Botond Keresztesi: Came from the East, Heading North

Future Gallery is proud to present Came from the East, Heading North, a solo exhibition by Budapest-based artist Botond Keresztesi. This exhibition marks the artists third solo exhibition with the gallery.

What is mailer daemon? It’s a strange non person character, a ghost of the internet which stands in front of a virtual gate, behind the gate there is nothing, or more. Something unexplainable, something non-human. We are sending messages through the online universe. Sometimes these messages stuck between worlds.

A human read your message or a mailer daemon kept it with his dark net.

The main paintings referring to the 4 quarter of the internet, South, North, East, West . Gatekeepers of the terra incognita, where there are no google maps or satellite signs.

The decoder is a simple child's game, which contains the forming multiple universes. Past, future and present are floating on these borderlines

Botond Keresztesi (b. 1987, Romania) is a Budapest-based artist working across painting, drawing, and installation. Remixing references from art history, popular culture, and both digital and everyday life, his works crystallize into the fragmented realities of dreamscapes. His recent solo exhibitions include NPC (No-one Paints Chrysopoeia) at Seventeen Gallery, London (2024), The Opium Smoker's Dream at The Hole, New York (2022), Newtro at Everyday Gallery, Antwerp (2022), and Longtermhandstand, Budapest. Group exhibitions featuring his work include X PINK 101 at X Museum, Beijing (2023) and Limbo at Everyday Gallery, Antwerp (2020).

Keresztesi’s art is included in notable public collections, such as the Ludwig Museum in Budapest and X Museum in Beijing. Through his diverse body of work, Keresztesi explores themes of cultural fragmentation and the intersection of the digital and physical realms.