Intro: CV Erik Mátrai Web: erikmatrai.com 1977 date of birth 1998 - 2004 Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest (Hungary), 2004 Erasmus Scolarship at the Universtat Politecnica de Valencia (Spain), 2006 Derkovits Award 2007 Márciusi ifjak Award 2009 Fellow of the Hungarian Academy in Rome 2009 - 2013 Doctoral School in the Hungarian Academy of Fine Art 2011 Member of Studio of Young Artists 2011 Artist in Residence, Frankfurt 2013 VARP in New York 2013 Eötvös Scholarship in New York 2014 - Lecturer in the Visual Arts Institute in Eszterházy Károly University 2017 Master of Light Award 2020- 2023 MMA Scholarship Program 2022 Budapest Gallery, Artist Exchange Program, Lisbon Selected exhibitions: 2022: Lighthouse in Dubai, Kanvas Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Dubai 2022: Fjord Oslo, Light Art Festival, Norvégia, Oslo 2022: Citation, Early Christian Mausoleum, Pécs 2022: Light Art Museum, (LAM) Budapest 2022: Parallel Segments, House of Music, Veszprém 2022: Svetlobne gverile, Galerija Vžigalica, Slovenia, Ljubljana 2022: Renewal, Monastery Gallery, Pannonhalma 2022: Screen, Liget Gallety, Budapest 2021: Color Vacui, MANK Gallery, Szentendre 2021: xyz, Acb Attachment, Budapest 2021: Clara and the Sun, Pegazus, Szentbékkála 2020: Ellipses, AQB Project Space, Budapest 2020: MMM, AQB MIne, Budapest 2020: Reflex, D17 Galery, Budapest 2020: Lighthouse On, Csokonai Színház, Debrecen 2020: Szentendre, MANK Galéria, Üveg-Tér-Kép 2019: Ellipse, Sesztina Gallery, Debrecen (Hungary)