ÁGNES KECSKÉS


Biography

Kecskés Ágnes
Munkácsy Prize tapestry artist

• Born on 25 October, 1942 in Komárom
• 1970 Graduated at the Academy of Applied Arts, Faculty of textile art
• 1993 Corresponding member of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Art

Memberships

• 1970 Member of the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists MAOE,
• 1987 Member of the Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists,
• 1991 Founding member of the Cultural Foundation for Textile Art,
• 1995 Member of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Art,
• 1996 Founding member of the Association of Hungarian Tapestry Artists,
• 2000 Member of the board of the Cultural Foundation for Textile Art,
• 2000 Budacastle Workshop
• 2014 Non-academic public member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts

Prizes, Scholarships

• 1986 Rózsa Anna Prize, Prize at the 9th Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile, Szombathely.
• 1987 Munkácsy Prize, Budapest
• 1988 Scholarship granted by the Hungarian Academy in Rome
• 1991 2nd Prize of the Exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of Béni Ferenczy and Noémi Ferenczy, Budapest
• 1993 Nagy Sándor Prize at the exhibition “Living gobelin”, Gödöllő
• 1994 Prize of Cultural Ministry at the 13th Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile, Szombathely.
• 1996 Main Prize of the 14th Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile (common work, Tapestry without Borders), Szombathely
• 2005 1st Prize of Balassi Bálint exhibition, Esztergom
• 2012 Main Prize of the 4th Triennial of Textile art, Szombathely

Solo Exhibitions

• 1973 József Attila University, Szeged
• 1974 Danube Museum, Komarno, Czecho-Slovakia
• 1976 Fészek Club, Budapest
• 1977 Fényes Adolf Hall, Budapest
• 1977 Göcsej Museum, Zalaegerszeg
• 1979 Galerie Holly, Walchwill, Switzerland
• 1979 Bartók Béla Cultural Centre, Szeged
• 1979 Dömös Gallery
• 1979 Samyn Gallery, Gent, Belgium
• 1980 Kuny Domokos Museum, Tata
• 1981 Galerie Rechsteiner, Zurich, Switzerland
• 1981 Chapel of Köröm
• 1984 Kernstock Hall, Tatabánya
• 1984 Cultural Centre, Bakonyszombathely
• 1984 Small Gallery, Komárom
• 1986 Vigadó Gallery, Budapest
• 1987 Hungarian Cultural Centre, Warsaw, Poland
• 1988 Galerie Noran, Lüdinghausen, Germany
• 1992 Belvederschlossl, Stockerau, Austria
• 1995 Historical Museum, Budapest
• 1995 Academic Chair Holder’s Exhibition Historical Museum
• 1995 Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Art Budapest, Engrarings’ Holl, Palace of Buda
• 1999 Frankfurt’99 Bad Berleburg Heimadmuseum Germany, Galerie Gerhad, Germany
• 2000 Memorial Exhibition, Móra Ferenc Museum, Szeged
• 2006 Katona Lajos City Library, Vác
• 2009 Protestant Grammar School, Tata
• 2009 Ouvre exhibition, Benedictian Abbey, Tihany

Selected Foreign Exhibitions

• Gent, Tournai (Belgium)
• Erfurt, Frankfurt, Lüdinghausen, Germany
• Oslo, Norway
• Moscow, Russia
• Riga, Latvia
• Eisenstadt, Wiener Neustad, Sotheby Gutenberg Vára, Vienna, Stockerau, Austria Komárno, Slovakia
• Rome,Italy
• Barcelona, Spain
• Paris, Versailles, Joinville, France
• Sofia, Bulgaria
• Warsaw, Poland
• Zurich, Walohwill, Switzerland