LÍVIA PÁPAI

BIOGRAPHY

papai liviaNoémi Ferenczy Prize winner tapestry artist, DLA habil professor

• Born on 6 September, 1955 in Pécs
• 1979 Graduated at the Academy for Applied Arts, Budapest Faculty of Carpet and Tapestry 1981 Graduated at the Masterschool of the Academy for Applied Arts, Budapest
• 2003-2005 DLA (Doctor of Liberal Arts) aspirant at University of Pécs, PTE
• 2006 Achieved DLA degree at Faculty of Music and Visual Arts of PTE, Faculty of Painting
• 2008 Habilitated at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME), Budapest

MEMBERSHIPS

• 1979 Member of the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists MAOE
• 1985-87 Vice-president of the Studio of Young Applied Artists
• 1987 Member of the Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists
• 1994Member of the American Textile Alliance – ATA
• 1990-98 Representative of International Textile Network member of the Advisory Board
• 1995-2000 Independent curator of the Cultural Foundation for Textile Art
• 2014 Non-academic public member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts

MKE COMMON WORKS

• 2000 ”King Stephen the Saint and His Work”
• 2014 ”Petőfi- tapestry”
• 2015 ”Hommage a Radnóti”
• 2017 ”Golden Wall”
• 2019 ”Szent László” tapestry/toggle]

• 1979 Prize of the Hungarian Academy for Applied Arts, Budapest
• 1980 Prize of the 6th Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile, Gobelin, Szombathely
• 1983 2nd Prize of the Competition of the Opera-House, Budapest
• 1984 Prize of the Studio of Young Artists, Budapest
• 1985 Prize of the Exhibition of Agriculture in Fine Art, Budapest
• 1986 Prize of the Competition of the National Theatre, Budapest
• 1987 Prize of the Hungarian Red Cross, Budapest
• 1889-91 „Kozma Lajos” scholarship for Applied Artists
• 1992 Traditional Technique Award of the 3rd ITF Kyoto, Japan
• 1995 Prize of the Exhibition of Agriculture in Fine Art, Budapest
• 1998 Pollock-Krasner Grant, New York, USA
• 1998 Prize of the 15th Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile, ‘Freedom’, Szombathely
• 2000 “Imre” Prize of the Exhibition, Kecskemét
• 2000 Prize of the 16th Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile, „Time”, Szombathely
• 2001 Prize of the “Kárpit” International Tapestry Exhibition, Budapest
• 2001 Prize of “Special Selected Work, 2nd International Craft Biennial, Cheongju, Korea
• 2002 5th International BETONAC-prize, Textilmuseum, St.Gallen, Sviss
• 2003 Ferenczy Noémi prize, Budapest
• 2010 Hungart
• 2010 Textile Artist of the Year, Budapest
• 2013 3rd Prize, Petőfi Fine Art Competition, Kiskőrös
• 2014 Honorable Mention, Contextile 2, Guimaraes, Portugal
• 2014 Outstanding Award, From Lausanne to Beijing, 8th International Fiber Art Exhibition, Nantong-Wuzhen, China
• 2017 Kárpit 3 International Jury’s Diploma

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 1982 Youth Artists’ Club, Budapest
• 1986 TV-Gallery, Budapest
• 1986 Vigadó Gallery, Budapest
• 1987 Cultural Centres in Salgótarján and Százhalombatta • 1988 Exhibition of Springfeast in Painting Hall, Sopron
• 1993 Small Gallery, Pécs
• 1993 Peter-Paul Gallery, Szentendre
• 1994 Vigadó Gallery, Budapest
• 2001 Gallery Körmendi, Sopron
• 2005 Museum of Applied Art – The Living Tissue – Review • 2006 Fészek Club, Léda’s Chant
• 2010 Fészek Club, Time
• 2011 „White Field” Petőfi Literary Museum

SELECTED FOREIGN EXHIBITIONS

• Riga, Latvia
• Hamburg, Dortmund, Stuttgart, Hasselt, Ahrensburg, Germany
• Epaux, Beauvais, France
• Tokyo, Tokura, Kyoto, Nagano, Japan
• Graz, Austria
• Saint Gallen, Switzerland
• Saint-Hubert, Tournai, Brussels, Mons, Truiden, Belgium
• Vancouver, Canada
• Barcelona, Spain
• Lodz, Poland
• Naples, Italy
• Lexington Kentucky, Washington, Florida, Portland, Anchorage, Alaska, Atlanta, USA
• Rauma, Finland
• Cheongju, Korea
• Tonder, Denmark
• Tilburg, the Netherlands