About me

ARTIST BIO

Curriculum Vitae
Xénia Tóth / 1990 / Keszthely, Hungary /

Contact
Szolnok Artist Colony
5000 Szolnok, Gutenberg Square 12/2
/ +36 30 966 5333 /
szenineni@gmail.com

https://www.instagram.com/xenineni/
https://xeniatothvisualartist.webnode.hu/
https://linktr.ee/szenineni

Memberships
MAOE (Association of Hungarian Artists)
VudAk Membership

Education

(2024/25) Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Art Teacher Training, Budapest, Hungary
(2016–2021) Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Painting, Budapest, Hungary
(2020/2021) Erasmus, Accademia di Belle Arti, Sculpture, Macerata, Italy
(2019) Erasmus, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Painting, Nuremberg, Germany
(2011–2012) Zichy Mihály Secondary School of Applied Arts, Animation, Kaposvár, Hungary
(2005–2011) Zichy Mihály Secondary School of Applied Arts, Textile Design, Kaposvár, Hungary

Workshops

(2025) Cyanotype Workshop, Martfű, Hungary
(2025) ArtistTaille, Art Residency – Tállya Artist Colony, Hungary
(2025) Children's Home of Bicske, Visual Day, Bicske, Hungary
(2024) Sellye High School, Creative Visual Workshop, Hungary
(2024) Visegrád Artist Colony
(2024) ArtistTaille, Art Residency – Tállya Artist Colony, Hungary
(2024) TCX Art Podcast Channel
(2023) ArtistTaille, Art Residency – Tállya Artist Colony, Hungary
(2022) ArtistTaille, Art Residency – Tállya Artist Colony, Hungary
(2022) Co-organizer of Podcast Channel /taurus cornu petit/ with Zsófia Hermann
(2021) Godot Artist Colony, Mezőszemere, Hungary
(2020) Workshop with Cuban performance artist Susana Pilar, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest
(2019) Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Group work, End-of-year exhibition installation, Nuremberg, Germany
(2016) Anna and the Barbies, Metropolitan Circus, Costume design, Budapest, Hungary
(2009) Mentorship Program, Textile Design with fashion designer Anh Tuan, Budapest, Hungary

Work Experience

(2025) Secondary School of Visual and Applied Arts and Dormitory, Budapest, Hungary
(2019–2024) Painting Instructor, Kreatív L., Budapest, Hungary
(2022) Intern, Knoll Gallery, Vienna, Austria
(2022) Guided Tours, Balaton Museum, Keszthely, Hungary
(2022) Museum Education, Balaton Museum, Keszthely, Hungary
(2020) Museum Education, Balaton Museum, Keszthely, Hungary
(2016) Assistant Curator, Tat Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

Awards

2025 First Prize – Tokaj Mosaic Design Competition, Tokaj, Hungary
2022 Cseh Tamás Award, Budai Vároltalmazók, Budapest, Hungary
2022 In Memoriam Henri Matisse, Contemporary Gallery, Tatabánya, Hungary
2022 Erasmus Internship Scholarship – WIEN Knoll Galerie, Vienna, Austria
2020/2021 Erasmus Scholarship – Accademia di Belle Arti, Macerata, Italy
2020 Ari Kupsus Gallery Award (3 prizes), Budapest, Hungary
2019 Erasmus Scholarship – Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Nuremberg, Germany
2016 Pannoncolor Award, Budapest, Hungary

Solo Exhibitions

2025 You Can Be Anything! 2.0, Paloma Art Space, Budapest, Hungary
2025 Nonnen Arbeit, Apartment Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2025 You Can Be Anything!, Living Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2024 Fashion Week Performance, Fashion Week Budapest, Hungary
2024 My Inner World (performance), Living Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2024 How Small the World Is!, Living Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2024 Guerrilla Exhibition New York, Met, MoMA, Guggenheim, NYC
2024 Burok Performance, Klauzál 6 Project Gallery, Hungary
2023 Theory of Couchsurfing, Nyolcésfél Inspiration Zone, Budapest, Hungary
2023 Meditation Performance, Nyolcésfél Inspiration Zone, Budapest, Hungary
2022 Painting Performance, Mom Park, Youngart Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2022 Near Me Performance, Fashion Week, Budapest, Hungary
2020 Soap Expedition, skin tone change performance, Budapest, Hungary
2020 Pink Shell, action painting performance, Budapest, Hungary
2020 Live Image, performance, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
2020 Territorium, performance, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
2020 Near Me, Trafó House of Contemporary Arts, Budapest, Hungary
2020 General Fears, Balaton Museum, Keszthely, Hungary
2016 Another Fashion, Balaton Theatre, Simándy Hall, Keszthely, Hungary
2015 Life on Images, City Library, Keszthely, Hungary
2014 Costume Show, Balaton Theatre, Simándy Hall, Keszthely, Hungary
2013 Dress with Xénia, Balaton Theatre, Simándy Hall, Keszthely, Hungary
2012 Painting and Costumes, Cultural House, Keszthely, Hungary
2012 Colors, Golden Caffe, Innsbruck, Austria

Group Exhibitions

2025
Artists for Weekly Meal, K6 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Liszt Institute – Hungarian Cultural Center Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Egység/Kétség,Aba-Novák Agóra, Szolnok, Hungary
Textiltriennal 2.0, Pesti Vigadó, Budapest, Hungary

Godot Art Expo, Godot ICA, Budapest, Hungary

Artists for Weekly Meal, K6 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

Tufting 360', Mary Magdalene Tower, Budapest, Hungary

Tufting, Castle District Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

960 Years of the Szolnok Artist Colony, Szolnok Artist Colony, Hungary

2024

Artists for Weekly Meal, K6 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

Overview, Balaton Museum, Keszthely, Hungary

Godot Art Expo, Godot ICA, Budapest, Hungary

Radici, Metamorfosi, Mescolanze – II. International Biennial of Contemporary Fibre Art, Museo del Tessile, Valtopina, Italy

In Memoriam Francis Bacon, Contemporary Gallery, Tatabánya, Hungary

10th Self-Portrait Biennial, Csili Cultural Center, Hungary

The Silence of Bodies, Klauzál 6 Project Gallery, Hungary

International Textile Triennial, Szombathely, Hungary

Degenerate Art, Godot Gallery, Hungary

2023

Tiny 2.0, Pintér Gallery and Auction House, Budapest, Hungary

2022

Youngart Art Fair, Mom Park, Budapest, Hungary

Godot Art Fair, Budapest, Hungary

In Memoriam Henri Matisse, Contemporary Gallery, Tatabánya, Hungary

Cseh Tamás Competition Exhibition, Buda Castle Municipality, Budapest, Hungary

11th Grotesque Triennial, Vaszary Gallery, Kaposvár, Hungary

11th Grotesque Triennial, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary

2057 Personal Utopias, MANK, Szentendre, Hungary

Finissage – From Andrássy Avenue to Museum Street, Keszthely, Hungary

The Unseen, The Holy Art Gallery (Virtual Exhibition), London, UK

I Leave Behind Myself, Mersz Club, Budapest, Hungary

From Andrássy Avenue to Museum Street, Keszthely, Hungary

2021

Do Not Abandon the School, Szeged Cathedral, Szeged, Hungary

Godot Art Fair, Budapest, Hungary

Amadeus, Budapest, Hungary

Erasmus Exhibition, Macerata, Italy

2020

Godot Art Fair, Godot, Budapest, Hungary

Zichy 50, Agóra Gallery, Kaposvár, Hungary

Framed, House of Arts and Literature, Pécs, Hungary

Body Harmony MANK, Dubniczay Palace, Veszprém, Hungary

Short Films of University Motion Picture Departments, Trafó House of Contemporary Arts, Budapest, Hungary

2019

Grotesque, Museum, Oradea, Romania

Jahresausstellung (Annual Exhibition), Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Nuremberg, Germany

Amadeus, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary

Error Message, MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2018

Grotesque Triennial, Kapos Art, Kaposvár, Hungary

2017–2018

Godot Art Fair, Godot, Budapest, Hungary

2017

Metropolitan Circus, costumes, Budapest, Hungary

2016

Genesis, Barrio del Tango, Budapest, Hungary

Genesis, Tat Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2014

Group Exhibition, Cultural Center, Vác, Hungary

The Faith Invested in You, Balaton Theatre, Keszthely, Hungary

2011

City of Painters, Kaposvár, Hungary

2009

Fashion Show, City of Painters Festival, Kaposvár, Hungary

Collections

2023 Private Collection, Vienna, Austria
2018 Private Collection, Budapest, Hungary
2018 Private Collection, Neustift im Stubaital, Austria
2018/2024 Private Collection, Rome, Italy
2017 KaposArt, Association of Fine and Applied Arts, Kaposvár, Hungary
2017 Private Collection, Keszthely, Hungary
2016–2019 Private Collection, Linz, Austria

Bibliography & Publications (selection)

Interviews, Podcasts, Press

2024 – TCX Art Podcast
2024 – Zalai Hírlap, Zaol.hu, Tiszatáj Online, Kultura.hu
2022 – Keszthely TV, Index.hu, Újművészet, LikeBalaton
2020 – Zalamedia.hu, Pannon Tükör

Publications

2024 – Sculptural Body, Identity and Therapy, Tiszatáj
2024 – Tolerance Limit Textile Triennial – Iparművészet.hu
2022 – Article on Ukrainian sculptor Zhanna Kadyrova – kepzo.art
2022 – Pannon Tükör – article and illustration

Catalogues & Books

2024 – Radici, Metamorfosi – Valtopina Textile Biennial
2024 – 10th Self-Portrait Biennial, Francis Bacon Memorial Catalogue
2024 – The Bird of Our Happiness, illustrated book with Balázs Szálinger
2020 – Body Harmony, Zichy 50
2016 – Who's Who in Keszthely?