HAJNAL BARÁTH

Biography

Noemi Ferenczy prize tapestry artist

Ferenczy Noémi Prize winner textil artist
• DLA habil professor
• Born on 30 April, 1955 in Budapest • 1979 Graduated at the Academy of Applied Arts in Budapest, Faculty of Carpet and Tapestry
• 1980-1984 teaching weaving at the Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts, on the tapestry course
• 1987-2001 Design art teacher of the Mészáros László Fine Arts Association
• 2006 Graduated at the Budapest University of Technologie and Economics Department of Conservation expert • 2006 BMGE Degree in Monument Preservation • 2008 DLA habil, acquiring the DLA habil status, MOME • 2006- lecturer at MOME Textile Faculty, Weaving section
• 2007- Harsányi János College, Principal of the Art Institute, Artisan Faculty, Head of the Weaving section
• 2010 BKF Head of the Applied Art Institute, Artisan leading specalist, Head of the Weaving section

Memberships

• 1979 Member of the National Association of Hungarian Artists MAOE
• 1983-1990 „Gobelin 14” group,
• 1984Member of the Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists, Hungarian Textile Art Section,
• 1999-2003 Leading member of the Association of Hungarian Fine Applied Artists,
• Hungarian Textile Art Section,
• 1986 Member of the Dunapart Art Association,
• 1993 Member of the Péter Pál Art Association,
• 1996-2001 Member of the Association of Hungarian Tapestry Artists,
• 1999-2003 Vice-president of the Cultural Foundation for Textile Art,
• 2003-2008 Member of the board of the Cultural Foundation for Textile Art,
• 1996- 2001 Founding member of the Association of Hungarian Tapestry Artists,
• 1998-2000 Vice-president of the Association of Hungarian Tapestry Artists,
• 2000 Budacastle Workshop,
• 2003 Member of the Regio Art Association,
• 1999-2000Amateur Artium’ National Training and Design Art Exhibition design art rapporteur and jury member,
• 2000 Curator of the Kozma Lajos artisan art scholarship,
• 2000-2003 Artistic manager of the Mészáros László Fine Arts Association
• 2002-2003Amateur Artium’ National Training and Design Art Exhibition design art rapporteur and jury.
• Curator of the Contemporary Textile Exhibition ’Metacommunication’, 2003
• Curator of the Training and Design Art Foundation for Culture in 22th district, 2008
• Curator of NKA Design Art Vocational college, 2009

Prizes, Scholarships

• 1980 1st Prize and 2nd Prize in the People’s Applied Art Council Award
• 1984 Scholarship from the Cziffra Foundation
• 1985 3rd prize at the Agriculture in art” exhibition, Budapest
• 1987 Special environmental protection award, Budapest
• 1989 3rd prize in Home defence award
• 1990-1993 “„Kozma Lajos” scholarship for Applied Artists
• 1996 Main Prize of the 14th Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile (common work, Tapestry without Borders), Szombathely
• 2000 Prize of the Council of Vas Country, 16th Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile, Szombathely
• 2005 Ferenczy Noémi Prize
• 2006 HUNGART scholarship

Solo Exhibitions

• 1988 Culture Centre District 22, Budapest
• 1988 Culture Centre, Érd
• 1989 Culture House, Törökszentmiklós
• 1989 Culture House, Tengelic
• 1989 Culture House, Kölesd
• 1990 Nagy Balogh János Exhibition Hall, Budapest
• 1991 Castle Gallery, Veszprém
• 1991 GAMF Gallery, Kecskemét
• 1994 Culture House, Gyönk
• 1995 Péter Pál Gallery, Szentendre
• 1996 Small Gallery, Pécs
• 1996 Altes Rathaus, Bonn, Germany
• 1998 Hotel Aqincum, Budapest
• 1999 Dabas Gallery with Frigyes Janzer
• 2001 Personal Millennium, Péter Pál Gallery, Szentendre
• 2001 Körmendi Gallery, Sopron
• 2001 Törley Hall, Budapest
• 2002 Keve Gallery, Ráckeve
• 2002 House of Arts, Kölesd
• 2002 RETORTA Gallery, Budapest
• 2002 ERLIN Gallery, Budapest
• 2004 Cultural Centre, Veresegyház with Frigyes Janzer
• 2004 Hermann Hall, Fészek Club, Budapest
• 2005 „Layers” – Fészek Club, Hermann Hall, Budapest
• 2008 „Textile layers” Castle Gallery, Veszprém
• 2011 „Apparent straight”, Fészek Gallery, Budapest
• 2016 „Texture”– Palmetta galery, Budapest

Selected Foreign Exhibitions

• Berlin, Munich, Bonn, Germany
• Epau, France
• Monz, Tournai, Belgium
• Zlata Koruna, Budejovice, Czech Republic
• Révkomárom, Slovakia
• Rome, Italy
• USA,
• Tallin, Estonia