METATRONIKA - Exhibition of glass designer artist Zsolt János Budai

METATRONIKA - Exhibition of glass designer artist Zsolt János Budai

Opening: Tuesday, November 25, 2025, 6 p.m.
Opened by: Géza Kulcsár, writer, researcher
On view until December 5, 2025, Monday-Friday between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.

A comprehensive exhibition covering the past 8 years of the creative activity of glass designer Zsolt János Budai, which is also the designer's first solo exhibition.

The artist's passion and attachment to the world of robots dates to his university years, and has been going on since his diploma thesis. The title of the exhibition is 'Metatronics', which comes from a word combination. The word 'mechatronics' itself is a combination of the word’s mechanics and electronics. The other half of the exhibition's fantasy name comes from the name of Metatron, the angel of transitions, who is connected to humanity and helps in transformation and the discovery of inner strength.

The designer is truly drawn to the world of robots, which are a recurring starting point and a constant source of inspiration for him. They also provide an opportunity to experiment, to study mechanical movements, examining and creating the relationship between different materials and connections. The connection with electricity also appears in his creative work, the artist often draws from the design of electronic devices and appliances; for example, the head of his sculpture Mr. Red is provided by an electron tube from an old radio.

The first robot was made in 2009, and then in 2016 they became a robot series, with the completion of 5 more works. One of these became part of the collection of the Laczkó Dezső Museum in Veszprém, and one ended up in a private collection, just like the very first robot. As time went on, the designer set himself increasingly greater challenges. With his latest, 90 cm high work, he surpassed his previous works, not only in size, but also in technical complexity.