kissmiklos is a visual artist and designer known for his strong conceptual approach and vibrant playfulness. His works have been exhibited in numerous museums and galleries across Europe and Asia. His practice challenges the traditional boundaries between High Art, Low Art and Design, reflecting on the complex relationships between art, social media, capitalism, and individual perception—all while maintaining a humorous, ironic, and tongue-in-cheek sensibility, often articulated through wordplay and typography.
EDUCATION
2002-2006
Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Teacher Department
2003-2006
Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Painting Department
2001-2003
Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Graphics Department,
1996-2000
Secondary School of Fine and Applied Arts, Budapest, Graphic Designer Faculty
Awards
2021
Excelent of Typography prizes on TDC67 Award, Type Directors Club, New York (with 4 projects)
Prize on DNA, Paris Design Award, Paris (with two projects)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2025
Emotion Air, Balloon Museum, San Francisco, USA
Emotion Air, Balloon Museum, Chicago, USA
2024
Emotion Air, Balloon Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany
Emotion Air, Balloon Museum, Brussels, Belgium
Four Season in One Day, (Tim Lahan, Hattie Stewart, Marylou Faure, Jill Senft and kissmiklos), Times Art Museum, Chengdu, China
Keep Simling, POP&ROLL Art Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2023
Emotion Air, Balloon Museum, London, UK
BET BETTER, (Tim Lahan, Hattie Stewart, kissmiklos), e03 Gallery, Shanghai, China
2022
Konsum in der Kunst, Museum Biberach, Biberach, Germany
2021
YAF, Times Art Museum, Beijing, China
2019
Gwangju Design Biennale, Republic of Korea
2011
hg.hu Design Award, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
2007
Essl Award Winners, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg/Wien, A, Austria
Essl Award Night, Ludwig Museum (Museum of Contemporary Art), Budapest, Hungary
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2025
SELFITTING ROOM, POP&ROLL Art Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
JUST DECORATION 2.0, POP&ROLL Art Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
JUST DECORATION, W Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Never Happened, POP&ROLL Art Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2024
POP BY, POP&ROLL Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
POP&ROLL Art Toilet, Budapest, Hungary - Permanent exhibition
Like Time, Budapest Contemporary, Budapest, Hungary
2023
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Kulangsu Center for Contemporary Art, Xiamen, China
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, e03 Gallery, Beijing, China
2022
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Versi Art Museum, Yongin, Republic of Korea
2020
emograms with LOVE, LOTTE Gallery, Incheon, Republic of Korea
2017
Just Decoration Graffiti tag guerrilla art, Taglialatella Galleries, New York
Goldenroach, art movement, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Just Decoration Tag Cloud, installation, Mom Park Shopping Centre, Budapest
Goldenroach, art movement, Venice Biennale, Venice
Just Decoration Graffiti tag guerrilla art, MAXXI, Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome
Just Decoration Graffiti tag guerrilla art, MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, Rome
2016
Myself, interactive exhibition, Budapest
Ball.Room, installation, Design Terminal, Budapest
2014
Sale, installation, MONO Art&Design, Budapest
Goldenroach Unlimited, exhibition, Kunsthalle, Budapest
Goldenroach, art movement, MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Goldenroach, art movement, MAXXI, Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome
Goldenroach, art movement, Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Rome
2012
Goldenroach, art movement, Louvre, Paris
Goldenroach, art movement, Centre Pompidou, Paris
2011
Goldenroach, art movement, Topshop, Oxford Street, London
Goldenroach, art movement, Saatchi Gallery, London
Goldenroach, art movement, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
Goldenroach, art movement, MUMOK (Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien), Wien
Goldenroach, art movement, British Museum, London
Goldenroach, art movement, Tate Modern, London
Goldenroach, art movement, Tate Britain, London
Collaborations
2025
kissmiklos x LOQI
2024
kissmiklos x POP&ROLL
kissmiklos x Roastopus
2022
Skechers x emograms by kissmiklos cooperation (debuted in Belgrade, Zagreb, Budapest, Bucharest)
2021
Mercedes Benz "Truck 125", limited edition art print for the anniversary
2020
Levi's collaboration, Budapest