MÁRIA VAJDA

BIOGRAPHY

Noémi Ferenczy Prize winner tapestry artistVajda Mária

• Born on 6 July, 1955 in Brasov, Romania
• 1979 Graduated at the Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts in Budapest. Department of Carpet and Tapestry
• 1992 teaches at School of Fine and Applied Art, Nyíregyháza

MEMBERSHIPS

• 1979 National Association of Hungarian Artists MAOE
• 1992 Member of the Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists
• 1996 Member of the Association of Hungarian Tapestry Artists
• 2007 Member of the board of the Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists
• 2000 Budacastle Workshop
• 2014 Non academic public member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts

PRIZES, SCHOLARSHIPS

• 1981 3rd Prize of the 7th National Carpet Competition, Budapest
• 1983 2nd Prize of the 9th National Carpet Competition, Budapest
• 1990 Grand Prize of the Exhibition “Agricultural in the Arts”, Budapest
• 1991-1993 „Kozma Lajos” scholarship for Applied Artists
• 1996 Main Prize of the 14th Biennial of Tapestry and Spatial Textile (common work, Tapestry without Borders), Szombathely
• 1997 International Competition of Textile Designs, 2nd prize, Kyoto, Japan
• 1998 International Competition of Textile Designs, 2nd prize, Kyoto, Japan
• 2000 Prize of Tapestry and Spatial Textile Biennial Szombathely
• 2001 International Competition of Textile Designs, Prize of Tokyo Association of Textile Artists
• 2002 MAOE scholarships, Budapest
• 2006 2nd Triennial of Textile Art, 2nd prize, Szombathely
• 2012 4th Triennial of Textile Art, 1st prize, Szombathely
• 2012 Prize, MKISZ, Tapestry and Spatial Textile category, 3rd Triennial of Textile Art, Szombathely
• 2013 Noémi Ferenczy Prize, Budapest
• 2017 Kárpit3 , The Best Hungarian Creation Prize

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 1999 Vigadó Gallery, Budapest
• 2000 Budacastle Workshop, Budapest
• 2001 Municipal Library, Győr
• 2002 Pannon Hungarian House, Pécs
• 2002 Post Museum, Budapest
• 2007 Pál Gyula Hall, Nyíregyháza
• 2011 Budai Club-Gallery, Budapest

SELECTED FOREIGN EXHIBITIONS

• Senlis, Gemenos, France
• Deidesheim, Germany
• Palma de Mallorca, Spain
• Vienna, Austria
• Geneva, Switzerland
• Strasbourg, France