# Life of Andras Wahorn > Life of Andras Wahorn: an interactive timeline spanning Aug 3, 1953 to Jul 1, 2026 with 36 events, published on Linecept. - Source: https://www.linecept.com/p/life-of-andras-wahorn-9bu4dw - Published: Jul 20, 2026 - Time span: Aug 3, 1953 – Jul 1, 2026 - Timezone: UTC - Timelines: 14 - Events: 36 - Contributors: David Kutas ## Timelines - First Exhibitions & the ARTÉRIA Group (Jan 1, 1969): At sixteen, Wahorn joins the ARTÉRIA group of exhibiting artists and begins showing his work. - Joins the Association of Hungarian Artists (Jan 1, 1975): Becomes a member of the Fine Arts Foundation and the Association of Hungarian Artists in the Fine and Applied Arts. - Founds the A.E. Bizottság (Jan 1, 1980): Co-founds the underground band A.E. Bizottság — the 'Albert Einstein Committee' — in Szentendre. - Kalandra fel!! — First LP (Jan 1, 1983): The A.E. Bizottság releases its first studio album on Hungaroton. - Jégkrémbalett — Album & Film (Jan 1, 1984): The second LP and a feature film of the same name, directed by Wahorn at the Béla Balázs Studio. - Founds REX WAHORN STUDIO (Jan 1, 1988): Establishes his own studio for film, video, and visual work. - Founds Bad Quality Records (Jan 1, 1991): In New York, launches a publishing company for the arts. - Founds Sunday Hammer & Sons (Jan 1, 1996): In Los Angeles, sets up an 'arts and inventions' company. - Founds Wahorn Records (Jan 1, 1998): Launches his own music label. - Hungary — Formation & the Avant-Garde (Aug 3, 1953 – May 31, 1991): From birth in Budapest through the Szentendre avant-garde scene and the A.E. Bizottság years, 1953–1991. - New York (Jun 1, 1991 – Dec 31, 1994): Three years in New York, a new label, and his American gallery debut, 1991–1994. - Los Angeles (Jan 1, 1995 – Jun 30, 2004): Nearly a decade in LA — new companies, a music label, and cross-media collaborations, 1995–2004. - Return to Hungary (Jul 1, 2004 – Jul 1, 2026): Back in Hungary since 2004, working across painting, music, film, and digital media. - Exhibitions, Films, Books & Honours (Jan 1, 1969 – Dec 31, 2007): The wider body of work — decades of solo and group shows, films and scores, books, museum collections, and awards. ## Events (chronological) - Aug 3, 1953: Born in Budapest — András Wahorn — born András Pintér on 3 August 1953 in Budapest — would grow into one of Hungary's most versatile artists: painter, graphic artist, musician, composer, filmmaker,… - Jan 1, 1969: A Start at Sixteen — In 1969, still a teenager, Wahorn joined the ARTÉRIA group of exhibiting artists and showed work as far afield as Vancouver. It was the opening of an exhibiting career that would… - Jun 1, 1969: The Self-Taught Artist — Wahorn never attended an art academy. Entirely self-taught, he moved freely between disciplines from the start, treating painting, music, and film as one continuous practice… - Jan 1, 1972: Szentendre & the Vajda Lajos Studio — He became part of the avant-garde around Szentendre and the Vajda Lajos Studio, showing alongside kindred spirits like László feLugossy and István ef Zámbó — the circle that would… - Jan 1, 1972: Vajda Lajos Studio & Szentendre — His earliest group appearances came through the Szentendre open-air exhibitions and the Vajda Lajos Studio across the 1970s, often shown with feLugossy and ef Zámbó. - Jan 1, 1975: Into the Fold — In 1975 Wahorn joined the Association of Hungarian Artists in the Fine and Applied Arts and began showing regularly with the Studio of Young Artists — formal recognition for a… - Jan 1, 1976: Studio of Young Artists — The Studio '76, '79, and '80 exhibitions at the Műcsarnok, and a 1978 jubilee show at the Hungarian National Gallery, marked his arrival in the mainstream Budapest institutions. - Jan 1, 1978: The Studio of Young Artists — Through the Studio of Young Artists he reached the big Budapest institutions, showing at the Hungarian National Gallery and the Műcsarnok by the late 1970s. - Jan 1, 1979: International Debut — In 1979 his drawings featured at Nürnberg's Kunsthalle youth triennale, and in 1982 he showed at the Paris Biennale of Young Artists — his first steps onto the international stage. - Jan 1, 1980: The Albert Einstein Committee — In 1980, in the artists' town of Szentendre, Wahorn helped found the A.E. Bizottság — the 'Albert Einstein Committee' — a band of avant-garde painters and friends who played what… - Jan 1, 1982: The Bizottság Years — Through the early 1980s Wahorn was a central figure in Hungary's underground — a painter who also fronted a band and made a film, blurring the line between the gallery and the… - Jan 1, 1983: Kalandra fel!! — The band's first album, Kalandra fel!!, was released on the state label Hungaroton in 1983 — a rare official platform for such an unruly, art-driven act. - Jan 1, 1984: Ice-Cream Ballet — In 1984 came both the second LP, Jégkrémbalett, and a 75-minute feature film of the same name that Wahorn directed at the Béla Balázs Studio — a musical comedy that became a cult… - Jan 1, 1985: Graphic Biennales & European Shows — Through the 1980s he appeared at the Baden-Baden European Graphic Biennale, the Ljubljana Biennale, and galleries in Vienna, Glasgow, Lyon, Sweden, and Poland. - Jan 1, 1986: One-Man Shows Abroad — Solo exhibitions followed in Hamburg, in Frankfurt at Galerie Woeller Paquet, and in Utrecht at the MM Gallery, building his reputation across Western Europe. - Jan 1, 1988: REX WAHORN STUDIO — In 1988 Wahorn founded the REX WAHORN STUDIO, giving his growing film and video work a home of its own alongside the painting. - Jan 1, 1989: Kunst heute in Ungarn — By 1989 he was included in surveys of contemporary Hungarian art abroad, such as 'Kunst heute in Ungarn' at Aachen's Neue Galerie. - Jan 1, 1991: Bad Quality Records — After moving to New York in 1991, Wahorn founded Bad Quality Records, a publishing company for the arts that would put out music and print alike — the name a wink at its lo-fi,… - Jun 1, 1991: Crossing the Atlantic — In 1991 Wahorn left Hungary for New York, founding Bad Quality Records and throwing himself into the city's downtown art and music worlds. - Jan 1, 1992: American Galleries — He held solo shows at Elston Fine Art in New York and at galleries in Vancouver and Calgary, introducing his work to a North American audience. - Jan 1, 1994: Fallen Angels — A 1994 New York solo show, 'Fallen Angels,' capped his East Coast years, during which he also shot a series of short films about the city. - Jan 1, 1994: Films & Scores — Beyond 'Ice-cream Ballet,' Wahorn directed music videos, New York shorts, the 'Herakleitos' clips, and the documentary 'Siberian Avant-garde.' His film-score work was recognised… - Jan 1, 1995: West Coast — In 1995 Wahorn moved to Los Angeles, opening his American West Coast chapter with a solo show at the Half a dozen rose Gallery. - Jan 1, 1996: Sunday Hammer & Sons — In 1996, settled in Los Angeles, Wahorn founded Sunday Hammer & Sons, an 'arts and inventions' company that captured his restless, tinkering approach to making things. - Jan 1, 1996: Sunday Hammer & Sons — In 1996 he founded the 'arts and inventions' company Sunday Hammer & Sons, and kept up a steady run of gallery shows around the city. - Jan 1, 1998: Wahorn Records — In 1998 he started Wahorn Records, the label that would release his own albums — among them ONE, NOW, Morning Pianos, and The Dancer of the King. - Jan 1, 1998: Wahorn Records — He launched Wahorn Records in 1998 and recorded prolifically, including collaborations released on the Los Angeles labels Tonecasualties and Casual Tonalities. - Jan 1, 1998: American Gallery Years — His years in the States filled out with New York and Los Angeles shows — Lumpy Gravy, Metal Madness, the 01 Gallery, Cannibal Flowers — plus a 1999 exhibition at the Hungarian… - Jan 1, 2002: Metal Madness & Beyond — Into the early 2000s he kept exhibiting across LA — from Metal Madness to the 01 Gallery and Cannibal Flowers group shows — while making music and video in parallel. - Jan 1, 2003: Books — He is also the author of books, including 'Elfújta a tigris' (Bahia) and a volume of pictures on desire and passion published by Dovin. - Jul 1, 2004: Coming Home — In 2004, after nine years in America and three before that in New York, Wahorn returned to Hungary and settled back into the Budapest and Szentendre art worlds. - Jan 1, 2005: Museum Collections — His work is held in the Ludwig Sammlung in Aachen, the Hungarian National Gallery, and many museum and private collections across Europe, the United States, and Japan; the Museum… - Jan 1, 2006: Prizes & Honours — His honours include the Munkácsy Prize, the Knight's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit, the Australian International Video Festival's Open Video Art Award, a Billboard Music… - Jan 1, 2007: A Prolific Late Period — The mid-2000s brought a burst of Budapest solo shows — drawings, a series of 'Pillows,' and more — at the Kieselbach és Einspach, Mission Art, K.A.S., and Octogon galleries. - Jan 1, 2007: Later Hungarian Shows — Back home, 2007 brought a cluster of Budapest solo shows — drawings and 'Pillows' — at Kieselbach és Einspach, Mission Art, and K.A.S. - Jan 1, 2012: Multimedia to the Core — Wahorn has remained a true multimedia artist — painter, graphic artist, composer, filmmaker, producer, and digital and web artist — refusing to be pinned to any single medium. --- This is an interactive timeline published on Linecept. 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