Biographis

CV

PETER NEMES
(18.10.1979 — Budapest)

Educations

Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, sculptor department (1998–2004)
masters: Zoltán Karmó, Pál Kő, Péter Gálhidy
Secondary School of Art, Győr, sculptor department (1994–1998)
sculptor teachers: János Lipovits, András Húber
graphic design teachers: László Lakatos Gy., Imre Tolnai

Founder and curator of the Amerigo Tot Foundation (2020)
Amerigo Tot researcher (2007–)
Founder of the Artcamp of Balatonszepezd (2004)

Solo exhibitions

2017 Gordius, Parthenon Frieze Room, Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest
2015 From Space Down, Jurányi Gallery, Budapest
2006 Preludes, Parthenon Frieze Room, Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest
2004 Diplom artwork presentation, Parthenon Frieze Room, Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest

Group exhibitions

2006 Préspanoráma, (Artcamp of Balatonszepezd), Central European Cultural Institute, Budapest
2005 The second group exhibition of the Artcamp of Balatonszepezd, Parc Gallery, Mór
2004 The first group exhibition of the Artcamp of Balatonszepezd, Parthenon Frieze Room, Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest
2004 Exhibition of the prize winners of the 14th Hungarian National Medal Biennal, Lábasház, Sopron
2003 14th Hungarian National Medal Biennal, Lábasház, Sopron

Works in public spaces

2007 Zoltán Latinovits Memorial Column, Fő tér, Balatonarács, HU
2006 Relief of Prof. Ferenc Schmidt, Heart Hospital, Balatonfüred, HU
2004 EM3W (Diplom Artwork), Balaton Leisure and Conference Center, Balatonfüred, HU
2004 Gábor Lipták Memorial Medal, Panteon of Balatonfüred, HU

Artcamps

Artcamp of Balatonszepezd 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
National Stone Sculptor Symposion 2005, 2006

Awards & Scolarships

2013 Kunó Klebelsberg Scholarship, Rome
2012 Website of the year in Hungary, Grand Prize in Art Category
2009 Kunó Klebelsberg Scholarship, Rome
2003 Prize of the goldsmith József Kótai on 14th National Medal Biennal in Sopron

Artworks in public collections

The House went through the Window, National Medal Collection, Lábasház, Sopron

Bibliograpy

Iván András Bojár: A Great Life, Jelenkor, 2020/01
György Sümegi: Peter Nemes: Amerigo. A Sculptor, who Conquered Rome, Kortárs, 2019/06
Tamás Pallós: Conversation on Values with Peter Nemes - on behalf of Amerigo Tot, Új Ember, Mértékadó, 2019. június 2.
Borbála Nánai: Interview, Præsens, 2007/1
Mariann Újházy: Képeslap Szepezdről, Balkon, 2006_7, 8
István Antall: Mountain Speech, Catalogue of the Artcamp in Balatonszepezd, 2005
Ádám Farkas: Artcamp is Born, Catalogue of the Artcamp in Balatonszepezd, 2004
István Wagner: At the Border between Art and Sculpture, Magyar Iparművészet, 2003/4

Publications

Amerigo. A Sculptor, who Conquered Rome, Európa Könyvkiadó, 2019
Laceshadow (The world of Borbála Szanyi's sculptures), Műút, 2017/064
The Glass-Taming "Gunner" (Interview with the glass artist Gergely Pattantyús), Magyar Iparművészet, 2017/3
Heves. A Walk on the Artcamp, 30 years of the Artcamp in Heves, 2017
Amerigo Tot. Questing in Italy. (Amerigo Tot artworks in Italy), Biographis, 2014
The Axis of the Annual Rings (The stages of Christ painted by the young Pál Kő) – Hitel, 2011/6
Thoughts Drawn in Dust, Szalon Magazin, 2009
Amerigo Anzix, Amerigo Tot exhibition catalogue, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, 2009
Foreword, Amerigo Tot, samizdat, 2009
Amerigo Tot – Folders from Rome, Biography, 2007