Dániel Máté (b. 1992, lives and works in Budapest) is an artist, researcher and doctoral fellow at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. He was a junior researcher on the EU4ART_differences research project on artistic research. He taught courses at HUFA, Budapest University of Technology and was an assistant professor at Eötvös Loránd Science University, and a module leader at Milestone Institute.
His artistic and research practice primarily deals with the ideology and politics of large-scale infrastructures. Recently, he has been focusing on the relationship between food production and the industrialisation of the home through the concept of body heat. He investigated the topic from several angles through different artistic practices, including the interconnection of food production and central heating, the history of natural gas extraction and distribution, as well as the role of hydrocarbons in artificial fertiliser production. His practice encompasses a range of disciplines, including lens-based, audio, and large-scale installations.
His works have been exhibited at prominent Hungarian exhibition venues, including the Budapest Gallery and the MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Art. He presented his research at several international conferences and symposiums, including the “Not Quite King, Not Quite Fish - Artistic Research Symposium” at Vilnius Academy of Art. His research has been published in the first issue of LANDING Artistic Research Journal. He was also a co-editor of the books Approximating Borders: Artistic Research in Practice and Theory and Science in Art Practice - Artistic Research Reader, published in 2023 and 2024 by HUFA.
EDUCATION
2019- 2025 Doctor in Liberal Arts in Fine Arts, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Doctoral School2013-18 MSc in Graphic Art, specialisation in Graphic Design
2010-13 BA in Visual Presentation, University of West Hungary, Savaria College
EXTRACURRICULAR
2023 8th Nida Doctoral School2015-18 Advanced College of Art and Art Theory
GRANTS / MEMBERSHIPS
2024 SIM Residency, Reykjavik, Seljavgur, Budapest Gallery Artist Exchange Program2022 Winner of Balkon Inside Express open call
2020- The Studio of Young Artists’ Association (FKSE) member
2017 New National Excellence Program research grant grantee
2020 Member of the Studio of Young Artist’s Association (FKSE)
2017 Grantee of the New National Excellence Program research grant
EXHIBITIONS
2025 “TO LIVE, TO ERR, TO FALL, TO TRIUMPH”, The Collection Of The Leopold Bloom Art Foundation, Szombathely Gallery2025 “UPROOTING” group show at Budapest Gallery, curated by Mátyás Horváth
2024 “C80 - Aesthetic of Cancer?” group show at the Institution of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweiss University
2023 “Islands and Their Possibilities” group show of the students of the Doctoral School of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in AQB Projectspace, Budapest curated by Júlia Salamon, and Balázs Kicsiny
2022 “Warmth of our Bodies” solo show in Budapest Gallery, curated by Dalma Eszter Kollár
2022 “BORDERLINE CASE 2.0” group exhibition in Budapest Gallery, in collaboration with Dániel Bozzai, curated by Tamás Don
2022 “Plant Kingdom” group exhibition in Budapest Gallery, curated by Flóra Gadó and Dalma Eszter Kollár.
2022 “BORDERLINE CASE-contemporary reflections on central and eastern European identity” group exhibition in MODEM Debrecen, in collaboration with Dániel Bozzai, curated by Tamás Don
2021 “Common denominator” group show of the new members of the Studio of Young Artists’ Association
2018 “Time of our Life?”, group exhibition, MODEM Debrecen as a member of the KÖTÖDE art/design group
2018 “Best of Diploma”, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest
2018 “A smooth sea does not make a skilled sailor” ABC Gallery Bratislava, group exhibition as a member of the KÖTÖDE artist group, in collaboration with TELEPORT Gallery
2017 “UNIMAGINED IDENTITY”, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Aula, Budapest
2017 “Personal Ideologies”, group exhibition of art/design group KÖTÖDE, in LABOR Gallery, Budapest
RESEARCH
2020-23 EU4ART_differrences, Hungarian University of Fine Arts Junior Researcher2018-19 Digital Form Creation Laboratory Junior Researcher
2018-19 “Verbal and Visual Modalities”, Hungarian University of Fine Arts Junior Research
2017 A historical summary of the institutional visual language of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts and its predecessors, New National Excellence Program research grant
PUBLICATION
2025 “Beneath my feet hot water rises”in LANDING issue 1: Edge of the Glacier, VAA, Vilnius
2024 (eds.) ALBERT, Ádám. LÁZÁR, Eszter. MÁTÉ, Dániel. NAGY, Edina. “Elmélet és tudomány a muvészeti gyakorlatban”. Hungarian University of Fine Arts
2023 (eds.) ALBERT, Ádám; LÁZÁR, Eszter; MÁTÉ, Dániel; NAGY, Edina. Approximating Borders: Artistic Research in Practice, Hungarian University of Fine Arts
LECTURES / ROUNDTABLES
2025 “Possible ways out of the food crisis” roundtable discussion at Budapest Gallery, moderator
2023 “Not Quite King, Not Quite Fish. Artistic Research Symposium” performance lecture
2023 “A.RE Artistic Research Days” ABAROMA, Lectore in collaboration with Ádám Albert, Eszter Lázár, Edina Nagy 2022 “Digital Rites and Embodied Memories”, EU4ART_differences summer school, lecturer
2022 “Artistic Research and the Third Cycle” symposium at ABARoma. Presentation of shared research with Miriana Pistillo
2021 “To research or not to research in the post-disciplinary academy. Symposium on Artistic Research” at Vilnius Art Academy lecturer
PRESS
2025 ÁGNES BÁSTHY “A kőolaj íze – húsba vágó kiállítás az ipari mezőgazdaságról a Budapest Galériában” in. A mű
2025 ENDRE CSERNA, „Fontos volt, hogy eloszlassuk a tévképzetet, miszerint a művészetről mindig mások, csak az elméleti szakemberek gondolkodnak.” Interjú az Elmélet és tudomány a művészeti gyakorlatban című szöveggyűjtemény szerkesztőivel, artmagzin.hu
2024 BORÓKA LIPKA,“Közelítő határok: Művészeti kutatás a gyakorlatban” Recenzió az Approximating Borders: Artistic Research in Practice című tanulmánykötetről, Boróka Lipka, kontur-art.com
2024 GERGELY NAGY, “Van a ráknak esztétikája?”, qubit.hu 2023 KRISTÓF KOVÁCS, „Kalóriák és hiányuk – Beszélgetés Máté Dániellel és Kollár Dalma Eszterrel”, In: amu.hvg.hu
2023 TAKÁTS FÁBIÁN, „Hő-háztartás - Máté Dániel legújabb tárlatáról”, in.:artportal.hu
2022 NÓRA HANKA “Mit ér az ember növények nélkül? – Kritika a Budapest Galéria kiállításáról” In: kortarsonline.hu,
2022 “Budapest Gallery:Plant Kingdom: non-hierarchical taxonomies and new botanical futures” In: KAJET DIGITAL,
2022 “Don Tamás BORDERLINE CASE. contemporary reflections on central and eastern european identity at modem”, In: KAJETDIGITAL
2022 “It doesn’t matter if you were born after 89, the iron playgrounds still shape your identity| Interview with curator Tamás Don” In: HypeandHyper
2022 “BORDERLINE CASE”, exhibition cataloge, MODEM, Debrecen, 2022
2019 “Time of our Life?”, exhibition cataloge, MODEM, Debrecen, 2019
2018 BÁLINT ÁCS, Nincs jövőkép, nincs lázadás, Best of Diploma 2018 in. ÚjMűvészet, 2018/9
2017 RÉKA MAJSAI, „Ne kerteljünk: szabadság és rend egymásnak ellent mond” in. Balkon, 2017/4
2017 ZSOLT K. HORVÁTH, A Magyar történelem mint öröknaptár, 2018. PRAE.hu.
2016 ÁDÁM ALBERT(Ed.) Practice Years 1.0: interdisciplinary experiments – experimental workshops, Művészeti és Művészetelméleti Szakkollégium, Budapest, 2016