ILDIKÓ DOBRÁNYI

Biography

Dobrányi IldikóNoémi Ferenczy Prize tapestry artist

• Born on 7 February, 1948 in Budapest – died on 5 May, 2007 in Budapest
• 1972 Graduated at the Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts in Budapest, Faculty of Carpet and Tapestry
• 1972-1973 studied at the École d’Art Décoratif in Aubusson
• 1997-98 Paris, France

Memberships

• 1972 Member of the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists MAOE,
• 1976 Member of the Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists,
• 1996-2007 Founding member and President of the Association of Hungarian Tapestry Artists,
• 2000 Founding member of the Budacastle Workshop,
• 2001 Honorary Member, ARELIS (Association Française pour la Diffusion et la Création de la Tapisserie et de l’Art de la Fibre,
• 2008 Dobrányi Ildikó Foundation

Prizes, Scholarships

• 1988 Special Prize of the 10th Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile, Szombathely
• 1988 Grand Prize of the 1st International Triennial of Patterns, Budapest
• 1996 Main Prize of the 14th Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile (common work Tapestry without Borders), Szombathely
• 1997 Hungarian Salon, Prize of the Ministry of Environmental protection,
• 1997 Palace of Exhibition Budapest
• 2000 Ferenczy Noémi Prize

Solo Exhibitions

• 1975 Fészek Club, Budapest
• 1976 Madách Theatre, Budapest
• 1977 H. National Gallery (workshop series), Budapest
• 1988 Dorottya Street Gallery, Budapest
• 1989 French Institute, Budapest
• 1995 French Institute, Budapest
• 1996 Hungarian State Opera, Summer Festival, Budapest
• 1997 Hungarian Institute, Paris, France
• 2003 “Winter Garden”, Hegyvidék Gallery, Budapest
• 2004 „Transfluence”
• 2005 Christmas Exhibition 4. Anikó Rákossy, Ildikó Dobrányi, Zsófia Farkas
• 2008 „For ever”, Christian Museum of Esztergom
• 2009 Moderne Wandtapijten van Ildikó Dobrányi, Huis de Lalaing, Oudenaarde, Belgium

Selected Foreign Exhibitions

• Paris, Beauvais, France
• Tunis, Tunisia
• Aalborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Warsaw, Lodz, Wroclaw, Poland
• Voorburg, the Netherlands
• Nottingham, London, Barnsley, Leicester, United Kingdom
• Tournai, Mons, Brussels, Belgium
• Geneva, Switzerland
• Washington, USA Vancouver, Canada