Born in Pécs, in 1976, (Hungary). Bálint Bolygó spent his early childhood years, in Hungary before moving to the UK with his family at the age of nine. He graduated with an MA in Fine Art at Edinburgh University in 2001. His early work already attracted public attention at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1999. His first major show in London was a collaborative Group Show with David Mach RA at A.T.Kearney Ltd., Berkeley Sq in 2002. In the same year he was selected for the Bloomberg New Contemporaries exhibition at the Barbican’s Curve and the Liverpool Biennial. His first Solo exhibitions in London included ‘Soft Machines’ at the Hiscox Art Projects in 2003 and ‘Mappings’ at the Long and Ryle gallery in 2005. He worked at Antony Gormley’s Studio, for over four years whilst he moved to London and established his own studio in Hackney.

Since 2006, Bolygó’s continuous involvement with London’s Kinetica Museum, has led to numerous exhibitions in London and abroad, that include ‘Magnetic Visions’, ‘Universal Man’, and ‘Creatures Great and Small’ and ‘Mind over Matter’. He is an active member of the International Kepes Society dedicated to light art, and continues to exhibit internationally and with the organisation.

In 2008 Bolygó’s work reached two prestigious Italian exhibitions, San Fedele Art Prize, Milan, and the Sculpture Biennial of Piemonte, in Turin.

In 2009 he was commissioned for an interactive commission, for the Lightwaves Festival, in Dublin’s Science Gallery. His recent Solo shows, Mikrokosmos at London’s notorious Wilton’s Music Hall, and ‘Trace’ at the Vienna Art Fair 2009 with the Raday Gallery in Austria, received overwhelming reaction from the public. In the summer of 2010, he completed an ambitious permanent light installation ‘Aurora’ for a newly open five-star Town Hall Hotel in East London.

Bolygó’s inter-disciplinary activity, has lead him to work with numerous institutions, including the Architecture Association, Bishopsgate Institute, Campaign for Drawing and the Royal Institution.

Bolygó lives and works in London.