My name is Fat Heat, and I am an addict – of painting!
I’m from a small town in Hungary, Europe. My addiction began in 1998 when just a few blocks away from my home mysterious and colorful letters started appearing, and I have instantly fallen in love with the artform. I was amazed by the colors, the enormous sizes of the artworks and the overall crazy energy that these paintings were transmitting. It became a part of me, and I was lucky enough to find people of similar interests who quickly became my closest friends and for that reason we founded the Colored Effects crew in the year 2000. We had our first official ‘group show’ in a local city’s club in 2002, ever since then my life has revolved around this artform.
For the last 20 years I have taken part in numerous festivals that were promoting or celebrating graffiti, street art and mural art: I’ve been to several Meeting of Styles gatherings in Switzerland, Poland, Greece, Italy, Germany, Kosovo, and Finland, and I also took part in organizing the event in these past years in Hungary. I’ve painted in the Netherlands as part of the Step In The Arena festival and was also exhibited a few times at the Boom Festival in Portugal.
For me, graffiti is kind of like a competition – a passionate, but healthy way of living and challenging myself while making art that requires deep concentration. So, I decided to synchronize this dependency of mine with a lifestyle that is more suitable for the general societal norms. I believe the nights spent awake and the dangerous situations I luckily got myself out of safely taught me to have an objective worldview. Even though I’ve given up on the illegal part of writing as it is, I will always treasure that golden era of my life because those years paved the way for me to be the person I am today.
My goal these days is to communicate my views and values in the most honest way possible, by making art whether it’s on a smaller canvas or a bigger wall, through vivid letters or lively characters. My name is Fat Heat and I’m not even thinking about quitting anymore.
Works
2016 Rosklide
Augmented Reality
Murals and exhibitions
2002 CFS group show @ Más klub – Eger, Hungary
2003 Meeting Of Styles – Winterthur, Switzerland
2004 Meeting Of Styles – Lodz, Poland
2005 CFS group show @ Converse Hangár – Budapest, Hungary
2005 Under The City – CFS +Magyar Dani+Szilágyi Rudolf @Kis Zsinagóga – Eger, Hungary
2005 Graffiti Non Stop – Wroclaw, Poland
2006 Montana Style Battle – Budapest, Hungary
2006 Graffiti Non Stop – Wroclaw, Poland
2006 Harmless Jam – Eger, Hungary
2007 Graffiti Non Stop – Wroclaw, Poland
2007 Just Writing My Name – Eger, Hungary
2007 Black Magenta White @ Kis zsinagóga – Eger, Hungary
2008 Millenáris Street Games @ Millenáris Park – Budapest, Hungary
2008 Lublin Graffiti Festival – Lublin, Poland
2008 Graffiti Non Stop – Wroclaw, Poland
2008 Meeting Of Styles – Wroclaw, Poland
2008 Eurocultured Festival – Bratislava, Slovakia
2008 CFS group show @ Bázis gallery – Budapest, Hungary
2009 Meeting Of Styles – Sophia, Bulgaria
2009 Lublin Graffiti Festival – Lublin, Poland
2009 Group Show – Lublin, Poland
2009 Kikinda Festival – Kikinda, Serbia
2010 Solo Show @ Carhartt Gallery Budapest, Hungary
2010 Style Fest – Eger, Hungary
2010 Street Art Doping Festival – Warsaw, Poland
2011 Group Show @ B55 gallery – Budapest, Hungary
2011 Urban ArtEFX – Group Show @ CBK gallery – Amsterdam, Netherlands
2011 Stroke Urban Art Fair 03 – Münich, Germany
2011 Write 4 Gold Eastern European winner with CFS crew – Budapest, Hungary
2011 Lublin Graffiti Festival – Lublin, Poland
2011 Meeting Of Styles – Lublin, Poland
2012 Street Fighters – live painting @ Klub Pauza – Krakkow,Poland
2012 From The Ground Up group show – Budapest, Hungary
2012 Meeting Of Styles – Athens, Greece
2012 Bratislava Street Art Festival – Bratislava, Slovakia
2012 Jammin’ Festival – Roznava, Slovakia
2012 Artmoments – live painting – Budapest, Hungary
2012 Artenoon 10 – CFS group show and live painting @ Szoba – Pécs, Hungary
2012 Újrafestett Valóság | Re-Painted reality – Group show @ Magyar Nemzeti Galéria | Hungarian National Gallery – Budapest, Hungary
2012 ARTplacc – Contemporary Art Festival – exhibition & livepainting – Tihany, Hungary
2012 Dudug project – Painting on The Duke of Lancaster – Mostyn, North Wales
2013 Secret Walls – live painting @ KC Dunaj – Bratislava, Slovakia
2013 Bratislava Street Art Festival warm up – Paint the tram – Bratislava, Slovakia
2013 Bratislava Street Art Festival – Bratislava, Slovakia
2013 Live Painting@ WNDRLND Pop-Up Bar – Budapest, Hungary
2013 Meeting Of Styles – Lublin, Poland
2013 Live Painting @ Ziva Ulice Festival – Plzeň, Czech Republic
2013 Flaster Jam – Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina
2013 Mind Movements – Group show @ The Museum Of Modern Art Of Republika Srpska – Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina
2014 Snapshot Group Show @ Ink’d Gallery – Brighton, United Kingdom
2014 Urban Art Festival – Amsterdam, Netherlands
2014 Bratislava Street Art Festival – Bratislava, Slovakia
2014 Live Painting @ Volt Festival – Sopron, Hungary
2014 Színes Város Fesztivál – Budapest, Hungary
2014 Paint and Beer @ Villa Friekens – Amsterdam, Netherlands
2014 Open Monuments Day Mural @ Amsterdam Roest – Amsterdam, Netherlands
2014 Eger Street Art Jam – Eger, Hungary
2015 Aarhus Art Convention – Aarhus Denmark
2015 Eastern European Cultural Month – Ningbo China
2015 Roskilde Festival Graffiti Camp – Roskilde, Denmark
2015 Meeting Of Styles – Milan, Italy
2015 Step In The Arena – Eindhoven, Netherlands
2015 Meeting Of Styles – Mainz kastel, Germany
2015 Frederica Youth House Mural – Fredericia, Denmark
2015 Underground Effect, Projet Saato @ La Défense – Paris, France
2015 Színes Város fesztivál – Budapest, Hungary
2016 Aarhus Art Convention – Aarhus Denmark
2016 Smukificering – Copenhagen, Denmark
2016 Looperfest – Milan, Italy
2016 Eastern European Cultural Month – Ningbo China
2016 Roskilde Festival Graffiti Camp – Roskilde, Denmark
2016 Meeting of Styles – Budapest, Hungary
2016 Színes Város fesztivál – ‘Living Space’ AR mural – Budapest, Hungary
2016 Bratislava Street Art Festival – Bratislava, Slovakia
2017 Meeting of Styles – Pristina, Kosovo
2017 Paediatric Clinic – Seasons AR mural – Nordic Art Initiative, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2017 Bratislava Street Art Festival – Bratislava, Slovakia
2017 Helsinki Urban Art collaboration – Helsinki, Finnország
2017 Meeting of Styles – Budapest, Hungary
2017 Színes Város fesztivál – Budapest, Hungary
2017 Guerilla Art Festival – Pristina, Kosovo
2017 Urban Art Festival – Amsterdam, Netherlands
2017 USA Tour w/ TransOne – Miami, Los Angeles, New York
2018 Sketch Mate Festival – Cavallermaggiore, Italy
2018 Residency @Loop Colors USA – Los Angeles, CA, USA
2018 Under the Bridge Jam – Gyula, Hungary
2018 Meeting of Styles – Tampere, Finland
2018 Meeting of Styles – Budapest, Hungary
2018 Xstatic Festival – Split, Croatia
2019 How to Vandalize Vandalism AR Graffiti Solo Show @Ewkuks Store, LA/CA, USA
2019 Wynwood Mural Festival – Miami, FL, USA
2019 Step In The Arena Festival – Eindhoven, Netherlands
2019 Guerilla Art Festival – Pristina, Kosovo
2019 Meeting of Styles – Pristina, Kosovo
2019 Urban Morphogenesis International Mural Festival – Moscow, Russia
2019 Xstatic Festival – Split, Croatia
2019 Festival of Lights Street Art Challenge– Voted audience favorite – Berlin, Germany
2020 London Mural Festival – London, UK
2020 9hills Festival – Ćhełmno, Poland
2020 Bratislava Street Art Festival – Bratislava, Slovakia
2021 Gratitude of Solitude Solo Show @Unmute Gallery – Budapest, Hungary
2021 Muro LX Festival – Lisboa, Portugal
2021 Pshitt Festival @Drash Namur – Namur, Belgium
2021 Město=Galerie Festival – Kutná Hora, Czech Republic
2021 Slovakia Street Art Festival – Trnava, Slovakia
2021 Graffic Art Festival – Paris, France
2021 SAFE Street Art Festival – Olomouc, Czech Republic
2022 Step In The Arena Festival – Eindhoven, Netherlands
2022 Slovakia Street Art Festival – Trnava, Slovakia
2022 Boom Festival – Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
2022 Meeting of Styles – Budapest, Hungary
2022 Město=Galerie Festival – Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
2022 Peinture Fraîche International Street art Festival – Lyon, France
2022 WorkStation NFT Group Show @NaCo Gallery – Budapest, Hungary
2023 CHOICE Group Show curated by ‘Because Art Matters’ – Lisbon, Portugal
2023 Město Nymburk – Nymburk, Checz Republic
2023 BEAT Festival – Balatonalmádi, Hungary
2023 Street Art Festival – Somogyszentpál, Hungary
2023 Berlin Boogie – Berlin, Germany