born 1966 in Halle/Saale, Germany
lives and works in Budapest, Hungary


studies

• 'Meisterschüler' with Prof. G. Büttenbender at the HBK Braunschweig/Germany 1993
• studies of fine arts and film at the HBK Braunschweig; diploma 1987-92
• studies of philosophy in Braunschweig 1986-87

activities

• co-foundation and curator of Videospace Budapest since 1999
• co-foundation & head of the gallery at Trafó - House of Contemporary Arts in Budapest 1998-99
• board-member of the Stúdió - Young Artists Association in Budapest 1994-2001
• co-foundation & curator of the gallery Fisch in Braunschweig 1986-92

solo shows

2010
• Die Bande im Bandee (with C. Stracke and J. Zehe), Space Bandee, Busan / South Korea
  
• Trap, Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest
  2009
• Collection, Pixel Gallery, Budapest
  2006
• Model, Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest
  2005
• Closed Circuit, Budapest Gallery, Lajos Street exhibition space, Budapest
  2003
• Subjective Space, Allgemeiner Konsumverein, Braunschweig
  2002
• You Are Here!, Deák Erika Gallery, Budapest
  2001
• Golden Cage, Centre Culturel Balavoine, Arques
• frames'games (with H. Németh and Gy. Várnai), Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin
• Territorios Habitables, Abisal, Bilbao
• Elsewhere (with C. Stracke and J. Zehe), Goethe-Institut, Budapest
  2000
• Impulse, Protocoll Gallery, Cluj
• Face to Face (Unter Zwei Augen), Galerie Sehsaal, Vienna
• Out of Shape (with H. Németh und Gy. Várnai), Municipal Art Msueum, Győr
  1999
• Tuning 3.0, U.F.F. Gallery, Budapest
  1998
• Dancing Place, Vízivárosi Gallery, Budapest (with Denis S. Rose)
• Time Delay, Óbudai Társaskör Gallery, Budapest
  1997
• Parallel Space, Ifjúsági Ház, Szeged
• Real Virtuality-Machine 4.0, MTA-SZTAKI, Budapest
  1996
• Experiments to the Real Virtuality(E), Uitz-Terem, Dunaújváros
• Don QuiXote, wind-energy-supplies, Emden
• Rudolf-Wilke-Preis, Brücke Galerie, Braunschweig
  1995
• Landing Place 2, Gallery KK im Fisch, Braunschweig
• Resting Place, Goethe-Institut, Budapest
  1994
• Landing Place, Liget Gallery, Budapest & by computer-modem
  1993
• Dream Machines, Kornbrennerei, Hannover
• The Tunnel, Les Ets. Phonographique de L'Est, Paris
• Installationen, Kunstverein, Wolfenbüttel
  1992
• Don't Forget The One Room!, Zentrale Kunst Gallery, Hamburg
• Times, Stúdió Gallery, Budapest

participations

2010
• Volta Basel (Erika Deák Gallery), Basel
2009
• Portrait (Arc-kép, éngond... 150 év klasszikus és kortárs ego értelmezése), Volksbank Gallery
• Revolutionary Decadence (Forradalmi dekadencia, külföldi művészek Budapesten 1989 óta), Kiscelli Museum, Templomtér
2008
• Value, Art, Patronage, Kogárt House, Budapest
• Talált házak, Volksbank Gallery, Székesfehérvár
• Partition - Intermedia from five continents, MODEM, Debrecen
2007
• 1-2-3: Focus on the Collection, Lúdwig Museum, Budapest
2006
• Artforum (Erika Deák Gallery), Berlin
• Code, ArtMill, Szentendre
• Ring Videos, Ludwig Museum, Budapest
• Treshold, 2B Gallery, Budapest
• Collection Ludwig, Ludwig Meuseum, Budapest
• Portfolio All, Stúdió Gallery, Budapest
2005
• House of Future (Jövő Háza), Budapest
• Softmanipulations, Roxy Art House, Edinburgh
• ArtFrankfurt (Erika Deák Gallery), Frankfurt/Main
• ViennAfair (Erika Deák Gallery), Vienna
• Arte Fiera (Erika Deák Gallery), Bologna
  2004
• Extended Views, public space screening, Maastricht
• Artforum (Erika Deák Gallery), Berlin
• Softmanipulations, Budapest Gallery, Szabad sajtó exhibition space, Budapest
• Game (Játék), Deák Erika Gallery, Budapest
• Mediafactory, Zsolnay factory building, Pécs
• Short Stories, Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest
  2003
• Softmanipulations, Atelierraum Martin Vesely, Vienna
• Artforum (Erika Deák Gallery), Berlin
• Portrait (Portré), Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest
• Zoom Festival, Apolló cinema, Pécs
• Creme II (Krém II), MEO, Budapest
• Harakiri Bonbon, Kunsthaus, Hamburg
• ARCO (Erika Deák Gallery), Madrid
  2002
• Virtual Metropolis (with Gyula Várnai), Underground, Vörörsmarty square station, Budapest
• Gallery 1:10, Kunstraum, Innsbruck
• Budapest Box, Ludwig Museum, Budapest
• Unstable Narratives, hARTware, Dortmund
  2001
• Transit (Átszállás), Millenium Park, Budapest
• Surprise (Meglepetés), Institute for Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros
• Service, Műcsarnok, Budapest
• Compatibility, ZOO Galerie, Nantes
• Hungarian Sculpture (Szobrászaton innen és túl), Műcsarnok, Budapest
• Short Stories (Rövid történetek), Budapest Gallery, Lajos street exhibition space, Budapest
  2000
• T-Dugó, De Febriek, Eindhoven
• Machine Times, V2, Rotterdam
• CYNETart, Kunsthaus, Dresden
• Media Model, Műcsarnok, Budapest
• Young Experimenal Art IV., Postfuhrwerk, Berlin
• Out of Shape (with Hajnal Németh and Gyula Várnai), Municipal Art Musueum, Győr
• Fictional Reality (Fikciós Valóság), Budapest Gallery, Lajos street exhibition space, Budapest
• MM endless, Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest
  1999
• TOOT, Time Based Arts, Hull
• Transformation Hungary, Mousonturm, Frankfurt/Main
• Closed in a Box, Fészek Gallery, Budapest
  1998
• Remix, Council Gallery, Pécs
• Ars Electronika, internet (in the project Pocket-TV)
• Ornamentika, Council Gallery, Szombathely
• Opening of the ZKM-Gallery in Karlsruhe, C3-Foundation Budapest on internet
  1997
• De Valigia, numerous European capitals
• Gallery by Night International (with Hayley Newman), Stúdió Galéria, Budapest
  1996
• 79. Autumn Show of Lower Saxony (79. Niedersächsische Herbstausstellung), Eisfabrik, Hannover
• Schlaglicht, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
• Int. Festival of Computer Arts, Narodni Dom, Maribor
• 15 Lux Maximum, Eighth Floor Co., New York
• The Butterfly Effect, Műcsarnok, Budapest
  1995
• AVE, Gallery De Gele Rijder, Arnhem
• Ostranenie, Bauhaus, Dessau
• Through Glass, Gallery Skuc, Ljubljana
• Zusammenziehende Häuser, Kunsthaus, Hamburg
• Balm (Balzsam), Ernst Museum, Budapest
  1994
• The Studio of Young Artists, station 3, Vienna
• Almost Third Contemporary Hungarian Epigon Exhibition (Majdnem Harmadik Kortárs Magyar Epigon Kiállítás), Újlak Kiállítótér, Tűzoltó u. 72.
• Ventilation, Gallery Toit-du-monde, Vevey
• fischwerk 3, Gallery KK im FISCH, Braunschweig
• Master class (Meisterschüler), Gornoslaska Macierz Kultury, Katowice
• Epigon, KX-Kampnagel, Hamburg
  1993
• 10 years Torhaus - installations, Torhaus Gallery, Braunschweig
• Staircase for Art 2 (Ein Treppenhaus für die Kunst 2), Ministry of Culture and Science, Hannover
  1992
• Stúdió '92, Ernst Museum, Budapest
• 77. Autumn Show of Lower Saxony (77. Niedersächsische Herbstausstellung), Kubus, Hannover
• Differenti Sensationi 9, Stalker Teatro, Torino
  1991
• Space (Ür), Vajda Pince, Szentendre
• AVE, Oceaan, Arnhem
  1990
• 76. Autumn Show of Lower Saxony (76. Niedersächsische Herbstausstellung), Kunstverein, Hannover
  1989
• fischwerk, Gallery Fisch, Braunschweig
  
  
  

list of all works (in progress)

• 
  Observation
  2010, light box, 2000x50x10cm, ed. 3


• 
  Temptation
  2010, 3-channel video installation with 2 light-boxes, 1'08", ed. 5 + 1 AP more
  2010, single channel video, 3'15", ed. 5 + 1 AP


• 
  House of Cards
  2009, two-channel video installation, two plexi screens, 11’00”, 200x120x100cm, ed. 5 + 1 AP


• 
  Time Trap
  2009, three channel video installation, ca. 2,20x9,00m, ed. 5 + 1 AP


• 
  Cube
  2008, 3-channel video installation with sound, site specific / room corner, 6’00”, ed. 5 + 1 AP more
  2008, single channel video, 6'00", ed. 5 + 1 AP


• 
  From the Hip
  2006, single channel video (image 18:5), 2’11”, ed. 5 + 1 AP


• 
  Utopia (Collection)
  2006, 27 graphics, 33 x 22 cm each, UV-lacquer, aluminum plate ed. 3 + 1 AP


• 
  Scale Model
  I (Wall), 2006, video object, 120x40x5cm, ed. 3
  II (Rain), 2006, video object, 30x50x12cm , ed. 3


• 
  Utopia
  2005, multi-channel video installation, 18’38", ed. 3 + 1 AP more
  2009, single channel video, 18’38", ed. 5 + 1 AP


• 
  Contraction
  2005, single-channel video installation, ca. 2x2x2m, 1/8 sphere, plush surface, video projection, music, ed. 5 + 1 AP more


• 
  Signs
  2005, 6 neon-objects, height:120 cm, width variable, neon tubes, plywood board, waxed and painted, picture frame, ed. 1 more


• 
  Past Cuts
  2005, single channel video, 5'40", site specific screening, ed. 3 + 1 AP more


• 
  360°
  2005, single channel video, 3'00", ed. 5 + 1 AP more


• 
  Lights
  2004, three light-boxes (Lights I, II, III), 33x33x6cm each, ed. 3 more


• 
  After Laika (Stages)
  2003, 3 framed photographs, 88x66cm, ed. 3


• 
  After Laika
  2003, single channel video, 2'30", ed. 10 + 1 AP more


• 
  Interim
  2002, 4 photographs mounted behind 10mm plexi, ed. 3 more


• 
  Bilbao
  2001, single channel video, 1'24", projection into a corner, ed. 5 more


• 
  Smoking Room
  2001, laser installation, 180x180x240cm; iron construction wraped with plastic, red laser, ed. 3 more


• 
  The Stage
  2001, computer based sound installation, 40x250x250cm; sensor matrix, amplifier, speakers, ed. 3 more


• 
  Golden Cage
  2001, video installation, silent, projection into a picture frame, 2'40", ed. 5 + 1 AP more


• 
  Tuning
  version 3.0 (three niches) version 1.0 (one niche):
  2000, single channel video installation, silent, 4'10", ca. 225x300x120cm site-specific, ed. 3 + 1 AP more


• 
  Telepathy
  2000, two-channel video object, silent, ca. 160x120x60cm; two monitors, table, ed. 3 + 1 AP


• 
  Your Are Here!
  2000, site specific light installation, changing shapes; pre-fabricated luminous discharge lamps more


• 
  The Corner in My Mind
  2000, single channel video, silent, 3'25", ed. 5 + 1 AP more


• 
  X=X+1 (Incremental)
  1999, computer controled video, ed. 5 + 1 AP more
  1999, internet version, counting continously


• 
  Encyclopedia
  1999, two-channel video installation, 180x80x25cm; two small monitors, book shelf, ed. 3 + 1 AP + 5


• 
  Time Delay
  1998, two-channel video installation, site-specific; monitor, video projection, water, ed. 3 + 1 AP


• 
  Dancing Place
  1998, single channel video installation, silent, site-specific, ed. 5 + 1 AP


• 
  Artificial Intelligence
  1996, kinetic installation, site-specific, ca. 1,5x1,5m; electronic, glass, oil, balls ø 9cm


• 
  Exterritoriality 5
  1996, installation, 220x360x120cm; particle board, three reflectors, dimmer switches


• 
  Divers
  1995, versions 1-8, 1-4 channel video, 1-8 stands, 120x40x40cm each, glass, monitors more
  1995, double, 2 channel video, 120x80x40cm


• 
  Exterritoriality 4
  1995, open-air-installation, two towers 250x180x120cm each; white bricks


• 
  Landing Place 2
  1995, site-specific installation: corrugated cardboard, reflectors, dimmer switches more


• 
  Virtual Machine
  versions 1.0 - 4.0, 1995, 1-4 cubes, 120x40x40cm each; half-transparent mirrors, 1 bulb, stand more
  versions V (table+air)


• 
  Underground
  1994, open-air-installation, site-specific; mirrors, daylight


• 
  Exterritoriality 3
  1994, installation, 210x60x60cm; irregular red bricks, white paint, reflector, dimmer switch


• 
  Small Endless
  1994, silk-print on paper / plexi, 40x25cm, ed. 10 / 3


• 
  Landing Place
  1994, site-specific installation; corrugated cardboard, monitor, shots from opening


• 
  The Tunnel
  1993, site-specific installation, 500x300x150cm, ca. 3000m white rope, daylight, ed. 3 more


• 
  Sun
  1993, installation, 350x700x220cm; particle board, reflectors, dimmer switches


• 
  Do Not Trust Operating Instructions!
  1993, sound installation, site-specific; Commodore 64, dot-matrix-printer, two microphones, amplifier, speakers


• 
  Voices
  1993 - with Gyula Várnai, performance and interactive installation, site-specific; nine portable tape-recorders with endless tapes


• 
  The Gate
  1993,installation, 700x200cm, site-specific; 1700m white rope, daylight


• 
  Heaven
  1993, two-channel video installation, site-specific; two small monitors, timbers


• 
  Small Souls
  1992, installation; hand-bent heating bars, 15-30cm high


• 
  Ufo
  1992, single channel video installation, silent, site specific, ca. 3x2x1m; small monitor, plastic-bag, oil, ed. 3 more


• 
  Do Not Forget the One Room!
  1992, three-channel video installation, site-specific; three small monitors, mirrors, laser, electronic


• 
  Escape
  1990, single channel video installation, silent, 150x60x50cm; revolving monitor, ed. 3 more

details of some works on privious website
for more information see previous website

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Contact: eike(at)videospace.c3.hu

The art works by EIKE are represented by the Erika Deák Gallery.

Special thanks for their help and support during all the years to:
Kai Berg, György Fehér, Denis Stuart Rose, Ulf Berg, Gerd-Friedrich Fahlberg, Erika Deák, Inge Schöbel and many others as well to my wife and my daughters