RÉKA SZABÓ
C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
OCCUPATION
Professional visual artist;
Founder and owner of Szabó A-E Réka Visual Art Studio (registered enterprise);
President of the Transylvanian Contemporary Art Society Association;
STUDIES
2011-2013 MA (Master’s Degree)
Partium Christian University - Fine Art Department, Graphic Art, Oradea, Romania
2008-2011 BA (University Degree)
Partium Christian University - Fine Art Department, Graphic and Visual Communication, Oradea, Romania
2009 BA (part-time, scholarship program)
Hungarian Fine Arts Academy, Graphic Art, Budapest
2001-2005 HS (High School)
Liceul de Arte Nagy István, Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
SELECTED RESIDENCIES / SYMPOSIUMS / ART EVENTS
2025
Adirondack Experience – Artist-in-Residence, New York, USA
Créations sur-le-champ (18th Edition), Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Canada
Sentier Artistique de Hautecour, Savoie, France
Radici del Comune Project, Aeson Atlas Land Art Park, Treviso, Italy
GO! 2025 European Capital of Culture – "Down by the River", Bovec, Slovenia–Italy
Paluzza Municipality × AEson ECOPark, Italy
Aeson Festival, Fiumicello, Italy
2024
Sentiers d’Art en Condroz-Famenne, Hamois, Belgium
International Forest Art Path – Art Nature Water, Darmstadt, Germany
Nature Art Project, Zavelput, Belgium
Seomjingang Experimental Art Festival (SIEAF), Gokseong, South Korea
SIEAF Village Art Project (2024/23/22/21), Gokseong, South Korea
Grandeur Nature – Les Transhumances Artistiques, Mont Ventoux, France
Fête de l’Eau Contemporary Art Festival, Wattwiller, France
50th Anniversary of Szárhegyi Art Colony, Transylvania, Romania
En Plein Air – Le Refuge des Fées, Musée de Vence, France
2023
Les Transhumances Artistiques, Briançonnais – Puy-Saint-André, France
Vign’Art Contemporary & Site-Specific Festival, Champagne, France
Landart Pfad Gerschnialp, Engelberg, Switzerland
2022
Tsukuba Biennale, Japan
Kommagene Biennale, Adıyaman, Turkey
L'Art dans l’Échamp – Site-Specific Residency, Saint Julien–Saint Alban, France
Parcours des Fées – Land Art & Architecture Residency, Crévoux, France
Egyfeszt Art Festival, Gyergyószentmiklós, Romania
EKÉP International Arts Festival, Transylvania, Romania
2021
Global Nomad Art Project (GNAP) – Nature Art Stories, Darmstadt, Germany
Egyfeszt Art Festival – Urban Installation, Gyergyószentmiklós, Romania
2020
GNAP Mongolia – Global Nomadic Art Project, Khentii, Mongolia
Žagarė Site-Specific Residency, Lithuania
2019
Mongolian–Transylvanian Artist Exchange Residency, Mongolia / Romania
Venice Lake Nature Art Symposium, Velence, Hungary
Nata Vienna Land Art Residency, Salzburg, Austria
Global Nomad Art Project (GNAP), Italy
2018
Rah Art Environmental Residency, Nazerabad, Tehran, Iran
Értem Residency & Symposium, Gömörszőlős, Hungary
2017
The Golden Thread – Narrative Movement Residency, Suri, India
Mirror–Light–Shadow Residency, Komdhara, India
GNAP Eastern Europe, Szárhegy, Romania
YATOO International Nature Art Residency, Gongju, South Korea
Pulzus Art Camp, Székelyudvarhely, Romania
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
“Beyond Inside”, Jaleh Gallery, Tehran, Iran
“Time Can Be Recorded”, Kunsthalle Budapest (Műcsarnok), Hungary
2017
“Fingerprints of Our Ancestors”, Transylvanian Art Center, Szentgyörgy, Romania
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Créations sur-le-champ, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Canada
Sentier Artistique de Hautecour, Savoie, France
Radici del Comune Project, Aeson Land Art Park, Treviso, Italy
2024
Expo Beaux Lieux, Wattwiller, France
8th Graphic Art Biennale of Szeklerland, Romania
Pour la Fête de L’Eau, Wattwiller, France
Retrospective Exhibition of SIEAF, Gokseong, South Korea
2023
Kulturspuur Nature Art Exhibition, Engelberg, Switzerland
20th Anniversary SIEAF Retrospective, Gokseong, South Korea
Les Transhumances Artistiques, Briançonnais / Puy-Saint-André, France
Vign’Art Contemporary Art Festival, Champagne, France
2022
Tsukuba Biennale, Japan
Gaziantep International Nature Art Photography Exhibition, Turkey
4th Independents Korea – International Art Festival, South Korea
EKÉP International All Arts Festival, Romania
2021
Nature Art Stories, International Forest Art Centre, Darmstadt, Germany
2020
Global Nomadic Art Project, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Moving Nature Art Exhibition, YATOO, Gongju, South Korea
2019
Mongolian–Transylvanian Artist Exchange Program – Final Exhibitions, Mongolia /
Romania
2013–2017
International Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland
Narrative Movement, Budapest, Hungary
Graphic Art Biennale of Szeklerland (3rd & 4th Editions), Romania
Nature Art Variations, Kunsthalle Budapest (Műcsarnok), Hungary
5th Croatian Biennale of Illustration, Croatia
Madách 150 – Fine Art Competition, Győr, Hungary
CURATORIAL WORKS
2021
EKÉP International Art Festival with SIEAF Korean Art Group, Romania / Initiator and co-curator of the collaboration; coordinated the international partnership with SIEAF and contributed to the development of the exhibition program.
2019
Mongolian–Transylvanian Artist Exchange Program, Mongolia/Romania / Project initiator and curator; developed the concept, coordinated residency activities, and organized the final exhibition connecting Mongolian and Transylvanian artists.
SELECTED GRANTS
2025
Acquisition by Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake, New York, USA (site-specific installation added to the permanent collection)
2024
Acquisition by Musée de Vence – En Plein Air: Le Refuge des Fées, Vence, France
2014
1st Prize – “Madách 150” Hungarian Art Competition, Győr, Hungary
Creative Award – 5th Croatian Biennale of Illustration, Zagreb, Croatia
2009
Award of the Hungarian Republic Scholarship for Part-Time Study, Hungary
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS:
Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake, USA (site-specific installation, acquisition 2025)
Fondation François Schneider, France / Rain Altar (site-specific installation)
Musée de Vence, France / Open Window (site-specific installation)
Lăzarea Art Center Collection, Romania / multiple artworks
Transylvanian Art Center, Romania / multiple artworks
Partium Christian University, Romania / multiple artworks
International Forest Art Center, Darmstadt, Germany / Rain Altar
YATOO Nature Art Museum, South Korea / Belvedere
Zanabazar Museum of Fine Arts, Mongolia / digital print
Kunsthalle Budapest (Műcsarnok), Hungary / Time Can Be Recorded (archival documentation)
Jaleh Gallery Museum, Tehran, Iran / Beyond Inside (documentation)
Radici del Comune Land Art Park, Treviso, Italy / permanent outdoor installation
Tsukuba Biennale Archive Collection, Japan / site-specific work
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
2025
Adirondack Experience Museum, USA / Artist-in-Residence feature
Ville de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Canada / Créations sur-le-champ artist presentation
Radici Tarvisio / Aeson Land Art Park, Italy / project featureStudio Ágora, Italy / article on Paluzza × AEson ECOPark land art works
GO! 2025 European Capital of Culture, Slovenia–Italy / Annual Calendar listing
2024
CC VONKEL, Belgium / cultural feature
Musée de Vence, France / exhibition coverage
BOTOX(S) Contemporary Art Network, France / event publication
La Strada Journal Culturel, France / contemporary art article
L’Alsace Culture–Loisirs, France / festival review
Gokseong News, South Korea / SIEAF press coverage
International Forest Art Path Catalogue, Germany / Art–Nature–Water
2023
Grandeur Nature Magazine, France / Les Transhumances feature
Vign’Art Festival, France / catalogue + publication
ART TV, Switzerland / feature segment
Kulturmanagement Spuur, Switzerland / Landart Pfad article
2022
L’Art Dans l’Échamp, France / artist presentation & residency catalogue
2021
SIEAF Festival Publications, South Korea (2021–2024 editions)
SIEAF Village Art Project Catalogues, South Korea (2021–2024)
International Forest Art Association Blog, Germany / GNAP: Nature Art Stories
2020
Global Nomadic Art Project Catalogue, Mongolia
Žagarė Site-Specific Residency Publication, Lithuania
YATOO: Moving Nature Art Exhibition Publication, South Korea
2019
Global Nomadic Art Project Catalogue, Italy / international edition
2018
EWTN Cultural Television Channel, Hungary / interview (“Délelőtt”)
Kunsthalle Budapest (Műcsarnok) Online Magazine, Hungary / exhibition feature
Top Ten Tehran Cultural Magazine, Iran / artist profile (Jaleh Gallery)
2013-2017
YATOO Nature Art Project Publication, South Korea
Partium Art University Publication, Romania / exhibition coverage
Várad Cultural & Art Magazine, Romania / article
Opus Cultural Magazine, Slovakia / artist profile
GNAP Eastern Europe Catalogue / Korea–Romania–Hungary edition
Székelyföld Cultural Magazine, Romania / published feature
Krónika Cultural Magazine, Romania / exhibition review
Győri Szalon Cultural Magazine, Hungary / Madách 150 feature
Korunk Cultural & Art Magazine, Romania / critical art article