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

It's nice that | Just what is it...? A new exhibition questions ideas of home and belonging by Daniel Milroy Maher | 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