Micha Eden Erdész, b °1975 Toronto, Canada. Contemporary Artist
British. Canadian. Israeli
Lives and works nr. Hythe, Colchester GB
www.michaedenerdesz.com
Academic Degrees
2022 - currently MA Jung and Post-Jungian Studies, University of Essex
2013-2014 MRes Arts Practice, Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London
2012-2013 PgDip Contemporary Art Practice, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
1998-2002 BSc. Architecture, Planning and the Built Environment, The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London
1995-1998 BA (Hons.) Philosophy, School of Culture and Community Studies, University of Sussex
Other Studies
2024 Jungian and Post-Jungian Clinical Concepts: The Therapy Relationship. Centre of Applied Jungian Studies, SA [short course]
2023 Synchronicity. Centre of Applied Jungian Studies, SA [short course]
2022 Diploma in Jungian Pyschology. Jung Centre, IE [short course]
2022 Expanded Screenwriting as Poem Form. Emma Bolland, Poetry School, GB [short course]
2021 Telematic Art and Performance: The Future in History. Habib William Kherbek, Berlin Arts Institute, DE [short course]
2011 The Flemish Technique: Egg Tempera and Oil Paint. The Princes’ Foundation School of Traditional Arts, GB [short course]
Projects, Exhibitions and Arts Related Experience
2021 “Sylphen Trill”, “Red Carabouche”, installations in High Chelmer Shopping Centre, Chelmsford, GB [solo projects, residency]
2021 “Joy and Disappointment”, Micha Eden Erdész and Angela Stauber, Kunstverein Ottobrunn, Munich, DE [2-person show] Supported by the Steiner Stiftung Foundation, DE
2021 Erwin und Gisela von Steiner-Stiftung for ‘”Joy and Disappointment” [bursary]
2020 “The Colour of Pomegranates”, DAR - Digital Artist Residency [discussion panel] Available at: https://digitalartistresidency.org/pomegranates/4/
2020 “The light place where you rest your head”, IAM Sendeanstalt [online video]
2020 Colchester Makerspace, GB [residency]
2019 “New Magical Realism”, The Minories, Colchester, GB [group exhibition curated by Micha Eden Erdész - Aleksei Kazantsev, Alex Mclean, Andrea Hanak, Angela Stauber, Anna Sokolova, Anton Cotteleer, Besmir Latifi, Elke Lutgerink, Evelien Gysen, Fia Cielen, Gemma Abbott, Jef Gysen, Micha Eden Erdész, Tim Dodds, Warre Mulder] Available at: https://www.a-n.co.uk/reviews/new-magical-realism/
2019 Landeshauptstadt München for ‘New Magical Realism’ [bursary]
2019 The Minories for ‘New Magical Realism’ [support-in-kind]
2018 “Shared Art & Ideals”, The Minories, Colchester, GB [group exhibition]
2017 “Don Salon”, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, GB [group exhibition]
2017 “Float”, Firstsite, Colchester, GB [group exhibition]
2016 “Sorcerer Won’t Live/ Random Cabaret”, Micha Eden Erdész / Jelle Keppens, Shoobil Gallery, Antwerp, GB [2-person exhibition]
2016 “Ruins Constraints”, 10 Interventions, Platform for Immaterial Matters, Tique Art Space, Antwerp, Belgium [solo project]
2016 “Screenings in an Empty Place”, 10 Interventions, Platform for Immaterial Matters, Tique Art Space, Antwerp Art Weekend, Belgium [group exhibition - Micha Eden Erdész, Anne Van de Star, Other Robots, Hantrax, Tereza Ruller, Karina Beumer, Curdin Tones, Edwin Deen, Vedran Kopljar]
2016 “Salonathon”, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, GB [group exhibition]
2015 “Hearth and Heat”, The Florence Trust, London, GB [solo exhibition]
2015 “Postcards to Nepal”, House of Illustration, London, GB [charity exhibition]
2015 “Archway is the New Shoreditch”, Arbeit Studios, London, GB [open studios]
2015 “Salontology”, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, GB [group exhibition]
2014 “Chelsea College of Arts Summer Show”, University of the Arts London, GB [exhibition]
2013 “Stars in My Eyes”, Schwartz Gallery, London, GB [group exhibition]
2013 “A Preparation for Something to Come”, Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh, GB [group exhibition]
2013 “Multidimensionburbia”, Project Space, Edinburgh College of Art, GB [group exhibition - Thomas Aitchison, Micha Eden Erdész, Jake Watts]
2013 “No Lemon No Melon”, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, GB [group exhibition]
2012 “Defcon Salon”, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, GB [group exhibition]
2012 Postgraduate Bursary, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh [bursary]
2011 “So Near/Far – New_Lon”, Newlon Housing Trust, Emirates Stadium, Holloway, London, GB [commission]
2010-11 Newlon Housing Trust, London, GB [residency]
2009 “Espace N De La Zone Ondulée”, Galerie Martin van Blerk, Antwerp, Belgium [group exhibition - Atelier Solarshop, James Lee Byars, Frank F Castelyns, Micha Eden Erdész, Karin Hanssen, Joie Iacono, Céline Felga, G. Leddington, Kristina Sigunsdotter, Philippe Van Damme]
2008 MacBride Art, Antwerp, GB [residency]
2006 “The Liminal Phase”, Highbury Studios, Holloway, London [group exhibition curated by Rebecca Jewell and Micha Eden Erdész - Bálint Bolygó, Gavin Thorogood, Gerald Straub, Ian Johnson, Julie Cook, Matthew Small, Micha Eden Erdész, Rebecca Jewell, Robert Currie, Sarah Strang, Slobodan Trajokovic, Thomas Wilkinson, Xavier Pick] Available at: https://www.a-n.co.uk/reviews/the-liminal-phase/
2006 Arsenal Regeneration Team and Stadium Capital Holdings for ‘The Liminal Phase’ [bursary]
2005 “Summer Show”, The Florence Trust, London, GB [group exhibition]
2005 “Micha Eden Erdész”, Glen Gould Foyer, Canadian Broadcasting Centre, Toronto, Canada [solo project]
2005 “Winter Show”, The Florence Trust, London, GB [group exhibition]
2005-06 Florence Trust, London, GB [residency]
2005 ‘Buda’, Hungarian Cultural Centre, London, GB [commission]
2004 The Agency Gallery, London, GB [internship]
2004 “Wakes”, Hurwendeki, London, GB [solo project]
2004 “Endura”, The Spitz Gallery, London, GB [solo exhibition]
1998 Royal Institute of British Architects, London, GB [internship]
Selected Publications
Kühne, A. (2021) “Thoughts on the exhibition, ‘On Joy and Disappointment”, Catalogue essay, Kunstverein Ottobrunn, Munich, DE.
Behrmann, A. (2015) “They’ll never control water on the Heath: Anna Behrmann talks to an artist whose installation reflects the changing landscape of Hampstead Heath, including the controversial dams project, London: Ham and High, July.
Coomer, M. (2013) “Five things we learned from this year’s Bloomberg New Contemporaries: The graduate showcase is always a reliable art trend barometer. Here’s what we gleaned from the class of 2013”, TimeOut London.
Erdész, M.E., Smart, S. (2014) “Between Artists: A collaborative elucidation of the sensitive art practices of Micha Eden Erdész and Stephanie Smart”, JAWS Journal of Arts Writing by Students, London: Intellect, no. 3.
Erdész, M.E. (2013) “At Least You Will Feel Neutralised by Magic Mirrors!”, A Preparation of Something to Come [catalogue], Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University, pp. 15 – 17 [text]
Oldham, A. (2006) “World of Liminal Moments Deserve a Second Look: A Uniquely Temporary Exhibition in Highbury Celebrates What is Gone in an Instant”, London: Ham and High, October.
Berhrman, P. (2006) Catalogue essay in “Florence Trust”, 2006
WORKS IN THE COLLECTION OF THE HUNGARIAN EMBASSY LONDON AND NEWLON HOUSING TRUST
British. Canadian. Israeli
Lives and works nr. Hythe, Colchester GB
www.michaedenerdesz.com
Academic Degrees
2022 - currently MA Jung and Post-Jungian Studies, University of Essex
2013-2014 MRes Arts Practice, Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London
2012-2013 PgDip Contemporary Art Practice, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
1998-2002 BSc. Architecture, Planning and the Built Environment, The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London
1995-1998 BA (Hons.) Philosophy, School of Culture and Community Studies, University of Sussex
Other Studies
2024 Jungian and Post-Jungian Clinical Concepts: The Therapy Relationship. Centre of Applied Jungian Studies, SA [short course]
2023 Synchronicity. Centre of Applied Jungian Studies, SA [short course]
2022 Diploma in Jungian Pyschology. Jung Centre, IE [short course]
2022 Expanded Screenwriting as Poem Form. Emma Bolland, Poetry School, GB [short course]
2021 Telematic Art and Performance: The Future in History. Habib William Kherbek, Berlin Arts Institute, DE [short course]
2011 The Flemish Technique: Egg Tempera and Oil Paint. The Princes’ Foundation School of Traditional Arts, GB [short course]
Projects, Exhibitions and Arts Related Experience
2021 “Sylphen Trill”, “Red Carabouche”, installations in High Chelmer Shopping Centre, Chelmsford, GB [solo projects, residency]
2021 “Joy and Disappointment”, Micha Eden Erdész and Angela Stauber, Kunstverein Ottobrunn, Munich, DE [2-person show] Supported by the Steiner Stiftung Foundation, DE
2021 Erwin und Gisela von Steiner-Stiftung for ‘”Joy and Disappointment” [bursary]
2020 “The Colour of Pomegranates”, DAR - Digital Artist Residency [discussion panel] Available at: https://digitalartistresidency.org/pomegranates/4/
2020 “The light place where you rest your head”, IAM Sendeanstalt [online video]
2020 Colchester Makerspace, GB [residency]
2019 “New Magical Realism”, The Minories, Colchester, GB [group exhibition curated by Micha Eden Erdész - Aleksei Kazantsev, Alex Mclean, Andrea Hanak, Angela Stauber, Anna Sokolova, Anton Cotteleer, Besmir Latifi, Elke Lutgerink, Evelien Gysen, Fia Cielen, Gemma Abbott, Jef Gysen, Micha Eden Erdész, Tim Dodds, Warre Mulder] Available at: https://www.a-n.co.uk/reviews/new-magical-realism/
2019 Landeshauptstadt München for ‘New Magical Realism’ [bursary]
2019 The Minories for ‘New Magical Realism’ [support-in-kind]
2018 “Shared Art & Ideals”, The Minories, Colchester, GB [group exhibition]
2017 “Don Salon”, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, GB [group exhibition]
2017 “Float”, Firstsite, Colchester, GB [group exhibition]
2016 “Sorcerer Won’t Live/ Random Cabaret”, Micha Eden Erdész / Jelle Keppens, Shoobil Gallery, Antwerp, GB [2-person exhibition]
2016 “Ruins Constraints”, 10 Interventions, Platform for Immaterial Matters, Tique Art Space, Antwerp, Belgium [solo project]
2016 “Screenings in an Empty Place”, 10 Interventions, Platform for Immaterial Matters, Tique Art Space, Antwerp Art Weekend, Belgium [group exhibition - Micha Eden Erdész, Anne Van de Star, Other Robots, Hantrax, Tereza Ruller, Karina Beumer, Curdin Tones, Edwin Deen, Vedran Kopljar]
2016 “Salonathon”, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, GB [group exhibition]
2015 “Hearth and Heat”, The Florence Trust, London, GB [solo exhibition]
2015 “Postcards to Nepal”, House of Illustration, London, GB [charity exhibition]
2015 “Archway is the New Shoreditch”, Arbeit Studios, London, GB [open studios]
2015 “Salontology”, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, GB [group exhibition]
2014 “Chelsea College of Arts Summer Show”, University of the Arts London, GB [exhibition]
2013 “Stars in My Eyes”, Schwartz Gallery, London, GB [group exhibition]
2013 “A Preparation for Something to Come”, Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh, GB [group exhibition]
2013 “Multidimensionburbia”, Project Space, Edinburgh College of Art, GB [group exhibition - Thomas Aitchison, Micha Eden Erdész, Jake Watts]
2013 “No Lemon No Melon”, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, GB [group exhibition]
2012 “Defcon Salon”, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, GB [group exhibition]
2012 Postgraduate Bursary, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh [bursary]
2011 “So Near/Far – New_Lon”, Newlon Housing Trust, Emirates Stadium, Holloway, London, GB [commission]
2010-11 Newlon Housing Trust, London, GB [residency]
2009 “Espace N De La Zone Ondulée”, Galerie Martin van Blerk, Antwerp, Belgium [group exhibition - Atelier Solarshop, James Lee Byars, Frank F Castelyns, Micha Eden Erdész, Karin Hanssen, Joie Iacono, Céline Felga, G. Leddington, Kristina Sigunsdotter, Philippe Van Damme]
2008 MacBride Art, Antwerp, GB [residency]
2006 “The Liminal Phase”, Highbury Studios, Holloway, London [group exhibition curated by Rebecca Jewell and Micha Eden Erdész - Bálint Bolygó, Gavin Thorogood, Gerald Straub, Ian Johnson, Julie Cook, Matthew Small, Micha Eden Erdész, Rebecca Jewell, Robert Currie, Sarah Strang, Slobodan Trajokovic, Thomas Wilkinson, Xavier Pick] Available at: https://www.a-n.co.uk/reviews/the-liminal-phase/
2006 Arsenal Regeneration Team and Stadium Capital Holdings for ‘The Liminal Phase’ [bursary]
2005 “Summer Show”, The Florence Trust, London, GB [group exhibition]
2005 “Micha Eden Erdész”, Glen Gould Foyer, Canadian Broadcasting Centre, Toronto, Canada [solo project]
2005 “Winter Show”, The Florence Trust, London, GB [group exhibition]
2005-06 Florence Trust, London, GB [residency]
2005 ‘Buda’, Hungarian Cultural Centre, London, GB [commission]
2004 The Agency Gallery, London, GB [internship]
2004 “Wakes”, Hurwendeki, London, GB [solo project]
2004 “Endura”, The Spitz Gallery, London, GB [solo exhibition]
1998 Royal Institute of British Architects, London, GB [internship]
Selected Publications
Kühne, A. (2021) “Thoughts on the exhibition, ‘On Joy and Disappointment”, Catalogue essay, Kunstverein Ottobrunn, Munich, DE.
Behrmann, A. (2015) “They’ll never control water on the Heath: Anna Behrmann talks to an artist whose installation reflects the changing landscape of Hampstead Heath, including the controversial dams project, London: Ham and High, July.
Coomer, M. (2013) “Five things we learned from this year’s Bloomberg New Contemporaries: The graduate showcase is always a reliable art trend barometer. Here’s what we gleaned from the class of 2013”, TimeOut London.
Erdész, M.E., Smart, S. (2014) “Between Artists: A collaborative elucidation of the sensitive art practices of Micha Eden Erdész and Stephanie Smart”, JAWS Journal of Arts Writing by Students, London: Intellect, no. 3.
Erdész, M.E. (2013) “At Least You Will Feel Neutralised by Magic Mirrors!”, A Preparation of Something to Come [catalogue], Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University, pp. 15 – 17 [text]
Oldham, A. (2006) “World of Liminal Moments Deserve a Second Look: A Uniquely Temporary Exhibition in Highbury Celebrates What is Gone in an Instant”, London: Ham and High, October.
Berhrman, P. (2006) Catalogue essay in “Florence Trust”, 2006
WORKS IN THE COLLECTION OF THE HUNGARIAN EMBASSY LONDON AND NEWLON HOUSING TRUST