PINCZEHELYI, Sándor
painter, graphic artist
(8 July, 1946, Szigetvár - )
1966-1970: Teacher's Training College of Pécs, 1969-1977: research worker of the Janus Pannonius Museum; 1977-1979: the curator of the Galery of Pécs; From 1999 he was a docent of the Janus Pannonius University of Arts and Sciences of Pécs; From 2001: he was the head of the Visual Arts Department of the Janus Pannonius University of Arts and Sciences of Pécs. 1975 and 1980: Award for the Propagation of Socialist Culture; 1980: Studio Award of the Art Gallery of Budapest; 1983: Award of the 12th National Graphics Biennial of Miskolc; 1984: the B. Award of Norwegian International Print Festival in Fredrikstad; 1985: the Educational Award of the County Council of Baranya; 1987: the Award of the 14th National Graphics Biennial of Miskolc; 1989: Munkácsy Award; 1995: Pro-Comunitate, Pécs; 1997: the small cross of the Legion of Honors of the Hungarian Republic. The artistic career of Piczehelyi was extremely complex and manifold: graphical artist, poster designer, and as such one of the founders of the international known DOPP group, a member of the avant-garde group which acquired its fame under the name title of
One-Man Shows:
1966 • Club of Armed Forces, Pécs (HU)
1971 • Small Gallery of Pécs, Pécs (HU)
1974 • Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs (HU) (cat.)
1975 • Meszesi Gallery, Pécs (HU) • Designer Company Club of Pécs, Pécs (HU)
1976 • Designer Company Club of Pécs, Pécs (HU)
1977 • Színház Square, Pécs (cat.)
1978 • General’s House, Kőszeg (HU) (cat.) • Press Club, Kecskemét (HU)
1980 • Teidem., Lahti (FIN)
1982 • Studio Gallery, Budapest
1983 • Csók Gallery, Székesfehérvár (HU) • Attila József Museum, Makó (HU)
1984 • Community Centre, Fehérgyarmat (HU)
1985 • Community Centre, Komló (HU) • Jókai Club, Budapest • Kossuth Club, Budapest • G. Rzezby, Warsaw
1986 • Ernst Museum, Budapest (cat.) • Pécs Gallery, Pécs (HU) • G. Gamlebyen, Fredrikstad (NOR)
1987 • Somogy Gallery, Kaposvár (HU) • Museum, Marcali (HU) • Castle Museum, Szigetvár (HU) • Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz • Musée St. Pierre Art Contemporain, Lyon
1988 • 43rd Biennial of Venice, Hungarian pavilion [with Imre Bukta and Géza Samu] (cat.)
1989 • House of Art, Pécs (HU) • Konsthall [with Imre Bukta and Géza Samu], Lund (SVE) • House of Hungarian Culture [with Imre Bukta and Géza Samu], Berlin • Újpest Gallery, Budapest
1990 • Hungarian Institute of Culture, Warsaw • Ladány Gallery, Püspökladány (HU) • Small Gallery of Komárom, Komárom (HU)
1994 • The train has gone, Fészek Gallery, Budapest • Szoboszló Gallery, Hajdúszoboszló (HU)
1996 • Vigadó Gallery, Szigetvár (HU) • Community Centre, Drávafok (HU) • Repaints, King Saint Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár (HU)
1997 • Kaposfüred Gallery, Kaposfüred (HU)
1998 • Repetitions, Museum Gallery, Pécs (HU) • Municipal Museum of Art, Győr (HU)
1999 • Municipal Picture Gallery, Budapest (cat.)
2000 • Seven Arts Gallery, Szombathely (HU)
2001 • In Anfürungszeichen, Galerie der Stadt Fellbach • Csoport-Horda Gallery, Pécs (HU) • Platán Gallery, Budapest
Selected Group Exhibitions:
1969 • Jubilee Exhibition of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, House of Science and Technology, Pécs (HU)
1970 • Studio of Applied Arts, House of Science and Technology, Pécs • Pécs Workshop, Budapest University of Technology, Vásárhelyi Hall, Budapest • Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc (HU) • Industry Fair of Pécs, Pécs (HU)
1971 • Pécs Workshop, Community Centre, Pécsvárad (HU) • The most beautiful posters of the last year, Műcsarnok, Budapest
1972 • Pécs Workshop, Miner’s Club, Komló (HU) • Artists of Pécs, Lahti (FIN) • Modern Graphic Art '72, House of Science and Technology, Pécs (HU) • Pécs Workshop, Chapel Exhibitions, Balatonboglár (HU) • Pécs Workshop, House of Science and Technology, Pécs (HU)
1973 • Copernicus Exhibition, Budapest University of Technology, Budapest • Xerox, G. Studenskog Centra, Zagreb • Picture, Object, Action, Garden of István Gellér B., Pécs (HU) • Attitudes, International Puppet Festival, Balatonboglár (HU) • Pécs Workshop, Chapel Exhibitions, Balatonboglár (HU) • The most beautiful posters of the last year, Ernst Museum, Budapest • Hungary '73, CAYC, Buenos Aires • Szövegek/Texts, Pécs Workshop, Pécs (HU)
1974 • Image/Poem, FMK Club of Young Artists, Budapest • Pécs Workshop, FMK, Budapest • Ungarische Kunst '74, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg • 5. Miedzynarodowe B. Plakatu, Zacheta G., Warsaw • 5. Miedzynarodowe B. Grafiki, BWA, Cracow • 4th International Print Biennial, Bradford (GB) • Twentieth Century Hungarian Graphic Art, Savaria Museum, Szombathely (HU)
1975 • Pécs Workshop, Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs (HU) • Pécs Workshop, street poster exhibition, Pécs (HU) • Graphika Creativa '75, Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä (FIN) • X. Internationale Malerwochen, Neue Galerie, Graz • Political Posters, Toldi Cinema, Budapest • 6. Miedzynarodowe B. Grafiki, BWA, Cracow • 3rd Norwegian International Print Biennálé, Fredrikstad (NOR) • Stamp Art, Other Books and Son, Amsterdam • 4th Internationale Grafik Biennale, Kunstverein, Frechen (D) • 100×100 cm, Youth House, Pécs (HU) • Exposure. Photo/Art, Lajos Hatvany Museum, Hatvan (HU) • Pécs Workshop, G. Sztuki Najnowszej, Wrocław • Serial Works. Contemporary Art in Private Collections 2, Csók Gallery, Székesfehérvár (HU) • National Graphic Symposium, Kner Printing House, Békéscsaba (HU)
1976 • Modern Graphic '76, Ádám Béri Balogh Museum Szekszárd (HU) • Modern Graphic Art '76, Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc (HU) • Symposiums '76, Exposition Hall of Józsefváros, Budapest • 03 23 03, National Gallery of Canada, Montreal • Modern Graphic Art '76, Gallery of Színház Square, Pécs (HU) • Neue Ungarische Kunst, Galerie Lometsch, Kassel (D) • Serial Works, Móra Ferenc Museum, Szeged (HU)
1978 • Pécs Workshop, Community Centre, Komló (HU) • Szoboszló Gallery, Hajdúszoboszló (HU) • 6. Miedzynarodowe B. Plakatu, Zacheta G., Warsaw • 7. Miedzynarodowe B. Grafiki, BWA, Cracow • Intergrafia '78, BWA, Katowice • Graphic Workshop of Pécs, Pécs Gallery, Pécs (HU)
1979 • 6th International Print Biennial, Bradford
1980 • Works and Words, De Appel, Amsterdam • 8. Miedzynarodowe B. Plakatu, Zacheta G., Warsaw • Pécs Workshop 1970-1980, Csók Gallery, Székesfehérvár (HU) • Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc (HU) • Community Centre, Paks (HU) • 5th Norwegian International Print Biennial, Fredrikstad (NOR) • Makó Artist Colony '80, Pataki Community Centre, Budapest • Tendencies 1970-1980, 3., Geometric and Structural Tendencies, Óbuda Gallery, Budapest • 5 Artists from Pécs, Fényes Adolf Hall, Budapest • Studio '80, Műcsarnok, Budapest
1981 • Graphic Workshop of Pécs, Pécs Gallery, Pécs (HU) • 4th International Poster Biennial, Lahti • 14th International Biennial of Graphic Art, Moderna G., Ljubljana • Graphic Symposium, Makó (HU) • 2. B. der Europäischen Grafik, Baden-Baden • 11th National Biennial of Graphic Art, Miskolc (HU) • New Sensibility, Fészek Club, Budapest • The History of the Hungarian Photography 1840-1981, Műcsarnok, Budapest
1982 • Tradition I., Pataky Community Centre, Budapest • Diverse Realism, Fészek Gallery, Budapest • Photo Usage in Graphic Art, Óbuda Gallery, Budapest • 3rd National Biennial of Applied Graphic Art, Békéscsaba • Szocio-Graphic 2, Óbuda Gallery, Budapest
1983 • Neun Künstler aus Süd-Ungarn, Neue Galerie, Graz • Makó, Fészek Gallery, Budapest • 12th National Biennial of Graphic Art, Miskolc (HU) • Contemporary Hungarian Graphic Art, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest • Ten Artists from Pécs, Miskolci Gallery, Miskolc (HU) • Situation. The Art of the Seventies in the Gallery of Sárospatak, Budapest Gallery, Lajos Street, Budapest • Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc (HU)
1984 • Wet Paint, Ernst Museum, Budapest • Results of the Art Symposiums. Painting, Graphic, Medal, Enamel Art, Műcsarnok, Budapest • Trans-Avant-Garde, Post-Modern, Fészek Gallery, Budapest • 6th Norwegian International Print Biennial, Fredrikstad • New Acquisitions 1983-1984, Csók Gallery, Székesfehérvár (HU) • Intergrafik '84, TV Tower, Berlin • Contemporary Visual Art in Hungary, Third Eye Gallery, Glasgow
1985 • The most beautiful posters of the Last Year, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest • 3rd International Biennial of Graphic Art, Várna • 101 Objects. Object-Art in Hungary, Óbuda Gallery, Budapest
1986 • "In Speech Marks", Csók Gallery, Székesfehérvár (HU) • Intergrafia '86, Katowice • Aspekte ungarischer Malerei der Gegenwart, Leverkusen (D) • 100+1 Years Old Hungarian Poster. History of the Hungarian Poster 1885-1986, Műcsarnok, Budapest • Eclectics '85, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest • 5th National Biennial of Applied Graphic Art, Békéscsaba
1987 • Zeitgenössische bildende Kunst aus Ungarn, Galerie der Künstler, München • Műcsarnok, Budapest • Magic Works of Art, Budapest Gallery Lajos Street, Budapest • 14th National Biennial of Graphic Art, Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc • DOPP Group, Small Gallery of Pécs, Pécs (HU) • Kecskemét Gallery, Kecskemét (HU) • Poster Museum, Lahti (FIN) • Old and New Avant-Gard (1967-1975). Hungarian Art of the Twentieth Century, Csók Gallery, Székesfehérvár (HU)• Self-Portrait, Budapest Gallery, Budapest • Exhibition of the Artist Colony, Attila József Museum, Makó (HU)
1988 • DOPP Group, Youth House, Beograd • Spring Exhibition, Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists, Műcsarnok, Budapest • Gate, Fészek Gallery, Budapest • 1st International Triennial of Pattern, Műcsarnok, Budapest • 12. Miedzynarodowe B. Grafiki, BWA, Cracow • Posters '88 • Pécs Gallery, Pécs (HU)
1989 • 15th National Biennial of Graphic Art, Miskolc (HU) • Experimental Photography in the Last Two Decades in Hungary, Ernst Museum, Budapest • Winter Exhibition, Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists, Műcsarnok, Budapest • The End of Avant-Garde 1975-1980. Hungarian Art of the Twentieth Century, Csók Gallery, Székesfehérvár (HU) • Contemporary Hungarian Art, Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul • Hungarian Art Today, Neue Galerie, Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen • Image and Space, Pécs Gallery, Pécs (HU) • 18. • International B. of Graphic Art, Moderna G., Ljubljana • 8th International Poster Biennial, Lahti • Four posters ages (Hungarian posters), Barbican Art Centre, London
1990 • Stuart Levy Gallery, New York • Resource Kunst/Erőforrások, Műcsarnok, Budapest • „Test-ék”, Budapest Gallery, Budapest • Kunst der 80er Jahrem, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz • Zeichen im Fluss, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna • Prague • Pécs (HU) • Zagrab • 13 Miedzynarodowe B. Plakatu, Zacheta G., Warsaw • Posters '90, Pécs Gallery, Pécs (HU) • New Hungarian Picture Gallery, Székesfehérvár (HU) • The Signs of Changes, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest • DOPP Group, Hungarian Institute, Warsaw • Prague
1991 • Metaphors, Pécs Gallery, Pécs (HU) • Metaphors • Contemporary Hungarian Art, Kennesaw State College (USA) • 16th National Biennial of Graphic Art, Miskolc (HU) • Zentripedal, Kunsthalle, Krems (A) • Free Worlds, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
1992 • Hungarica – Arte ungherese degli anni ’80 e sue origini, Museo d’Arte Moderna, Bolzano (OL) • Introduction to Contemporary Art, Csók Gallery, Székesfehérvár (HU) • 6 Künstler aus Pécs, Künstlerhaus, Graz • 8th National Biennial of Applied Graphic Art, Békéscsaba (HU)
1993 • Budapest Art Expo '93, Hungexpo • Hungary Than and Now, IMF Cultural Center, Washington • Hungarian Institute, New York • Municipal Picture Gallery, Budapest • 17th National Biennial of Graphic Art, Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc (HU) • 200 oevres du FNAC, G Art 4, Espace Art Défense, Paris • Variations on Pop-Art, Ernst Museum, Budapest
1994 • 1st National Colour Print Graphic Exhibition, House of Arts, Szekszárd (HU) • 14. Miedzynarodowe B. Plakatu, Zacheta G., Warsaw • Makó Graphic Artists’ Colony 1978-1990, Gallery of the Ferenc Móra Museum, Szeged (HU) • Makó Graphic Artists’ Colony, Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc (HU) • Barcsay Hall, Budapest • Selection from the Poster Collection of the Pécs Gallery, Műcsarnok, Budapest
1996 • Contemporary Hungarian Gallery, Dunaszerdahely (SK) • DOPP Group, Ginza Gallery, Tokio • Exhibition of the Artaria Foundation, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest • Works of Art and Attitudes 1990-1996. Hungarian Art of the Twentieth Century, Csók Gallery, Székesfehérvár (HU)
1997 • Oil / Canvas, Műcsarnok, Budapest • Bread and Rose for Everyone, Exhibition of the First Hungarian Spectacle Store, Tapolca-Diszel (HU) • The Merits Collection, King Saint Stephan Museum, Székesfehérvár (HU) • Sarajevo 2000, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna • Contemporary Hungarian Enamel Art, Kecskemét Gallery, Kecskemét (HU)
1999 • Selection from the collection of the King Saint Stephen Museum, Municipal Museum of Art, Győr (HU) • Concept Art of Pécs, Szombathely Gallery, Szombathely (HU)• Sarajevo 2000, M. Savremene Umjetnosti, Sarajevo • Our Twentieth Century, King Saint Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár (HU) • Csók Gallery, Székesfehérvár (HU) • Aspekte/Positionen. 50 Jahre Kunst aus Mitteleuropa 1949-1999, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna
2000 • 20th National Biennial of Graphic Art, Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc (HU) • Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition on the Lake of Citypark, Budapest • Aspekte/Positionen. 50 Jahre Kunst aus Mitteleuropa 1949-1999, Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest • Pécs Workshop, Paks Gallery, Paks (HU) • 50 years of Art in Central Europe 1949-1999, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton • Dialogue. Painting at the Turn of the Millennium , Műcsarnok, Budapest
2001 • Flags, Fészek Club, Budapest • The uniform reading mode, Artpool, P60, Budapest
2001 • Contemporary Hungarian Enamel Art, 1960-1995, Millennium Salon.
Works in Public Collections:
Municipal Picture Gallery, Budapest
FNAC, Paris
Lajos Hatvany Museum, Hatvan (HU)
King Saint Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár (HU)
Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs (HU)
Attila József Museum, Makó (HU)
Contemporary Hungarian Gallery, Dunaszerdahely (SK)
Ludwig Museum / Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon
M. Fredrikstad
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt am Main
Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc
Moderner Kunst/Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
M. Narodowe, Szczecin
M. Narodowe, Wrocław
M. Plakatu, Warsaw
M. Savremene Umjetnosti, Sarajevo
Moravská g., Brünn
Mihály Munkácsy Museum, Békéscsaba (HU)
Narodní g., Prague
Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
Neue Galerie, Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen
Paks Gallery, Paks (HU)
Sárospatak Gallery, Sárospatak (HU)
Szombathely Gallery, Szombathely (HU)
Taidem., Lahti
Municipal Museum of Art, Győr (HU)
János Xantus Museum, Győr (HU).
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