ANDRÁS NAGY-SÁNDOR
Andras Nagy-Sandor (1993) is a Hungarian artist and curator based in London, UK.
The main focus of Andras' practice is unpicking the aspirations and ambivalences within his masculinity through the symbolism of armours as a link between painterly, emotional and conceptual dichotomies. The aesthetic of Andras' armours are narrative, in some cases pseudo-folkloric, however they do not need to be read as armours as they are the results of an intuitive design process, an embodied sensemaking approach that is based on Andras' imagination and memories. They are gestures, edges, shapes, colours, patterns, paint, materials with a conscience enveloping figurative moments, interactions between body parts, characters, groups, anthropomorphic multiheaded beings that float between cultures and identities, folklore and sci-fi.
Andras has recently had his first solo exhibition at Fest; Tisztit Gallery in Budapest, Hungary and is the co-runner of ongoing initiative "project hu", which created a collaborative residency, artist talks and a touring exhibition over the past four years.
Education
2019-2022, MFA Fine Art Painting, Slade School of Fine Art, UK
2015-2018, BA (Hons) Fine Art, Newcastle University, UK
Solo Exhibitions
Feb. 2022, Bizz bennem/Trust me, Fest; Tisztit Gallery, Budapest, HU
Sept. 2020, Narrow Boat Exhibition, Narrow Gallery, London
Mar. 2018, Studies, Culture Lab, Newcastle
Selected Group Exhibitions
Apr. 2022 Emergence, The Room, London
Feb. 2022, Dream Baby Dream, The Fitzrovia Gallery, London
Feb. 2022, I'll Be Your Mirror, Boisdale of Bishopgate, London
Jan. 2022, Why Don't You Dance, ASC Gallery, London
Jan. 2022, Assemble, VO Curations, London
Dec. 2021, Paint Talk presentsWith Love II, online
Aug. 2021, Flirting with the Border Guards, Terrace Gallery, London
Nov. 2020, Paint Talk presents With Love, online
Nov. 2020, ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, online due to COVID-19
Aug. 2020, Material Figures, with Grace Mattingly and Lindsey Jean McLean, VO Curations, London
Jan. 2020, Slade Runner, ASC Gallery, London
Feb. 2019, hu, Hungarian Traveling Exhibition, White Conduit Projects, London
Jan. 2019, hu, Hungarian Traveling Exhibition, Abject Gallery, Newcastle
Nov. 2018, hu, Hungarian Traveling Exhibition, GENERATORporjects, Dundee
Nov. 2018, Young Contemporary Talent 2018, Ingram Collection, The Cello Factory, London
Sep. 2018, Art & Liberation, The Holy Biscuit, Newcastle
Aug. 2018, Newcastle University Printmakers, R.K. Burts Gallery, London
Jun., Jul. 2018 Newcastle University Degree Show, Newcastle University and Unit 8 at Copeland Park, London
Mar. 2018, Newcastle University Printmakers, Long Gallery, Newcastle University, Newcastle
Mar. 2018, Your Space, Jane Doe Gallery, Newcastle University, Newcastle (group)
June 2017, Page 1, Marjorie Robinson Library, Newcastle
Apr. 2017, Something Black, Cultivate Gallery and Organ Thing, Online
Mar. 2017, Fancy a Cuppa?, Vane Gallery, Newcastle
Dec. 2016, The Parade, Newcastle University, Newcastle
May 2016 Narrative, Newbridge Project, Newcastle
May 2016, Testing Grounds, Hoults Yard, Newcastle
Other features
Upcoming: Art Aid for Ukraine on WTF? and The Auction Collective
Currently: FUNDRAISER FOR UKRAINE on Collective East
Recent: Art on a Postcard auction on Artonapostcard
by Lidia Paseczki
Awards and residencies
2021 Colart Residency, London
2018 Shortlisted for the Young Contemporary Talent 2018, Ingram Collection
2018 Hatton Prize
Publications
Featured in:
2022 Ezt nezd!-Fiatal Festok Tarsasaga (Look at this!-Group of Young Painters) on artmagazin.hu
2020 Beszélgetés a project hu szervezőivel (Interview with the organizers of project hu) on artportal.hu
2020 (Zoom) Studio Visit: Andras Nagy-Sandor WTF?
2019 hu – Hungarian Touring Exhibition on corridor8
2019 hu (Hungarian Travelling Exhibition) podcast on HeyArtWhatsGood
2018 Északi Fény. Fiatal Magyarok Kiállítása Dundee-ban (Northern Light, Young Hungarian Artists’ Exhibition in Dundee) on artportal.hu
2015 Alliterati Magazine 18th issue https://issuu.com/alliteratimagazine
Written by:
2019 Cinematic Inclusions on Corridor8
2018 Töredékek (Fragments) on Artmagazin online
2018 Fiatal Cinikusok (Young Cinics) on Artmagazin online
Experience
2022 Co-producer alongside Julianna V. Berta of an art workshop/lecture at Cyprus College of Art
2021 Visiting artist at Newcastle University
2020 Co-Organizer of project hu X HOXTON 253 Residency
¬ A mentored, one month residency programme in collaboration with HOXTON 253 Gallery and the Hungarian Cultural Centre London. The residency included a space, artist talk and an exhibition alongside professional development opportunities and studio visits. project hu is an ongoing initiative that fosters cross-cultural dialogue and collaboration.
2020 Co-curator of Slade Runner
2018-2019 Organizer of hu/Hungarian Touring Exhibition
https://www.projecthu.org/touring-exhibition
2016-2017 Placement with Newcastle Arts Team
http://www.newcastleartsteam.com/#AIR2_SCOTSWOOD
¬ Assisted and collaborated with the artists in residence: Aaron Guy, Robert Parkinson in Scotswood; from the research phase to the practical execution of their project while making my own artist film.
2016-2017 Curator and organizer of Page 1 exhibition at the Marjorie Robinson Library
2014-2015 Intern at Várfok Gallery, Budapest
2013-2014 Intern at ArtPlacc, Tihany