Career
Lajos Csontó is a Hungarian artist. He received his printmaker diploma from the Hungarian College of Applied Arts in 1990, and then he continued his studies at the DLA courses. Currently he is an associate professor at the Esterházy Károly College, and also gives lectures at the Moholy-Nagy University of Artist
He joined several professional organizations.
In addition to working with traditional graphic - and painting techniques, he got involved in photo and video art in the middle of the 1990s. He loves making installations and projects in which the process of creation is part of the work of art
His relationship with Miskolc goes back to the beginning of his career. He regularly shows at the Miskolc Graphics Biennials, and has gotten awards as well (1991, 2004).
During the spring of 2007, he and Gábor Gerhes presented the irregular exhibition: Special Life - Magic Days with a programme series, involving workshops and screenings.
He held a workshop at the Galéria Alkotóház for collage students in 2009. 2007 Munkácsy-award 2009 Selected, Raiffeisen Gallery, Budapest. 2009 Lajos Csontó"s exhibition, Líceum Gallery, Eger 2009 Viennafair, Inda Gallery, Vienna.
2009 Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod, Israel 2008 Treaspassing (with Csurka Eszter and Kamen Stoyanov), Inda Gallery, Budapest 2008 Common Denominator, Kunsthalle - Dorottya Gallery, Budapest 2007 Literature, Budapest Gallery, Lajos Street Exhibition House, Budapest 2007 Bud, (with Imre Bukta) Synagoge, Eger 2006 Knit one, knit purl, Cellar Gallery of Vajda Lajos Studio, Szentendre 2006 One Shape is like the Other, Danube Museum, Europe Central Gallery, Esztergom 2006 Human-smithing, MG Gallery, Budapest 2005 Anti-matter, Picture Gallery of Szentendre, Szentendre 2005 Not enough yet, Kunsthalle, Budapest 2004 The music is beautiful, Centre of Arts, Pécs 2004 One-two, Vintage Gallery, Budapest 2004 Bath-projekt, Sofia Public Mineral Baths, Sofia 2003 Reflexinger, Kunsthalle, Budapest 2003 Kortárs Fotó, Pécsi Gallery, Pécs 2002 Restart, Vintage Gallery, Budapest 2000 You Misunderstood Maine, But That"s Your Job, French Institute, Budapest 2000 Display, Vintage Gallery, Budapest 1999 Mindent értek apa, Vintage Gallery, Budapest 1998 My God" V.M.K. Photo Gallery, Nyíregyháza 1997 Photographies, Miskolc Photo Gallery, Miskolc 1996 Euphoria, Winter Gallery, Szentendre 1994 Gallery by Night, (with Imre Gábor) Studio Gallery, Budapest 1994 Galerie mladych U Recickych, Prague (with Endre Koronczi, Dvoøák Roman).
