Kunstenaar

Marianne Csaky

Marianne Csaky

Anderlecht

I have been living and working in Brussels since 2011. Before coming to Belgium, I spent many years in Asia, taught in China and Korea, and participated in residency programs in the USA, France, Sweden, Finland, and Germany, among others. I was a resident artist at WIELS in 2024.

I studied ethnography, literature, and anthropology, and obtained a doctorate at the University of Fine Arts Budapest. I wrote my thesis on the history of Chinese video art.

I work with a wide variety of media, primarily make sculptures, objects, photo-based work and video animations. In my studio in Anderlecht, I operate a non-profit showroom, the Streetview Anderlecht which supports young emerging artists. 

Community and personal memory, history, and sexuality are at the center of my visual interest.

Education

PhD in Visual Arts at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts. I wrote my thesis on the history of Chinese video art and its Western reception; 

I earned an MA in Literature, Linguistics and Cultural Anthropology at ELTE University, Budapest; 

A Vocational BA in Multimedia Development and Design 

Selection from my recent exhibitions

2025 Parallel Worlds, Budapest

2024 Les Liaisons Désireuses, Kasteel d’Ursel, Belgium

2024 Technocool New Trends in Hungarian Art in the Nineties, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest

2024 A Tale of a City, Budapest Gallery, Solo show

2023 Something Beautiful nr4, Festival of visual arts and poetry LaVallée, Brussels

2023 Liberty, Equality, Sorority, Sensuality. Robert Capa International Photography Centre Budapest.

2022 The Other Planet. Inda Gallery, Budapest. Solo show 

2022 Manifesta 14. with Secondary Archive, Prishtina, Kosovo 

2021Niemandiseeneiland. Stichting Ijsberg, Damme, Belgium

2021 Savoir Retenir et Fixer ce qui est Sublime. Black Swan gallery, Bruges 

2019 Photo London, with Inda gallery, London

2019 ParisPhoto, Prismes with Inda gallery, Paris. Solo show 

2018 Approche Paris – Le Molière, Paris. Solo show

2018 Art Paris ArtFair with Inda gallery, Paris 

2018 Art Dubai, Dubai

2017 Mia Photo Fair, Milano,Italy

2012 VOLTA NewYork with Inda gallery, NewYork. Solo show

Residencies – a selection 

2024   WIELS Studio Residency Programme, Brussels, Belgium 

2014  Kulturakademien i Mariannelund - Kaim, Mariannelund, Sweden 

2014  Raumars Art Space, Rauma, Finnland 

2011  Organhaus Art Space, Chongqing, China 

2010  Island6, Shanghai, China 

2009-10  943Studio, Kunming, China 

2008  IASK Changdong National Art Studio, Seoul, Korea