photo by Anna-Reka Baktay
About
Media artist David Szauder (b. 1976 in Hungary) studied Art History at the Eötvös Loránd University and Intermedia at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in Budapest, and completed a Masters Fellowship at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture at the Aalto University in Helsinki.
From 2009 to 2014 he worked as the curator at the Hungarian Cultural Institute in Berlin (.CHB). David Szauder was a visiting lecturer at the Film Academy, Potsdam, in addition to leading workshops on interactive media in Berlin and Budapest since 2010.
Since 2023, he has been teaching ‘AI’ courses at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design.
David Szauder has participated in a variety of international projects as artist and curator.
Studies
1998-2001 Art History, EÖTVÖS-LORÁND UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
2001-2003 computer scientist, Gábor Dénes College, Budapest
2003-2008 Intermedia, Hungarian University of Fine Arts
2003-2005 Photo study / internship with László Emmer
Teaching
2010-2011 private lecturer at the HFF Potsdam.
2023- Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
Grants
2020 Artist in Residency, Momentum Worldwide, Berlin
2008-2009 Erasmus grant, Media Lab, Aalto University, Helsinki
Solo exhibitions
2023 Art of hiding/ East of eden, Budapest
2021 Abstract Image of the Pandemic / Diskurs Berlin, Berlin
2020 Lights-Space-Modulator / Momentum, Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien Berlin
2015 Failed memories / Uj Kriterion Galeria, Romania
Participation in exhibitions
2023 Superluminal, Light Art Museum
2023 Ars Electronica festival, Linz
2022 Binale, AI animation, Budapest,
2022 Modulator V3, LAM, Budapest
2022 The visions of Leonardo, AR installation, Milano,
2022 Art from elsewhere, Mexico city
2022 Diorama, kicsiny világok, with Anna Reka Baktay, Ludwig Budapest
2021 21st Seoul International ALT Cinema & Media Festival
2021 PARALLEL WORLDS- Samarkand
2021 Wiedersehen, Diskurs Berlin, Berlin
2021 MOMENTUM InsideOut & CHB Fassadenkino, Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
2021 ART from ELSEWHERE, Kulturforum Ansbach
2020 Reality Cuts Streetview Anderlecht, Brussels
2019 ‘my grandmother was here’, Galerie Kleinervonwiese, Berlin
2019 Light Space Modulator, SIBF 2019- Seoul
2018 17 The Biennale of Illustration & Graphic Art, Direktenhaus, Berlin
2017 La Carteza del Error, Arte Fundación Alfonso, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2015 Construction site as a place of art, Gallery Weekends Berlin
2014 Musara mix, Jerusalem
2013 DigitalArt, Center of Pompidou, Paris
2013 Glitch, RUA RED South Dublin Art Center, Dublin
2011 Reconsidering Roma, Kunstquartiere Bethanien / Studio1 Berlin
Curatorial and other activities
2023 Deep Space collection, Ars electronica
2022 Cover artwork and illustrations for The Washington Post
2019-2020 New media advisor for the European Capital of Culture VEB 2023
2015 KIK, Art in Cinema, Kino International, Berlin
2015 Art Nomads - Made in the Emirates, Kunstquartiere Bethanien / Studio1 Berlin
2014 - The great illusion exhibition (curator, artist, project manager), Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin
2009-2014 German unity at Balaton, Berlin, Mainz, Dortmund, Balatonfured, New York
2013 SkyScreen, TRAFO | Baltic Contemporary at Odra Zoo, Szczecin, Poland
2014-2009 media artist and curator at the Collegium Hungaricum (CHB), Berlin