Miklos Rogan
Miklos Rogan was born in 1953, in Budapest, Hungary. He graduated from the famous Bela Bartok Music Academy of Budapest, more specifically in piano. He arrived in Canada in 1988 and established himself in Ontario. Gradually, he left his piano for his paint brushes. In 1994, he won the "Best Show Award" at the Cornwall Regional Gallery of Ontario. His work can be described as a perfect balance between movement, harmony, curvilinear lines and forms. Although Cubism had a strong influence on his work, his painting is also distinct from it in certain ways. Cubism gave him the formal liberty to explore his subjects without being bound to reality. The canvas structure and surface are important parts of his work, as they are for Cubism. However, he does not deconstruct, like the cubist painters, but tries to organize a very dynamic surface layout, where shape and color not only cohabitate to also interact with each other, thus leading our gaze towards visual explorations, through esthetics and a fascinating pictorial universe. His shapes are always stylized and are used to create associative and narrative connections with the different elements in the composition. Miklos Rogan exhibited in Vienna (Austria), Budapest (Hungary), Montana (USA), Cornwall, Waterloo, Aylmer, Ottawa, Belleville and Collingwood (Ontario) and in Montreal (Québec). He now resides and paints part of the year in Montreal and part of the year in Hungary. Important exhibitions of his work were presented in Vienna in 2001 and 2003 and in Montreal in 2005.
Résumé
Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary
Date of Birth: 1953
Currently residing: Province of Québec, Canada
Solo Exhibitions
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2009 Budai Klub Galeria, Budapest, Hungary.
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2005 Galerie Lamoureux Ritzenhoff, Montreal, Canada.
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2003 Galerie Atelier T, Vienna, Austria.
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2001 Galerie Am Opernring, Vienna, Austria.
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2000 Galerie Am Opernring, Vienna, Austria.
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1995 Cornwall Regional Art Gallery, Cornwall, Ontario
Group Exhibitions
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2001-2016 Lamoureux Ritzenhoff Gallery, Montréal, Québec
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2010 "INSITU" Saint-John Art Center, NB, Canada
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2010 "INSITU" La Maison de la Culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, QC, Canada
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2009 "Die Genesis", Kabelwerk, Vienna, Austria
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2009 "INSITU" exhibition, Helikon Museum, Keszthely, Hungary
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2009 "INSITU" Malom Galeria, Szentendre, Hungary
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2008 "Die Genesis", Stadtmuseum Saalfeld, Germany
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2007 "Die Genesis", Stadtmuseum Bad Ischl, Austria
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2006 "Lebenslust", Der Kunstraum, February show, Vienna, Austria
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2005 La Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, "Les Fenêtres", November, Montréal, Québec
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2003 Hypotekenbank, Graz, Austria
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2003 La Maison René-Richard, Baie St-Paul, Québec
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2003 Delta Montréal Hotel, Montréal, Québec
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2001 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Selected artist, Montréal, Québec
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1999 Galerie Am Opernring, Vienna, Austria
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1998 Arten Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
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1997 Eldon Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario
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1997 Galerie Am Opernring, Vienna, Austria
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1995 Annual Art Show, Cornwall, Ontario
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1995 Galerie d'art Jacar, Aylmer, Ontario
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1994 La Galerie d'art Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
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1994 Theodora Gallery's Christmas Group Show, Toronto, Ontario
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1992 Quinte Art Council's 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Belleville, Ontario
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1991 Collingwood P. Library, Collingwood, Ontario
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1991 Miniature Art Show, Billings, MT, USA
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1990 Hyperion Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
Special Projects
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2002 The only Canadian artist invited to participate in the "Genesis" project organized by "Atelier T" in Vienna, Austria.
Bibliography
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ArtFolio 2005-2006, Fine Arts catalogue, Toronto, Ontario, 2005.
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2002-2004 Repertory of Canadian Artists (Biennal Magazin'Art)
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2002 Parcours, l'Informateur des arts magazine, Autumn, image of painting "Scent of Spring", Montreal, Quebec
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2002 Focus Canada - magazine of the Canadian Embassy in Vienna
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2002 GAM - Art Galleries Guide of Montreal,(Sept., Oct., Nov.), image of painting "Scent of Spring"
Associations
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2002 Member of the Canadian Hungarian Cultural Collective
