Andreas Fogarasi (1977) lives and works in Vienna, but always has been present in the Hungarian art scene. Fogarasi’s studio practice merges documentary and sculptural strategies. Through his videos, photographs, installations and sculptures – informed by Minimal and Conceptual Art as much as by architectural thinking – Fogarasi explores the act of showing, representations of power and identity in public space, and the relationship between culture and collective memory.

Fogarasi studied architecture at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and visual art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.  In 2007, he was awarded the Golden Lion Prize at the Venice Biennale for best national pavilion with his video installation Kultur und Freizeit [Culture and Leisure], reflecting on the history and present of socialist Houses of Culture in Budapest. His solo show titled Nine Buildings. Stripped was held at the Kunsthalle Wien (Vienna) in 2019, his solo exhibition titled Skin City – A város bőre was organised at Budapest Galéria in 2022.

His solo exhibitions also include Georg Kargl Fine Arts (Vienna, 2017), Proyectos Monclova (Mexico City, 2016), MAK Center (Los Angeles, 2014, with Oscar Tuazon), Galeria Vermelho (São Paulo, 2014), Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst (Leipzig, 2014), Haus Konstruktiv (Zurich, 2014), Prefix ICA (Toronto, 2012), Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid, 2011), Ludwig Forum (Aachen, 2010), Lombard-Freid Projects (New York, 2007). Fogarasi’s work has been presented at numerous groups exhibitions at institutions such as the MUMOK (Vienna), Museo Tamayo (Mexico City), Ludwig Museum (Budapest), New Museum (New York), Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen (Düsseldorf), Muzej suvremene umjetnosti (Zagreb), CAC (Vilnius), Frankfurter Kunstverein (Frankfurt) and Palais de Tokyo (Paris).