Intermedia Artist and a graduate of Chelsea College of Arts. Living and working in Hythe, Essex.

“The Darkride; vertical rides; the ravine.“  

“A singular cymbal remains in the same spot on the floor behind the bottom of the stairs; the massive weight of an underfloor safe door remains always open and always empty.” This is a fragment of the suburban visions of Toronto of his childhood. “The carpeted basement of a Downsview split-level house with a blue door: a redundant home bar, partially stocked by random liquors, and beverages.” Adorning the edge of a nether land of actual and imagined places, infected by altered consciousness(es), mutability, and disappearance, he is guided by a desire to traverse interior and exterior worlds, as much as diverse media. Engaging with Intermedia creation as a kind of contemporary-medieval anchorite technology, Micha Eden Erdész's artistic oeuvre, points to a subaltern layer of knowledge; some which may or may not be culture.

CONTACT

PUBLIC Sylphen Trill, 2021, lycra, oil and lacquer on perspex, fujiflex, 00:00:05 (loop) 1 channel video on led information point, variable locations and dimensionsRed carabouche, 2021, adhesive plastic, reclaimed commercial furniture, oil on wall, variable dimensionsSo Near Far, 2011, after Zacharias Kunuk (dir.), ‘The Fast Runner’ (2001) commissioned by Newlon Housing Trust for Ashburton Triangle, Arsenal Football Ground, Holloway, London, duraclear film, high intensity prismatic film, safety glass, zinc fixings, variable dimensions

PAINTING Listless, 2021, oil on unprocessed duratrans film, gaffer tape, variable dimensionLooking out the porthole listening to the chirrups, 2019, oil on fujiflex film, variable dimensionsThe Hours, 2018, oil, pigment on silk, embroidery frame, canvas stretchers, cardboard packing material, variable dimensionsAvon Carma, after ‘The Vision of St Eustace’ (Pisanello, 1395-1455), 2018 -2016, oil and lacquer on unprocessed duratran film, aluminium, polyester resin, 00:00:06 video (loop) 1 channel digital projection, variable dimensionsSupernatural Promise, 2013, oil on embossed unprocessed duratran film in gilt frames, variable dimensionGris Hat, 2013, china marker on unprocessed duratran film, variable dimensionsEscape from Arana, 2012, oil on high intensity prismatic film, variable dimensionWhat's it like to be a bat?, 2012, oil, lacquer, china marker, spray paint, gaffer tape on unprocessed duratrans film, mild steel, pigment on silk, variable dimensionsTungsten showroom, 2010, 00:02:48 video (loop) 1 channel digital projection, oil and lacquer on 3M High Intensity Prismatic film, variable dimensionsSafestore, 2006, oil on hand-printed crystal archive gloss RA4 paper, variable dimensions

INTERMEDIA The Happy Games, 2021, pigment on lycra, rubber component feet, variable dimensionsI still don't know when the Sacrifice is over, 2020-2021, fujiflex film, air drying clay, grab adhesive, pigment on Lycra, 00:00:00 video 2 channel digital projection, variable dimensionsIn the Dust Cloud for a Moving core duty (diptych), 2021, pigment on lycra, variable dimensionsAlarmings Separate, 2019, lamda print on kodak metallic film, variable dimensionsMasthead, 2018, cartridge paper, found object, installation, linen tape, paper, tacks, variable dimensionsOut there it folds like within, 2015, beeswax and rosin plates, pigment on silk, animation, 00:03 video (loop) 1 channel projection, variable dimensionsSupernatural Promise II, 2016,  pigment on silk, variable dimensionsPsychic Entry, 2015, pigment on silk, chrome fixtures, aluminium nesting trays, variable dimensionsIndented on my neck is a record of your infarctions,, after Jack Goldstein ‘The Jump’ (1978), 2013-2015, pigment on silk, pigment on cotton velvet, chrome fixtures, oil and pigment on beeswax and rosin plate, victorian bench frames, steel cable, variable dimensionsIons Tell / Augustine, 2015, pigment on silk, chrome fixtures, mains-powered air deionising units, mains cable, 04:45 video (loop) 1 channel projection, variable dimensionsSorceress won't live, 2014, mirror, oil, pigment in colophony, mains-cord, silicon sealant, laser printer, pigment on cartridge paper, variable dimensionsGravity Ride, 2014, china marker on unexposed duratrans film, variable dimensionsFairground Violence, 2014, pigment on silk, pigment on lycra, 00:01:27 video (loop) 1 channel digital projection, variable dimensionsSafestore II, 2006-2009, oil on hand-printed crystal archive gloss ra4 paper, variable dimensionsBuda, 2008, endura metallic paper, variable dimensionsLiminal Phase, 2006, 00:00:32 video (loop) on Sony PVM-2950QM CRT monitor, oil on unprocessed e6 film, variable dimensionsTwo thousand and twelve, 2005, photogram on surveillance c-type paper, variable dimensionsArc of the Decorator, 2004, fujiflex film, ldpe, variable dimensionsSome kind of foundation, 2004, fujiflex film, variable dimensions

IMAGE Synchronicity, 2023, hand-printed chromogenic print from digital fuji instax original, variable dimensionWindow Bridge (series), 2023, chromogenic print from analogue interneg of digital file, variable dimensionsHeatwave (triptych), 2022, 00:00:00 / 00:00:00 / 00:00:00, still video on led panel, variable dimensionsThe Oppressive Home (triptych), 2022, 00:00:00 still video on led panel, variable dimensionsGet-in, 2022, duraclear film on lightbox, variable dimensionsFor-in, 2022, duraclear film on lightbox, variable dimensionsDeadfall (diptych), 2022, duraclear on lightbox, variable dimensionsInterlude (diptych), 2022, duraclear on lightbox, variable dimensionsTwin Thoughts, 2022, 00:00:31 (loop) 1 channel digital projection, variable dimensionsHonesty, 2022, 00:00:15 (loop) 1 channel digital projection, variable dimension Temperate Edge, 2021, 00:00:00 / 00:00:00 video on led panels, variable dimensionCrown of langour, 2021, fujiflex film, 00:00:15 still video (loop), 1 channel digital projection, variable dimensionsTop Rig, 2021, duraclear on lightbox, variable dimensionsThere are Icons Between us, 2020, 00:00:00 video on led panel, variable dimensionsBoyer Boyer (triptych), 2020, 00:00:16 (loop) / 00:01:17 (loop) / 00:01:00 (loop) 3 channel digital projection, variable dimensionsOther Shane, 2019, 00:01:24 video on Sony PVM-2950QM CRT monitor, variable dimensionsThe Light Place where you rest your head, 2020, 00:00:54 video (loop) 1 channel digital projection, variable dimensionsEntry to the Ride, 2019 - diptych, fujfilex film, variable dimensionsForeshadowing is like hat-trick nonsense, 2019, 00:00:00 / 00:00:00 / 00:00:00 video 3 channel digital still projection, variable dimensionsSoft Hello, 2018, fujiflex film, variable dimensionsThrough azimuth bars (dyptich), 2018, 00:00:00 / 00:00:00 video on led panels, variable dimensionsI don't know when the Sacrifice is over, 2019, fujiflex film, variable dimensionsThe Unmarriage, 2014, fujiflex film, variable dimensionsTwin Machine, 2011, 00:09:38 video 1 channel digital projection, fujiflex film, variable dimensionsThe Otter People, 2009, 00:03:06 video on Sony PVM-2950QM CRT monitor, variable dimensionsFly with me, 2006, fujiflex film, variable dimensions

PAPER Untitled, 2021, ball pen on 90gsm tracing paper, variable locations and dimensionsDon't Look Now, 2017, pigment on cartridge paper, variable dimensionsThey told you not to tell me, 2013, relief print on hot-pressed watercolour paper, technical pencil on 90gsm tracing paper, variable dimensionsCrying Games, 2006-2013, ball pen on 90 gsm tracing paper, surgical tape, acupuncture needles, acupuncture roller, variable dimensionsA severed property II, 2002, plotter prints on cartridge paper, variable dimensionsA severed property, 2002, fibre paper, variable dimension

COLLABORATIONS
Moth (with Rebecca Snow), 2015, charcoal on cartridge paper by Rebecca Snow on ventilation duct, 00:06:23 1 channel digital projection, variable dimensionsTreatment (with Linda Goodman), 2014, 00:16:37 video 1 channel digital projection, variable dimensionsMultidimensionalburbia (with Thomas Aitchison), 2013, mild steel and bronze sculpture, pigment on silk and china marker on unprocessed duratran film, ceiling tiles, cardboard box, ceiling rails and oil on decorators sheet painting by Thomas Aitchison, variable dimensionsBees (with Rebecca Jewell), 2006, watercolour on Duraclear, variable dimensions

CURATORIAL
New Magical Realism Exhibition, 2019The Liminal Phase Exhibition, 2006

REVIEWS
High Chelmer's Central Square becomes home to new artist-in-residenceOn the work of Micha Eden ErdészDialogues with the SeenThey’ll never control water on the HeathWorld of liminal moments deserve a second look

Micha Eden Erdész °1975 Toronto, Canada.
EDUCATION

Short Courses
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]

Degrees
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

SELECTED OUTPUTS
2021 High Chelmer Shopping Centre, Chelmsford, GB [residency]
2021 “Sylphen Trill”, “Red Carabouche”, installations in High Chelmer Shopping Centre, Chelmsford, GB [solo projects]
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]
2014 Erdész, M.E., Smart, S. “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. [text]
2013 “Stars in My Eyes”, Schwartz Gallery, London, GB [group exhibition - Martyna Anna Benedyka, Alexandra Drawbridge, Ismail Erbil, Micha Eden Erdész, Robert Hitzman, Louisa Mahony, Antonio Marguet, Patrick Michalopoulos, Tyler Mallison, William O” Donnell, Marion Sagon, Karen Tang, Kazuya Tsuji]  
2013 “Bloomberg New Contemporaries”, Spike Island, Bristol, GB [group exhibition - Aisha Abid Hussain, Rebecca Ackroyd, Thomas Aitchison, Lewis Betts, Jason Brown, Fatma Bucak, Agnes Calf, Lauren Cohen, Patrick Cole, Menna Cominetti, Calum Crawford, Micha Eden Erdész, Mark Essen, Adham Faramawy, Ophelia Finke, Grant Foster, Archie Franks, Joe Frazer, Kate Hawkins, Adam Hogarth, Catherine Hughes, Antoine L’Heureux, Roman Liška, Lana Locke, Alex McNamee, Steven Morgana, Laura O”Neill, Hardeep Pandhal, Julia Parkinson, Joanna Piotrowska, Hannah Regel, Dante Rendle Traynor, Daniela Sarigu, Ferdinand Saumarez Smith, Yves Scherer, Simon Senn, Isabelle ZhiZhi Southwood, Josephine Sowden, Marlene Steyn, Matthias Tharang, Shelley Theodore, Esmé Toler, Sarah Tynan, Dominic Watson, Tom Worsfold, Tim Zercie, Maarten van den Bos]
2013 Erdész, M.E. “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]
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]

WORKS IN THE COLLECTION OF HUNGARIAN EMBASSY LONDON, NEWLON HOUSING TRUST