KRISZTINA KÓKAY

Biography

kokay krisztinaFerenczy Noémi Prize and Merited textile artist

• Born on 23 May, 1943 in Esztergom

• 1967 Graduated at the Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts, Faculty of Textil arts

• Head of Kecskemét Workshop of Textile Art

Memberships

• 1967 Member of the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists MAOE,
• 1987 Member of the board of the Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists,
• 1991 Founding member and curator of the Cultural Foundation for Textile Art,
• 1993 Leader of the Kecskemét Workshop of Textile Art,
• 1996 Founding member of the Association of Hungarian Tapestry Artists,
• 2000 Budacastle Workshop

Prizes, Scholarships

• 1984 Award for excellence of Ministry of Culture, Budapest • 1992 Grand Prize of 12th Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile Art, Szombathely • 1993 Ferenczy Noémi Prize, Budapest
• 1996 Main Prize of the 14th Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile (common work, Tapestry without Borders), Szombathely
• 1998 Prize of the 12th District Cultural Fundation Biennial of Drawings, MAOE Prize
• 1999 Petőfi Sándor, Prize of the 12th District Cultural Fundation Vigadó Gallery, Budapest
• 2000 Spring Exhibition, MAOE Prize, Kecskemét
• 2000 Admonitions of King St Stephen Szent István Prize, Kecskemét
• 2000 Sponsoral Prize, 4th National Biennial of Pastell Art, Castle Museum, Esztergom
• 2002 Simsay Ildikó Prize
• 2004 Life and poetry of Balassi Bálint, Prize of the government of Esztergom
• 2006 13th National Biennial of Drawings, Prize of Ministry of Culture and Education, Salgótarján
• 2007 Merited Artists of Hungarian Republic, Budapest
• 2012 International Graphic Biennial, diploma, Pilzen
• 2012 Short List Award, International Drawing Biennial, Pilsen
• 2012 In Memoriam István Kurucz D., 59th Vásárhely Autumn Exhibition, Hódmezővásárhely
• 2017 Kárpit 3 International Jury’s Diploma
• 2018 Excellence Artist

Solo Exhibitions

• 1983 District Library, Vác
• 1984 Collegium Hungaricum, Vienna, Austria
• 1992 Dorottya Utcai Gallery, Budapest
• 1994 Esztergom Artists’ Guild Gallery, Esztergom
• 1995 Castle Museum, Esztergom
• 1995 Arts House, Pécs
• 1995 Hotel Thermal, Budapest
• 1995 Hotel Flamenco, Budapest
• 1996 Hungarian Centre of Arts and Sciences, Helsinki, Finland
• 1997 Dombóvári Gallery, Dombóvár, (with Arnold Gross and Sándor Gajzágó)
• 1997 Vigadó Gallery, Budapest
• 1997 Christian Museum, Esztergom
• 1999 Fészek Club, Budapest
• 1999 Hungarian Centre of Arts (with Teréz Borza), Sofia, Bulgaria
• 1999 Zlatá Koruna, Bohemia, Czech Republic
• 2001 Balassa Bálint Museum, Esztergom
• 2001 Hillside Contemporary Gallery, Budapest
• 2002 József Attila Primary School
• 2003 Royal Castle, Gödöllő
• 2006 Hajnoczy-Bakonyi House, Sopron
• 2007 Ernst Museum
• 2007 Zikkurat Gallery, Budapest
• 2010 Budavár Council
• 2010 Budapest Gallery

Selected Foreign Exhibitions

• Munich, Frankfurt, Germany
• Murska Sobota, Slovenia
• Eisenstadt, Wiener Neustadt, Vienna, Austria
• Joinville, Epau, France
• Palma de Mallorca, Spain
• Tournai, Mons, Belgium
• Sofia, Bulgaria
• Helsinki, Finland
• Zagreb, Croatia
• Bucarest, Romania