MIKLOS ONUCSAN
b. 1952, RomaniaThe working method of Miklós Onucsán questions the nature of the world, whether he is directly playing – turning things upside down – or he is creating a complex system of analysis, with clear steps leading to the same result. Reality is always different, and the artistic intelligence of Miklós Onucsán always manages to find its shifting point (pivot). Reality as overarching theme and work material is constantly being adjusted by the artist; the artist records the disorder, even the surrounding chaos, which he triggers, then questions and, in some cases, re-orders.
Miklós Onucsán, born in 1952 in Gherla, Romania, lives and works in Oradea, Romania.
In 2019 he represented Romania at the 58th International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia.
Recent solo exhibitions: Pseudo-drawings, Galeria Plan B, Berlin (2024); “What is normal for the spider, is chaos for the fly.”, Galeria Plan B, Berlin (2018); Mo(nu)ments, Magma contemporary art space, Sfântu Gheorghe (2015); Unfinished Measurements, Galeria Plan B Berlin (2011); Markings of the working area, Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles (2010); What I have to __do tomorrow, I should have done yesterday, Galeria Plan B, Berlin (2009).
Recent group exhibitions include: Hocus Focus, Conector / OFF-space, Cluj Napoca (2025);PHANTOM VISION. Undercurrents of perception, Light Art Museum, Budapest (2024); The Romanian Poster in the ‘90s, Institutul Prezentului, Bucharest (2024); Relatări despre o singurătate zgomotoasă, Salonul de proiecte, Bucharest (2024); Graft. Materials and Processes, Galeria Plan B, Berlin (2023); Lost in the Moment That Follows, Ways of Collecting: Ovidiu Șandor Collection, Kunsthalle Praha, Prague (2023); Locus Solus, Arter, Istanbul (2022); Landscape __in a Convex Mirror, Art Encounters Biennial, Timisoara (2021); Perspectives, BOZAR Centre for Contemporary Art, Brussels (2019); Unfinished Conversations __on the Weight of Absence, Romanian Pavilion at the 58th International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia (2019); La Brique, the Brick, Caramida, La Kunsthalle, Mulhouse (2019); DOUBLE HEADS MATCHES. A selection of __contemporary artworks from four Romanian private collections, New Budapest Gallery, Budapest (2018); Life – a User’s Manual, Art Encounters Biennale, Timisoara (2017); Notes on a Landscape, Bucharest (2017); Track Changes, curated by Plan B at Mendes Wood DM, Sao Paolo (2016); Expanded Space – __Festival of Public Art, Bucharest (2016); Art has no Alternative, Tranzit, Bratislava (2015); A Breathcrystal, Project Arts Center, Dublin (2015); Dallas Biennale, multiple venues, Dallas (2014); Allegory of the Cave Painting, Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp (2014); Intense Proximity – La Triennale 2012, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2012); Barricade of Dreams, Trafo, Budapest (2011); Image to be projected until __it vanishes, Museion, Bolzano (2011); Curated by_Rene Block, ENTREPOT, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna (2011); Romanian Cultural Resolution – Documentary, The New Gallery of IRCCU, 54th Biennale di Venezia (2011).
Text courtesy Galeria Plan B.
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