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GYÜGYI Ödön
(20. February 1966. Mátészalka–)
Ödön Gyügyi was born in Mátészalka. He lived in the children’s home in Tiszadob until he became 18. After finishing his studies, he moved to Budapest. After two years spent at the college of Szombathely, He returned to the capital. He has been improving his drawing skills counsciously since the age of 11 in Tiszadob. While painting a panneau illustrating the history of the gypsies, he met Tamás Péli and István Szentandrássy, who encouraged him to continue his work. He considers István Szentandrássy his master, who started to tutor him during this period. His graphic works mixing christian iconography with a kind of gypsy genesis mythology can be considered personal explanations for the system of the world. The egg and the globe as being perfect shapes, Tend to represent love, the crow generally refers to the artist, The waterfall symbolizes continuity, and the snake is always a fire-red gypsy snake having positive meaning.
He debuted with a common exhibition with Magda Szécsi in the István Pataky Cultural Centre in 1984. He took part many times in the workshops of the artists’ colony of Tokaj and the artists’ colony of Central Europe. In 1989 his works of art were included in the 2nd National Exhibition of the Self-taught Gypsy Artists at the Museum of Ethnography. In 1994 his graphics were exhibited in Baja at the 2nd Festival of European Minorities. He also took part in the Exhibition of the Hungarian National Graphic Artists in 2000, at the Gallery of Újlipótváros. Moreover, these were followed by several exhibitions in the following year, at the Opera House, the Hungarian House in Berlin, in Nagyecsed, at the Police Academy and in Stockholm. He participated in several collective exhibitions, including The Contemporary Gypsy Religious Art (2003), In black and white – representing the pieces of work of gypsy graphic artists (2004) and titled Women figures in gypsy fine arts (2005), and the series thematic exhibitions, organized by the Gypsy House.
Solo exhibitons
1984 ● Pataky Művelődési Központ [with Szécsi Magda],
Budapest
Collective shows
1989 ● 2nd National Exhibition of the Self-taught Gypsy Artists, Museum of Ethnography, Budapest
1994 ● 2nd Festival of European Minorities, Baja
1999, 2001 ● Gallery of the Roma Parlament, Budapest
2000 ● Exhibition of the Hungarian National Graphic Artists, Gallery of Újlipótváros, Budapest
2003 ● The Contemporary Gypsy Religious Art, Gypsy House, Budapest
2004 ● In black and white, Gypsy House, Budapest
2005 ● Women figures in gypsy fine arts, Gypsy House, Budapest.