Tamás Komoróczky graduated from the Painting (1990) and later the Mural Department (1992) of the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts. He also studied video at the Staatliche Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf. Between 1989 and 1996, he became well-known for his activity in the Újlak Group, among others: as one of the organizers of the first artist-run space in Budapest, he took part in setting up art events in abandoned buildings; a program that came to be a definitive feature of the art scene of the time. Parallel to this, Komoróczky also began developing his own work, utilizing the toolkit of photography and video. Later on, he added computer animation to his videos and also used this technology to create wallpapers.
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Tádé (Turboreflex)
Komoróczky is interested in the different expressive forms of popular culture which he considers in the context of the arts. Do we watch and evaluate a video clip differently when it is broadcasted on one of the music channels and when we encounter it in an exhibition space?
Sanyi (Electric Light)
Beginning as a painter, and becoming widely known as a member of the Újlak Group, Tamás Komorócky (b. 1963 in Békéscsaba, Hungary) now lives in Berlin and Budapest. Since the early 90s he has also been working in video.