The Szikra Fine Arts Exhibition Hall is located in downtown Budapest, at 7 Vármegye Street in District V. The gallery opened in February 2020. Its profile includes organizing contemporary art exhibitions and events, as well as representing contemporary artists.

Among the wide range of galleries in Budapest, Szikra focuses primarily on representing immanent artistic processes, as the characteristic historical and cultural features of Hungary and Central Europe did not, to put it mildly, allow for the peaceful, calm, and balanced development of fine art trends in the 20th century. This unique situation, which may evoke a sense of loss in us, differs in countless ways from the characteristics of the Western European cultural milieu.

The sense of loss stemming from the unique historical and cultural conditions of our region, as well as its main aspects, are the focus of Szikra's activities. Keeping in mind the tradition of fine arts, the gallery strives to represent the phenomena and achievements of art that are built from within. In contrast to the more socially critical and socially sensitive aspirations of art, it attempts to showcase artistic productions that emerge from the intertwining of cultural layers.

Of course, the goal is not simply to document the ideological roots of different concepts of art, but rather to compare and contrast the results born out of the force field provided by different cultural traditions. Szikra represents the position that seeks to embrace those image-making strategies in which art is primarily capable of creating new aesthetic value by reflecting on itself and its own internal traditions.

ARTISTS FEATURED BY SZIKRA AT THE 2025 BUDAPEST CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR

Csaba Balogh (Székelyudvarhely, 1964)
Erzsébet Balogh (Balázsfalva, 1963)
László Egyed (Budapest, 1953 - Budapest, 2019)
Tibor Gyenis (Pécs, 1970)
Mariann IMRE (Medgyesegyháza, 1968)
Csaba KIS RÓKA (Székesfehérvár, 1981)
Éva KÖVES (Moscow, 1965)
Marcell NÉMETH (Budapest, 1982)
Zsombor PÓLYA (Budapest, 1989)
Nóra TEPLÁN (Budapest, 1990)
Lellé SZELLEY (Kiev, 1971)
Loránd SZÉCSÉNYI - NAGY (Budapest, 1984)