IRÉN MÁLIK

BIOGRAPHY

malik irenNoémi Ferenczy Prize winner textile artist

• Born on 26 May, 1945 in Budapest
• 1970 Graduated at the Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts in Budapest, Faculty of woven textiles
• 1969-75 Trainer of the Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts in Budapest
• 1975-78 Designer of the Hungarian Cloth Factory
• 1978-85 Designer of the Sopron carpet factory
• 1985 Designer of the Home Textile Company, Szombathely
• She has regularly participated in the international domestic textiles and carpet exhibitions Domotex, Hannover, Eimtex, Frankfurt, Milano Star, Milan

MEMBERSHIPS

• 1970 Member of the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists MAOE
• 1970 Member of the Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists
• 1991 Member of the Cultural Foundation for Textile Art
• 1996 Member of the Association of Hungarian Tapestry Artists

PRIZES, SCHOLARSHIPS

• 1970 Prize of the 1st. National Exhibition of the Young Applied Artists, Budapest
• 1972 Prize of the 2nd. Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile, Szombathely
• 1982 Prize of the competition of the Applied Arts Company, Budapest
• 1985 Budapest International Fair, BNV, Prizes
• 1988 Rózsa Anna Prize of the 10th. Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile, Szombathely
• 1996 14th Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile Gallery Szombathely
• 1996 Main Prize of the 14th Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile (common work, Tapestry without Borders), Szombathely
• 1997 Ferenczy Noémi Prize, Budapest
• 2000 Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile, Szombathely, Prize of Council of Vas County
• 2000 3rd Biennial of Csepel Artists, Major’s Prize, Budapest
• 2002 3rd Prize of Contemporary Hungarian Religious Art exhibition at Hatvan
• 2003 MAOE Prize, Pelso, Keszthely
• 2004 4th. Csepeli Biennial Prize Csepel Mayor of Budapest
• 2004 Fourth Csepel Biennial, Mayor’s prize, Budaoest
• 2010 21st District Council, Mayor’s Prize, 8th Biennial of Csepel Fine Arts and Crafts, Csepel Gallery
• 2013 Council of Zala County ’s Prize, 9th Biennial of Pelso National Ceramics and Tapestry, Balaton Museum, Keszthely
• 2013 21st District Council of Csepel, Heritage Prize
• 2015 Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists’ Pize, 10th Biennial of Pelso National Ceramics and Tapestry, Balaton Museum, Keszthely
• 2017 Ministry of Human Resources Prize, 11th Biennial of Pelso National Ceramics and Tapestry, Balaton Museum, Keszthely
• 2017 Kárpit 3 International Jury’s Diploma

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 1976 Csepeli Workers’ Home, Budapest
• 1978 Young Artists’ Club, Budapest
• 1979 “Worker” Cultural Centre, Dunaújváros
• 1986 Csepel Gallery, Budapest
• 1987 Cultural House, Szigetszentmiklós
• 1990 Exhibition of the Prize winners of the Szombathely Biennials, Savaria Museum, Szombathely
• 1994 Hevesi Sándor Cultural House, Nagykanizsa
• 1995 Vásárhelyi Pál Secondary Technical School Budapest
• 1995 Jedlik Ányos Secondary Grammar School, Budapest
• 2001 Csepel Elementary School Gallery, Budapest
• 2005-2010 Csepel Gallery House of Arts, Budapest
• 2014 Csepel Gallery, Budapest
• 2015 „70 Years” Life Work Exhibition, Csepel Gallery, Budapest

SELECTED FOREIGN EXHIBITIONS

• Graz, Eisenstadt, Austria
• Frankfurt, Hannover, Germany
• Milan, Italy
• Murska Sobota, Slovenia
• La Roche sur Foron, France
• Tournai, Belgium
• Baku, Azerbaijan
• Zagreb, Croatia
• Bucarest, Romania
• Sofia, Bulgaria