@szikszeszter
Education
2018 – DLA, Doctorate in Liberal Arts, Fine Arts, Pécsi Tudományegyetem, Hungary
2010 – MFA, Studio Art, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN, USA
2006 – University of Eötvös Loránd, Budapest, Hungary
2001 – Printmaking Degree, Óbudai Művészeti Szakiskola, Budapest, Hungary
1997 – Bookbinding Degree, Kisfaludy Tóth Miklós Technical School for the Printing Industry, Budapest, Hungary
Teaching & Academic Appointments
2025 – Co-Lecturer, Puertograbando International Printmaking Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2024 – Co-Lecturer, Child/Youth-Friendly Climate Justice, University College Cork, Ireland (ERC-funded)
2023 – Co-Lecturer, Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 75, Ghent University, Belgium
2017–Present – Full-time Faculty, Fine Arts, Printmaking, Ringling College of Art + Design, Sarasota, FL
2015–2016 – Interim Director, MFA Program, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2013 – Visiting Artist, Pedagogical University of Krakow, Poland
2012 – Visiting Artist, Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, TN
2010–2015 – Instructor, Printmaking, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Professional Appointments
2020–Present – Member, New York Critic Club
2013 – Art Team Member, IceHotel #25, Kiruna, Sweden
Residencies & Fellowships
2025 – Studios of Key West (PEAR Program), FL, USA
2024 – Loop Residency, MUD Foundation, Virtual
2023 – The Arctic Circle Expeditionary Residency Program, Svalbard, Norway
2018 – Art Ovation Hotel, Sarasota, FL, USA
2016 – IceHotel Summer Residency, Jukkasjärvi, Sweden
2013 – Pedagogical University of Krakow, Mokulito & Lithography Workshop, Poland
Solo Exhibitions
2025 – Let It Go, Gallery114, Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL
2021 – To the Ones Who Came Before Us, Crossley Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
2019 – Pop Up, Alfstad & Editions, Sarasota, FL
2015 – Gently Expanding Universe, Alumni Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2014 – Passive Control, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
2013 – Liquid Identities, Playhouse on the Square, Memphis, TN
2011 – Best Before, Caseworks, Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
2011 – Deja Vu, Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, TN
2010 – Rain in Memphis, Korvina, Budapest, Hungary
2010 – Raindrops, Vintage Toy Museum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary
2010 – Clouds and River, Handmade Paper Gallery, Székesfehérvár, Hungary
2003 – Prints, Naka-Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
2003 – Chance, Las Chikas, Tokyo Saloon, Omotesandō, Tokyo, Japan
2003 – Green, Pink Cow, Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
Two-Person Exhibitions
2022 – The Language of Ephemera (with Sally Brown Pettibon), SPAACES, Sarasota, FL
2012 – Thaw to the Spring (with Ben Utigard), Eggman and Walrus Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Group Exhibitions
2026–2027
- Human Nature: Envisioning the Environment, Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, Niagara Falls, NY
2025
- Traces of Change: Mark Making, Text, and (Social) Progress?, SPAACES, Sarasota, FL
- Mapping the Anthropocene, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras – Escuela de Bellas Artes, San Juan, PR
- Skyway 2024: A Contemporary Collaboration, Multi-Venue Exhibition: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg; Tampa Museum of Art; USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa; Sarasota Art Museum, FL
- The Twelve Art Biennale, David Art Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- CELEBRATED: Selections from The Boston Printmakers 2023 North American Print Biennial, Maxwell Mays Gallery, Providence, RI (Juror: Michael Rose)
- The Boston Printmakers 2023 North American Print Biennial, Boston, MA (Juror: Elizabeth M. Rudy, Harvard Art Museums)
- Mini Print Cantabria Collection, Castro Urdiales, Cantabria, Spain
- Breath, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA) Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
2022
- Next Text, Webber Gallery, College of Central Florida, Ocala, FL (Juried by Sheila Goloborotko)
- International Mini Print Cantabria, Santander, Spain
- NEXT 2022 Biennial of Contemporary Print, PRINTHOUSTON, Houston, TX
- International Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland
- 9th International Juried Print Exhibition, New Grounds Remarque Print Workshop, Albuquerque, NM (Juried by Sarah Smelser)
- Ctrl-P, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA (Juried by Liz Spungen)
- Multiple Ones: Contemporary Perspectives in Printmedia, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL
- Covid 19 Art of Isolation, Online Exhibition (Curated by Milagros Bello, Lieska Husband, Maura Morandi)
- Habitus: Contemplative Manifesto, Lufrano Intercultural Gallery, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL
2019
- Chicago Printers Guild, 10th Anniversary Exhibition, The Fine Arts Center Gallery at Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL (Selected by David Jones)
- Multiple Ones: Contemporary Perspectives in Printmedia, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA
- Atlanta Print Bienniale, Kai Lin Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA (Curator: Eun Lee)
- 4th Annual Hand Pulled Prints, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- Impact10, Encuentro Conference, Centro de Acción Social y Cultural de Caja Cantabria, Santander, Spain
2017
- New Prints 2017/Summer, International Print Center New York (IPCNY), New York, NY (Selected by Katherine Bradford)
- New Prints 2016/Winter, International Print Center New York (IPCNY), New York, NY
- Currents New Media Festival, Santa Fe, NM
2015
- 57th Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR (Juror: Laura Terri)
- 28th Annual McNeese Works on Paper Exhibition, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA (Juror: William Pittman Andrews)
- New Prints 2015/Winter, International Print Center New York (IPCNY), New York, NY
2014
- Art of the South, Fogelman Gallery, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
- Atlanta Print Biennial (Curator: Beauvais Lyons)
- The Story of the Creative, Digital Exhibition, New York, NY (Curator: See.Me)
- Fifth International Artist’s Book Exhibition, King St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary
2012
- International Print Triennial, Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, Krakow, Poland
- Art of Science, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN (Presented by the Rozelle Artist Guild)
- Ali Ribelli, International Artists Collective, Museo del Brigantaggio, Itri, Italy (Curator: Bissan Rafe Qasrawi)
- 25th Annual McNeese Works on Paper Exhibition, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA (Juror: Lynn Gumpert)
- 54th Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR (Juror: Tom Butler)
2011
- Atlanta Print Biennial (Curator: Beth Grabowski)
- Art of Science, St. Jude Hospital, Memphis, TN (Presented by the Rozelle Artist Guild)
2010
- Szegenyseg Arcai, Film & Video Festival, Budapest, Hungary
- Group Show, Odessa Gallery, Memphis, TN
- ARC Street Billboard Festival, Hero Square, Budapest, Hungary
- Group Show, Vajda Lajos Studio, Szentendre, Hungary
2000
- Group Show, Nyitott Műhely Gallery, Margaret Island, Budapest, Hungary
Awards, Grants & Fellowships
2024
- Emergency Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York, NY
- Professional Development Fund, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
- The Puffin Foundation Grant, Teaneck, NJ
- Future Art Award, MOZAIK Philanthropy, Los Angeles, CA
- Covid-19 Relief Fund, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York, NY
- The Renaissance Graphics Arts Award, The Print Center’s 93rd Annual International Competition, Philadelphia, PA
- Prix de Print #28, Art in Print Magazine
- Emerging Professionals Grant, SGC International
- Martha and Robert Fogelman Family Enrichment Competitive Fund, Memphis, TN (Travel grant)
- Martha and Robert Fogelman Family Enrichment Competitive Fund, Memphis, TN (Travel grant)
- Emmett O'Ryan Award for Artistic Inspiration (Nominee), Metropolitan Bank, Memphis, TN
- Presidential Purchase Prize, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Selected Biennials & International Competitions
2024 The Twelve Art Biennale, Budapest, Hungary
2023, 2021 International Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland
2022 NEXT Biennial of Contemporary Print, Houston, TX
2019, 2015, 2013, 2011 Atlanta Print Bienniale
2018 Impact10 Encuentro, Santander, Spain
2017 First International Print Biennale Yerevan, Armenia
2012 Santorini Biennale of Arts, Greece
Screenings & Public Art
2023
Light the Way, Public Art Projection, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
(Featured in: Cascone, S. "San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum Lends Its Façade to Iran’s Protest Art," Hyperallergic, February 14, 2023)
2016
Currents New Media Festival, Santa Fe, NM
2010
Szegenyseg Arcai [Faces of Poverty], Film & Video Festival, Budapest, Hungary
Awards, Grants & Fellowships
2024
- Emergency Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York, NY
- Professional Development Fund, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
- The Puffin Foundation Grant, Teaneck, NJ
- Future Art Award, MOZAIK Philanthropy, Los Angeles, CA
- Covid-19 Relief Fund, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York, NY
- The Renaissance Graphics Arts Award, The Print Center’s 93rd Annual International Competition, Philadelphia, PA
- Prix de Print #28, Art in Print Magazine
- Emerging Professionals Grant, SGC International
- Martha and Robert Fogelman Family Enrichment Competitive Fund, Memphis, TN (Travel grant)
- Martha and Robert Fogelman Family Enrichment Competitive Fund, Memphis, TN (Travel grant)
- Emmett O'Ryan Award for Artistic Inspiration (Nominee), Metropolitan Bank, Memphis, TN
- Presidential Purchase Prize, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Publications, Press & Reviews Featured In (Publications & Media)
2024
Printmaking Today, Volume 33, Issue 130, Featured in "Extended Printmaking" by Richard Noyce (Summer 2024)
2023
"A jég gleccsernyomtató az Északi-sarknál – Spitzbergákon Sziksz Eszter grafikusművész" [Ice, Glacier Printing at the North Pole - Graphic Artist Eszter Sziksz in Spitsbergen], HVG 360 (November 29, 2023)
2021
Television Feature, Ot Kontinens, Duna World (Hungarian TV Channel) (October 1, 2021)
2018
Art in Print Magazine, Volume 7, No. 6, Featured Artist: Prix de Print No. 28, pp. 42–43
Art in Print Magazine, Volume 7, No. 6, Cover Feature
2016
Live Television Interview, Én vagyok itt, Petőfi TV (M2), Budapest, Hungary (October 2, 2016)
2015
Art in Print Magazine, Volume 5, No. 2, "Patterns of Interference: 50/50 New Prints 2015/Winter, IPCNY," p. 33
2010
Fejer Megyei Hirlap, Székesfehérvár, Hungary (August 12, 2010)
2008
Elle Magazine, Hungary (November 2008)
2007
Esküvői Divat, Issue 2, Hungary (2007)
2006
Elle Magazine, Hungary (December 2006)
Reviews & Critical Writing (Online & Print)
2024
"Skyway 2024: A Contemporary Collaboration" unites five Bay Area museums in an innovative art exhibition, ArtDaily (Featured Artist)
2013
Patterson, L., "Ice, ice, baby: 10 insane art pieces made from snow and ice," Flavorwire (January 24, 2013)
Patterson, L., "Melting masterpieces: Impressive works of art made from snow and ice," The Atlantic (January 25, 2013)
Zimmer, L., "Ephemeral screen printed ice decorates a room at Sweden’s ice hotel," Inhabitat.com
2012
Gertz, S., "Ice Capades for Printers," BookTryst (Los Angeles)
Hanifli, B., "Thaw to Spring: Works by Eszter Sziksz and Ben Utigard," Eggman and Walrus Gallery (April 2012)
2011
Fox, C., "Review: Auspicious inaugural international print biennial at Barbara Archer Gallery," Arts Atlanta
Thornton, G., "Ghostly Imagery and Technical Prowess at Atlanta Print Biennial," Burnaway (December 2, 2011)
Abney, K., "Fine Print," Jezebel Magazine, pp. 58–59 (November 2011)
Haselbacher, N., "Supercool-screenprints on ice," Otis College of Art and Design - Fit to Print Printmaking (December 5, 2011)
2012
Sziksz, E., "Screen prints on ice," Printeresting.com
Authorial Publications
2012
Sziksz, E., "Mokulito Wood Lithography," Graphic Impressions: The Newsletter of SGC International (Winter 2012)
International Press
2013
Stockholm Post (Sweden), Feature on Ice Hotel project
Madrid News (Spain), Feature on Ice Hotel project
©Eszter Sziksz