic unit of time.

Biography:

Horkay Istvan

Was born on1945 in Budapest, Hungary

After graduating from the School of Fine Arts in Budapest in 1964, Horkay was invited to attend the Academy of Fine Arts inCracow -Poland, the Major Art and Cultural Center of Eastern Europe, where he received his Master of Fine Arts.He continued his Studies at he Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen, Denmark. (1968) and did additional Post graduate work atthe Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest. (1971)
Horkay studied under the Internationallyknow Artist and Theater DirectorTadeusz Kantor as well as Professors, M. Weimann and J.Nowosielski. Palle Nielsen/Danmark/ He received Diplomas in Graphic Arts, Painting, and Film Animation.

Galleries:

Leslie Sacks Fine Art Los Angeles
Art Felchlin Gallery Zurich CH
D. Chase Gallery Salt Lake City

Gallery XXI. Budapest Hungary

Exhibitions:

1970 Cracow Poland
1974 Warszawa Poland
1990 Budapest Hungary
1990 Stuttgart Germany1
1990 Edmonton / Alberta / Canada
1991 Budapest Hungary
1992 Budapest/ Opera House/ Hungary
1992 Sienna/Word Meeting ISRA / Italy
1993 Rotterdam/Word Trade Center/ Holland
1994 Budapest/Vigado Gallery / Hungary
1995 Melbourne /Florida/ USA
1995 Delft /Gallery Brocades/ Holland
1996 Brussels/ Belgium/
1997 Berlin/Gallery Benario/ Germany
1998 Zurich/Gallery art-felchlin/
1999 Budapest Gallery XXI.
2000 Dolores Chase Gallery /Salt Lake City /USA
2000 Gallery de Griffel/ Utrecht / Holland
2000 Gallery XXI. Budapest /Hungary
2000 St. Petersburg/Russia/
2000 American Fine Art Editions Inc/Scottsdale
2001Budapest/Las Vegas
/2001 Moscow/Russia/ Hungarian Ambassy
2001 LeslieSacks Art Gallery Los Angeles/Web Exibition/
2001 Gallery Regina /Turku /Finnland
2001 ART'OTEL Budapest
2001 Gallery XXI. Budapest
2002 American Fine Art Editions Inc/Scottsdale