János Sugár

János Sugár studied in the Department of Sculpture at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest. During his studies, between 1980 and 1986, he was actively involved in the exhibitions and performances of Indigo, an interdisciplinary art group led by Miklós Erdély. His work includes sculpture, installations, performances, video, film, as well as theoretical writings and publishing.
Since the mid-1980s, Sugár has participated in many prestigious national and international exhibitions, among them documenta IX, Kassel (1992), and Manifesta I, Rotterdam (1996). He had an Artslink residency at the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1994, and fellowships at Experimental Intermedia, New York (1988 and 1999). His films were screened at the Anthology Film Archives in New York in 1998.