Márton Barabás is a key figure in contemporary Hungarian art, with a sustained practice encompassing painting, sculpture and object-based work. He studied at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in Budapest and began exhibiting regularly in the mid-1970s, gradually developing a coherent and distinctive visual language.
His work is marked by an ongoing investigation into perception, structure and space, drawing simultaneously on the legacy of modern painting and geometric abstraction. From the 1990s onwards, Barabás expanded his practice through the inclusion of three-dimensional elements and found objects, deliberately blurring the boundaries between painting and sculpture.
Music plays a central role in his artistic vocabulary. Musical instruments —particularly pianos and keyboards— are reconfigured as fragments, reliefs or assemblages, where sound is translated into visual rhythm and silence acquires material presence. These works reflect a sustained interest in the tension between order and disintegration, unity and fragmentation.
Throughout his career, Barabás has received major distinctions, including the Munkácsy Prize, one of Hungary’s most significant art awards. His work is held in public and private collections and continues to be exhibited internationally within contemporary art contexts.
