BIO



Beáta Szabó currently lives and works in Budapest. She was born in 1981 in Hungary.

From 2020 to 2021 she studied Visual Education at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Visual Education Department, Budapest, Hungary. From 2012 to 2015 she studied Painting at the Anadolu University, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Eskişehir, Turkey. From 2008 to 2009 she obtained an Erasmus Scholarship and she studied Painting at the Anadolu University, Painting Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, Eskişehir, Turkey. From 2004 to 2010 she studied Design at the University of West Hungary, Faculty of Wood Sciences, Department of Industrial Design, Sopron, Hungary.

She participated in the following workshops: 2021 Köz.kemp'21, Erdőbénye, Hungary; 2020 AT x Kaos Camping, Kővágóörs Artcamp, Kővágóörs, Hungary; 2020 Köz.kemp'20, Erdőbénye, Hungary; 2020 Susana Pilar Delahante Matienzo's workshop, at the Program of Ludwig Guest Professor (organized by Irene and Peter Ludwig, Ludwig Museum, Budapest), Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary; 2019 AT x Kaos Camping, Kővágóörs Artcamp, Kővágóörs, Hungary; 2019 South-Balaton Contemporary Workshop; Calvinistic Church garden, Szólád, Hungary; 2018 Embrace; XXVIII ART CAMP Art Symposium, Jászberény, Hungary; 2017 Processes; XXVII ART CAMP Art Symposium, Jászberény, Hungary; 2016 Possible ImpossibilityXXVI ART CAMP Art Symposium, Jászberény, Hungary; 2016 Spiritual Inspirations, CaritART Contemporary Art Workshop and Art House, Mátraderecske, Hungary; 2015 Irfan Önürmen’s workshop, Anadolu University, Painting Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, Eskişehir, Turkey; 2015 After Nature 2015 – Norway; 2015 Değartlab Gallery, Eskişehir, Turkey.

She had solo shows, performances and workshops namely Gastro-Entero Delights; AQBoutique, aqb, Budapest, Hungary (2022); IXIR; aqb OPEN HOUSE, Budapest, Hungary (2022); The Belly Banquet; MÁL/TÍÐ x Listasafn Reykjavíkur Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland; Köz.kemp'21, Erdőbénye, Hungary (2021); Trust Your Gut!Liget Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (2020); Organ Concert; Liget Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (2018); Invasive; Hungarian National Museum – Semmelweis Museum of History of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary (2018); Wounds of Light / The Anatomy of Colours; Hungarian National Museum –Semmelweis Museum of History of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary (2018); Nokta; Faculty of Agriculture, University of Szeged, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary (2009).

In the year 2018, the solo exhibition of Invasive was connected to the Budapest Art Week 2018, Hungarian National Museum – Semmelweis Museum of History of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary; also connected to the Night of Museums 2018, Hungarian National Museum – Semmelweis Museum of History of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary.

In 2022, she participated in these group shows: BOX for THERMAL books (Viktor Vejvoda - THERMAL HOUSE PUBLICATIONS), FOOTNOTE CENTER FOR IMAGE AND TEXT, Belgrade, Serbia; Fijuk, Kvaka 22, Belgrade, Serbia


In 2021, she participated in these group shows: The Metaphysics of Going Back and Forth, VLS, Szentendre, Hungary; Cultural Masturbation 2, Gólya Presszó Community Center, Budapest, Hungary; 

In 2020, she participated in these group shows: Started in secret, Ráday street, Budapest, Hungary; AT x Kaos Camping, Kővágóörs Artcamp, Kővágóörs, Hungary. 

In 2019, she participated in these group shows: AT x Kaos Camping, Kővágóörs Artcamp, Kővágóörs, Hungary; Exhibition of the South-Balaton Contemporary Workshop; Calvinistic Church garden, Szólád, Hungary.

In 2018, she participated in these group shows: 65th Autumn Exhibition of Vásárhely; Alföldi Gallery, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary; Embrace; XXVIII ART CAMP Art Symposium, Lehel Cinema, Jászberény, Hungary; Magyar Műhely Gallery, Budapest, Hungary; Mascot; VLS, Szentendre, Hungary; Imaginary Present; Szikra Gallery, Jászberény, Hungary; Exhibition of the 10th Grotesque International Competition of Fine and Applied Arts; Együd Árpád Cultural Centre, Vaszary Gallery, Kaposvár, Hungary; With his own hand. Rarely seen pieces from the Semmelweis Heritage; HNM Semmelweis Museum of History of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary; Semmelweis; Janus Pannonius Museum, Exhibition of Natural Sciences, Pécs, Hungary; Laczkó Dezső Museum, Veszprém, Hungary; SELF subjective; MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary; IX Contemporary Christian Iconographic Biennial; Cifrapalota, Kecskemét, Hungary; Primes Primissima+; by NDK, Lábasház, Sepsiszentgyörgy, Romania.

In 2018, we can mention Art Ante Portas; 1968-2018, Hommage to the Szentendre Plein Air Exhibition, Art Capital 2018, Church Hill, Szentendre, Hungary.

In 2017, she participated in these group shows: The 27 years of Contemporary Art on the Campus of Jászberény; Eszterházy Károly University Campus of Jászberény, Jászberény, Hungary; 64th Autumn Exhibition of Vásárhely; Alföldi Gallery, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary; Processes; XXVII ART CAMP Art Symposium, Lehel Cinema, JászberényEszterházy Károly University Campus of Jászberény, Hungary; Processes III; Bartók 1 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary; Inspiration; VLS, Szentendre, Hungary; The reformation is eternal; VII Show-window Art Attack, by NDK, Show-windows of the city of Debrecen, Hungary; Primes Primissima; by NDK, Yurtazuhany Gallery, Debrecen, Hungary; Gyergyószárhegy, Romania; VLS, Szentendre, Hungary; Antiinstrument Extra; by VLS, Pótkulcs, Szentendre, Hungary.

In 2017, we can mention the Autumn Festival of Museums, Hungarian National Museum –Semmelweis Museum of History of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary.

In 2016, she participated in these group shows: Antiinstrument; VLS, Szentendre, Hungary; MODEM, Debrecen, Hungary; Possible Impossibility; XXVI ART CAMP Art Symposium, Lehel Cinema, Jászberény, Hungary; Eszterházy Károly University Campus of Jászberény, Hungary; Showroom of Arts Centre, Székelyudvarhely, Romania; Spiritual Inspirations; CaritART Contemporary Art Workshop and Art House, Vizes Nyolcas Gallery, Szentendre, Hungary; Cultural Centre of Óbuda, Civil House, Budapest, Hungary; I miss you forever and ever Norway xoxo; Blip Blip Blip Art Gallery, East Street Arts Patrick Studios, Leeds, England,GB

In 2015, she participated in the group show titled Empty your pockets!; Pocket Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland.

In 2015, she participated in the 'AFTER NATURE - 2015' residency program of the European Exchange Academy (EEA), Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale, Dale I Sunnfjord, Norway.

In 2014, she participated in the group show titled 61st Autumn Exhibition of Vásárhely; Alföldi Gallery, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary.

In 2012, she participated in the group show titled 59th Autumn Exhibition of Vásárhely; Alföldi Gallery, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary.

In 2011, she participated in these group shows: Small Things (8th, 9th, 10th), Artshop Gallery, Izmir; Terakki Vakfı Art Gallery, Istanbul; Soyut Gallery, Ankara, Turkey; 58th Autumn Exhibition of Vásárhely; Alföldi Gallery, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary.

In 2010, she participated in the group show titled 57th Autumn Exhibition of Vásárhely; Alföldi Gallery, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary.

Her works are on public collections at the Hungarian National Museum – Semmelweis Museum of History of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary; at the Jászberény City Library, Jászberény, Hungary.


Her works have been published among several places, we can mention Muladi Brigitta: Nincs harmadik út – Art Camp Jászberény, 2018; Új Művészet – 2018;11; Cziglényi Boglárka: Az anatómus lelki szemei – Szabó Beáta ,,A fény sebei, a színek anatómiája” című kiállítása a Semmelweis Orvostörténeti Múzeumban; LAM (Lege Artis Medicinae) – 2018; 28(03) Cziglényi Boglárka: Az anatómus lelki szemei ­­­­­– Szabó Beáta „A fény sebei, a színek anatómiája” című kiállítása a Semmelweis Orvostörténeti Múzeumban; LAM (Lege Artis Medicinae) – 2018;28(03)