Tibor Csikós was born in 1957 in Martonos (Yugoslavia). After his studies in Novi Sad (Újvidék), he moved to Pál Gerzson at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest. He deepened his profession with French masters.

 In his first figurative period, clowns and then bikers appear in his ink drawings. He also paints watercolors, his works are characterized by folk motifs, head variations, and nudes. Later, his pictures are built up from geometric figures, circles, sets, and lines in a logical system. He is a teacher (painting) at the István Szőnyi Free School of Fine Arts in Zebegény. In 2002, he moved to Gothenburg (Sweden) and started a family. He is an active member of the circle of Hungarian artists in Gothenburg. In the spring of 2007, he studied in the People's Republic of China (Kunming) with a scholarship.

Studies:

 1972–1976 Novi Sad, "Bogdan Suput" Vocational High School of Applied Arts 1977–1981 Budapest, Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, teacher Pál Gerzson 1986-1987 Paris, "Atelier 63" reproduction graphic workshop, master Joelle Serve 1987-1988 Paris, "Atelier 17" reproduction graphic workshop, master S.W. Hayter

A selection of his individual exhibitions:

1984 Magyarkanizsa, (Yugoslavia), Amateur theatre 1984 Pécs, Youth House 1985 Sežana (Slovenia), Mala Galerija 1987 Paris, Bernanos Gallery 1990 Subotica, City Library Gallery 1992 Budapest, Gallery 11 1993 Budapest, Mű-terem Gallery 1994 Budapest, A HÁZ Gallery 1995 Szeged, IH Gallery 1996 Budapest, FMK Gallery 1996 Budapest, Graphic Gallery 22 1997 Budapest, Duna Gallery 1997 Szeged, IH Gallery 1998 Budapest, Merlin Theater Gallery 1998 Zenta, City Library Gallery 1999 Budapest, Újlipótváros Club-Gallery 2000 Magyarkanizsa, Work University Gallery 2003 Budapest, Gallery IX. 2004 Budapest, ART9 Gallery 2004 Gothenburg (Sweden), Cosmopolitan Galleri 2005 Gothenburg, KCV Galleri 2007 Kunming (People's Republic of China) Nordica Gallery 2008 Fine Arts Meeting Gallery of Subotica (Serbia). 2009 Magyarkanizsa (Serbia) Dobó Tihamér Gallery 2009 Budapest, Art9 Gallery (together with Åke Staffansson) 2011 Lerum (Sweden) Dergårdsgalleriet 2011 Budapest, Gallery IX, "Found forms" 2012 Novi Sad. ULUV gallery 2014 Zenta, City Museum Gallery "The events of three decades" 2018 Magyarkanizsa, Dobó Tihamér Gallery "Layers" 2020 Gothenburg, Gallery and More (with Dániel Erdély) "Spidron och processer" 2022 Törökbálint, Village Museum "Gardens of Circles" 2024 Budapest, Polgár Centrum - Újpest Gallery "Graphic and painting processes"

A selection from his group exhibitions:

1987 Paris, Cité Internationale des Arts 1987 Paris, Galerie Bernanos 1987 Paris, Galerie d'Art Contemporaine Yougoslave 1988 Paris, Center Culturelle Yugoslavia 1988 Grenoble, Exhibition of artists from Szatka 1990 Makó, Exhibition of the Graphic Artist Colony 1991 Marly-le-Roi (France) I.N.J.E.P. Université d'été exhibition 1994 Eger, Watercolor Biennale 1995 XIII. Debrecen National Summer Exhibition 1996 Miskolc, XVIII. National Graphic Biennale 1996 Budapest, Moholy memorial book – Vigadó Gallery 1997 Budapest, Plane sculptures - Újpest Gallery 1997 Prague, III. PRAHA GRAPHIK - "Mladafronta" Gallery 1997 Budapest, Budapest 125 – Budapest Gallery 1997 Szekszárd, II. National Color Print Graphic Exhibition 1998 Salgótarján, IX. National Drawing Biennale - Nógrád History Museum 1999 Budapest, "Chaos and order" - Vigadó Gallery 1999 Szekszárd, "Letter on the picture" II. Szekszárd Painting Triennial - House of Arts 2000 Szeged, "another time, somewhere else" Ferenc Móra Museum Gallery 2000 Miskolc, XX. National Graphic Biennale, Miskolc Gallery 2000 Szekszárd, III. National Color Print Graphic Exhibition, House of Arts 2000 Salgótarján, X. National Drawing Biennale, Nógrád History Museum 2000 Budapest, Marticák 2000 Electrographic exhibition Vigadó Gallery 2000 Budapest, Dialogue painting at the turn of the millennium - Műcsarnok 2000 Budapest, Black - White - graphics - Art Gallery 2002 Fiume, (Croatia) International Drawing Biennale, Modern Gallery 2003 Gothenburg, Cosmopolitan Gallery 2003 Cluj, (Romania) 4th International Biennale "Little Hungarian Electrographics" 2004 Turku (Finland) Galleria Joella Turun Taidegaafikot, Art Union Of Hungarian Engravers and Lithographers 2004. Gothenburg, Galleri Cosmopolitan 2004 Miskolc XXII. Graphic Biennale 2005 Gothenburg, Galleri Cosmoplitan 2005 Budapest, ’33’ (Harminchárman) Hotel Hilton West End 2005 Gothenburg, Världskulturmuseum 2005 Gothenburg, Cosmopolitan Galleri 2005 Szekszárd IV. Painting Triennale, in memory of István Farkas 2006 Gothenburg, Galleri KCV 2006 Malmö, Mångfald – Rådhushallen 2007 Gothenburg, Konstmässa, Galleri Cosmopolitan 2008 Gothenburg, Galleri Cosmopolitan, New Delhi (India) MGSZ 2009 Temerin, Veteran TAKT, Tallinn (Estonia) MGSZ 2010, Jönköping Göteborsgrafiker, Göteborg MGSZ, Konstmässa, International exhibition of small pictures ULUPUD Subotica," AMAZING GRAPHICS" Stadsbiblioteket - Gothenburg, 2011 Gothenburg, Cosmopolitan Galleri – Hu.Set 7., Grafik i Väst Galleri – Nya members, KonstRiket – Partille Kulturhus 2012 Zenta (Serbia) "Art and monument protection II." City of Zenta, 2013 Gothenburg, i. Huset 9 2014 Gothenburg, 3:e Våningen X, i.Huset 10, Marsstrand, Galleri Rådhusgatan sju "11 grafiker från KKV Gtbg" 2015 Konstrundan i Majorna, Galleri Majnabbe: Vårsalong, Gothenburg, Galleri KC Väst "Hjul", 2016 Győr, Napóleon-ház "Borders", Budapest Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art: "Image Tactics" (Makó Graphic Art Colony 1977-1990), Gothenburg, Galleri Majnnabe Vårsalong 2016, Gothenburg Stadsbibliotek: Kontraster, Dunaszerdahely (Slovakia) Csallóközi Museum " When the fear is gone" 2017 Gothenburg, Gallery Majnabe, 2018 Gothenburg, Konstrunda i Majorna, "Dimensioner" Galleri And More 2019, Zenta, Museum gallery "Hommage", 2020 KCV Gallery Gothenburg "Teckning" 2021 Zenta, City Museum, "Save otherwise" Zenta Art Colony Exhibition, 2022 Gothenburg, Galleri KCV "Ljus" 2022 Budapest, MKISZ gallery "PICTURE SALON V." 2023 Nyergesújfalu "VI. International Pastel Triennial" 2023 Budapest, MKISZ gallery "PICTURE SALON VI." 2024 Budapest, MKISZ gallery "Graphic thoughts" 2024 Csíkszereda (RO), Megyeháza gallery "Picture Histories" MFT exhibition

 Public collections:

 Subotica, (Yugoslavia) Likovni Susret - Fine Arts Meeting Novi Pazar, Sopocanska vidjenja collection Djevdjelija, (Macedonia) Graficka kolonija collection Budapest, K+K Hotel Opera collection Collection of Zenta (Serbia) City Museum Salgótarján, collection of the Béla Dornyai Museum

His decorations:

1986 - Szabadka, (Yugoslavia) Narodno Pozoriste- Folk Theater, Árpád Göncz: "Hungarian Medea"

Literature His publications

1980 – ”New Symposion” Novi Sad (Yugoslavia) Tibor Csikós: FABLES OF AESOPUS, exhibition by Vladimir Szabó in the Műcsarnok in Budapest 1990 - at "New Symposion" 296. Novi Sad (Yugoslavia) Tibor Csikós: The technology of Chinese woodcuts Bibliography (selection) 1981 - Ottó Tolnai: "The first exhibition of the Kanizsa group" 7 NAP weekly newspaper, Szabadka, (Yugoslavia) 1984 – István Tari: "About the clown later" KÉPES IJJÚSÁG weekly newspaper, Novi Sad 1984 - Zoltán Sebök: "Clowns" 7 NAP weekly newspaper, Subotica 1985 - Zoltán Sebök "The other side of things" SKILLED YOUTH, Novi Sad 1988 - Anonymous: "Talents á affirmer, trés forts" LA VOIX DE L'AISNE (France) 1989 – Tibor Gajdos: "Outstanding serious artistic quality" 7 DAYS, Szabadka 1998 – Kovács Á. Veronika: "Patterns and sets" NEW ART, Budapest 1999 - Ninette Dombrovszky: "Circles and gestures" NEW ART, Budapest 2004 - Erzsébet Bogácsi "The thicket, clearing of the circles" NÉPSBADSÁG, February 23, Budapest 2004 - Ernő P. Szabó: "Processes - Exhibition by Tibor Csikós" NEW ART, XV.11., Budapest 2007 – The colors of the Martonos sunflower field at a Chinese exhibition. Article of Magyar Szó in Novi Sad, LXIV. year (August 24, 2007) No. 197, p. 9 2008 Olga Ninkov Kovacsev: THE CRACKING OF THE COCONUT Exhibition by Tibor Csikós at the Fine Arts Meeting in Subotica, 2008, 7NAP, Subotica 2009 "A painter who traveled the world" K. Aranka's report in the Új Kanizsai Újság and on the website of the Attila József Magyarkanizsai library 2009 Olga Ninkov Kovacsev: About Tibor Csikós's 2008 untitled work, Vojvodina Ma portal 2009 Krisztina Dékei's article in New Art "Tibor Csikós and Åke Staffansson's exhibition at the Art 9 gallery in Budapest" 2010 Jönköpig Posten, Maria Campbell's review "En ny Zijo och främmande fåglar i väst" "A new Zijo and foreign birds in the west" 2010 Péter lászló AT DERENGŐ STAGE 27.12.2010 Péter lászló's pen drawing of Tibor Csikós' painting in the columns of Magyar Szó (Üveggolyó) in Novi Sad. 2011 Lerums Tidning. International Gallery (Lerum, Sweden) 2011 Lerums Tidning, Peter Welling "Tilbaka till det föreställande" (Back to the figure) 2012 Partille Tidning, Johanna Lundström" Bra taveltittarväder" (Good time to see pictures) 2012 Subotica, 7NAP, Sava Stepanov's article "Internal order and reason" 2012 Magyar Szó - Kilátó Újvidék, Pál Léphaft "A etching for burning laces" 2013 Kulturtidningen Umeo (Sweden) article about the HORISONT exhibition 2013 7NAP Szabadka, Virág Gyurkovics "Abstract with a detour from figuralism to figuralism" 2014 Vojvodina Ma Portal H.G. "Retrospective exhibition of Tibor Csikós in Zentán" 2015 László Péter: On the painting and work of Tibor Csikós. Branch mountain. 2015. No. 49-50 2018 Új Kanizsai Újság, Zoltán Valkay: Expressions in a circle, expressions in a circle.

Awards and recognitions:

 1990 Budapest, II. Digitart international computer art competition recognition/Honoray Mention 1986-87 8-month art grant from the French government 2007 3-month art scholarship of Västra Götelands Region, Sweden 2012 Zenta, Art Center watercolor painting, III. fee

Membership of professional associations:

 1988 Association of Fine Artists of Vojvodina (ULUV) 1992 National Association of Hungarian Artists (MAOE), 1992 Young Artists' Studio Association (FKSE - Honorary member) 1995 Association of Hungarian Fine and Industrial Artists (MKISZ) 1995 Association of Hungarian Graphic Artists (MGSZ), 1995 Society of Hungarian Painters (MFT), 1999 Association of Hungarian Etching Artists and Lithographers, 2000 Muravidék Friends Circle Kultur