{"id":666,"date":"2025-08-19T13:39:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T11:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-u.stagin-gtpages.com\/presentation\/?page_id=666"},"modified":"2026-08-31T11:18:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T09:18:58","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/barnabasszakacs.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-805 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/stagin-gtpages.com\/barnabas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Szakacs-Barnabas-Protre-500x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barnabasszakacs.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Szakacs-Barnabas-Protre-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/barnabasszakacs.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Szakacs-Barnabas-Protre-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/barnabasszakacs.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Szakacs-Barnabas-Protre-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/barnabasszakacs.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Szakacs-Barnabas-Protre-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/barnabasszakacs.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Szakacs-Barnabas-Protre-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/barnabasszakacs.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Szakacs-Barnabas-Protre.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My practice explores the relationship between plants, landscape, and human perception. Working at the intersectionof art, design, and material research, I use plants not only as subject matter but as physical medium and carrier of memory. My background in both visual arts and landscape architecture has shaped a way of thinking that moves between observation, spatial awareness, and experimentation. Plants are central to my work: their textures, structures, and traces become tools for investigating how nature is perceived, transformed, and reinterpreted within contemporary culture. Since founding Viaplant in 2018, I have developed plant-based materials that bridge technological processes and artistic inquiry. In my practice, fragments of vegetation are preserved, layered, and abstracted, creating works that oscillate between natural presence and human intervention. These processes raise questions about materiality, ecological awareness, and our increasingly mediated relationship with the living world. I am particularly interested in the phenomenon of plant blindness, the tendency to overlook the vegetal life that surrounds us. Through my works, I seek to slow down perception and invite closer attention to the overlooked textures, forms, and narratives embedded in plants. By bringing together elements of nature, technology, and abstraction, I aim to create spaces for refection on our place within a rapidly changing environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CV- Szak\u00e1cs Barnab\u00e1s<\/b><\/p>\n<div><b>CV<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>Education<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>2025\u20132026 Budapest Art Mentor<\/div>\n<div>2019 Hungarian Fashion &amp; Design Agency \u2013 Design SPEED Mentorship Program<\/div>\n<div>2003\u20132005 Budapest University of Technology and Economics,<\/div>\n<div>Postgraduate Degree in Urban Design and Urban Management<\/div>\n<div>1994\u20132001 Corvinus University of Budapest, Department of Landscape Architecture \u2013 Msc<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>Exhibitions, Performances<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>2026 Explorers 8.0 \u2013 We Leave a Mark \u2013 K\u00e9pez\u0151 Gallery, Budapest<\/div>\n<div>2026 Winter Exhibition of the M\u00e1rt\u00e9ly Art Colony \u2013 Alf\u00f6ld Gallery, H\u00f3dmez\u0151v\u00e1s\u00e1rhely, Hungary<\/div>\n<div>2025 Inner Gardens \u2013 Reich K\u00e1roly Gallery, MOMkult, Budapest<\/div>\n<div>2025 On the Path of Plants \u2013 Esterh\u00e1zy Palace, Fert\u0151d<\/div>\n<div>2023 Landscape Imprint,Budapest Chamber of Architects, K\u00f3s K\u00e1roly Hall<\/div>\n<div>2014 Landscape Architecture and Its Border Territories \u2013 Exhibition of L\u00e9pt\u00e9k-Terv\u2019s Decade of Work, FUGA, Budapest<\/div>\n<div>2011 \u201cProgress\u201d \u2013 Opening Performance \u2013 European Forum for Architectural Policies (EFAP), T\u00e1j\u00e9k Land Art Group<\/div>\n<div>2010 Landscape Odyssey \u2013 Opening Performance, FUGA Architecture Center, T\u00e1j\u00e9k Land Art Group<\/div>\n<div>2009 N&amp;n Gallery \u2013 PUBLIC\u2013ART \u2013 The Calvary of Holl\u00e1n Promenade<\/div>\n<div>2009 IKAR Gallery III Landscape Architecture Exhibition, Belgrade, Serbia \u2013 T\u00e1j\u00e9k Land Art Group<\/div>\n<div>2009 Aquincum Museum \u2013 \u201c140 Years in the Service of the Capital\u201d, Budapest Waterworks \u2013 T\u00e1j\u00e9k Land Art Group<\/div>\n<div>2008 VAM Design Center \u2013 World of Waste, Eco-Design Exhibition \u2013 T\u00e1j\u00e9k Land Art Group<\/div>\n<div>2008 G\u00f6d\u00f6r Club \u2013 World Architecture Day 2008 Poster Exhibition, Budapest \u2013 T\u00e1j\u00e9k Land Art Group<\/div>\n<div>2007 Sziget Festival, Budapest \u2013 Iron Flowers \u2013 T\u00e1j\u00e9k Land Art Group<\/div>\n<div>2006 Sziget Festival, Budapest \u2013 Iron Flowers \u2013 T\u00e1j\u00e9k Land Art Group<\/div>\n<div>2005 N&amp;n Gallery, Budapest \u2013 55 Pedestals (Group Exhibition)<\/div>\n<div>2005 KUD-Art Gallery, Solym\u00e1r \u2013 T\u00e1j\u00e9k Land Art Group<\/div>\n<div>2004 Valley of Arts Festival, Kapolcs \u2013 T\u00e1j\u00e9k Land Art Group<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>Professional Awards, Recognitions<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>2025 Landscape Architecture Excellence Award \u2013 Blaha Lujza Square, Budapest \u2013 Public Spaces Category<\/div>\n<div>2021 Landscape Architecture Excellence Award \u2013 \u00dajhegyi Promenade, Budapest \u2013 Public Spaces Category<\/div>\n<div>2021 European Green City Award (Hungarian Winner) \u2013 Eco-Park, Kaposv\u00e1r<\/div>\n<div>2020 Construction Industry Excellence Award \u2013 Complex Infrastructure Category<\/div>\n<div>2017 Landscape Architect of the Year<\/div>\n<div>2017 Hungarian Society for Urban Planning \u2013 ICOMOS Public Space Renewal Award \u2013 \u00dajhegyi Promenade<\/div>\n<div>2015 Landscape Architect of the Year \u2013 Special Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (MMA)<\/div>\n<div>2014 Landscape Architect of the Year \u2013 Special Prize of the Association of Hungarian Architects<\/div>\n<div>2014 MUT\u2013ICOMOS Public Space R enewal Award \u2013 Comprehensive Rehabilitation of Sashalom Town Centre<\/div>\n<div>2010 Renewal of Uranv\u00e1ros Main Square \u2013 MUT Excellence Award, Certi\u001ccate of Merit<\/div>\n<div>2010 Renewal of Holl\u00e1n Ern\u0151 Street, Budapest District XIII \u2013 MUT Excellence Award, Certi\u001ccate of Merit<\/div>\n<div>2010 Renewal of Holl\u00e1n Ern\u0151 Street, Budapest District XIII &#8211; Hild J\u00e1nos Memorial Medal<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>Membership in Professional Organizations<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>2018 FISE \u2013 Studio of Young Designers Association<\/div>\n<div>2004 Hungarian Association of Landscape Architects<\/div>\n<div>2004\u2013 T\u00c1J\u00c9K Land Art Group \u2013 Founding Member<\/div>\n<div>2003\u2013 Hungarian Chamber of Architects \u2013 Landscape Architecture Section<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; My practice explores the relationship between plants, landscape, and human perception. 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