Zoltán Szegedy-Maszák b. 1969 in Budapest, Hungary. Studied at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts 1988-92, at the Faculty of Painting, with Gábor Nagy and Dóra Maurer. Received degree in Painting in 1992, when he also began teaching Computer Studies at the Intermedia Department. Received degree in Intermedia in 1994, when he also began to teach Computer Animation at the Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts. Between 1994-96 taught Computer Studies at the Postgraduate Video & Telecommunications program of the Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences (ELTE) Budapest. Since 1996, working for C3: Center for Culture & Communication, and since 1997, Associate Professor at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Intermedia Department.
Selected exhibitions
1989		Det nya Ungrens Konst, Kulturcentrum Ystadt, Stockholm
1990		Árnyék, Barcsay Gallery, Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest
1991		Áthatás, olaj, Fészek Club, Hermann Gallery, Budapest
		Ostmodern, Künstlerhaus Klenzestr. (with Attila Csörgõ & Róza El-Hassan), Munich, Germany
		Oscillation, Šiesta Bašta, Komárno, Slovakia; Mucsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest
		Sub Voce, Mûcsarnok (Kunsthalle), Budapest
1992		Student Photograms, Goethe-Institut Budapest
		Tér-képzetek I., Budapest Gallery, Budapest
		Aritmia, Uitz Gallery, Dunaújváros, Hungary
1993		Jövogyujtés, Liget Gallery, Budapest
		Tér-képzetek III., Budapest Gallery, Budapest
		Solo show, Goethe-Institut Budapest
		Polyphony: Social Commentary in Contemporary Hungarian Art, Budapest
1994		Rajz. Rajzolás, Institute of Polish Culture, Budapest
		Exhibition for the Degree, Intermedia, Barcsay Gallery, Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest
		Sculpture City, RAM Galerie, Amsterdam
		Photogram, National Biennial of Photography, Esztergom, Hungary
1995		Photogram, Vigadó Gallery, Budapest
		Autokatalízis, Vízivárosi Gallery, Budapest
		OSTranenie 95, Bauhaus Dessau, Germany
1996		The Butterfly Effect, Mûcsarnok (Kunsthalle) Budapest
		Internet Galaxis, Budapest Gallery, Budapest
		Gallery by Night, Studio Gallery, Budapest
		Buy the picture!, Tuzoltó 72, Budapest
		Art History in Contemporary Art, Uitz Gallery, Dunaújváros, Hungary
		Exploration Network, C3, Budapest
		Gallery by Slide, Liget Gallery, Budapest
		Beyond Art, Ludwig Museum, Budapest
		In the Belly of the Whale (solo show with Dóra Maurer), Kiscelli Museum, Budapest
1997		Internet Galaxis, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
		The Code (exhibition and lecture with Gusztáv Hámos and Miklós Peternák), Goethe- Institut Budapest
		Áthidalás, Duna Museum, Esztergom
Filmek / videók
1991		Camera Obscura I-VII (vhs)
		S8 1-3 (Super-8)
1992		Cavalier (számítógépes animáció)
		S8 1-3 (Super-8)
1995-96		Life-forms (Video-CD with Dóra Maurer)
1997		Real-time I-III (interactive computer animation using celluloid exposed via Camera obscura)
Awards, Grants
1992		First prize of Hermann Lipót Foundation
1993		Eötvös Foundation, Budapest
1995		Prize of the magazine Fotómuvészet, National Biennial of Photography, Esztergom/Budapest
		European Media Artists in Residence, Bauhaus DessauEuropian Media Artist in Residence (EMARE), Bauhaus Dessau

Erika Kiffl, 'Dialogue,' in: Belvedere, III/1991/1 Introduction to 3D Animation,' (for the Intermedia Dept., 1992, see: (http://intermedia.c3.hu/oktanyag/computer/3dstudio.htm) 'Computer Studies within the Intermedia Department,' (Intermedia catalogue, Budapest 1993, (http://intermedia.c3.hu/kat93/computer.html) A dozen Achilles and the Tortoise, (http://www.c3.hu/~szmz/pubtexts/achilleus.htm) Intermedia Dept., (see: http://intermedia.c3.hu/) 'Sculpture City,' in: Balkon, 1995/2 'Ideal City,' (Sculpture City catalogue, Rotterdam 1994), (http://www.c3.hu/~szmz/pubtexts/sculpc.html) 'CD on the Fly,' in: Magyar Narancs, 20 October 1994, (http://www.c3.hu/~szmz/pubtexts/cdonfly.html) Space-concepts III, (http://www.c3.hu/~szmz/pubtexts/terkep2.html) Notes on the digital phenomena, (http://www.c3.hu/~szmz/pubtexts/delem.html) (http://www.c3.hu/~szmz/pubtexts/sculpc.html) MISA, (Dessau/Werkleitz, Germany 1995) 1001 Nights (Peter Zorn-nal, 1001 Nights (with Peter Zorn), (OSTranenie 95, Bauhaus Dessau, Germany 1995) 'Nat Finkelstein,' in: Balkon, 1995/5, (http://www.c3.hu/~szmz/pubtexts/finkelst.htm) '100-Year-Old News,' in: Balkon, 1996, (http://www.c3.hu/~szmz/pubtexts/100years.html) Cryptogram, 1996 (http://www.c3.hu/cryptogram/) Exploration Network (with Miklós Peternák, C3, 1996) C3, Budapest, 1996 (http://www.c3.hu/explo/)

Selected bibliography