Kentelki Gábor is a Transylvanian painter born in 1998 in Marosvásárhely (Târgu Mureș, Romania). From 2009, he studied visual arts at the art school of his hometown, graduating in 2017 from the painting section. During these years, he won the National Fine Arts Olympiad in painting. He then continued his studies at the University of Fine Arts in Bucharest, graduating in 2020 from the painting department.

Since 2014, he has participated in art camps and group exhibitions nationwide and abroad. His first solo exhibition was in his hometown in 2017, after which he exhibited in Csíkszereda, Bucharest, Cluj Napoca, Debrecen, Budapest, and other cities as well.

The abstract genre dominates his paintings, often combined with landscape elements, as his main source of inspiration is nature. His contemporary expressionistic style is driven by the subconscious, relying on instinct and continuous experimentation. He works mainly with oil on canvas.

born: October 25th, 1998, Marosvásárhely, Transylvania (Târgu Mureș, Romania)

studies: Bachelor’s Degree: 2017-2020 National University of Arts, Bucharest – painting department

              High School: 2013-2017 Art School of Târgu Mureș

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS, selection

2026: Cluj Napoca • Vault One Gallery • Images from the Borderlands

2025: Budapest • Kóka Gallery •  Dreams, desires, landscapes - exhibition with Kopriva Attila

2025: Cluj Napoca •  Casino Urban Culture Center •  Dreams

2025: Budapest •  Soul stage 2 •  Traces of the distance - exhibition with Szabó Detty

2025: Budapest •  Bartók 1 Gallery •  Horizons - exhibition with Ritli Róbert

2024: Mogoșoaia Palace •  Cuhnia Gallery •  Distant Places 

2024: Debrecen •  Új Galéria •  Burning Colors

2024: Carei •  Károlyi Castle •  Changes 

2023: Marosvásárhely •  Bernády Ház •  Transitional Contrasts 

2023: Marosvásárhely •  Antigalerie Cactus •  Going To Different Places 

2023: Csíkszereda •  Megyeháza Galéria •  Abstract Landscapes

2019: Bucharest •  Liszt Institute •  Happenings And Setting In Different Forms And Colours

2017: Marosvásárhely •  Unirea Gallery •  First Solo Exhibition

GROUP EXHIBITIONS, selection

2026: Final exhibition of the XX. International Plein Air Workshop - IMO Gallery, Stary Sacz (PL)

2025: 71st Autumn Exhibition of Vásárhely - Alföldi Gallery, Hódmezővásárhely

2025: 95 years of the Barabás Miklós Guild - Bánffy Palace, Kolozsvár

2023-25: Annual Painting Salon – Art Nouveau Gallery, Târgu Mureș

2024: Fluidities of forms - White Tower, Brașov

2024: Mobu International Art Fair - Romexpo, Bucharest  // Vault One Gallery

2024: Annual Expo of Barabás Miklós Guild – Bánffy Palace, Kolozsvár

2023: XI. Salon of Hargita – Artézi Gallery, Budapest

2023: III. Blue Biennale, Brasov

2023: 2nd Transylvanian Contemporary Art Salon - EMŰK, Sfântu Gheorghe

2023: XI. Salon Of Hargita – Megyeháza Galéria, Miercurea Ciuc

2020: Diploma show - Combinatul Fondului Plastic, Bucharest

2019: Intersections – Art Nouveau Gallery, Târgu Mureș

AWARDS

2024: Aripa Arte Grant

2023: Professional Award: XI. Salon Of Hargita

2016-17. 2020: MOL program for promoting talents scholarship

2016: Ist place: National Visual Olympics of Arts – Painting Section 

2016: Ist place: Rotary Club excellenece award 

ART CAMPS: 

2026: XX. International Artistic Plein Air Workshop - IMO Gallery, Stary Sacz, Poland

2026. ROVÁS (Tihany) / 2025. ROVÁS(Debrőd) / 2014-18,21-24. Mezőmadaras / 2023-24. Lácacséke / 2024. XX. Free Camp / 2019. IKA

MEMBERSHIPS

2026: UAP- Uniunea Artiștilor Plastici din România (Union of Visual Artists of Romania) UAP | Uniunea Artiștilor Plastici din România

2025: VOG- Vault One Gallery, Gábor KENTELKI – Vault One Gallery

2024: BMC- Barabás Miklós Céh (Barabás Miklós Guild) Kentelki Gábor - Tagok - Barabás Miklós Céh

2020: BRuN World, Kentelki Gabor Artworks | BRUN

ARTISTIC RESIDENCIES AND CREATIVE WORKSHOPS

2026: XX. International Artistic Plein Air Workshop, Stary Sacz (PL) - IMO Gallery

ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS

2026: Népújság - Gaztelugatxetól a Bábolna utcáig - Népújság (hu)

2025: Irodalmi Jelen - A közelség távlatai / A távolság nyomai Szabó Detty és Kentelki Gábor kiállítása nyomán - Irodalmi Jelen (hu)

2024: Aripa Arte - Gabor Kentelki Artist (eng)

2024: Marosvásárhelyi TVR - Cappuccino: Kentelki Galéria (hu)

2023: Népújság - Kentelki Gábor átmeneti kontrasztjai - Népújság (hu)

2023: Grund space - Kentelki Gabor pregatind expozitie arta contemporană din Romania (ro) / https://grund.space/archive/10507 (eng)

2020: Diploma show - Întâmplări Ajustate | Diploma (ro)

2019: Magyaradás - MAGYARADÁS / Balassi by night 2019 (hu)

2017: Cuvântul Liber - Minunatele Creații ale Tinereții - Vernisaj - Kentelki Gábor - Cuvântul Liber (ro)

ART STATEMENT

Why do I paint? Perhaps even I don’t even know – but I paint.

I believe in abstract painting, but deeply rooted in the nature, as I often use landscape elements. Nature is the most important to me; I seek the eternal harmony and beauty found within it, yet it seems increasingly distant—often to be found in a faraway place, in our imagination, or in our dreams. My painting is defined by the subconscious and spontaneity. The act of creating a painting is a journey of constant discovery through the play of ongoing experimentation; if I knew what the outcome would be, I might not even start. Consequently, inspiration often takes a back seat, and simply being in the studio is enough.