Barnabás Neogrády-Kiss
1989, Budapest
“Barnabás Neogrády-Kiss belongs to the group of artists whose work, although divided into distinct projects and series, maintains a remarkable unity in design and motifs. Another peculiarity of his visual language is that his sensibility operates beyond single images or isolated scenes, instead unfolding within a dynamic and ever-changing context of images – this quality makes the term ‘visual language’ (mentioned regularly in connection with his work) particularly fitting. His works do not emerge from a well-summarised concept or idea, but from the fabric of visuality, from the process of seeing, which is a particularly problematic subject matter for the artist. Just as reality and the artist's self serve as a field of constant re-learning and re-building, so does the encounter with his works a constant interpretative and visual challenge for the viewer.
The artist creates his images responding sensitively to the world around him and to himself, often in a way where the spectacle is not fixed, solid, or static, but instead, something continuously unfolding, shaped by the artist's active contribution. Neogrády-Kiss’ pictures have a performative character: the artist grasps the relationship between reality and himself in action, simultaneously in front of and behind the camera, ever entangled in a complex reflective loop.” - Excerpt from the work of György Cséka.
Barnabás Neogrády-Kiss lives and works in Budapest. He graduated from the Faculty of Art and Photography of the University of Kaposvár in 2015, after which he continued his studies at the Faculty of Photography of the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design. His first solo exhibition at INDA Gallery in 2022 was titled Eyework, followed by Self-framing in 2023. He regularly participates in several national and international group exhibitions.
