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VÁRNAGY, Ildikó
VÁRNAGY, Ildikó
sculptor
(23 April, 1944, Budapest) 1958–1962: High School of Fine- and Industrial-Arts. 1963-1967: College of Fine Arts, Budapest; master: József Somogyi. 1979: KISZ Award at the 2nd National Medalion Art Biennale, Sopron; MM Award at the 5th Medallion Art Biennale, Sopron; 1987: 3rd place at the 10th National Statuette Biennale in Pécs; 1989: the Award of the Art Foundation at the 11th National Statuette Biennale in Pécs; Statue Award at the Art Show in Csepel. MM Award: Ferenc Kölcsey scholarship; 1991: 3rd place at the 12th National Statuette Biennale, Pécs; Munkácsy Award; The scholarship of the Roman-Hungarian Academy. 1992: Asian-European Award at the International Asian-European Biennale in Ankara; the Award of the Colony of Artists in Győr. 1993: the Award of the Society of Hungarian Fine and Industrial Artists at the Spring Show in Salgotarján; 1994: the Award of the Society of Hungarian Fine and Industrial Artists at the 3rd National Wood Sculpture Exhibition in Nagyatád. 1995: The Award of Directors at the 10th Medallion Art Biennale in Sopron; 1st prize at the 14th National Statuette Biennale in Pécs. 1996: 3rd prize at the Biennale of Csepel; the award of the Cultural Ministry at the Magyar Szalon, Gallery of Art, Budapest; 1998: Nivó Award in Vesprém; 1999: the Municipality’s Award at the Spring Show in Salgotarján. Between 1968 and 1979 Várnagy taught at technical schools, the GYÍK workshop of the Hungarian National Gallery, and the Kassák Club is Zugló. She participated in the work of the Colony of Artists in Zalaegerszeg between 1977 and 1982, then again, in 1998, the colony of graphic artists in Makkó from 1977 to 1982, the colony of artists in Győr between 1983 and 1992, and the creative ceramic colony of Siklós from 1984 to 1998. She has been a member of the Society of Hungarian Sculptures since 1995. Besides her work as a fine artist she organizes and directs exhibitions, and regularly publishes. Alongside her wide range usage and working of materials, utilization of a wide range of techniques, altering of traditional art forms, and crossing over genre borders, her work is characterized by a very varied design. Besides turning everyday elements of life and discovered objects into works of art, the act of autonomic artistic creation also receives a prominent role in her work. Her art is synthesized at the boundary between genuine reality and the reality of abstractions, through the imperative demand for the elimination of such boundaries, with the fixed intent of creating an appropriate sign system. Works such as medallions, statuettes, figurines, monumental plastic art pieces, objects, interior designs, graphics and aquarelles are produced to this day in her workshop. One-Man Shows:
1968 • Idols, Rákóczi Restaurant, Budapest • Idols, Drawings, FMK - Club of Young Artists, Budapest
1973 • Idols, Groups, Studio Gallery, Budapest
1974 • White Signs, FMK - Club of Young Artists, Budapest
1975 • First Retrospctive Exhibition, Csepel Gallery, Budapest • White Signs, Gallery of Purple School, Budapest
1977 • Poliform Environment, Gallery Szoboszló, Hajdúszoboszló (HU)
1978 • Idols in Glass Cubes, Community Centre, Budaörs (HU) • White Signs and Aluminium Signs, Museum of Göcsej, Zalaegerszeg (HU)
1979 • Aluminium Signs, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
1982 • Textile Enviroment, Szoboszló Gallery, Hajdúszoboszló (HU)
1983 • Found Irons, Fiatal Művészek Stúdiója (Studio of Young Artists), Veszprém (HU) • Carying of Signs in Józsefváros - photoseries, Teaház (Teahouse), Nagykanizsa (HU)
1985 • Textile- and Iron Installations, Budapest Gallery Lajos Street, Budapest (cat.)
1988 • Portraits 1968-1988, Újpest Gallery, Budapest
1989 • Visual Poetry, Community Centre of Rákóczi tér, Budapest
1991 • Retrospective Exhibition, Ernst Museum, Budapest • Community Centre, Oroszlány (HU) • Meta and Károly Bacsák Gallery, Messel (D)
1992 • Csepel-Rome, Gallery of Miskolc, Miskolc (HU) • Asia-Europe Biennial, Ancara • Small Italian Idols, Small Gallery, Budapest
1993 • Wood, Iron, Aluminium, Bronze, Roczkov Gallery, Budapest • House of Arts, Veszprém (HU) • Coloured Irons, Salamon-tower, Visegrád (HU) • Anti-Design Textiles, Táltos Club, Budapest
1994 • Signs in Bronze, European Middle Gallery, Esztergom (HU)
1995 • Animal Sculptures for Children, Gallery of Blue School, Budapest • Sign Writings for Modern Music, Music Science Institute, Budapest • Signs in Bronze, Körmendi Gallery, Budapest
1996 • Hungarian Pop Art, University, Veszprém (HU)
1997 • Sculptures-Pictures [with Péter Ujházi], Vigadó Gallery, Budapest
1999 • Táltos Club, Budapest • Farewell to the House of Csepel, Csepel Gallery, Budapest • Sign Sculpture – Sign Writings, Ludwig Museum, Budapest. Selected Group Exhibitions:
1968 • Outdoor Sculpure Exhibition, Community Centre of Budafok, Budapest • Exhibition of Artists of Csepel, Iron and Metal Works of Csepel, Budapest
1968-1979 • Fiatal Képzőművészek Stúdiója (Studio of Young Artists) Association-exhibitions, Budapest, Paris, Reims
1970, 1971 • Chapel-exhibitions of Balatonboglár, Balatonboglár
1976-1999 • V-XVI. National Biennial of Small Sculpture, Pécs (HU)
1977-1999 • I-XII. National Biennial of Medal Art, Lábasház, Sopron (HU)
1977 • FIDEM, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest • Exhibition of the Artist Colony of Makó, Gallery of Makó, Makó
1978 • Hungarian Sculpture, Műcsarnok, Budapest
1982-2000 • I-X. National Biennial of Drawings, Nógrádi Sándor Museum, Salgótarján (HU)
1984 • Exhibition of the Artists Colony of Győr, Műcsarnok, Győr (HU)
1986 • IX. National Biennial of Ceramic Art, Pécs (HU)
1987 • FIDEM, Colorado Springs • Poem-picture, Picture-poem, Petőfi Literary Museum, Budapest • Magic, Gallery of Szombathely, Szombathely
1988 • Original Forms, Fészek Gallery, Budapest • Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Salgótarján (HU)
1989 • Kunst Heute in Ungarn, Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen • Exhibition of the 1956 Memorial Competition , Budapest Gallery, Budapest
1990 • FIDEM, Helsinki
1991 • Contemporary Art. Selection from the Collections of Ludwig Museum and the Hungarian National Gallery, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest • 19. International Biennale of Graphics Art, Ljubljana • Biennial of Small Sculpture, Pancsova
1992 • Nature of Art, Fészek Gallery, Budapest
1993 • Spring Exhibition, Salgótarján (HU) • First International Print Biennial , Maastricht (NL) • We, "East-French". Hungarian Art 1981-89. Hungarian Art of the Twentieth Century, Csók Gallery, Székesfehérvár (HU) • Variations on Pop Art – Chapters from the Hungarian Fine Art, Ernst Museum, Budapest • Frey-Haász-Deim-~, Haus Ungarn, Berlin • Exhibition of Sizers 1991-92 of the Hungarian Academy. Hungarian Institute, Rome
1994 • The Eighties – Fine Arts, Ernst Museum, Budapest
1994-2000 • 3-8. National Exhibition of Wood Sculpture, Nagyatád (HU)
1995 • Selection of Hungarian Artists’ Works , Bissingen, Ettlingen, Stuttgart, Unna • Hommage à Béla Bartók, Institute for Musicology, Budapest • Survey – Contemporary Hungarian Sculpture, Műcsarnok, Budapest
1996-2000 • Biennial of the Artists of Csepel, Csepel Gallery, Budapest
1997 • Hungarian Salon, Műcsarnok, Budapest
1998 • Glass Symposion Exhibition, King Mathias Museum, Visegrád (HU) • I. International Livre-Object Biennial, Vasarely Museum, Budapest
1999 • Old-World/New-World, Canadian-Hungarian Exhibition, Budapest Gallery, Budapest
2000 • Bridge 2000, Gallery of Kecskemét, Kecskemét (HU)
2001 • Sculpture – Millenial exhibition series in Műcsarnok, Műcsarnok, Budapest Works in Public Places:
Head with scarf [limestone, 1966, Town Council, Eger (HU)]
Ilona Vámos (bronze portrait-relief, 1973, Budapest, demolished)
Playground Plastics (wood, 1976, Zalaegerszeg, demolished)
Wood-relief (1977, Zalaegerszeg, demolished)
Painted iron sculptures (1978, Zalaegerszeg, demolished)
Talkers [iron, 1983, Házgyár, Győr(HU)]
Street sign [ceramic, 1985, Kanizsai Dorottya street, Siklós (HU)]
Ceramic-sculptures [1986, Creative House, Siklós (HU)]
four ceramic-wall (1989, guest-house of the Cabinet, Béla király road, 12. distr. Budapest)
Portrait of Victor Cholnoky [painted bronze relief, 1993, Veszprém (HU)]
Sans Title [iron, 1993, Community Centre, Veszprém (HU)]
Four wrought iron sculpture [1996, Mór (HU)]
The three Cholnoky [memorial tablet with painted relief, 1997, Pantheon, Veszprém (HU)]
Horse [painted iron, 1998, Zalaegerszeg-Gébárt (HU)]. Works in Public Collections:
British Museum, London
Csontváry Museum, Pécs (HU)
Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs
Jósa András Museum, Nyíregyháza (HU)
József Attila Museum, Makó (HU)
Contemporary Art Museum / Ludwig Museum, Budapest
Laczkó Dezső Museum, Veszprém (HU)
Liszt Ferenc Museum, Sopron (HU)
Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Patkó Imre Collection, Győr (HU)
Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen
Collection of Creative House Siklós, Siklós (HU)
Xantus János Museum, Győr (HU)
Institute for Musicology, Budapest. Selected Publications:
Tárgyakba rejtett üzenetek, Művészet, 1974/6., 8.
Hogyan tanított Somogyi?, Művészet, 1975/4.
Részletek a Szemethy-interjúból, Mozgó Világ, 1979/1.
Vizuális játékok, Budapest, 1979
Schmal Károly kiállítása, Mozgó Világ, 1980/3.
Váczi Miklós (kat. bev., 1988)
Naplóból kinövő, Árgus, 1993/4-6., 1994/1.
Az egyszobros Csikász, Vár ucca tizenhét, Veszprém, 1994
Szószobrok. Versek, rajzok, Vár ucca tizenhét, Veszprém, 1997. Bibliography:
Patkó, I.: Vallomás képírásban, Művészet, 1975/8.
Dévényi, I.: ~ (cat. intro., Hungarian National Gallery, 1979)
Keserü, K.: ~ (cat. intro., Budapest Gallery, 1985)
Alexa, K.: ~ rajzai, Élet és Irodalom, 1985. július 12.
Balassa, Zs.: ~ portréi, Művészet, 1988/7.
Keserü, K.: A megtöltendő tartomány, Jelenkor, 1989/4.
Gyetvai, Á.: Átvalósulni, Új Művészet, 1991/2.
Mányoki, E.: Írott szobrok, Hitel, 1995/2.
Gaál, J.: Teremtő játékosság, Élet és Irodalom, 1997. március 28.
Dévényi, I.: A sors formába öntése, Magyar Szemle, 1997/5.
(Translation: Vladimir Végh)
sculptor
(23 April, 1944, Budapest) 1958–1962: High School of Fine- and Industrial-Arts. 1963-1967: College of Fine Arts, Budapest; master: József Somogyi. 1979: KISZ Award at the 2nd National Medalion Art Biennale, Sopron; MM Award at the 5th Medallion Art Biennale, Sopron; 1987: 3rd place at the 10th National Statuette Biennale in Pécs; 1989: the Award of the Art Foundation at the 11th National Statuette Biennale in Pécs; Statue Award at the Art Show in Csepel. MM Award: Ferenc Kölcsey scholarship; 1991: 3rd place at the 12th National Statuette Biennale, Pécs; Munkácsy Award; The scholarship of the Roman-Hungarian Academy. 1992: Asian-European Award at the International Asian-European Biennale in Ankara; the Award of the Colony of Artists in Győr. 1993: the Award of the Society of Hungarian Fine and Industrial Artists at the Spring Show in Salgotarján; 1994: the Award of the Society of Hungarian Fine and Industrial Artists at the 3rd National Wood Sculpture Exhibition in Nagyatád. 1995: The Award of Directors at the 10th Medallion Art Biennale in Sopron; 1st prize at the 14th National Statuette Biennale in Pécs. 1996: 3rd prize at the Biennale of Csepel; the award of the Cultural Ministry at the Magyar Szalon, Gallery of Art, Budapest; 1998: Nivó Award in Vesprém; 1999: the Municipality’s Award at the Spring Show in Salgotarján. Between 1968 and 1979 Várnagy taught at technical schools, the GYÍK workshop of the Hungarian National Gallery, and the Kassák Club is Zugló. She participated in the work of the Colony of Artists in Zalaegerszeg between 1977 and 1982, then again, in 1998, the colony of graphic artists in Makkó from 1977 to 1982, the colony of artists in Győr between 1983 and 1992, and the creative ceramic colony of Siklós from 1984 to 1998. She has been a member of the Society of Hungarian Sculptures since 1995. Besides her work as a fine artist she organizes and directs exhibitions, and regularly publishes. Alongside her wide range usage and working of materials, utilization of a wide range of techniques, altering of traditional art forms, and crossing over genre borders, her work is characterized by a very varied design. Besides turning everyday elements of life and discovered objects into works of art, the act of autonomic artistic creation also receives a prominent role in her work. Her art is synthesized at the boundary between genuine reality and the reality of abstractions, through the imperative demand for the elimination of such boundaries, with the fixed intent of creating an appropriate sign system. Works such as medallions, statuettes, figurines, monumental plastic art pieces, objects, interior designs, graphics and aquarelles are produced to this day in her workshop. One-Man Shows:
1968 • Idols, Rákóczi Restaurant, Budapest • Idols, Drawings, FMK - Club of Young Artists, Budapest
1973 • Idols, Groups, Studio Gallery, Budapest
1974 • White Signs, FMK - Club of Young Artists, Budapest
1975 • First Retrospctive Exhibition, Csepel Gallery, Budapest • White Signs, Gallery of Purple School, Budapest
1977 • Poliform Environment, Gallery Szoboszló, Hajdúszoboszló (HU)
1978 • Idols in Glass Cubes, Community Centre, Budaörs (HU) • White Signs and Aluminium Signs, Museum of Göcsej, Zalaegerszeg (HU)
1979 • Aluminium Signs, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
1982 • Textile Enviroment, Szoboszló Gallery, Hajdúszoboszló (HU)
1983 • Found Irons, Fiatal Művészek Stúdiója (Studio of Young Artists), Veszprém (HU) • Carying of Signs in Józsefváros - photoseries, Teaház (Teahouse), Nagykanizsa (HU)
1985 • Textile- and Iron Installations, Budapest Gallery Lajos Street, Budapest (cat.)
1988 • Portraits 1968-1988, Újpest Gallery, Budapest
1989 • Visual Poetry, Community Centre of Rákóczi tér, Budapest
1991 • Retrospective Exhibition, Ernst Museum, Budapest • Community Centre, Oroszlány (HU) • Meta and Károly Bacsák Gallery, Messel (D)
1992 • Csepel-Rome, Gallery of Miskolc, Miskolc (HU) • Asia-Europe Biennial, Ancara • Small Italian Idols, Small Gallery, Budapest
1993 • Wood, Iron, Aluminium, Bronze, Roczkov Gallery, Budapest • House of Arts, Veszprém (HU) • Coloured Irons, Salamon-tower, Visegrád (HU) • Anti-Design Textiles, Táltos Club, Budapest
1994 • Signs in Bronze, European Middle Gallery, Esztergom (HU)
1995 • Animal Sculptures for Children, Gallery of Blue School, Budapest • Sign Writings for Modern Music, Music Science Institute, Budapest • Signs in Bronze, Körmendi Gallery, Budapest
1996 • Hungarian Pop Art, University, Veszprém (HU)
1997 • Sculptures-Pictures [with Péter Ujházi], Vigadó Gallery, Budapest
1999 • Táltos Club, Budapest • Farewell to the House of Csepel, Csepel Gallery, Budapest • Sign Sculpture – Sign Writings, Ludwig Museum, Budapest. Selected Group Exhibitions:
1968 • Outdoor Sculpure Exhibition, Community Centre of Budafok, Budapest • Exhibition of Artists of Csepel, Iron and Metal Works of Csepel, Budapest
1968-1979 • Fiatal Képzőművészek Stúdiója (Studio of Young Artists) Association-exhibitions, Budapest, Paris, Reims
1970, 1971 • Chapel-exhibitions of Balatonboglár, Balatonboglár
1976-1999 • V-XVI. National Biennial of Small Sculpture, Pécs (HU)
1977-1999 • I-XII. National Biennial of Medal Art, Lábasház, Sopron (HU)
1977 • FIDEM, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest • Exhibition of the Artist Colony of Makó, Gallery of Makó, Makó
1978 • Hungarian Sculpture, Műcsarnok, Budapest
1982-2000 • I-X. National Biennial of Drawings, Nógrádi Sándor Museum, Salgótarján (HU)
1984 • Exhibition of the Artists Colony of Győr, Műcsarnok, Győr (HU)
1986 • IX. National Biennial of Ceramic Art, Pécs (HU)
1987 • FIDEM, Colorado Springs • Poem-picture, Picture-poem, Petőfi Literary Museum, Budapest • Magic, Gallery of Szombathely, Szombathely
1988 • Original Forms, Fészek Gallery, Budapest • Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Salgótarján (HU)
1989 • Kunst Heute in Ungarn, Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen • Exhibition of the 1956 Memorial Competition , Budapest Gallery, Budapest
1990 • FIDEM, Helsinki
1991 • Contemporary Art. Selection from the Collections of Ludwig Museum and the Hungarian National Gallery, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest • 19. International Biennale of Graphics Art, Ljubljana • Biennial of Small Sculpture, Pancsova
1992 • Nature of Art, Fészek Gallery, Budapest
1993 • Spring Exhibition, Salgótarján (HU) • First International Print Biennial , Maastricht (NL) • We, "East-French". Hungarian Art 1981-89. Hungarian Art of the Twentieth Century, Csók Gallery, Székesfehérvár (HU) • Variations on Pop Art – Chapters from the Hungarian Fine Art, Ernst Museum, Budapest • Frey-Haász-Deim-~, Haus Ungarn, Berlin • Exhibition of Sizers 1991-92 of the Hungarian Academy. Hungarian Institute, Rome
1994 • The Eighties – Fine Arts, Ernst Museum, Budapest
1994-2000 • 3-8. National Exhibition of Wood Sculpture, Nagyatád (HU)
1995 • Selection of Hungarian Artists’ Works , Bissingen, Ettlingen, Stuttgart, Unna • Hommage à Béla Bartók, Institute for Musicology, Budapest • Survey – Contemporary Hungarian Sculpture, Műcsarnok, Budapest
1996-2000 • Biennial of the Artists of Csepel, Csepel Gallery, Budapest
1997 • Hungarian Salon, Műcsarnok, Budapest
1998 • Glass Symposion Exhibition, King Mathias Museum, Visegrád (HU) • I. International Livre-Object Biennial, Vasarely Museum, Budapest
1999 • Old-World/New-World, Canadian-Hungarian Exhibition, Budapest Gallery, Budapest
2000 • Bridge 2000, Gallery of Kecskemét, Kecskemét (HU)
2001 • Sculpture – Millenial exhibition series in Műcsarnok, Műcsarnok, Budapest Works in Public Places:
Head with scarf [limestone, 1966, Town Council, Eger (HU)]
Ilona Vámos (bronze portrait-relief, 1973, Budapest, demolished)
Playground Plastics (wood, 1976, Zalaegerszeg, demolished)
Wood-relief (1977, Zalaegerszeg, demolished)
Painted iron sculptures (1978, Zalaegerszeg, demolished)
Talkers [iron, 1983, Házgyár, Győr(HU)]
Street sign [ceramic, 1985, Kanizsai Dorottya street, Siklós (HU)]
Ceramic-sculptures [1986, Creative House, Siklós (HU)]
four ceramic-wall (1989, guest-house of the Cabinet, Béla király road, 12. distr. Budapest)
Portrait of Victor Cholnoky [painted bronze relief, 1993, Veszprém (HU)]
Sans Title [iron, 1993, Community Centre, Veszprém (HU)]
Four wrought iron sculpture [1996, Mór (HU)]
The three Cholnoky [memorial tablet with painted relief, 1997, Pantheon, Veszprém (HU)]
Horse [painted iron, 1998, Zalaegerszeg-Gébárt (HU)]. Works in Public Collections:
British Museum, London
Csontváry Museum, Pécs (HU)
Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs
Jósa András Museum, Nyíregyháza (HU)
József Attila Museum, Makó (HU)
Contemporary Art Museum / Ludwig Museum, Budapest
Laczkó Dezső Museum, Veszprém (HU)
Liszt Ferenc Museum, Sopron (HU)
Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Patkó Imre Collection, Győr (HU)
Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen
Collection of Creative House Siklós, Siklós (HU)
Xantus János Museum, Győr (HU)
Institute for Musicology, Budapest. Selected Publications:
Tárgyakba rejtett üzenetek, Művészet, 1974/6., 8.
Hogyan tanított Somogyi?, Művészet, 1975/4.
Részletek a Szemethy-interjúból, Mozgó Világ, 1979/1.
Vizuális játékok, Budapest, 1979
Schmal Károly kiállítása, Mozgó Világ, 1980/3.
Váczi Miklós (kat. bev., 1988)
Naplóból kinövő, Árgus, 1993/4-6., 1994/1.
Az egyszobros Csikász, Vár ucca tizenhét, Veszprém, 1994
Szószobrok. Versek, rajzok, Vár ucca tizenhét, Veszprém, 1997. Bibliography:
Patkó, I.: Vallomás képírásban, Művészet, 1975/8.
Dévényi, I.: ~ (cat. intro., Hungarian National Gallery, 1979)
Keserü, K.: ~ (cat. intro., Budapest Gallery, 1985)
Alexa, K.: ~ rajzai, Élet és Irodalom, 1985. július 12.
Balassa, Zs.: ~ portréi, Művészet, 1988/7.
Keserü, K.: A megtöltendő tartomány, Jelenkor, 1989/4.
Gyetvai, Á.: Átvalósulni, Új Művészet, 1991/2.
Mányoki, E.: Írott szobrok, Hitel, 1995/2.
Gaál, J.: Teremtő játékosság, Élet és Irodalom, 1997. március 28.
Dévényi, I.: A sors formába öntése, Magyar Szemle, 1997/5.
(Translation: Vladimir Végh)
