ÉVA NYERGES

BIOGRAPHY

nyerges evaNoémi Ferenczy Prize winner tapestry artist

• Born on 1952 in Besenyőtelek.
• 1976 Graduated at the Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts, Budapest. Faculty of Carpet and Tapestry

MEMBERSHIPS

• 1976 Member of the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists MAOE
• 1983-1990 „Gobelin 14” Group
• 1987-2000 Member of the Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists
• 1991 Founding member of the Cultural Foundation for Textile Art
• 1996 Founding member of the Association of Hungarian Tapestry Artists
• 1997 President of the „Folyamat Társaság”
• 2000 Budacastle Workshop
• 2001-2005 Member of th board of the Association of Hungarian Tapestry Artists

PRIZES, SCHOLARSHIPS

• 1976 Prize of Applied Arts
• 1988 Special Prize of Found of Art
• 1990 “Agriculture in Art” 3rd prize, Budapest
• 1991 Special Prize of the Exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of Béni Ferenczy and Noémi Ferenczy, Budapest
• 1992 Main Prize of 13th Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile, Picture Gallery, Szombathely
• 1996 Main Prize of the 14th Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile (common work, Tapestry without Borders), Szombathely
• 1997 Nagy Sándor Art Award, Gödöllő
• 1999 Award of Pest-Buda Petőfi Society, Budapest
• 2000 Gellért Prize “Admonitions of King St. Stephen” Exhibitions of Textie Art
• 2001 Simsay Ildikó Prize, Budapest
• 2002 Noémi Ferenczy Prize
• 2008 NCF creative support, Budapest

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 1982 Zamárdi
• 1986 Nagyatád
• 1986 Kaposvár
• 1988 Cultural Centre, Kaposvár
• 1990 Gyönk
• 1990 Sárospatak
• 1990 SOTE, Budapest
• 1993 House of Arts, Szekszárd
• 1994 Szombathely Gallery, Chamber exhibition Cellargallery
• 1996 Gyöngyös Cellargallery
• 1998 Contemporary Gallery, Tatabánya
• 1999 Cultural House, Zsámbék
• 2000 Castle Gallery, Simontornya
• 2001 Symposion Club, Budapest
• 2002 Budacastle Workshop, Budapest
• 2003 „Fest” – exhibitioon of Éva Nyerges and Tamás Oláh
• 2007 Exhibition of Éva Nyerges and Tamás Oláh

SELECTED FOREIGN EXHIBITIONS

• Norway, Bucharest, Rumania
• Moscow , Russia
• Riga, Latvia
• Las Vegas, USA
• Munich, Stuttgart, Germany
• Eisenstadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
• Palma de Mallorca, Spain
• Tournai, Brussels „Folyamat Társaság“ Ville d‘ Ottignes, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium
• Lyon, France
• Geneva, Switzerland
• Rome, Italy
• New Delhi, India
• Warsaw, Poland
• Dunaszerdahely, Révkomárom, Slovakia