
Tamas Abel is a Hungarian artist. He started doing glass sculptures at the age of 15. He graduated with an Art and Design degree in Budapest (Hungary) where his studio is based. Abel’s work deals with equality, tolerance, intangible in the form of geometry and colours. His work has been exhibited in Europe, USA, China.
BORN
1991, Budapest
COLLECTIONS
2017 Zhejiang Greenwave Glass Museum I Ningbo, CHINA
2017 Laczkó Dezső Múzeum I Veszprém, HUNGARY
SYMPOSIUM & CONFERENCE
2017 1st Ningbo International Glass Art Conference I CHINA
2016 1st International Autumn Glass Symposium Bárdibükk I HUNGARY
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2018 New Glass Review 39 - Artists and Objects I USA
2017 New Glass Review 38 - Recent Important Acquisitions I USA
2015 ESTILO PROPIO #27 - el arte de vidrio de Tamás Ábel - interview I ARGENTINA
2014 OCTOGON #111 - Újraírt terek - Az EMKE irodaház belső átalakításairól I HUNGARY
STUDIES
2013 - 2015 Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, MA glass
2010 - 2013 Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, BA glass
2012 Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Erasmus scholarship, glass
2006 - 2010 Secondary School of Visual Arts, Budapest, glass
PRIZES
2017 Botos scholarship
2016 Hellodesign Talent Award 2015/16 in Audience Choice Category I HUNGARY
2013 Special Prize for Excellent Craft Skills - Junior Glass Match Sanssouci I Karlovy Vary, CZECH REPUBLIC
2012 Erasmus scholarship - Estonian Academy of Arts I Tallinn, ESTONIA
MEMBER OF
2015 Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists / Magyar Képzőművészek és Iparművészek Szövetsége (MKISZ)
2014 Hungarian Glass Art Society / Magyar Üvegművészeti Társaság (MÜT)
2014 Hungarian Studio of Young Designers Association / Fiatal Iparművészek Stúdiója Egyesület (FISE)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Unequal Rainbow, Art.Salon:Társalgó Gallery I Budapest, HUNGARY
2015 Lux et Ignis, with Nóra Németh, Gorka Múzeum I Verőce, HUNGARY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
Suspensions, Budapest Art Week, Tesla I Budapest, HUNGARY
Hungarian Contemporary Art, Art Center of Hangzhou Public Library, Hanwei International Art Center, National Art Museum of China I Hangzhou, Beijing, CHINA
IN2 - Art and Design department, MOME I Budapest, HUNGARY
2017
HuGlass 2017, Szt. István Bazilika I Budapest, HUNGARY
HuGlass 2017 selection, Art Market Budapest, Millenáris I Budapest, HUNGARY
18th Glass Auction & Gala, National Liberty Museum, Sheraton Downtown Hotel I Philadelphia, USA
FISE35, B32 Gallery I Budapest, HUNGARY
1st Ningbo International Glass Art Conference I Ningbo, Wuxi, CHINA
The Glass Department Today / Az üveges Szak-Ma, Kisképző, FISE Gallery I Budapest, HUNGARY
2016
Art.Craft.Design FISE, Szombathelyi Képtár I Szombathely, HUNGARY
1st International Autumn Glass Symposium, Goszthony-kúria I Bárdibükk, HUNGARY
Perceptions 4 - #artforsale, Art.Salon:Társalgó Gallery I Budapest, HUNGARY
Flows / Áramlatok DunaPest with FISE, Budapest Projekt Gallery I Budapest, HUNGARY
MOME Art and Design Premier / MOME Tárgyalkotó Premier, KÖFÉM Community Center I Székesfehérvár, HUNGARY
Hungarian Glass, Antiques for Everyone, Prisma Gallery I Birmingham, UK
MOME Art and Design Premier / MOME Tárgyalkotó Premier, FISE Gallery I Budapest, HUNGARY
2015
Transparency - Hungarian Contemporary Glass, Balassi Institute I Brussels, BELGIUM
Hungarian Glass, Battersea Decorative Art Fair, Olympia International Art & Antiques Fair, Antiques for Everyone, Prisma Gallery I London, Birmingham, UK
Perceptions 3 - Evolutio, Art.Salon:Társalgó Gallery I Budapest, HUNGARY
MOME Diploma 2015, Ponton Gallery I Budapest, HUNGARY
Art Project, Hotel Rum, artforward I Budapest, HUNGARY
HuGlass 2015, Hefter Gallery I Pannonhalma, HUNGARY
Atelier visit - Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists (MKISZ), Andrássy Gallery I Budapest, HUNGARY
1st National Small Sculpture Quadriennial / I. Országos Kisplasztikai Quadrinnále, Modern Magyar Képtár I Pécs, HUNGARY
FISE Glass, B32 Trezor Gallery I Budapest, HUNGARY
Fresh Fishes 7.1, FISE Gallery I Budapest, HUNGARY
2014
HuGlass 2014, Erdész Gallery & Design I Budapest, HUNGARY
4th International Triennial of Silicate Arts - New Energy, Kulturális és Konferencia Központ I Kecskemét, HUNGARY
2013
Mome Matt, Artus Stúdió I Budapest, HUNGARY
Stanislav Libensky Award, Queen Anne's Summer Palace I Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
Media and Design with the students' eye of MOME, Vitkovics-ház I Eger, HUNGARY
13th Festival of Art Glass / GlassFest, Hot Spring Colonnade I Karlovy Vary, CZECH REPUBLIC
Sanssouci Junior Glass Match, Spa Resort Sanssouci I Karlovy Vary, CZECH REPUBLIC
2012
Cékl'art I-DENTITY, Gozsdu-udvar I Budapest, HUNGARY