KISS KATALIN

Biography

kiss katalinNoémi Ferenczy prize tapestry artist

• Born on 28 December, 1957 in Budapest
• 1982 Graduated at the Hungarian Academy of Applies Arts in Budapest, Faculty of woven textiles
• 1983 -1986 Designer at the Fine-cloth Factory, Baja
• 1986 Domestic Textile Company, Szombathely
• 1996 Freelance artist
• 1999 Artist teacher of Technical School of Fine and Applied Art
• 2000 Leader of textile faculty

Memberships

• 1982 Member of Hungarian Foundation of Art,
• 1983-1993 Member Studio of Young Applied Artists,
• 1988 Member of the Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists
• 1988 MILL’ Art Studio,
• 1993Member of the Cultural Foundation for Textile Art
• 1996 Member of Association of Hungarian Tapestry Artists,
• 2000 Budacastle Workshop

Prizes, Scholarships

• 1983 Prize of the Applied Company for artistic excellence, Budapest
• 1983Prize of the Budapest International Fair
• 1985 Special Prize of Ministry of Cultural at the 7th Biennial of Industrial Textile Arts, Szombathely
• 1985 Prize of the Budapest International Fair
• 1997 Prize of Buda Castle’s self goverment
• 1997 2nd Prize at Graboplast Rt. design competition
• 1997 2nd Prize at LatextilRt. design competition • 1998 15th Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile Szombathely,
• 1998 Prize of Aliance of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists
• 1998 Prize of “Cultural Foundation for Textile Art” (as a member of MILL’ Art Group)
• 2002 10th Veszprém –Bakony- Balaton Exhibition of Fine and Applied Arts, HM
• 2002 Honvéd Cultural Provider’s KHT Prize
• 2006 Bronze diplomes 17th Hungarian Biennilal of Magyar Landscapes
• 2006 1st prize of Grassalkovich Foundation for Teaching and Culture
• 2017 Noémi Ferenczy Prize
• 2017 Kárpit 3 International Tapestry Exhibition for the Outstanding Performance
• 2017 Kárpit 3 International Tapestry Exhibition, Diploma for an artist of the Golden

Solo Exhibitions

• 1987 Savaria Museum, Szombathely
• 1992 Horváth and Lukács Gallery, Nagycenk
• 1996 CWAG Buro House, Budapest
• 1996 „Reinkarnáció” (with Eszter Bényi), Vigadó Gallery, Budapest
• 1999 Play-scene-place, Budapest Gallery, Budapest
• 2002 Csepel Gallery, Budapest
• 2006 Körmendi Gallery, Sopron
• 2010 Keve Gallery, Ráckeve
• 2012 ÚjBuda Gallery, Budapest
• 2014 Csepel Gallery, Budapest with Eszter Bényi, Irén Málik and Éva Rónai

Selected Foreign Exhibitions

• Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Germany
• Murska Sobota, Slovenia
• Vienna, Austria
• New York, USA
• Zurich, Geneva, Switzerland
• Cluj, Rumania
• Strasbourg, France
• Łódz , Poland
• Zagreb, Croatia
• Athen , Greece