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EDUCATION

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2002
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada

 

AWARDS

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2005
Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant

2004
Shortlisted for the Untitled Art Awards in the Emerging Artist Category

2002
Emerging Artist Grant, du Maurier Art Council

 

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS

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2008
Works from the Bernardi Collection, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto

2007
"Drawn Negatives", Drabinksy Gallery, Toronto
"Love Stories", The Proposition, New York City

2006
"Love Stories", S.P.I.N Gallery, Toronto

2005
"Bazsa Paradise2", Economist Gallery, Fringe Gallery, Hong Kong

2004
"Heads", S.P.I.N. Gallery, Toronto

2003
"Zsako vs. Photography2", LEE, Ka-sing Gallery, Toronto
"New Works", S.P.I.N Gallery, Toronto
"Drawings", Luft Gallery, Toronto

2002
"books.", Ryerson Gallery, Toronto

 

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

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2008
"The Needle", The Paintbrush and The Knife, The Proposition Gallery, New York
"Ambivalent Figuration", People, Samson Projects, Boston
"The Effect of Your Body", MCV/NYC, New York
"Wilde Animals", Wilde Gallery, Berlin
"Dehuman", Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock (Ontario)

2007
"Dehuman", WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay; Gallery Lambton, Sarnia
"International Hungarian Artists", G13 Art Gallery, Budapest
"Coercive Atmospherics", d.u.m.b.o. arts center, New York

2006
"Dehuman", Kenderdine Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham (Ontario), Definitely Superior, Thunder Bay
"Hello Dolly", S.P.I.N Gallery, Toronto
"Double 6", LEE, Ka-sing Gallery, Toronto

2005
"Canada-Hungary Reflections", Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Montreal
"Dehuman", Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, Ontario
"Here Everything is Still Floating", Katharine Mulherin Gallery, Toronto
"Insex 2", S.P.I.N. Gallery, Toronto
"Metaphase", You Me Gallery, Hamilton

2004
"Metaphase", Struts Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick
"Just Enough To Tickle", Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto
"Electric Eye", Sis Boom Bah Gallery, Toronto
"Book Keepers", Gallery TPW, Toronto
"Monkey See", Monkey Do, S.P.I.N. Gallery, Toronto
"Punch 2", LEE, Ka-sing Gallery, Toronto
"The Borden Street Show", Luft Gallery, Toronto

2003
"Case Studies", Harbourfront Center, Toronto
"World Calligraphy Biennale of Jeollabuk-Do", Jeollabuk-Do, South Korea
"Proof 10", Gallery 44, Toronto
"book", Luft Gallery, Toronto
"InSex", S.P.I.N. Gallery, Toronto
"Patching History", Gallery 1313, Toronto

2002
"3rd Toronto International Art Fair", represented by LEE, Ka-sing Gallery
"Photography", Hamilton Artist's Inc., Hamilton
"Punch", LEE, Ka-sing Gallery, Toronto

2001
"Lux Nova", low-tech camera group show, Harbourfront Center, Toronto

2000
"Camera Obscura", pinhole photography travelling exhibition, Hungary & Italy
"Pinhole Photography", Hamilton Artist's Inc., Hamilton

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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2008
David Jager “Mocca’s Double Dip” Now Magazine, April 17
Balint Zsako, “Keeping it in the Family,” NY Arts Magazine, July/August Issue
Bill Clarke, “Balint Zsako in Review: Mythic…and a Little Bit Dirty,” Canadian Art Magazine Online, Canadianart.ca
Irana Douer, “Balint Zsako,” Ruby-Mag 26, Ruby-mag.com.ar

2007
Richard Brereton, “Dead Bird,” Graphic 11 (Graphic Ha Ha)
Carousel Magazine 21
Leon V. “Balint Zsako,” Allmaple Magazine Online, Allmaple.com

2006
Jordan Timm, “Through the Eyes…,” Ukula Magazine, Vol 3, No. 1
Robert Enright, “Dehuman,” Exhibtion Catalogue, Thames Art Gallery
“Standing Up For Janey,” Illustrations for Sarah Selecky’s Novella, Delirium Press

2005
Joyce Millar, “Canada-Hungary Reflections,” Exhibition Catalogue, Stewart Hall Art Gallery
“Balint Zsako,” Milk Magazine Hong Kong
Peter Goddard, “Rent boys, ho hum, as household gods,” The Toronto Star, August 11
Gary Michael Dault, “Art with little afterglow,” The Globe and Mail, July 30
Carousel Magazine 18

2004
Laura Hollick, “The Family Nest Gets a Make-Over,” View, November 25
Elaine Hujer, “Art is the Tie That Binds This Family,” Hamilton Spectator, December 13
Kevin Temple, “Zsako Spins Heads,” Now Magazine, October 14
Carousel Magazine 16
Peter Goddard, “Meeting Stars on the Rise,” Toronto Star, July 31
Catherine Osborne, “Galleries Kick Back in Summer,” The National Post,
July 24
Catherine Farquharson, “Books a Big Tease,” Now Magazine, July 1
Between the Devil and your Cornea,” Photo Pictorial Magazine Hong Kong, June 2004
Gary Michael Dault, “Summertime, and the Looking is Easy,” Globe & Mail, June 26
Peter Goddard, “Home is where the art is on Borden St.,” Toronto Star, January 24
Thomas Hirschman, “Young Blood,” Now Magazine, January 22

2003
“Gallery; Balint Zsako,” MIX magazine, summer issue
Scott Anderson, “Wacko Zsako,” Lola 15

2002
“Balint Zsako,” shotgun reviews, Lola 14
Peter Goddard, “Not Strictly by the book,” Toronto Star, Feb. 28

2000
Function vol. 2, School of Image Arts, Ryerson University
“Camera Obscura,” Exhibition Catalogue, Hungary

1999
Egon Von Barque, “Balint Zsako at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition”, Lola 5
Function vol. 1, School of Image Arts, Ryerson UniversityBalint

 

Zsako’s artworks have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Walrus, Culture + Travel magazine, Oprah Magazine, The Chicago Tribune Magazine, Poetry, Dose magazine, Macleans, The New York Times and The New Yorker.

 

SELECTED WORKS

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Balint Zsako, Untitled
Mixed Media, 56 x 75 cm
---> High Resolution

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