Born in 1990, West-Berlin. Lives and works in Budapest, Hungary.

represented by Longtermhandstand

Horváth Gideon is a Hungarian-French visual artist who transitioned into an artistic practice after studying film. Although he did not pursue formal sculptural training, he developed his practice autodidactically, while also working with moving image, text, and performance.

His theoretical research is primarily concerned with subversive theories. Early in his career, his interests revolved around post-anthropocentric questions, later shifting toward queer theory, and more recently expanding into broader interdisciplinary inquiries. He examines fundamentally negative concepts from subversive perspectives, including shame, vulnerability, and failure.

While his works often operate on an abstract level, several projects are grounded in extensive historical or interview-based research, informed by a strong interest in psychology and the social sciences. Beeswax has become a signature material in his practice, explored as an ambivalent substance whose fragility is as significant to him as its resilience. He frequently combines it with metal, porcelain, and silk.

Over the past years, his works have been presented in numerous European private galleries, major institutions, biennials, and international art fairs overseas.

He is member of the Professional Council for Public Art of the city of Budapest.

Studies:
2010-13 Université Paris VIII. (Arts du spectacle - Cinéma)
2014-15 Hungarian Unversity of Fine Arts (Intermedia)

Prizes:
2024 - AICA (Hungarian division of the International Association of Art Critics) award for the best solo show of 2023 for ‘Myths of Vulnerability’
2023 - Esterházy Art Award winner

Selected solo & duo exhibitions:
2026,05.07. House of Threads @ Carl Kostyál Gallery, London
2025.09.24. Phantom Matter (with Adam Šakový) @ VUNU, Bratislava
2025.05.01. The Most Dangerous Person - solo project at OFF-Biennale Budapest
2024.06.06. Broken Femur (with Šárka Koudelová) @ Pragovka, Prague
2024.05.10. The Whispering Hole @ Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok, Poland
2024.03.27. Pollinating Agents (with Andrej Dúbravský) @ Longtermhandstand Gallery, Budapest
2023.09.22. Memory That Could Have Been @ Sidewalk, 1st Budapest Biennale of Contemporary Public Art
2023.05.16.-05.30. Pulp @ PRÁM Studio, Prague Czechia
2023.02.24.-04.07. Myths of Vulnerability @ Glassyard Gallery, Budapest
2022.02.19-03.27. Kiss of the Sun @ ENA viewing Space, Budapest
2021.09.14.-11.06. The Faun’s Ball @ TIC Gallery, Brno, Czechia
2021.01.07-02.05. Faun realness @ ISBN gallery, Budapest
2019.07. I put my hand into a beehive @ Budapest Galéria, Budapest
2019.05. Decaying structures have a sweet smell @ Stúdió Galéria, Budapest
2017.09. Vista @ Labor Galéria, Budapest

Fairs:
2025.08.29. Art-o-rama with Longtermhandstand @ Marseille, France
2025.05.06. Esther II. with Longtermhandstand @ New York, USA
2024.02.08. Material with Longtermhandstand @ Mexico City, Mexico

Selected group exhibitions:
2026.09.19. The 18th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art @ Lyon, France
2026.07.15. The Sand From The Urns @ Kunsthalle Kosice, Slovakia
2026.07.08. Art Will Not Be Silent! @ Pohoda Festival, Slovakia
2026.05.27. Pop-up exhibition - Queering the East Central European Art: A Cozy Evening @ Laichter House, PRague, Czechia
2026.02.01.  “ITT VAGYOK!” – Rituális gyakorlatok, a radikálistól a misztikusig @ Ferenczy Múzeum, Szentendre
2026.01.23. Fragile Balance (Danger) @ Trafó Gallery, Budapest
2025.10.14. Reminiscent Practices @ Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
2025.09.04. BIG BANG. Expanding Collection Horizons. @ Ludwig Museum, Budapest
2025.08.29. EVA International @ Limerick City, Ireland
2025.06.21. Intertwined @ Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2025.05.22 Genius Loci @ Kunstverein Ludwigshafen
2025.05.15. Constellations: Contemporary Positions from Hungary @ Paris-B Gallery, Paris
2025. 03. 20. Habitat @ National Gallery, Budapest
2025.03.07. Bliss @ Bliss Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2024.10.04. Villa dei Misteri @ Etyeki Manor Vineyard, Etyek, Hungary
2024.09.26. Calm VEHEMENCEASE @ Warsaw Gallery Weekend with Longtermhandstand Gallery
2024.06.22. Untame @ Vunu Gallery/Botanical Gardens of Kosice
2024.04.14. Breaking the Frame - Die Gewinner*innen des Esterhazy Art Awards 2023, Eisenstadt, Austria
2024.03.21. Different persons @ Vunu Kunsthalle Kosice, Slovakia
2023.12.14. Esterházy Art Award Short List exhibition @ Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2023.12.14. ...and they lived... @ Kunstahelle Bratislava, Slovakia
2023.11.30. The Sea of Cheese @ TRAFO Center for Contemporary Art, Szczecin, Poland
2023.10.19. Disturbed Waters @ Dubniczay Palace, House of Arts, Veszprém, Hungary
2023.09.14. TÉR-KÖZ-ÉRT @ Deák17 Gyermek és Ifjúsági művészeti Galériá, Budapest, Hungary
2023.07.12. F.I.R.E. @ Longtermhandstand Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2023.06.23. The Tent @ Useless Galeri, Solymár, Hungary
2023.06.13. Post Pxrn Film Festival Warsaw
2023.03.02. Currently Available @ Projektraum Römerstraße der Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
2022.10.14. Different Solar settings @ David Kovats Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2022.09.09. Sensory Tales (Curated by…) @ Krinzinger Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2022.08.16. They/Them/Their: Naturally Not Binary @ IMT Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2022.08.11. „Füstös Lángos” @ Szigliget Várudvar, Szigliget, Hungary
2022.07.29. An eclectic attempt to complete the torso in my head @ UGM Studios, Maribor, Slovenia
2022.07.07. Hope is not Desire @ Sopa Gallery, Kosice, Slovakia
2022.07.02. Monuments of Impermanence @ Umwelt Art & Science Academy, Kisapáti, Hungary
2022.06.28. Biztonságos tér @ Nyolcésfél, Budapest, Hungary
2022.06.24. Statue unveiling @ Kiscelli Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary
2022.06.24. Beings & Creatures Chapter 2: In the Midst of New and Old Kinship @ < rotor > Center for Contemporary Art, Graz, Austria
2022.06.22. Still in Bloom @ Ani Molnár Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2022.03.16.-04.29. Abundant days to come @ Glassyard Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2021.12.08. PATRON @ Q Contemporary, Budapest, Hungary
2021.11.06-12.04. InThe Beginning There Was The Garden, Botanical Garden of Budapest, Hungary
2021.10.21. And mistake these walls for skin @ Budapest Gallery, Hungary
2021.09.01. - Age of the Solastalgia @ Knoll Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2021.09.30. - Mythology Heritage @ House of Arts, Ústí Nad Labem, Czech Republic
2021.09.22.-10.29. - Slow Life @ Hungarian Cultural Institute, Brussels, Belgium
2021.07.17.-10.10. - #IFeelSeen @ Modem, Debrecen, Hungary
2021.07.01.-10.03. - OSTRALE Biennale O21 Dresden
2021.07.14.-09.05. - SLOW LIFE. RADICAL PRACTICES OF THE EVERYDAY @ Ludwig Museum, Budapest
2021.05.18.-07.24. - Age of the Solastalgia @ Knoll Gallery, Budapest
2021.04.23.-06.19. – xtro realm presents: ACLIM! Agency for Climate Imaginary @ OFF-Biennale Budapest
2020.11.01. – Slow Life – Radikale Praktiken des Alltags @ Ludwigmuseum, Koblen, Germany
2020.08.12.-09.11. - Unstable State of Things @ Glassyard Gallery, Budapest
2020.03. The story @ LOOP Gallery, Budapest
2019.10. Montag Modus w/ xtro realm @ CHB, Berlin
2019.04. FKSE+ 2019 @ Art+Text Gallery, Budapest
2018.09. 18' STÚDIÓ @ Barcsay Terem, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest
2018.07. No Man's Land - Trafó smART! XTRA @ Bánkitó Fesztivál, Bánk
2018.05. Open Office @ FKSE – Küszöb Fesztivál, Budapest
2017.11. xtro realm exhibition @ FKSE – Budapest
2017.06. Forms - Cinema Teleport @ Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
2017.02. Exceptio Regulam Manducat - FKSE new members @ Labor Gallery, Budapest
2016.06. A Művészeti és Művészetelméleti Szakkollégium éves kiállítása @ Labor Gallery, Budapest
2015.10. Kreativitás a művészeti oktatásban @ tranzit.hu, Budapest
2014.11. A törés a szavakban van @ Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum

Residencies:
2023.04.-05. PRÁM Studio, Prague, Czechia
2022.09.12.-12.31. Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
2022.06.21.-07.02. Residency at Umwelt Art & Science Academy, Kisapáti, Hungary
2020.09.-10. Cité International des Arts, Paris

Everything else:
2019-21: curator and artist of the xtro realm project: ACLIM! Agency for Climate Imaginary in the frameworks of OFF-Biennale Budapest with Anna Zilahi and Rita Süveges
2019: extrodæsia - Encyclopedia towards a postanthropocentric world - (co-editing and co-writing)
2019: xtro realm lecture at the Atlas of the Anthropocene Symposium, Humboldt Universitat, Berlin
2017-2020 Board member of Studio of Young Artists Association.

Founding member of xtro realm artist group.