ERZSÉBET KATONA SZABÓ

BIOGRAPHY

Katona Szabó ErzsébetNoémi Ferenczy prize tapestry artist

• Born on 5 September, 1952 in Cluj, Transylvania, Rumania
• 1975 Graduated at the Ion Andreescu Academy of Fine Arts and Applied Arts in Cluj, Faculty of Textile
• Since1983 has been living and working in Gödöllő

MEMBERSHIPS

• 1983 Member of the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists MAOE,
• 1983-1990 „Gobelin 14” Group
• 1986 Member of the Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists,
• 1995-1999 Secretary of the Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists
• 1991Founding member of the Cultural Foundation for Textile Art
• 1995-2000 Vice-president of the Cultural Foundation for Textile Art,
• 1996 Founding member of the Association of Hungarian Tapestry Artists,
• 1998 Founder and head of Gödöllõ Wokshop for Applied Arts,
• 2002 Member of MAOE committee,
• 2004 Member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts,
• 2008 Member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences in Salzburg

PRIZES, SCHOLARSHIPS

• 1985, 1987 Prize of the City Council, Gödöllő
• 1996 Main Prize of the 14th Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile (common work, Tapestry without Borders), Szombathely
• 1997 Special Prize of Design, Budapest, OMFB
• 2000 Ferenczy Noémi Prize, Budapest
• 2000 2nd Prize, Festival of Flags, Székesfehérvár
• 2000 NKÖM Prize Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile,
• 2000 Prize of Agricultural Museum at exhbition “Agriculture in Art “
• 2003 Award for City Gödöllõ
• 2007 Diplom of the International Triennial of Tapestry, Lodz, Poland
• 2007 Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial, Ministry of Cultural Heritage Ministerial Prize, Szombathely
• 2007“Agriculture in Art”, Prize of Agricultural Museum

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 1976 Apollo Gallery, Tirgu Mures, Transylvania, Rumania
• 1976 Petőfi Cultural House, Bucharest, Rumania
• 1986 Dorottya Street Gallery, Budapest
• 1987 Uitz Gallery, Dunaújváros
• 1990 Kunstmuseum, Holstebro, Denmark
• 1997 Vigadó Gallery, Budapest
• 1998 National Park of History, Rotonda, Pusztaszer
• 2001 Royal Castle, Gödöllő
• 2003 Wall; desire; memory; letter from the sea, Vigadó Gallery, Budapest
• 2007 Leather collages, Royal Park Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
• 2007 Josai University, Chiba, Sakado, Japan
• 2009 „Messages from William Shakespeare” Midsummer Sonnets Festival,
• 2009 Wales, Great Britain
• 2010 „Messages from William Shakespeare” Széchényi Library, Budapest

SELECTED FOREIGN EXHIBITIONS

• Bucharest, Tirgu Mures, Rumania
• Prague, Czech Republic
• Munich, Dachau, Berlin, Germany
• Epaux, Joinville, La Rochelle, Paris, Barbizon, France
• Vienna, Graz, Austria
• Tokyo, Japan
• Sofia, Bulgaria
• Warsaw, Lodz, Poland
• NewDelhi, India
• Geneva, Switzerland
• Glasgow, Wales, United Kingdom
• Brussels, Belgium
• Milan, Italy
• Holstebro, Denmark