KATALIN ZELENÁK

BIOGRAPHY

Zelenák KatalinTapestry artist

• Born on 3 May, 1958 in Miskolc
• 1983 Graduated at the Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts in Budapest. Faculty of Tapestry and Carpet

MEMBERSHIPS

• 1983 Member of the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists MAOE
• 1983-1990 Member of the „Gobelin 14” group
• 1983-1992 Member of the Studio of Young Applied Artists
• 1991Founding member of the Cultural Foundation for Textile Art
• 1995 Member of the Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists
• 1996 Founding member of the Association of Hungarian Tapestry Artists
• 2000 Budacastle Workshop
• 2003 Foundation for the Textile Art, member of the Board of Trustees
• 2004 Leader of the Textile Art Workshop in Kecskemét
• 2010 Member of the Supervisory Board of MAOE
• 2013 member of the counsil, Foundation for the Textile Art

PRIZES, SCHOLARSHIPS

• 1983Academy of Applied Art, Award for excellence, Budapest
• 1984 Cziffra scholarship, France
• 1996 Main Prize of the 14th Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile (common work, Tapestry without Borders), Szombathely
• 1999 Prize at “My heart was woven and pleated through and through” Sándor Petőfi’s poetry, Sándor Petőfi Museum
• 2006 1st Prize of 2nd Triennial of Textile Art Szombathely
• 2015 Prize, Spring Art Salon, Budapest Gaál Imre Gallery,
• 2016 Main Prize, City of Kecskemét 8th Christian Iconography Biennial, Kecskemét
• 2017 Noémi Ferenczi Prize
• 2017 Kárpit3 International jury’s Diploma

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 1983 Cultural Centre, Dabas
• 1997 Stefánia Gallery, Budapest
• 1998 Miskolc Gallery, Rákóczi House, Miskolc
• 1999 Duna Gallery, Budapest
• 2000 Gyöngyös Gallery, Gyöngyös
• 2000 Budacastle Workshop, Budapest
• 2006 Herman Hall, Fészek Club, Budapest
• 2007 Zikkurat Gallery Budapest
• 2009 Observatory Exhibition Hall, Baja
• 2009 City Hall, Pápa
• 2011 San Marco, Cultural Centre of Óbuda, Budapest
• 2011 Jantyik Mátyás Museum Gallery, Békés

SELECTED FOREIGN EXHIBITIONS

• Senlis, Gemenos, France
• Barnsley, Leicester, London, Nottingham, Wapping, United Kingdom
• Munich, Germany
• Palma de Mallorca, Spain
• Geneva, Switzerland
• Washington, USA
• Warsaw , Poland
• Brussels, Belgium
• Zagreb, Croatia
• Bucharest, Romania
• Sofia, Bulgaria