Kotormán Norbert
(b. 1967)

born in Békéscsaba, Hungary

Photo: Róbert Csíkszentmihályi

Norbert Kotormán is primarily a modeling sculptor, regardless of whether the final material of the sculpture is bronze, stone, wood or anything else. Clay is one of the most ancient sculptural materials, the most obvious tool in the hands of the sculptor to quickly pour his thoughts into shapes or rather to knead them: he thinks by modeling and models by thinking. The answer to the problems of sculpture is the sculpture, which is created by the interaction of the form inspired by the thought and the thought inspired by the form. His sculptures mingle with classical Indian and Greek sculptures, they are primarily figurative sculptures, which are often also contemporary transcriptions of classical themes, topos, or perhaps specific works, such as the wooden variant of Dominique Ingres' Great Odalisque or the Herakles in Graphisoft Park. The structure can be felt under the strong forms of the figures with soft lines, their shapes are more passive than active. The previously natural or only natural world has already changed, gender and gender roles become uncertain or transformed: below and above, vertical and horizontal are interchangeable. The wry humor and irony of these paraphrases becomes really evident when you know the pre-images, as the figures seem to be redrawn memories of reality, their effect lies precisely in their difference from natural forms.

EDUCATION

1989-1994 MA Department of Sculptor, University of Fine Arts, Budapest

1995-99 DLA Department of Sculptor, Janus Pannonius University, Pécs

AWARDS

1994 Herman Lipót -Prize

2002 Derkovits -Prize

2013,2017 Ministry of Human Resorces -Prize, Autumn Exhibition of Vásárhely

2018 Academy of Fine Arts Hungary –Prize, Autumn Exhibition of Vásárhely

2019 Munkácsy Mihály - Prize

2020 Tornyai - Prize

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1995 Tornyai János Museum, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary

1999 Artus Studio, Budapest [with László Kotormán ]

2002 Galery of Pécs , Hungary

Pincegaléria, Pécs [with Zsolt Nyári]

Parti Galéria, Pécs

2003 A.P.A. Arts Center, Budapest [with Lola Kovács].

2013 Parthenon –frieze Saloon, University of Fine Arts, Budapest

2016 Vizivárosi Galery, Budapest

2017 Erdős René House, Budapest

2018 MANK Collectiv Atelier, Hódmezővásárhely [with Lászlóval Kotormán]

2021 Tornyai János Museum, Hódmezővásárhly

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1989 Students of the University of fine Arts , Margaret Island, Watertower, Budapest

1993 Students of the University of Fine Arts, Pataki Gallery, Budapest

40. Autumn Exhibition of Vásárhely, Tornyai János Museum, Hódmezővásárhely

1997 DLA-students Exhibition, Gallery of Pécs, Pécs

1998 Stonesculptor of Pécs, Bildhauser Form, Lahr, Germany

1999 Open air sculptors, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary

2001 „Szobrászaton innen és túl“, Kunsthalle, Budapest

2003 Exhibition of Derkovits-Prize, Ernst Museum, Budapest

“ Plastica Dreams” , Kunsthalle, Budapest

2013 Autumn Exhibition of Vásárhely. Hódmezővásárhely

2015 Autumn Exhibition of Vásárhely. Hódmezővásárhely

2015 "Fakultáció", Nagyatád, Hungary

2018 "Baguda plusz" Tárház, Szihalom, Hungary

2020 II. Saloon of Fine Arts, Kunsthalle, Budapest

2023 Bázis Association , Gallery of Pécs, HUngary

Bázis Association Zsdral Gallery, Balatonfüred, Hungary

Baguda Association, Contemporary Arts Gallery , Dunaújváros, Hungary

Baguda Association “Piskóta”, Parthenon-Friese Saloon, Budapest

PUBLIC SPACE WORKS

1989 Ady Endre portré Szeged

2006 1956-os Emlékmű Aggtelek, Mártély

2009 Heracles, Óbuda Graphisoft Park

SELECTED WORKS IN PUBLIC SPACES WITH LÁSZLÓ KOTORMÁN

2004 Statue of Saint Paul, Rákoskeresztúr, Budapest

2005 Statue of Toldi , Alsótold

2008 Statue of Saint Elisabeth, Kisoroszi

2010 Monument of Parliament, Tata

2017 Monument of the Foundation of the University, Pécs

2017 Statue of Notaire, Budapest

2020 Statue of Pope II. John Paul, Bazilika, Budapest

2021 Hunor and Magor , Transylvania

SYMPOSIUMS IN HUNGARY

Pécs, Nagyharsány, Szolnok, Nagyatád

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUMS

Hannover - Németország, Manali, Delhi - India, Taynan - Tayvan, Carrara - Olaszország