Szabó Menyhért

Szabó Menyhért is one of the most distinctive representatives of the generation of Hungarian sculptors that emerged in the late 2000s. His work has revitalized the vocabulary of representing faces and nudes in classical sculpture by incorporating the crumpled texture of rubber casing and industrially colored surfaces, reimagining the dramatic figures of ancient mythology through a contemporary lens.

Born into an artistic family in Budapest, Szabó Menyhért was drawn to shaping plastic forms from an early age. After a period in Antwerp, he graduated from the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in 2018, specializing in sculpture. Rooted in a process-based approach, his practice employs recurring motifs and self-referential elements, organizing works into series and thematic units. His early works magnified the human head to monumental scale, combining the raw black materiality of industrial rubber with classically inspired faces that radiate heroism.