TAMÁS OLÁH

BIOGRAPHY

Oláh Tamás

• Born on 3 August, 1949 in Jászfelsőszentgyörgy
• 1974 Graduated at the Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts, Faculty of textile

MEMBERSHIPS

• 1983 National Association of Hungarian Artists MAOE
• 1983-1986 Gobelin H.I.SZ. artistic leader
• 1983-1990 „Gobelin 14” Group
• 1983-1992 Member of the Studio of Young Applied Artists
• 1987 Member of the Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists
• 1991 Founding member of the Cultural Foundation for Textile Art
• 1995-2003 Member of the board of the Cultural Foundation for Textile Art
• 1996 Founding member of the Association of Hungarian Tapestry Artists
• 1990-1997 Vice-president of the„ Folyamat Társaság”
• 1997 President of the „Folyamat Társaság”
• 2000 Budacastle Workshop
• 2001-2005 Member of the board of the Association of Hungarian Tapestry Artists

PRIZES, SCHOLARSHIPS

• 1975 1st Prize of the National Tapestry Competition, Budapest
• 1976 Award for excellence of Applied Art, Budapest
• 1983 Prize of the gobelin competition for Hungarian State, Opera House, Budapest
• 1984 Prize of the Exhibition of the Silver Javelin, Budapest
• 1988 Special prize of the 10th Biennial Tapestry and Spatial Textile, Szombathely
• 1990 “Agriculture in Art” exhibition, Budapest
• 1991 Special prize of the 11th. Biennial Tapestry and Spatial Textile, Szombathely
• 1991 Special Prize of the “Exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of Béni Ferenczy and Noémi Ferenczy”, Budapest
• 1992 Grand Prize of the 12th Biennial Tapestry and Spatial Textile, Szombathely
• 1996 Main Prize of the 14th Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile (common work, Tapestry without Borders), Szombathely
• 1999 Award of Pest-Budai Petőfi Society
• 2000 Gellért Prize, “Admonitions of King St.Stephen” Exhibition of Textile Art
• 2001 Simsay Ildikó Prize, Budapest
• 2002 Ferenczy Noémi Prize, Budapest
• 2009 NCF creative support, Budapest

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1980, 1982 Cultural House, Balatonzamárdi
1986 Cultural House, Nagyatád
1986 Cultural House, Kaposvár
1988 Cultural House, Kaposvár
1990 Club of the Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest
1990 Cultural House, Sárospatak
1990 Cultural House, Gyönk
1993,1994 House of Arts, Szekszárd
1994 Chamber Exhibitions, Szombathely Gallery
1996 Cellargallery, Gyöngyös
1998 Contemporary Gallery, Tatabánya
1999 Cultural Centre, Zsámbék
2000 Castle Gallery, Simontornya
2001 Symposion Club, Budapest
2002 Budacastle Workshop, Budapest
2002 Club Gallery of Újlipótváros, Budapest
2003 „Ünnep“ Contemporary Art Gallery of Hegyvidék, Budapest
2003 Béke Gallery, Budapest
2006 Nádasdy Castle Gallery, Sárvár
2007 Fészek Club, Budapest
2007 PPKE Club, Piliscsaba
2010 „Hatvan+1“ Cellargallery of Ferencváros, Budapest

SELECTED FOREIGN EXHIBITIONS

• Warsaw, Poland
• London, United Kingdom
• Norway, Las Vegas, USA
• Riga, Latvia
• Stuttgart, Munich, Germany
• Vienna, Gloggnitz, Eisenstadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
• Palma de Mallorca, Spain
• Brussels, Louvain la Neuve, Tournai, Belgium
• Lyon, France
• Geldrop, the Netherlands
• Rome, Ceri-Cerveteri, Italy
• Geneva, Switzerland
• Helsinki, Finland
• New Delhi, India
• Prague, Czech Republic
• Dunaszerdahely, Révkomárom, Slovakia
• Bucharest, Rumania