About
Zsofia Schweger (b. 1989, Szeged) is a Hungarian artist based in London. Zsofia had lived in the US for 5 years and studied at Wellesley College in the Boston area, before she moved to London in 2013. She then attended the Slade School of Fine Art, graduating with an MA in 2015.
Zsofia’s work in painting is informed by her experience of moving countries: she is interested in human relationships to spaces in general and the notions of home and belonging in particular. In her paintings of domestic and public interiors, Zsofia uses reductive paint application, flat panels of colour and a muted palette in order to express a sense of both alienation and comfort.
Zsofia was selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2016 and Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe 2017. She has been supported by several generous prizes, including the Jealous Prize, Griffin Art Prize, the Alice C. Cole Award, and the ‘One To Watch’ Award. Since her first solo exhibition at Griffin Gallery in London in 2016, she has had solo shows at Edel Assanti (London), Sapar Contemporary (New York), Lundgren Gallery (Palma), Inda Gallery (Budapest) and Rutger Brandt Gallery (Amsterdam). Her first institutional solo exhibition was held in 2022 at Romer Floris Muzeum in Gyor, Hungary.
Zsofia's work is represented by Sapar Contemporary (New York) and Inda Gallery (Hungary).
CV
Zsofia Schweger (b. 1989, Hungary) lives and works in London.
EDUCATION
The Slade School of Fine Art, University College London - London, UK - 2013-2015
MA Fine Art
Wellesley College - Wellesley, MA, USA - 2008-2012
BA Studio Art, Comparative Literature (double major)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND TWO-PERSON SHOWS
Nostalgia with Nick Dawes, Sapar Contemporary, New York, USA - 2022
Inner Space, Rómer Flóris Museum of Art and History, Győr, Hungary - 2022
Limit, INDA Gallery, Budapest, Hungary - 2021
Pause, Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands - 2021
Quietude, INDA Gallery, Budapest, Hungary - 2018
Cataloguing Time, Sapar Contemporary, New York, USA - 2017
Motion/Less with Meghan Grubb - Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley, MA, USA - 2017
Zsofia Schweger, Edel Assanti, London, UK - 2017
Zsofia Schweger, Lundgren Gallery, Palma, Spain - 2017
BLOC - Zsofia Schweger, Griffin Gallery, London, UK - 2016
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
First Half '23 - INDA Gallery, Budapest, Hungary - 2023
Home Is Where The Art Is - Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands - 2022
54th International Artist Residency Győr - Rómer Flóris Museum of Art and History, Győr, Hungary - 2022
The Pink Edition - Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands - 2022
Back To Skool - Jealous Gallery, London, UK - 2022
Esterházy Art Award Short List 2021 - Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary - 2021
Just what is it...? - Cristea Roberts Gallery, London, UK - 2021
Four Women Painters: At the Crossroads - Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Miami FL, USA - 2020
Time To Play - Art and Culture Center/Hollywood, Hollywood, FL, USA - 2020
Still Here - Newington Gallery, London, UK - 2019
Structured - SITE131, Dallas, TX, USA - 2019
Notice the Small Things - Jealous Gallery, London, UK - 2019
The Light in the World is Without a Significant Plan - Daniel Benjamin Gallery, London, UK - 2019
hu - White Conduit Projects, London, UK - 2019
hu - Abject Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK - 2019
hu - Generator Project, Dundee, UK - 2018
RA Summer Exhibition 2018 - Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK - 2018
Printed '18 - Mixer - Istanbul, Turkey - 2018
Esterházy Art Award Exhibition - Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary - 2017
RA Summer Exhibition 2017 - Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK - 2017
Domestic Affairs - Platform Arts, Belfast, UK - 2017
Home as an Irrevocable Condition - Sapar Contemporary, New York, NY, USA - 2017
Jealous Prize Winners 2016/2017 - Jealous Gallery, London, UK - 2017
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2016 - Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK - 2016
The Original Print Show - Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk, UK - 2016
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2016 @ Liverpool Biennial - Bluecoat, Liverpool, UK - 2016
RA Summer Exhibition 2016 - Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK - 2016
Explorers - Londonewcastle Project Space, London, UK - 2016
Finding the Future of Figurative Art - Beverley Art Gallery, Beverley, UK - 2016
FBA Futures 2016 - Mall Galleries, London, UK - 2016
Griffin Art Prize Shortlist Exhibition - Griffin Gallery, London, UK - 2015
IMAGINE - Londonewcastle Project Space, London, UK - 2015
MA/MFA Degree Show - Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK - 2015
New Arrivals - 12 Star Gallery at Europe House, London, UK - 2015
Slade Painting - The Windshow at Camden People's Theatre, London, UK - 2014
Cities Methodologies - Slade Research Centre, London, UK - 2014
Slade Interim Show - Slade Research Centre, London, UK - 2014
Small Works - Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA, USA - 2013
Here & Now - Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley, MA, USA - 2012
Re-Presentation - Jewett Art Gallery Wellesley, MA, USA- 2010
Drawing - Jewett Sculpture Court, Wellesley, MA, USA - 2010
Line By Line - Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley, MA, USA - 2009
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
Nominated for Esterházy Art Award - 2021
Nominated for Esterházy Art Award - 2017
Bloomberg New Contemporaries - 2016
'One To Watch' Award - Mall Galleries - 2016
Griffin Art Prize - 2015
Jealous Prize - 2015
Alice C. Cole Award - 2015
Nominated for Chadwell Award - 2015
Harriet A. Shaw Fellowship - 2014
Pocock Award - 2014
The Friends of Art Prize for Excellence in Studio Art - 2012
Latin and Departmental Honors in Studio Art - 2012
Madeleine Korbel Albright Fellowship - 2011
Pamela Daniels Fellowship - 2011
Global Engagement Grant - 2011
Dr. Elemer and Eva Kiss Scholarship - 2009 and 2011
RESIDENCIES AND ARTIST WORKSHOPS
Fountainhead Residency - The Fountainhead, Miami, FL, USA - 2019
Griffin Residency - Griffin Gallery, London, UK - 2016
Cabin Fervour - Live Art Development Agency, Swansea, UK - 2014
Smart City Lab - Close & Remote, London, UK - 2013
Art on the Farm - Cow House Studios, County Wexford, Ireland - 2011
PUBLISHED WORK
250th Summer Exhibition Illustrated, exhibition catalogue - Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK - 2018
BLOC, exhibition catalogue - Griffin Gallery, London, UK - 2016
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2016, exhibition catalogue - Cornerhouse Publications, Manchester, UK - 2016
FBA Futures, exhibition catalogue - Mall Galleries, Federation of British Artists - 2016
Schweger, Zsofia - “At Home: Explorations in Painting,” honors thesis - Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, USA - 2012
PRESS
HVG Extra Magazin - A Nő 2021/02 | Külföldön berobbanni (in Hungarian) | August 2021
Prae.hu | Az otthon fogalma alapjaiban határozza meg munkáimat by Flóra Petrics (in Hungarian) | June 2021
Financial Times | Artists back the digital route by Melanie Gerlis | May 2021
Pénzcentrum | Már most milliós képeket fest Schwéger Zsófia: az USA-ban, Angliában híresebb, mint itthon by Attila Biró (in Hungarian) | April 2021
Heti TV | Interview in Heti Kortárs by György Gajzágó (in Hungarian) | March 2021
The Architectural Review | Folio: collages by Zsofia Schweger | November 2019
Hyperallergic | The Pregnant Silence Pervading Paintings of Libraries by Seph Rodney | January 2018
HuffPost | Zsofia Schweger: Cataloging Time at Sapar Contemporary by Isa Freeling | December 2017
The Tribeca Trib | At a Tribeca Gallery, Paintings to Quiet the Visual Noise of Urban Life by April Koral | November 2017
Artmagazin.hu | Focus on Hungary - Magyar galériák sikere a viennacontemporaryn by Emese Mucsi (in Hungarian) | September 2017
Artlocator | Az idő alapú képélmény nyomában by Kata Untsch | No.4. 2017
Junko Journal | Painters in conversation: Zsofia Schweger talks to Agalé Bassens about ideas of home and identity in her recent work | May 2017
Artnet | Editors’ Picks: 15 Things to See in New York This Week by Sarah Cascone | April 2017
OCTOGON architecture&design magazin | Glocal (in Hungarian) | 2017/1
Artists & Illustrators | Painters to watch in 2017 | March 2017
Forbes Magyarország | A nagy 30/30 by Zsolt Nagy (in Hungarian) | February 2017
Forbes | Meet Europe's 30 Under 30 Taking Over Kitchens, Galleries And Runways by Nathania Zevi | January 2017
Forbes | Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe: The Arts | January 2017
42 magazin | Život emigranta – Zsofia Schweger (in Serbian) | December 2016
AnOther | Documenting the Emigré Experience Through Pastel Interiors by Sarah Jilani | November 2016
artPortal | „Ez a ház még mindig megvan” – Schwéger Zsófia, festő by Fruzsina Mesterházy (in Hungarian) | October 2016
The Big Issue | BLOC, Zsofia Schweger, Griffin Gallery - Review by Louise Fitzjohn | September 2016
Art Monthly | Review: Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2016 by Martin Herbert | September 2016
Financial Times | Critics’ Choice by Jackie Wullschlager | August 2016
The Week | Zsofia Schweger at Griffin Gallery | August 2016
Stylist | Meet the young Hungarian artist exploring the modern emigrant experience by Moya Crockett | August 2016
It’s Nice That | ZsofiaSchweger’s paintings depict her Hungarian home frozen in time by Jenny Brewer | August 2016
Wallpaper | Bloc party: Zsofia Schweger’s minimal paintings of Hungarian domestic interiors by Jessica Klingelfuss | August 2016
AIGA: Eye On Design | Graphic Sensibilities with Politicized Undertones in Zsofia Schweger’s Unusual Image-making by Emily Gosling | August 2016
a-n | NOW SHOWING #161: The week’s top exhibitions | August 2016
Art Jobs | Redefining the domestic space in her debut exhibition at the Griffin Gallery: Interview with Zsofia Schweger | August 2016
BBC World Service | Radio interview in Outlook by Jo Fidgen | August 2016
The Creators Project | Terra Incognita, un cycle d’expositions à regarder à la loupe by Léa Chauvel-Lévy (in French) | July 2016