IGOR Projects
Penelope Taylor

Penelope Taylor

Meet our current artist-in residence, Penelope Taylor, who arrived in the beginning of May and will work in Budapest until the end of June: Penelope Taylor (b. 1984) is an artist, curator, and educator based in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. She explores the natural world, collections, play and display through her platform Home Nature Museum. She...
Claire Waffel: Kommerz was yesterday

Claire Waffel: Kommerz was yesterday

Installation and live-performance by Claire Waffel in collaboration with sound artist Pere Ferrera Bertran Thursday, April 30 Doors open: 5.00 PM Performance: 6.00 – 6.30 PM Drinks and chats with the artists until 10 PM Location: Igor Metropol, Budapest 1116, Sztregova utca 1., 4. floor CLAIRE WAFFEL’S installation and performance work with a public site in...
Katarina Ševic & Tehnica Schweiz

Katarina Ševic & Tehnica Schweiz

Artist collective Tehnica Schweiz & Katarina Ševic (Berlin/Budapest) spent some summer weeks at the IGOR METROPOL STUDIO to prepare their participation in Les ateliers de Rennes – Biennale d’art contemporain (September 27 – November 30, 2014). Alfred Palestra is a site-specific performative exhibition taking place at the Lycée Emile Zola in Rennes. The project is...
Open Studio: Márk Fridvalszki

Open Studio: Márk Fridvalszki

INNER HORIZONS – New and Old Works, Sketches, Books & Music by Márk Fridvalszki Thursday, April 10, 2014,  6pm – 10pm, Igor Metropol Studió (Budapest 1116, Sztregova u. 1. 4. em) Márk Fridvalszki was invited to stay at the Igor Metropol studio during April to prepare his solo show at LABOR, a presentation of a concept...
Open Studio: Gerardo Nolasco Magaña

Open Studio: Gerardo Nolasco Magaña

Once Upon a Time artist talk and studio exhibition Friday, 24. January, 7pm Once upon a time will be an informal chat about Gerado Nolasco’s process of making art. He will talk about the two projects that he’s developing in Igor Metropol; one  about the influence of technology on painting and the other about Mexican...
Igor Metropol Studio available 2014

Igor Metropol Studio available 2014

Are you an international artist/curator/cultural worker looking for a space to develop a new work or simply continue your practice in Budapest? Or are you local and in need for a temporary workspace to evolve a project? Apply for a studio at Igor Metropol Association Budapest! IGOR METROPOL is a non-profit organization located in Budapest,...
Open Studio: Randomroutines

Open Studio: Randomroutines

Finally we can learn something Concert and Exhibition – Tuesday, Sep 24, 8 pm The Randomroutines collective finalized their newest steel drawing “Finally we can learn something”, which was created to be set up at a public square in the frame of Placcc Festival, an annual festival for site-specific performance and art in public space. Before...
Open Studio: Andrea Coyotzi Borja

Open Studio: Andrea Coyotzi Borja

OPEN STUDIO: Andrea Coyotzi Borja “Today I was walking and I forgot who I am” Thursday, July 25, 2013, from 6-10 pm Igor Metropol Studio Budapest 1116, Sztregova u. 1., 4th floor Program: from 6pm – Open Studio of Andrea Coyotzi Borja from 7pm – Open Insitu Works in the ex-Vertesz factory building (Sztregova u....
Andrea Coyotzi Borja

Andrea Coyotzi Borja

Current studio artist in June 2013 at Igor Metropol is Andrea Coyotzi Borja (*1984) from Puebla, Mexiko. In her artistic practice Andrea mostly uses video, mixed media, text and drawing. At Igor Metropol she will finish a project based on postcards, partly inspired by her impressions in Budapest and Jászdózsa and will realize and exhibit...
Shandor Hassan

Shandor Hassan

From April – June 2013, Igor Metropol is hosting New York based artist Shandor Hassan in their Studio. In his artistic practice Shandor mostly uses photography, collages and installation. In his new works, he will continue to explore ideas about space on the micro and the macro scale. More information about his project here!
Polar Dear (Oleg Borsos & Mark Lechner)

Polar Dear (Oleg Borsos & Mark Lechner)

In the beginning of February 2013 the electro pop duo Polar Dear rehearsed in the Igor Studio for their first live concert ever. Due to the fact that the two musicians live in two different continents, they usually work remotely on their songs: Oleg Borsos in Budapest, and Mark Lechner in Montréal. Because of the...
Péter Puklus

Péter Puklus

From January – March 2013, Budapest based photographer Péter Puklus worked on a new series at the Igor Studio, which will be presented from April 3rd at Krokus Gallery in Bratislava.