Zoltan Kunckel

e-mail: kunckel.z@gmail.com
Date & place of birth: 06.11.1975 Caracas-Venezuela
Languages: English, German, Hungarian & Spanish native speaker
Nationalities: Venezuelan, Hungarian & German

Education

2005-2008 • Master MA “Art in Context” at the Institute for Art in Context, University of
the Arts Berlin, Germany
Major: Artistic work and artistic intervention in the public space. Artistic work with cultural
institutions and artistic museum studies.
1998-2002 • Master MA “Artist Designer” at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
Budapest, Hungary
1996-1998 • Industrial Design at the I.D.C. (Instituto de Diseño de Caracas), Caracas,
Venezuela
1994-1996 • Pedagogical Sciences at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Caracas,
Venezuela


Solo exhibitions


2021
• White Torture-Underground Poetry with Lorent Saleh. European Youth Event (EYE 2021)
Conference on the Future of Europe, European Parliament, Strasbourg, (B)
• White Torture-Underground Poetry with Lorent Saleh. 1st Edition: The Global State of
Human Rights, High level conference. Global Campus of Human Rights, Venice (I)
2020 • White Torture-Underground Poetry with Lorent Saleh. EU Parliament, Brussels, (B)
2018 • Tropical Eggs. Lollapalooza Festival, Glockenturm Olympiastadion Berlin (D)
2018 • Patria-Homeland-Series, Lange Nacht der Bilder, ST37, BLO Ateliers, Berlin (D)
2015 • Apographon, or the Beasts of the Blacksmith. Odalys Gallery, Caracas (VEN)
2014 • The Angel of Budapest. Csilla v. Böselager and the Summer in Hungary 1989.
Sziget Festival, Budapest (H)
2012 • KuZo. Odalys Gallery, Caracas (VEN)
2012 • Movimiento en Tiras. curated by Alberto Asprino. Casa 22, Caracas (VEN)
2012 • A_Tiras, curated by Alberto Asprino. Parenthesis Gallery, Caracas (VEN)
2011 • The Way to the Top. Interactive Hierarchy-machinery. Sziget Festival, Budapest
2009 • Der Weg nach Oben, eine hierarchische Struktur in Bewegung! Wohnlabor, Berlin
2001 • A_TIRAS. Nautico Club Gallery. Maracaibo (VEN)


Selected group exhibitions


2021
• 11th Which Human Rights? Film Festival, Istambul (TR)
• Hey Universum – a (poster) exhibition in public space, Berlin (D)
• Art Market Budapest, Bálna, Budapest (H)
• GlasSpring III. Curated by Ágnes Koós, Tér-Kép Galeria, Budapest (H)
• Museo de la Democracia. Curated by Valeria Fahrenkrog, Daniela Labra, Teobaldo Lagos
Preller, Marcela Moraga, Paz Ponce Pérez-Bustamante, NGBK, Berlin (D)
• Kindred Chronicles. Curated by Kristen Cooper, Museum Lichtenberg, Berlin (D)
2020
• Connections: Screenings #6
• The Nightmare before Xmas. TOBE Gallery, Budapest (HUN)
• Subasta 281-Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo. Odalys Gallery, Madrid (ES)
• Subasta 280-Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo. Odalys Gallery, Madrid (ES)
• Subasta 279-Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo. Odalys Gallery, Madrid (ES)
• Subasta 276-Arte Iberoamericano. Odalys Gallery, Madrid (ES)
2019
• Unter Palmen ein Uboot – curated by Kristen Cooper, Villa Heike, Berlin (DE)
• Bodybuilding – curated by TOBE, Pegazus, Szentbékkálla (HUN)
2018
• Piña – curated by TOBE, Pegazus, Szentbékkálla (HUN)
• Tag der Offene Tür, BLO Ateliers, Berlin (D)
2017
• RESISTANCE – curated by Tomás Opitz. TOBE Gallery, Budapest (HUN)
2016
• TRANSDIVERSO – curated by Benjamin Villares Presas. Odalys Gallery, Madrid (ES)
• REFLEXIONES DE LA HABANA – Elemental Project. Odalys Gallery, Madrid (ES)
2015
• 12th HAVANA BIENNALE – MOR Museo Orgánico Romerillo, curated by KCHO with the
DAEMON project, Havana (CUB)
• RECONSTRUCTIVISMO 2.0 – Odalys Gallery, Madrid (ES)
• FORMATO PI´XELES – GBGArts, Caracas (VEN)
• FIGURA Y FONDO – Odalys Gallery, Madrid (ES)
• ELECTROESTETICAAMBIENTAL.VE – Centro Cultural BOD, curated by Benjamin Villares
Presas, Caracas (VEN)
2014
• RISOGRAPHY # 3 – Geuenhuis, Gent (B)
• ASIA CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW – Odalys Gallery, Hong Kong (CHN)
• SUMMA – Odalys Gallery, Madrid (ES)
• OFF CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR BRUSSELS – Odalys Gallery, Brussels (B)
2013
• ELEMENTAL 1-4 – Odalys Gallery, Madrid (ES)
• ARTE E INDUSTRIA – Conindustria, Eurobuilding Hotel, Caracas (VEN)
• KULTURAL ZONE – Sziget Festival, Budapest (HUN)
2012
• HASTA 30 – Parenthesis Gallery, Caracas (VEN)
• HYDROMEMORIES – Museo Regionale di Ciencia Naturale, Turin (I)
• XXI F.I.A. FERIA IBEROAMERICANA DE ARTE – Parenthesis Gallery, Hotel Tamanaco
Intercontinental, Caracas (VEN)
2011
• HASTA 50 – Parenthesis Gallery, Caracas (VEN)
• TRANSHUMANTES, URBANOS E INTIMOS – Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas
Sofia Imber, curated by Benjamin Villares Presas, Caracas (VEN)
2010
• TRANSHUMANTES, URBANOS E INTIMOS – 1st Contemporary Art Bienale Mérdia, curated
by Benjamin Villares Presas, Mérida (VEN)
• 13 NACHT UND NEBEL – Berlin (D)
• EU TRIO TREE – Sziget Festival, Budapest (HUN)
• ESTA CASA ESTÁ SONADA – X. Velada Santa Lucía, Maracaibo (VEN)
2009
• AUS DEM KONTEXT – Universität der Künste Berlin (D)
• HIDROMEMORIAS – Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas Sofía Imber, Caracas
2008
• MUSEUMSBAUHÜTTE – Werkbundarchiv-Museum der Dinge, curated by Michael Fehr,
Berlin (D)
• HOHLRÄUME DER GESCHICHTE – Kunst Universität Linz (A)
• PALM FICTION – Palmöl Speicher Stralau, curated by White Elephant Collective, Berlin
• SOHO IN OTTAKRING – CLOSE ENCOUNTERS – curated by Caroline Kaiser, Ragnarhof,
Wien (A)
• GREY AREA, The Banality of Violence – Galerie der Künste, curated by Gillian Holt, Berlin
• ART & IDENTITY – Art Museum Guangzhou GAFA (CHN)
2007
• HYDROMEMORIES – Stadtbad Steglitz, Berlin (D)
• RECORDANDO A REVERÓN – Salón Venezuela, Berlin (D)
• VII VELADA SANTA LUCÌA – Maracaibo (VEN)
2005
• 32 SALÒN NACIONAL DE LAS ARTES DEL FUEGO – Ateneo de Valencia (VEN)
• THE NUDE – Magyar Fotográfiai Múzeum, curated by Károly Kincses, Kecskemét (HUN)
2004
• TRANSFLEXIÒ – Gödör Club, Budapest (HUN)
• KIVETITÈS – Vaszary Pinakotéka, Kaposvár (HUN)
• VOLKS PALAST – Palast der Republik, Berlin (D)
2003
• THE ONE`S THAT CAME…II – Magyar Fotográfiai Múzeum, curated by Károly Kincses,
Kecskemét (HUN)
• 7 FOTO SALON MAOE – Vigado Gallery, Budapest (HUN)
• ZOOM-FESTIVAL FOR DIGITAL ARTS – Apollo Cinema, Pécs (HUN)
• LOS 11 DEL MICHELENA, 59th Salón Arturo Michelena prized works exhibition – Sala
Cultural PDVSA, Pto. La Cruz (VEN)
2002
• LOS 11 DEL MICHELENA, 59th Salón Arturo Michelena prized works exhibition – Museo de
Barquisimeto (VEN)
• LOS 11 DEL MICHELENA, 59th Salón Arturo Michelena prized works exhibition – Centro
de Arte Lía Bermúdez, Maracaibo (VEN)
• LOS 11 DEL MICHELENA, 59th Salón Arturo Michelena prized works exhibition – Centro
para las Artes Arturo Michelena, Fundación Banco Industrial, Caracas (VEN)
• PORTRAIT-SELFPORTRAIT – Hungarian month of Photography, Budapest (HUN)
2001
• 59th SALÒN ARTURO MICHELENA – Ateneo de Valencia (VEN)


Selected artistic, interdisciplinary and curatorial projects


2016-2022 • Co-founder and Projekt manager of Trickmisch non-profit Association. The
MOBILE LANGUAGE LABORATORY particularly interested in the relationship between image
and language and image-based methods of language acquisition; working with welcome
and regular classes, youth facilities, museums, and libraries throughout Berlin.
https://trixmix.tv/info.html#trickmisch
2020-2021 • Co-founder and Projekt manager of the SAMMELSURIUM Projekt.
http://sammel-surium.org/sammelsurium/
since 2013 • ELEMENTAL Project, Initiative of Odalys Foundation to generate an insertion
of emerging artists in the art world through cultural and artistic exchange, allowing the
development of a self-sustaining artists residency program. Curated by Odalys Sánchez de
Saravo and Zoltan Kunckel. In cooperation with: Victor Zarza, Dr. Michael Fehr, Katharina
Jedermann, María Luz Cárdenas, Henry Vicente, Dietrich Kunckel, Vladimir Péter, Alberto
Asprino. Supported by: Fundación Odalys. Partners: Goethe-Institut Caracas, IFA Institut
für Auslandbeziehungen, Institute for Art in Context – UdK Berlin, Universidad Central de
Venezuela – Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo – Taller Equis, MOR Museo Orgánico
Romerillo – Havana. • https://odalys.com/elemental/
2011-2012 • KUZO – CULTURE ZONE, displace contemporary art from it´s institutional
context thus amplifying cultural communication and interaction. Curated by Zoltan
Kunckel. In cooperation with: Fruzsina Szép, Pablo Campos, Benjamin Villares Presas and
Réka Nagy Borbála. Supported by: Sziget Kft., ArtExport, Bázis Store Budapest.
2007-2012 • HYDROMEMORIES, an interdisciplinary artistic project on the theme of water.
Curated by Irina Novarese, Zoltan Kunckel and a.titolo. In cooperation with: Engineers
Without Borders (Turin and Berlin groups), CISV Torino. Supported by: Goethe-Institut,
Institute for Art in Context – UdK Berlin, Glocalstudio Caracas, Cultura Chacao – Caracas,
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas, Corea Art Council, Regione Piemonte, Museo
Regionale di Scienze Naturali – Turin. • www.hydromemories.com
2010 • EU TRIO TREE – Artistic Exchange between Belgium, Hungary and Spain, spotlight
the common and specific cultural values of the EU at the Sziget Festival. Curated by
Zoltan Kunckel and Fruzsina Szép. Supported by: European Union Cultural Office, Sziget
Kft.
Since 2004 • PATRIA (HOMELAND) – Multidisciplinary artistic project emphasizing the
resurgence of violence and populist politics in structures of power contextualized specially
in Venezuela and Latin America. In cooperation with: Luck Bank Lee, Silvina Morbo,
Rezuma Loquearan, Ouzo Acid Alan, Requiems or Zag, Darer Version, Zeal Alas Joyriding.
2002-2004 • Assistant director of Judith Oskó, in the production of seven (7) documentary
films about the cultural world heritage of Hungary, commissioned by the Hungarian
National Television.


Grants and scholarships


2005-2008 • DAAD-Fundayacucho scholarship – for studies at the Institute of Art in
Context – UdK Berlin (D)
2005 • Vitrum Glass Investigation Grant – glass grant at the 32nd Salón Nacional de las
Artes del Fuego, Valencia (VEN)
2001 • Erasmus scholarship – for studies at the Elisava Escola Superior de Disseny,
Barcelona (ES)
2001 • Premio Francisco Narváez – art photography grant for VIZ at the 59th Salón Arturo
Michelena, Valencia (VEN)
1998-2002 • MOME scholarship – for studies at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and
Design Budapest (HUN)


Residencies and workshops


2015 • 12th HAVANA BIENNALE – MOR Museo Orgánico Romerillo, international residency
curated by KCHO, Havana (CUB)
2009 • Caracas Ciudad de Agua – International workshop in cooperation with
Glocalstudio-CCS, Goethe-Institut Caracas, Cultura Chacao, Universidad Simón Bolívar,
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofia Imber (VEN)
2007 • 7th Velada Santa Lucía – International resindency curated by Clemencia Labin and
Edgar Gonzalez, Maracaibo (VEN)
2004 • Bárdudvarnok Glass Workshop – Workshop in cooperation with the Association of
Young Glass Artists, International Glass-Art Center, Bárdudvarnok (HUN)
2000 • Bárdudvarnok Glass Workshop – Workshop in cooperation with the Association of
Young Glass Artists, International Glass-Art Center, Bárdudvarnok (HUN)
1999 • WorkSopron, The Nothing – Workshop in cooperation with the MOME-Moholy-Nagy
University of Art and Design Budapest and the Simonyi Károly Müvézseti Kar, Sopron
(HUN)


Lectures and panel discussions


2021
• Panel discussion on the state of Human Rights in Turkey and Venezuela with the
participation of Ayten Öztürk, Av. Gülseren Yoleri, Lorent Saleh and Av. Seda Şaraldi;
moderated by Elif Ergezen within the 11th Which Human Rights? Film Festival, Istambul
(TR)
• Artist Talk with Alireza Ostovar (IR) within the framework of the Hier & Jetzt
Connections Artists in residency exchange, B.L.O. Ateliers, Berlin (D)
• Museum in Museum: Encounter between the Museo de la Democracia and the SimónBolívar-Museum within the framework of the exhibition Museo de la Democracia,
NGBK,Berlin (D)
2019
• The Identity of a Place in a Dictatorship – Panel Discussion with Lorent Saleh (Human
Rights Activist) and Dr. Manuel Silva Ferrer within the framework of the exhibition Unter
Palmen ein Uboot, Villa Heike, Berlin (DE)
2016
• Reflexiones de la Habana – Panel discussion about the experience of creating in extreme
conditions, Odalys Gallery, Madrid (ES)
2014
• Human Nature, Uli Westphal solo exhibition – Panel discussion within the framework of
the exhibition, Odalys Gallery, Caracas (VEN)
• ELEMENTAL 2-4 – Panel discussion within the framework of the exhibition, Odalys
Gallery, Madrid (ES)
2013
• ELEMENTAL 1-4 – Panel discussion within the framework of the exhibition, Odalys
Gallery, Madrid (ES)
2009
• Museums Bauhütte, Zwölf künstlerische Museen und Museumsentwürfe – Lecture about
the Simon Bolivar Museum (from the series: Patria), Werkbundarchiv – Museum der
Dinge, Berlin (D)