CÍMLAPON a - Birodalom bukása
Műtermi pillanatok:
" Lemaradt egy publikáció. Megint csatoltam a teljes CV-t frissítve
- Hollyway Magazine (Japan) October issue, Fine Art Edition - 2022
Címoldaldalukon a Birodalom bukása c. képem szerepel, meg lehoztak egy interjút is velem."
...és akkor olvassunk is bele Balog Béla művészi pedigréjébe. Szép kezdet.
BIO and ARTIST STATEMENT
Bela Balog was born in 1970 (Senta). He lives and works in Budapest, Hungary. He considers himself primarily as a digital artist of deconstructivism and futurism. He mixes a lot of architectural elements into his digital works. These create a sense of chaotic structure, increasing the dynamism of the work. What also draws the audience to decipher these images are the recognizable figures are silhouettes. In the future, he wants to follow this imagined path and create more new series in the same style.
There is a strong visual language throughout the whole artworks that allows these pieces to be read as a timeline. Within each individual work there are multiple scenes layered into each other and showcase a passage of time that is expanded upon as we look throughout the entire series. Each piece feels like we are looking around an environment that is active and lively. When looked at together, we begin to see a more complete experience of life from the views inside and outside an environment. Interestingly a lot of the architectural elements are very reminiscent of work of deconstructivism and futurism.
All his artworks are a process of a story, a plot. Stories that surround his narrower or wider environment. Sometimes it's a simple newspaper article or a photo inspired, but there are times when it's a literary work, a movie, or the streets around his residence, the riverside, or the people. Bela Balog's work mixes reality and imagination. Telling his pictures and also experiencing reality. Reality can also be displayed in the imagination. Its detailed image processing is in line with these considerations. It helps the viewer understand the tale, but also leaves an open door for everyone to experience their own imagination and reality. The goal of Bela Balog is clearly to grasp the point. His topics are therefore often about the most problematic things like death, loss, illness, domestic violence. But it displays the most beautiful things in life as well as birth, love, joy, beauty.
The common language of all these images is the color world of Bela Balog, which deliberately draws the attention of the viewers loudly.
Bela Balog has developed a completely unique digital technique that uses both photographic and drawing elements. His works are being created in a unique self-developed digitization process. He is constantly developing this technique and experimenting with new techniques.
All digital works by Bela Balog are unique (1/1 limited edition), with Certificate of Authenticity , signed by the artist.
Bela Balog's artworks have been shown in galleries and art magazines in many countries (USA, UK, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Singapore, Italy, Belgium, Greece, Germany, Austria, Spain, Netherlands, Hungary, etc.).
He won several awards:
- Gold List Award for Top Contemporary Artists of Today juried by Art Market Magazine (Israel), Redwood Media/Art Group (USA), Discovery Art Fair (Germany) and Florence Biennale (Italy) - 2022
- Art Vue Prize Fall - Bruxelles (Belgium) - 2nd Prize - 2022
- Upward Gallery (Georgia) - First Place Winner, Rivers and Bridges Art Competition - 2022
- Art Show International Gallery (USA) - Talent Prize Award
- Brouhaha Art Gallery, (Hong Kong) - Distinguished Award
- Helvet Art (Switzerland) - Honorable Mention Award
- Art Vue Prize Brussels (Belgium) - Special Mention Award
- Art Vue Prize Brussels (Belgium) - TOP 30 Award
- Make Art Gallery - (Italy) - Abstracta - Attestato Di Merito Artistico
- Make Art Gallery - (Italy) - ArtNoise III - Attestato Di Merito Artistico
- Make Art Gallery - (Italy) - Just Art VII - Attestato Di Merito Artistico
- Engage Art (USA) - Semi Finalist
- Gallery Ring (USA) - Award of Merit
- Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery (USA) - Special Recognition
His works have appeared in the following magazines, books and albums:
- Bruxelles Art Vue (Belgium) - Bela Balog - Meeting of Worlds (solo album)
- Art Market Magazine, Gold List - Top Contemporary Artists of Today - 2022
- Art Market Magazine, Issue #71 (Digital Art, Illustration)
- Jaamzin Creative Magazine (Singapore) - Special Edition
- Art Vue Prize: Fall - Bruxelles (Belgium) - Catalogue
- Art Vue Prize Spring - Bruxelles (Belgium) - Catalogue
- Art Vue Prize Summer - Bruxelles (Belgium) - Catalogue
- Bruxelles Art Vue (Belgium) - Street Life - Book
- Culturally Arts Collective (USA) - Mutagens - Anthology
- Florence Contemporary Gallery - Reminiscence/6
- Bruxelles Art Vue (Belgium) - Human Body is Art - Book
- Bruxelles Art Vue (Belgium) - Limitless Nature - Book
- Goodess Arts Magazine (Germany) - Issue 6.
- ARTsCAP Magazin XI. (Hungary)
- Tebbs Gallery (UK) - Art and Sound Project - Book
- Hollyway Magazine (Japan) October issue, Fine Art Edition - 2022
Solo Exhibitions
Virtual Solo Exhibition, Make Art Gallery (Italy)
Art Show International Gallery (USA)
Tales of Pictures - Art Exhibition in Augmented Reality - Piazzale Michelangelo, Florence, Italy
Online exhibition on JaamZIN Creative (Singapore)
Group exhibitions
Casa del Arte, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Urbanside Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland, Artboxy Selection
Thomson Gallery, Zug, Switzerland, Artboxy Selection
Lelie Galerij, Amsterdam (Ned), Artboxy Selection
SWISS ART EXPO, Zürich (Switzerland)
KreativRaum Galerie, Vienna
Kulturschoepfer, Green Hill Gallery (Berlin)
Art Number 23 Gallery, Athens, (Greece)
Boomer Gallery, London (UK)
Golden Duck Gallery, Budapest (Hungary)
Windsor Art Fair (UK)
www.belabalog.com
artist@belabalog.com
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