L a s z l o K E R E K E S
* born 1954 in Stara Moravica, belonging to the ethnic Hungarian minority in Vojvodina, Ex-Yugoslavia (recently Serbia and Montenegro) * 1972-1974, member of the Bosch+Bosch avantgarde art group in Subotica / "New Art- practice" / the first 8-mm experimental films / body-art actions / Mail Art * Graduated in art- restauration at the College of Fine Arts / University of Belgrad, 1980, and (1972-1976) also studied at the University of Novi Sad * 1976, painting / installation / photography *1984-1985, art director of Új Symposion, a magazine for art and culture in Novi Sad * After the take-over in Serbia in 1988, removal to West Berlin / international artist / since 1994, also a performer / and video-art * 1997, invited artist in ART/OMI International Artists' Residency, New York * 1998, conception and coorganization of the "Aggregatzustand - simple constructions" in Berlin and the project "Orient/e" in the Jewish Museum in Budapest * 1999, the "Lichtgestalten-project" / Goethe-Instiute in Budapest * 2000, "Avard 1999 Digitale Fotografie- Elektronische Bildbearbeitung" / IG Medien, Stuttgart * 2001 The grant of Kunstfonds, Bonn * "Markers" / 49. Biennial Venice * 2002 Electric Pole as Outdoor Sculpture@Kassel City of Documenta * Series of artworks published in the autum 2002 issue of the European cultural review, "Lettre International" / Berlin * 2003, "Wandering Library" / Museo Ebraico di Venezia