Márton Magyari, painter and associate professor
Márton Magyari was born in 1958 in Budapest, Hungary. He graduated from Lovassy László High School in Veszprém in 1976. Between 1976 and 1978, he trained as an inlay maker, and in 1978, he was admitted to the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts (now University). He graduated as a painter in 1983. His mentor was Pál Gerzson. He completed a two-year postgraduate programme between 1983 and 1985. In 1987, his former mentor, Pál Gerzson, invited him to become his assistant lecturer. He taught at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts until 1996. In 1998, he was admitted to the Hungarian University of Applied Arts (the predecessor of MOME). In 2000, István Ferencz appointed him as head of the drawing studio at the Institute of Architecture (then Department). He was also responsible for the development of the studio’s curriculum. He taught chromatics at the institution from 2002. Between 2002 and 2004, he was a student at the MOME Doctoral School, where he obtained his DLA in 2008. In 2010, he became a non-academic public member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts. He was appointed associate professor in 2013, and he became habilitated in 2020.

He is a member of the National Association of Hungarian Artists, the Society of Hungarian Painters and the Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists. He has been awarded the Herman Lipót Prize, the Barcsay Prize and the City of Veszprém Prize. In 1993, as part of a scholarship from the Foundation Samuel Buffat, he spent six months in Geneva, and in 2017, he was awarded a scholarship by the Hungarian Academy in Rome.

As a committed environmentalist, and he served as a trustee of the Göncöl Society, Hungary's leading environmental foundation, for ten years.
He is a well-known figure in the contemporary Hungarian art scene and has been involved in numerous solo and important group exhibitions.

His most important solo exhibitions include:
2023 – Exhibition of Márton Magyari and István Mazzag, IzabellAmadeusz Gallery,
Budapest;
2023 – "Vajdahunyad Contemporary", Vajdahunyadvár Gallery, Budapest;
2017 – Györök Summer Exhibition, Balatongyörök;
2015 – "... Light Floods Everything”, Bartók 32 Gallery, Budapest;
2010 – "Figuration", Aranytíz Gallery, Budapest;
2009 – Club-Gallery of Újlipótváros, Budapest;
2008 – "Back and Forth", Ponton Gallery, Budapest;
2007 - "Master and Dog", Kert Gallery, Szolnok;
2006 – Large scale panorama commissioned by Costa Cruises for the luxury ocean liner Concordia;
2003 – "Elysium", Pelican Gallery, Székesfehérvár;
2001 – Keve Gallery, Ráckeve;
2000 – Tölgyfa Gallery, Budapest;
1999 – Gallery at Művésztelep (with sculptor Péter Márkus),
Szentendre; 1998 – Vigadó Gallery, Budapest;
1997 – Lovassy Gallery, Veszprém;
1997 – Writers' Association, Budapest;
1995 – Active Art Gallery, Szentendre;
1995 – Palazzo Gallery, Budapest;
1994 – Vár Gallery, Veszprém;
1994 – Hotel Flamenco, Budapest;
1994 – Hungarian House, Paris;
1993 – Galerie Ruine, Geneva; 1993 – Duna Gallery, Budapest;
1987 – Csepel Gallery, Budapest; 1984 - University Gallery, Veszprém;
1983 – Eötvös Club, Budapest; 1982 – Barcsay Room, University of Fine Arts, Budapest.

Major group exhibitions in recent years:
2023 – "BEAUTIFUL" national painting exhibition, Szolnok;
2023 – MFT Hungarian Painting Day, Vízivárosi Gallery;
2023 – Böszörményi Workshop, Széphárom Community Space, Budapest;
2022 – "Message", exhibition of the MMA Artists' Association members, Pesti Vigadó, Budapest;
2022 – "Christmas / Present", Society of Hungarian Painters, Vízivárosi Gallery, Budapest;
2021 – "SHORE" national painting exhibition, Szolnok;
2021 – Hajdúsági International Artists' Colony, Hajdúböszörmény;
2021 – "Horizon" national fine arts exhibition, Reök Palace, Szeged;
2021 – "KÉP-TÁR-HÁZ II." Contemporary Painting Exhibition, Szombathely Gallery, Szombathely;
2020 – "Conquered Borders" national art exhibition, Szolnok Gallery, Szolnok;
2020 – “Faces and Fates” and Fates, XXII National Portrait Biennale, Hatvan Gallery, Hatvan;
2020 – XI International Artists' Camp of Gyimes, Chisinau-Borospataka;
2020 - XXIV. Hungarian Lands National Landscape Biennale, Hatvan;
2020 – "Trans" national art exhibition, Szolnok Gallery, Szolnok;
2019 – X. Gyimesi International Artist Camp, Csíkszereda-Borospataka,
2019 – "Story" National Art Exhibition, Szolnok Gallery, Szolnok;
2019 – Balaton Exhibition, National Art Biennale, Balatonalmádi-Vörösberény;
2018 – exhibition of the scholarship holders of the Hungarian Academy of Rome, Párbeszéd Háza, Budapest;
2018 – "Part and Whole" national art exhibition, Szolnok Gallery, Szolnok;
2018 – exhibition of scholarship holders of the Hungarian Academy of Rome, Palazzo Falconieri, Rome;
2017 – "Limes" national art exhibition, Szolnok;
2016 "The Freedom of Sacrifice" national art exhibition, Szolnok;
2016 – "Living Hungarian Painting", Szent Adalbert Centre, Esztergom;
2016 – VII. Gyimes International Artists' Colony, Csíkszereda-Borospataka;
2015 – "Our Collections / Unique Works", Pelikan Gallery, Székesfehérvár;
2015 – "Living Painting", Bálna, Budapest;
2015 – "25 years in the Renée Erdős House", Budapest;
2015 – "Vágfalvi Ottó memorial exhibition", Csikász Gallery, Veszprém;
2015 – "Harmony", MűvészetMalom, Szentendre; 2014 - "Labyrinth" contemporary painting exhibition, MűvészetMalom, Szentendre,
2014 - VI. Gyimes International Artists' Colony, Csíkszereda-Borospataka;
2014 - "River" national art exhibition, Szolnok;
2014 - Hungarian Painting Day contemporary painting exhibition, Bartók 32 Gallery, Budapest;
2014 - Hungarian Painting Day contemporary painting exhibition, Bálna, Budapest;
2014 - "Szász Collection II", Bárándy House, Târgu Mures;
2013 - Hungarian Painting Day contemporary painting exhibition, Bartók 32 Gallery, Budapest