TAMÁS KOMORÓCZKY

Tamás Komoróczky  graduated as a painter at the Hungarian College of Fine Arts  in 1990.
1990-1992: he pursued his fine art studies at the Hungarian College of Fine Arts specializing in mural techniques, then as a postgraduate student he took up a video course at the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts.
As a member of the group “Újlak” established in 1989, he made solo and group installations for places like the Hungária Bath, Újlak Cinema and the exhibition room at 72. Tűzoltó Street.
In his works he uses many different media, his scope of artistic interest and activity is wide.  He makes video pieces and video installations, computer graphics, sound installations and mural works designed on computer.

From the beginning of the 90’s his installations appear  in the field of intermedia art. These works are experimental and show a sensual, lyrical concept.

He is a many sided artist, who expresses himself in a couple of media, crosses borders easily between genres, styles, methods (collection, appropriation), presents his installations in an elegant manner.

His interest is discursive, diversified. His works show scientific interest (high speed camera), as well as psychological interest (OCD project, TELE (Le Samurai) video), or engrossment in different visual or acoustic structures, system of schemata or cinematic abstractions.

He has participated in a great number of significant national and international exhibitions (Social Intercourse, XLIX. Venice Biennale, Hungarian Pavilion, 2001; Histoires Hongroises, Musée d'art moderne Lille Métropole,Villeneuve d'Ascq, 2001; XXV. Bienal de Sao Paulo, 2002;  Focus Istanbul, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2005,  Loud and Clear Too,  Museum Ludwig, Köln, 2005) 

He has been engaged in video making for more than 20 years. His activity in this field is fruitful: music videos, dream-like visions, reports, interviews, fictive, pseudoscientific essays, performances, absolut portraits, rythms composed of microsequences, mixes, remixes,  scenes spied like by a voyeur, found states, own poems with music and their remakes, paraphrases, provocative structured videos.  

His interest has very much turned towards personal historical self-reflection recently. In his exhibitions more emphasis has been added on visual and conceptual spiritual passageways, transitions between different times, and also on memory. These works are defined by conscious composition and poesy.