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| children = Villő Városi (2007-), Róza Mira Városi (2016-)
| parents = László Városi (1928-2011) military officer and Anna Jeges (1936-2012) ]
| family = Dr. László Városi (1961-2019)
| education = ], painting, master course, Budapest
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| spouse = Eszter Városi (2015-2020), Dr. Fáta Városi-Izrael (2024-)
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'''Gábor Városi''' (born December 10, 1965) is a Hungarian painter, architect, and visual artist known for his multidisciplinary approach to art. His work integrates painting, sculpture, and architectural elements and has been exhibited internationally. His work has been exhibited internationally. He is considered a prominent figure in contemporary Hungarian art. He also authored the book VarsoiBook, which features his own projects.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Diána |first=Reményi |date=2023-03-06 |title=Városi Gábor: a mindennapok endorfinja |url=https://fashionstreetonline.hu/2023/03/06/a-mindennapok-endorfinja-interju-varosi-gaborral/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=FashionStreetOnline.hu}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Városi Gábor festőművész kétlakásos háza, kontrasztos PREFA homlokzattal |url=https://www.proidea.hu/termekalkalmazasok-5/ketlakasos-haz-kontrasztos-prefa-homlokzattal-11464.shtml |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=www.proidea.hu |language=hu}}</ref>
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== Early life and education ==
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Városi was born in ], Hungary, on December 10, 1962. Városi Gábor attended the ] from 1980 to 1984, where he studied under Zoltán Tölg-Molnár and István Gábor. He received the Domanovszky Award and the March 15 Concept Award as recognition of his work.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=webformance |title=Városi, Gábor (1965 - ) - famous hungarian painter, graphic |url=https://www.kieselbach.hu/artist/varosi_-gabor_6549 |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=kieselbach |language=en}}</ref>


He continued his education at the ] from 1985 to 1989, studying under Ignác Kokas and Gábor Dienes. After completing his education, he worked under the influence of prominent Hungarian artists, including Victor Vasarely, whose teachings had a lasting effect on his artistic style.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Budai luxusvillákkal ért a csúcsra Victor Vasarely magyar tanítványa: Az életvitelem Amerikában menő, itthon ciki |url=https://www.penzcentrum.hu/karrier/20221025/budai-luxusvillakkal-ert-a-csucsra-victor-vasarely-magyar-tanitvanya-az-eletvitelem-amerikaban-meno-itthon-ciki-1130238 |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Pénzcentrum |language=hu}}</ref> In 1987, he was awarded the Layota Art Scholarship, which provided him the opportunity to study in Sweden and exhibit his work internationally.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gábor Városi |url=https://bg-design.co.uk/portfolio/varosi-gabor/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Web design and E-commerce |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
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== Career ==
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Városi’s artistic journey began in the late 1980s, and he quickly gained recognition for his distinctive style. His paintings are characterized by their vivid use of color, energetic brushwork, and a blend of figurative and abstract elements.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 20, 2024 |title=GG December 2008, Varosi Gabor |url=https://archive.org/details/gg-dec-2008-2 |website=GG Magazine |pages=154-155}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 2014 |title=GG Magazine Dec 2014 |url=https://archive.org/details/gg-dec-2014-1 |website=GG Magazine |pages=64-71}}</ref>
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In addition to his painting career, Városi has designed and built the "Költő Kert" villa park in Budapest, an exclusive residential complex with unique architectural elements that reflect his artistic vision,<ref name=":4" /> the Shambala House on Gereben Street in District 12,<ref name=":5" /> and he has created a villa park befitting ].<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=TV2 Play |url=https://tv2play.hu/celebszemle/varosi_gabor_john_travolta_val_es_james_cameron_nal_is_dolgozott |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=tv2play.hu}}</ref>
'''Gábor Városi''' (born 10 December 1965) is a contemporary Hungarian painter, sculptor, photographer and building designer.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYMiiBHDnzk | title=The art of Gábor Városi | website=] }}</ref> He is the creator of the Poet’s Garden Villa Park and Gallery,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.noklapja.hu/kulonszamok/2016/11/07/uvegbe-zart-luxus-a-svab-hegy-tetejen/ | title=Üvegbe zárt luxus a Sváb-hegy tetején - Nők Lapja | date=7 November 2016 }}</ref> a residential complex and avant-garde, habitable sculpture built around a statue park, a zen garden and an exhibition space.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.noklapja.hu/kulonszamok/2016/11/07/uvegbe-zart-luxus-a-svab-hegy-tetejen/ | title=Üvegbe zárt luxus a Sváb-hegy tetején - Nők Lapja | date=7 November 2016 }}</ref> He is a student of ], Ignác Kokas, Gábor Dienes and Zoltán Tölg-Molnár.
He is known for his monumental, kinetic, glass sculptures with varying lighting, abstract expressionist paintings, atavistic glass masks and unique buildings.
His activities centre around efforts to integrate works of art into the buildings of major real estate investments using 1% of their budget, with a view to promoting art and artists. Another key theme of his work involves exploring ways to reduce the distance between people and art, making art a part of everyday life.
His most recent work includes experimenting with the connection of physical paintings with ] and ]. Traditional panel paintings complemented with monitors allow for a slow metamorphosis, hiding messages that are also incorporated into the virtual space as ]s.
== Early life and training ==


== Artistic style ==
Gábor Városi was born in ], ], the son of a military officer father and journalist mother. Displaying a talent for fine art, he studied to become an artist from high school.
The Hungarian modernist tradition and the kinetic art movement strongly influence Városi’s artistic style. His work often explores themes of urban life, movement, and human emotion, rendered in a palette that ranges from soft pastels to intense, saturated colours.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=2014/1 Octogon 109. lapszám |url=https://www.octogon.hu/magazin/octogon-109/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Octogon |language=hu}}</ref>
From 1980 to 1984 he attended the Secondary School of Visual Arts<ref>{{cite web | url=http://kiskepzo.hu/index-en.html | title=KISKÉPZŐ - Secondary School of Visual Arts, Training School for the Hungarian University of Fine Arts &#124; kiskepzo.hu }}</ref> as a student of artists Zoltán Tölg-Molnár and István Gábor, architect György László Sáros, literary aestheticians Zsuzsa Pál and Ágnes Ék, and professor of history Dr. Péter Kőszeghy. As a student he won several competitions and awards, including the Domanovszky Award and the March 15 Concept Award. He graduated top of his class.
In 1984 he was discharged from the Hungarian Army after four months of military service, and so until he began college the so-called ‘Transylvania Tour‘ took place, in which together with Attila Jászberényi he smuggled medicine and Bibles into the Hungarian-inhabited areas of ].
He continued his studies from 1985 to 1989 at the ], Department of Painting. He was the student of the masters Ignác Kokas, and later Gábor Dienes. In 1987, he was invited by Layota Art AB to paint in Sweden, and exhibited his work in ]. He presented his first ever solo exhibition in the fall of 1987, in La Galerie de La Rochefoucauld in Paris.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://remind.hu/varosi-gabor/ | title="Legyen trend a mosoly" – Interjú Városi Gáborral - Remind | date=15 March 2023 }}</ref> His mentor and master Victor Vasarely gave the opening speech at the exhibition. The material later won first prize in a contest at the Musée Modern Museum in ].
In 1992, he completed the three-year Master’s course at the ] with distinction, while at the same time he graduated from the Faculty of Humanities of ], majoring in ] and ].
== Painting ==


=== Early work: === == Personal Life ==
Városi is known for his unique lifestyle, which combines his passion for art with luxury property development.<ref name=":7" /> He divides his time between his villa in Budapest and his studio,<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rent Poets Garden Villa |url=https://rentpoetsgardenvilla.com/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |language=en-GB}}</ref> where he continues to produce new work.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-21 |title=Megfestették Osvárt Andi aktját |url=https://www.blikk.hu/sztarvilag/megfestettek-osvart-andi-aktjat/wrfxrr3 |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Blikk |language=hu}}</ref><ref name=":6" />


== Exhibitions ==
In the second half of the 1980s, Városi’s painting moved towards abstraction, using tachisme, stain painting and action painting, simultaneously combining geometric forms with lyrical elements. These lyrical abstract paintings using mixed techniques attracted the attention of ], the world-famous father of op-art, who invited the young painter to become his student. After a scholarship in Sweden, he made his debut in ] in a highly successful solo exhibition opened by ]. In the decade following the retirement of the old master, Városi turned increasingly towards the abstract encaustic technique. After a trip to ] at the turn of the millennium, he began to digitally manipulate his travel photographs, which he had taken with artistic intent, and then complemented the prints with traditional painting tools, paint and gestures. He calls the resulting large-scale, colored, glazed portraits ‘soul paintings’.
In 1987, Városi's first solo exhibition was introduced by Victor Vasarely at the ] in Paris.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-15 |title=„Legyen trend a mosoly” – Interjú Városi Gáborral - Remind |url=https://remind.hu/varosi-gabor/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |language=hu}}</ref> His international acclaim was further solidified by winning first prize at the Museum of Modern Art competition in ].<ref>{{Cite book |last= |url=https://fliphtml5.com/dfnzg/jpnd/BARNES_Magazine_Hungary_#1/ |title=BARNES Magazine, Hungary #1 |publisher=Barnes Magazine |pages=Pages 34-37 |language=en}}</ref>
In 2019 Városi returned to art following an almost twenty-year hiatus.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bodogaleria.hu/aukciok/10-teli-aukcio/tetel/4089/varosi-gabor-1965-gesztus-2021?lang=en | title=Auctions – Bodó Galéria és Aukciósház }}</ref> Then, during the lockdown imposed as a result of the pandemic, he began creating new, abstract, expressionist works. The paintings created using his new technique, which are layered and partially three-dimensional, are “artworks based on psychic automatism, but in the spirit of new ] – which are manually painted and printed, and also partly created digitally”. Traditional panel paintings – partially three-dimensional works based on layers – are experimentally complemented with monitors on which a slow metamorphosis takes place, which are then also represented as ]s in virtual space.
=== Exhibitions: ===


Városi has had several solo and group exhibitions throughout his career:
* Group exhibitions: “Plein Air” and “Water”, at the latter of which he won first prize.
* In autumn 1987, his first solo exhibition was held in ], at La Galerie de La Rochefoucauld. His mentor and master, Victor Vasarely gave the opening speech to the exhibition.
* In November 1988, an exhibition at La Galerie d’Art Internationale, ].
* In April 1989, an exhibition in ], in the Barcsay Hall.
* 1990, exhibition in ], ]
* 1991 exhibition in ]
* 1992 ], Duna Gallery, solo exhibition
* 1996 ], ] Museum, solo exhibition
* 2002 ] and ], Barabás Villa Gallery
* 2004 ], Lurdy Gallery


* 2022: Solo exhibition, Kieselbach Gallery, Budapest<ref name=":1" />
After the 2004 exhibition, he took a break from painting for almost two decades, then returned during the ] period by paintings in memory of loved ones he had lost.
* 2018: Contemporary Art Fair, New York
* 2015: Art Vienna, Vienna<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Tamás |first=Nagy |title=Gábor Városi STORIES, ARTWORKS, ARTISTIC PERIODS |last2=László szerk |first2=Lelkes |publisher=Nagy Tamás |isbn=978-615-01-6219-5}}</ref>


== Publications ==
* 2022 Budapest, Poet’s Garden Villa Park and Gallery, solo exhibition titled Multisensory journey
Városi is the author of VarsoiBook which serves as both a portfolio of Városi's work and an exploration of his artistic vision, presenting detailed visuals and descriptions of his major projects.<ref name=":0" />
* 2022 Art Market ], VIP Lounge – Focus on the glass sculptures of Városi
* 2022 Art Market ], Erdész Gallery & Design exhibited his abstract expressionist paintings.


== Photography == == Select public works ==
* 2008 - Shambala Home, Budapest, Hungary<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=2,3 milliárd forintért árulják a kortárs magyar festőlegenda budai luxusvilláját + fotók |url=https://www.penzcentrum.hu/otthon/20190314/23-milliard-forintert-aruljak-a-kortars-magyar-festolegenda-budai-luxusvillajat-fotok-1075789 |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Pénzcentrum |language=hu}}</ref>
* 2013 - Art Home, Budapest, Hungary<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Bright & Carefree Living in Experimental Architecture {{!}} 8.12.2013 {{!}} GG Magazine |url=https://www.gg-magazine.com/en/2013/12/glaesernes-wohnambiente-in-experimenteller-architektur/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |language=en}}</ref>
* 2016 - Museum of Ethnography, Budapest, Hungary (Artistic Director)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Museum of Ethnography Budapest – Arch-Studio |url=https://arch-studio.hu/en/projects/neprajzi-muzeum/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2020 - Poet’s Garden, Budapest, Hungary<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Költő Kert, a kézműves villapark |url=https://www.octogon.hu/epiteszet/kolto-kert-a-kezmuves-villapark/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Octogon |language=hu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Költő Kert Villapark és Galéria: művészet, panoráma és luxus Budapesten |url=https://www.lakaskultura.hu/alomotthonok/kolto-kert-villapark-es-galeria-budapest/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Lakáskultúra magazin |language=hu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hungária |first=K. A. V. |date=2022-06-30 |title=Költő Kert: Sosem látott exkluzív lakóépület Magyarországon |url=https://www.kavaluminium.com/referenciak/kolto-kert-sosem-latott-exkluziv-lakoepulet-magyarorszagon |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=KAV Hungária |language=hu}}</ref>


=== 1985 - to present === == References ==
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Városi has visited more than 90 countries. He photographed his travels using the best analogue and digital techniques available, creating portraits and landscapes. His 1980s Practica camera was followed a decade later by Hasselblad’s ], and later, when analogue cameras were phased out, the camera of choice became the lens of the current best phone. As Warhol said about Polaroid: “It’s not the technique, it’s the composition that matters.”
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== Other Artistic Endeavours ==
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Városi’s work outside painting can be divided into three main directions:
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=== 1. Buildings, “Habitable sculptures”: ===
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These are designed as sculptures that also function as high-end apartments, created around/near Városi’s sculptures and paintings made with co-creators – architects, interior designers, landscapers, contractors and investors.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://fashionstreetonline.hu/2023/03/06/a-mindennapok-endorfinja-interju-varosi-gaborral/ | title=A mindennapok endorfinja – interjú Városi Gáborral | date=6 March 2023 }}</ref> The buildings in their entirety, with their carefully placed artistic details and the artworks, are designed to evoke emotions in residents and visitors, which are consciously composed into a coherent experience for the viewer. The technocratic approach of the West is softened by the philosophical tranquillity of the East in the form of zen plant islands, water surfaces and garden areas.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tiktok.com/@epitechture/video/7185285577460256005?_r=1&_t=8kfCtvJ1F4b | title=TikTok - Make Your Day }}</ref> His forerunners in this field include the ] ] and the ] ], who also used techniques to blur the dividing line between exterior and interior spaces, while the plants that symbolize nature and are an integral part of the composition often continue into the living spaces.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.penzcentrum.hu/otthon/20190314/23-milliard-forintert-aruljak-a-kortars-magyar-festolegenda-budai-luxusvillajat-fotok-1075789 | title=2,3 milliárd forintért árulják a kortárs magyar festőlegenda budai luxusvilláját + fotók }}</ref>
1992 Construction of the first “Sculpture House” – followed by twenty more.
2004 Shambala Home
2010 Art Home
2016 Invitation to the competition for the design of the Budapest Museum of Ethnography, for which designs were created by Szabolcs Nagy-Miticzky, Ádám Vesztergom, Lajos Hartvig, Béla Bánáti, and László Lelkes.
2022 Poet’s Garden Villa Park and Gallery<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tiktok.com/@enesyilmazerla/video/7242763043958983978 | title=TikTok - Make Your Day }}</ref>
=== 2. Kinetic glass sculptures ===

Monumental, moving glass sculptures with varying internal lighting. The rotation and varying color and intensity of these unique, kinetic, multi-ton works of art are controlled by artificial intelligence, adapting to the lightshow projected onto the surrounding gardens and buildings.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://varosigabor.com/videok/ | title=VIDEOS }}</ref> They perceive and react to the viewer. They comprise a homage to the works of ] and ].
=== 3. Bent glass masks, totems: ===

“Primitive and ancient”, these are works that allow the hardening glass to have its own will.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYMiiBHDnzk | title=The art of Gábor Városi | website=] }}</ref> When first made, it is impossible to calculate when and how the stiffening, cooling material will crack or break – so the outcome is never the mask originally planned. This unpredictability is precisely the point, and was inspired by ] and ]’s experimentation with African and Alaskan tribal masks, which challenged contemporary conceptions of art.
== Video game development ==

In 2000, together with Zsolt Kígyóssy, he founded ], a game software development company.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://m.hvg.hu/kkv/20170407_flipper_ZEN_Studios_jatekfejlesztok | title=Han Solo, Yoda, Pókember: Kocsmajátékkal markoltak nagyot a magyar fejlesztők | date=7 April 2017 }}</ref> In 2015, the company won the prestigious award from the US games rating agency ], widely considered the ‘Oscars’ in game development, ahead of ], ] and ]. The company was acquired by the ] ] in 2020.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://forbes.hu/uzlet/elkelt-egy-csendes-magyar-legenda-jottek-a-svedek-es-orommel-vittek/ | title=Elkelt egy csendes magyar legenda, jöttek a svédek és örömmel vitték | date=18 November 2020 }}</ref>
== Literary works ==

2022 Journalist Tamás Nagy and Munkácsy Award-winning graphic artist László Lelkes wrote a book summarizing the oeuvre of Gábor Városi.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://varosibook.com/book/ | title=Book – Városi Gábor könyv }}</ref> The 350-page publication was presented as part of a new exhibition of abstract expressionist paintings and kinetic sculptures in the newly built Poet’s Garden Villa Park and Gallery on 5 October 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://varosigabor.com/konyvek-versek/ | title=BOOKS }}</ref>
== NFT, Metaverse, Crypto (2022-) ==

In 2018, with the growing popularity of the term ‘]’, many saw a new and unique opportunity, and from the second half of 2022, that promise bore fruit for many. However, for Városi, the chief interest in ]s lay in their ability to render works of art in the digital space unique and unrepeatable, just as paintings and sculptures are in physical reality.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.penzcentrum.hu/karrier/20221025/budai-luxusvillakkal-ert-a-csucsra-victor-vasarely-magyar-tanitvanya-az-eletvitelem-amerikaban-meno-itthon-ciki-1130238 | title=Budai luxusvillákkal ért a csúcsra Victor Vasarely magyar tanítványa: Az életvitelem Amerikában menő, itthon ciki }}</ref> And, having created such digital works, blockchain promised to be the best way to get them to the user. His buildings, paintings and sculptures exist in reality, but for that very reason they are limited by geographical distance from a larger potential audience. In a digital metaverse, by contrast, the whole world potentially has access to an artist’s creations.

Latest revision as of 04:21, 9 January 2025

Gábor Városi
Born(1965-12-10)December 10, 1965
EducationHungarian Academy of Fine Arts, painting, master course, Budapest
Known forartist, painter, sculptor, architect, teacher
Spouse(s)Eszter Városi (2015-2020), Dr. Fáta Városi-Izrael (2024-)
ChildrenVillő Városi (2007-), Róza Mira Városi (2016-)
Parent(s)László Városi (1928-2011) military officer and Anna Jeges (1936-2012) journalist
FamilyDr. László Városi (1961-2019)
Websitewww.varosigabor.com

Gábor Városi (born December 10, 1965) is a Hungarian painter, architect, and visual artist known for his multidisciplinary approach to art. His work integrates painting, sculpture, and architectural elements and has been exhibited internationally. His work has been exhibited internationally. He is considered a prominent figure in contemporary Hungarian art. He also authored the book VarsoiBook, which features his own projects.

Early life and education

Városi was born in Budapest, Hungary, on December 10, 1962. Városi Gábor attended the Secondary School of Visual Arts from 1980 to 1984, where he studied under Zoltán Tölg-Molnár and István Gábor. He received the Domanovszky Award and the March 15 Concept Award as recognition of his work.

He continued his education at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts from 1985 to 1989, studying under Ignác Kokas and Gábor Dienes. After completing his education, he worked under the influence of prominent Hungarian artists, including Victor Vasarely, whose teachings had a lasting effect on his artistic style. In 1987, he was awarded the Layota Art Scholarship, which provided him the opportunity to study in Sweden and exhibit his work internationally.

Career

Városi’s artistic journey began in the late 1980s, and he quickly gained recognition for his distinctive style. His paintings are characterized by their vivid use of color, energetic brushwork, and a blend of figurative and abstract elements.

In addition to his painting career, Városi has designed and built the "Költő Kert" villa park in Budapest, an exclusive residential complex with unique architectural elements that reflect his artistic vision, the Shambala House on Gereben Street in District 12, and he has created a villa park befitting Beverly Hills.

Artistic style

The Hungarian modernist tradition and the kinetic art movement strongly influence Városi’s artistic style. His work often explores themes of urban life, movement, and human emotion, rendered in a palette that ranges from soft pastels to intense, saturated colours.

Personal Life

Városi is known for his unique lifestyle, which combines his passion for art with luxury property development. He divides his time between his villa in Budapest and his studio, where he continues to produce new work.

Exhibitions

In 1987, Városi's first solo exhibition was introduced by Victor Vasarely at the Galerie de La Rochefoucauld in Paris. His international acclaim was further solidified by winning first prize at the Museum of Modern Art competition in Belgium.

Városi has had several solo and group exhibitions throughout his career:

  • 2022: Solo exhibition, Kieselbach Gallery, Budapest
  • 2018: Contemporary Art Fair, New York
  • 2015: Art Vienna, Vienna

Publications

Városi is the author of VarsoiBook which serves as both a portfolio of Városi's work and an exploration of his artistic vision, presenting detailed visuals and descriptions of his major projects.

Select public works

  • 2008 - Shambala Home, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2013 - Art Home, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2016 - Museum of Ethnography, Budapest, Hungary (Artistic Director)
  • 2020 - Poet’s Garden, Budapest, Hungary

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