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Schools:

1986-1990 Secondary School of Fine-and Applied Arts, Budapest, glass department
1994 Hungarian Academy of Craft and Design, Budapest, degree in glass and porcelain design
Masters: György Buczkó, Zoltán Bohus, Márton Horváth and Zsuzsa Vida
1995 Hungarian Academy of Craft and Design, masters degree in glass, master: Endre Gaál
2001-2003 Hungarian University of Craft and Design, Doctor of Liberal Arts School
2002-2003 Politechnico Milano, computer design department
2014 Art Teacher degree
Since 1997 Art Teacher, Secondary School of Fine-and Applied Arts, Budapest, glass department

Memberships:

Since 1993    “FISE” (Organization of Young Applied Artists)
Since 1994    “MAOE” (Hungarian Art Fund)
Since 1994    “MKISZ” (Union of Hungarian Fine-and Applied arts)
Since 1996    Hungarian Applied Artists

Prizes, scholarships, awards:

1993 Artemide Hungarian lamp competition, 1st prize, VAM Gallery, Budapest
1994 László Moholy-Nagy Design Fellowship
1998 Lajos Kozma Arts and Crafts Fellowship
2002 National Design Competition, Minister’s Award (for finger glasses)
2002 Erasmus scholarship, Milan
2004 Noémi Ferenczy Award (state award)
2008 Smithsonian Renwick Award, Habatat Galleries, Michigan
2013 International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Honorable Mention Award
2014-2016 42-44th Annual International Glass Invitational Award Winners Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Michigan

Solo exhibitions:

2004 Summary exhibition, Rippl-Rónai Museum, Kaposvár
2006 ”Fresh Casting” Glass Pyramid Gallery, Budapest (with Gyuri Gáspár and Balázs Sipos)
2011 Introductory exhibition, Hosszúhetény,
2011 Introductory exhibition, Újlipótvárosi Gallery, Budapest
2013 Rippl Rónai Múzeum, Kaposvár (with Gyuri Gáspár and Balázs Sipos)
2016 Avran Fine Art, Laguna Beach, USA (with László Lukácsi)

Collectives:

2007 ‘Lumen Lumen’ glass exhibition, Domenican gotike katedral, Krakow
2009 ‘Connections 2009’ Contemporary European Glass Sculpture, Prague
2009 International Glass Exhibition, Karlovy Vary
2010 Hungarian Glass Exhibition, Erdész Gallery, Szentendre
2011 FISE Exhibition, Hungarian Institute, Moscow
2012 ‘HuGlass’ Contemporary Glass Exhibition, B55 Gallery, Budapest
2012 ‘Tent London’ Design Exhibition, London
2012 Hungarian Glass Exhibition, AVRAN Art & Design Gallery, Laguna Beach, USA
2012 International Glass Exhibition, Karlovy Vary
2012 ‘Fun, Joke, Surprise’ International Glass Exhibition, Wroclav, Krakow
2013 International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan
2014 ‘Dubai Design Days’, Dubai
2014 International Glass Exhibition, Coburg, Germany
2014 ‘HuGlass’ Contemporary Glass Exhibition, B55 Gallery Budapest
2015 ‘Reflection from the fire’ Longboat, Key Center for the Arts, Forida, USA
2015 ArtPalmBeach show, Florida, USA
2016 ‘45th International Glass Invitational’, Habatat Galleries, Michigan (since 2009, each years)
2016 ‘Art Glass Weekend Sarasota Glass’, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, Forida, USA
2016 International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan
2016 ‘European Glass Context 2016’, Bolhorn

Works in public collections:

National Glass Collection, Bárdudvarnok (Mária Goszthony Foundation) –’Zebrashell’
Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest –’Gate’
Rippl-Rónai Museum, Kaposvár, –’Green Screen Diatréta’
Glass Collection, Barbara Achilles-Stiftung, Hamburg, Germany
Notijima Glass Art Museum, Japan

Works made for communal and private commission:

1996 Contact Point Hungary, Brussels, company name and logo on the facade – colored, melted glass
1997 Light of the World Foundation, School for blind and visually impaired children,
Pécs outdoor lamp, indoor wall lamps (2 pieces) colored, melted furnace glass
1997 Royal Coffee House, Pécs, Capital blown, marble patterned furnace glass
2011 “Lila Körte” coffee bar, Budapest, hanging lamps

Bibliography:

1993 Szívügyem az irányított esetlegesség. Design ‘93.
1994 Zsuzsa Mendöl: Üvegtömbök és üvegcseppek. Czebe István és én. Új Művészet 1994(12)68-70.
1996 Klára Bencsik: Lámpaláz. Atrium 1996(4)
1996 Talente ‘96. Nemzetközi kézműves kiállítás. (katalógus)
1998 Occasioni per design ungherese, Domus 1998 / maggio.
2004 Ágnes Prékopa: Ez az anyag csak fényben él. A legfiatalabb Ferenczy Noémi-díjas. Műértő 2004(11)12.
2004 József Vadas-András Bojár Iván: Magyar design.
A magyar design 150 éve a dualizmus korától napjainkig. Budapest, Vertigo Kiadó. 2004.
2004 Katalin Spengler: Üvegszobrok. Kortárs üvegművészet az Üvegpiramis Galériában. Elite 2004(12)XXII-XXV.
2004 World of Glass, London, 24th November 2004. Artforum 2004. 167-176.
2007-2013 New Glass Review 28, Corning Museum of Glass