Dénes Kalev Farkas
Born in Budapest, Hungary (1974)
Lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia
Born in Budapest, Hungary (1974)
Lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia
Education
Estonian Academy of Arts, 2003, Master of Arts (media arts - photography)
Estonian Academy of Arts, 2001, Bachelor of Arts (printmaking)
Estonian Academy of Arts, 2003, Master of Arts (media arts - photography)
Estonian Academy of Arts, 2001, Bachelor of Arts (printmaking)
Memberships
2006-2022: The Estonian Artists' Association
2009-2018: Union of Photography Artists, Estonia
2006-2022: The Estonian Artists' Association
2009-2018: Union of Photography Artists, Estonia
Work experiences
2009-: visiting lecturer, Estonian Academy of Arts
2000-: freelance artist, photograher and graphic designer
2011-2013: technical expert, Estonian Artists Association
2006-2009: associate professor, Estonian Academy of Arts, photography department
2009-: visiting lecturer, Estonian Academy of Arts
2000-: freelance artist, photograher and graphic designer
2011-2013: technical expert, Estonian Artists Association
2006-2009: associate professor, Estonian Academy of Arts, photography department
Solo Exhibitions
2020
“May You Be Loved and Protected”, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia, curator: Tamara Luuk
2019
“About Dreams That Awaken You”, Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2018
“When I Close My Eyes”, Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia
“Darkness Visible”, Ani Molnár Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2017
“La noche vuelve a ser noche”, Alarcon Criado Gallery, Seville, Spain
“How-to-calm-yourself-after-seeing-a-dead-body Techiques”, Contemporary Art Museum, Estonia, Tallinn, curator: Ingrid Ruudi
2015
"A Very Small Apotheosis", Alarcon Criado Gallery, Seville, Spain
"of places no longer being separated", Ani Molnar Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2013
"Evident In Advance", Venice, Italy, curator: Adam Budak
"Credo", Ani Molnar Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2020
“May You Be Loved and Protected”, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia, curator: Tamara Luuk
2019
“About Dreams That Awaken You”, Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2018
“When I Close My Eyes”, Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia
“Darkness Visible”, Ani Molnár Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2017
“La noche vuelve a ser noche”, Alarcon Criado Gallery, Seville, Spain
“How-to-calm-yourself-after-seeing-a-dead-body Techiques”, Contemporary Art Museum, Estonia, Tallinn, curator: Ingrid Ruudi
2015
"A Very Small Apotheosis", Alarcon Criado Gallery, Seville, Spain
"of places no longer being separated", Ani Molnar Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2013
"Evident In Advance", Venice, Italy, curator: Adam Budak
"Credo", Ani Molnar Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Group Exhibitions
2023
“Sequences XI”, Reykjavik, Iceland
“Art in the Age of the Anthropocene”, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2022
“Time”, MODEM, Debrecen, Hungary
“Bright Future”, Felix Kitchen&Bar, Budapest, Hungary
“Art in the Comfort Zone? The 2000s in Estonian Art”, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2021
“Returns”, Exhibition Halls Titanikas, Vilnius, Lithuania
2020
“Returns”, Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia
2018
"You've eaten Roses, now you'll drink the Moon!", Forum Arte Braga, Braga, Portugal
"Constructed Archives", Balassi Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
"Related by Sister Languages. Estonian-Hungarian contemporary art exhibition", Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
“Border Poetics. Estonian Art 1918–2018”, The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2017
“Central by East Central”, Arsenal Gallery, Białystok, Poland, curator: Adam Mazur
2016
„Pseudo“ (with Taavi Talve), Contemporary Art Museum, Estonia, Tallinn, curator: Marten Esko
„#Bartók“, Ludwig Museum, Hungary, Budapest, curator: Krisztina Szipőcs
2015
„MEEL. VAHTRA. FARKAS_idealist function“, Contemporary Art Centre. Vilnius, Lithuania, curator: Maria Arusoo
2014
„Traces - Contemporary Baltic Photography“, Fuga, Budapest, Hungary
„Contemporaries: Collectors and Artists – Hungarian and International Art from Private Collections in Hungary, 2010–2014“, New Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary, curators: Gábor Andrási, Tamás Török, Ágnes Konkoly, Zsuzsanna Szegedy-Maszák
„From the School of Arts and Crafts to the Academy of Arts. A Hundred Years of Art Education in Tallinn“, KUMU Art Museum, curator: Mart Kalm
„Knowing Space“, MA Curatorial Practice, School of Visual Arts, New York, U.S.A., curators: Steven Henry Madoff, Jovana Stokic
"Archeological Festival - A 2nd hand history and improbable obsessions", Tartu Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia, curator: Maria Arusoo
"Black House. Notes on Architecture", Contemporary Art Museum, Estonia, Tallinn, curator: Anders Härm
"Feeling Queezy?!", Contemporary Art Museum, Estonia, Tallinn, curator: Rebeka Põldsam
2013
"Art from Estonia - Dénes Farkas, Soho Fond, Neeme Külm, Jüri Ojaver, Tõnis Saadoja, Jaan Toomik", Artist Union of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
„Where You End, I Begin“, Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia, curator: Anneli Porri
2023
“Sequences XI”, Reykjavik, Iceland
“Art in the Age of the Anthropocene”, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2022
“Time”, MODEM, Debrecen, Hungary
“Bright Future”, Felix Kitchen&Bar, Budapest, Hungary
“Art in the Comfort Zone? The 2000s in Estonian Art”, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2021
“Returns”, Exhibition Halls Titanikas, Vilnius, Lithuania
2020
“Returns”, Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia
2018
"You've eaten Roses, now you'll drink the Moon!", Forum Arte Braga, Braga, Portugal
"Constructed Archives", Balassi Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
"Related by Sister Languages. Estonian-Hungarian contemporary art exhibition", Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
“Border Poetics. Estonian Art 1918–2018”, The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2017
“Central by East Central”, Arsenal Gallery, Białystok, Poland, curator: Adam Mazur
2016
„Pseudo“ (with Taavi Talve), Contemporary Art Museum, Estonia, Tallinn, curator: Marten Esko
„#Bartók“, Ludwig Museum, Hungary, Budapest, curator: Krisztina Szipőcs
2015
„MEEL. VAHTRA. FARKAS_idealist function“, Contemporary Art Centre. Vilnius, Lithuania, curator: Maria Arusoo
2014
„Traces - Contemporary Baltic Photography“, Fuga, Budapest, Hungary
„Contemporaries: Collectors and Artists – Hungarian and International Art from Private Collections in Hungary, 2010–2014“, New Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary, curators: Gábor Andrási, Tamás Török, Ágnes Konkoly, Zsuzsanna Szegedy-Maszák
„From the School of Arts and Crafts to the Academy of Arts. A Hundred Years of Art Education in Tallinn“, KUMU Art Museum, curator: Mart Kalm
„Knowing Space“, MA Curatorial Practice, School of Visual Arts, New York, U.S.A., curators: Steven Henry Madoff, Jovana Stokic
"Archeological Festival - A 2nd hand history and improbable obsessions", Tartu Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia, curator: Maria Arusoo
"Black House. Notes on Architecture", Contemporary Art Museum, Estonia, Tallinn, curator: Anders Härm
"Feeling Queezy?!", Contemporary Art Museum, Estonia, Tallinn, curator: Rebeka Põldsam
2013
"Art from Estonia - Dénes Farkas, Soho Fond, Neeme Külm, Jüri Ojaver, Tõnis Saadoja, Jaan Toomik", Artist Union of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
„Where You End, I Begin“, Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia, curator: Anneli Porri
Curatorial projects
2010
"Hungarian Utopia" - (with Anders Härm) Tallinn City Gallery, Tallinn
2008
"Insanity" - Contemporary Art Museum, Estonia, Tallinn
2010
"Hungarian Utopia" - (with Anders Härm) Tallinn City Gallery, Tallinn
2008
"Insanity" - Contemporary Art Museum, Estonia, Tallinn
Residencies
2018 URRA, Artists residency, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2022 Debrecen Artist in Residence, Debrecen, Hungary
2018 URRA, Artists residency, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2022 Debrecen Artist in Residence, Debrecen, Hungary
Works in collections
MODEM, Debrecen, Hungary
Art Museum of Estonia, Estonia
Contemporary Art Museum, Estonia
Pérez Art Museum Miami, USA
Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary
Leal Rios Foundation, Portugal
Private collections in Europe, Asia, USA, South-America
MODEM, Debrecen, Hungary
Art Museum of Estonia, Estonia
Contemporary Art Museum, Estonia
Pérez Art Museum Miami, USA
Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary
Leal Rios Foundation, Portugal
Private collections in Europe, Asia, USA, South-America
Awards
2018 The Annual Prize of the Estonian Cultural Endowment's Foundation for Fine and Applied Arts
2013 The Annual Prize of the Estonian Cultural Endowment's Foundation for Fine and Applied Arts
2010 The Annual Prize of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia
2018 The Annual Prize of the Estonian Cultural Endowment's Foundation for Fine and Applied Arts
2013 The Annual Prize of the Estonian Cultural Endowment's Foundation for Fine and Applied Arts
2010 The Annual Prize of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia