Ágota Karola KRNÁCS
visual artist, graphic designer
She was born in a south hungarian village Mezőhegyes, in 10 August 1976.
Her family lineage came from Armenia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Slovenia, Transylvania, so that’s why she feels confortable herself all in Europe.
At the moment she is living and working in her art-basis in a small village Cered, on the Hungary-Slovak borderline, but her graphic design works and artworks are in evidence and exhibiting internationally.
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Collaborator in the Hungarian Electrographic Art Association / HEAA - MET, International Contemporary Art Symposion Cered, Hungary / Art Colony Cered and SIAC - Splitska's International Art Camp / Artist-in-Residence programme in Croatia.
EDUCATIONS
1999 – 2003 MA Degree
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest (HU)
Visual Arts and Design
1995 – 1999 BA Degree
Bessenyei György Teachers’ Training College, Nyíregyháza (HU)
Drawing and Visual Communication, Specialty of Graphic Design
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SCHOOLS
2008 – 2009 Dublin Cultural Institute (IE)
2005 – 2006 International House Dublin (IE)
1982 – 1994 Primary and Secondary, Békéscsaba (HU)
PROFFESSIONALS / WORK EXPERIENCE
1999 – 2000 Visual art teacher, Budapest (HU)
2000 – 2005 Graphic designer | Visual artist, Budapest (HU)
since 2003 – Collaborator in International Contemporary Art Symposion Cered| Art Colony Cered (HU)
2005 – 2009 Senior graphic designer | Visual artist, Dublin (IE)
2010 – Membership and collaboration with Hungarian Electrographic Art Association | HEAA - MET
since 2010 – Visual artist | Graphic designer, Budapest - Cered (HU)
2012 – Membership of Association of Hungarian Artists | MAOE
since 2015 - Collaborator in SIAC - Splirska's International Artist-in-Residence (HR)
GALLERY REPRESENTATIONS / PATRONS
since 2014 – MET Gallery, Budapest (HU)
since 2011 – Borderland Gallery, Cered (HU)
2008 – 09 The Baby Elephant Gallery, Dublin (IE)
2007 – 09 Embassy of the Republic of Hungary, Dublin (IE)
since 1994 – Képkert Budapest (HU)
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PROFESSIONAL AWARDS / HONOURABLE MENTIONS
2016 ArtSlant International Contemporary Art Network - ArtSlant Awards, Round 3, Drawing Category Juried Winner
2016 Selected photography in the Your Daily Photograph Collection – YDP, Santa Monica, CA (US)
2015 TAT Contemporary Art Gallery, Budapest – 1st place, Solo Exhibition Award Új Művészet
2014 III Mega-Pixel, International Exhibition of Electrographic Art – Exhibition Award
2014 Photo Contest - Foundation for the XXI Century Hungarian Drama, Budaörs – 1st place
2013 VI Matrices - International Exhibition of Small Form Electrographic Art – Prize of Hommage à Nicolas Schöffer
2013 Photo Contest - Fund for Human and Animal in Hungary – 3rd place
2012 Sociography on the Hungary-Slovakia border, Photography and Film Festival, Documentary Film cat. – Merit Prize
2012 Sociography on the Hungary-Slovakia border, Photography and Film Festival, Photo series category – 3rd place
2012 Photo Contest - Kompania Theater Studio – 2nd place
2012 Photography Award - Hungarian House of Photography in Mai Manó House, Budapest – 1st place
2011 ArtSlant International Contemporary Art Network - ArtSlant Awards, Drawing Category – Showcase Winner
2011 West London Art Factory (UK) – Nominated | Final 5
2010 Logo Design Contest – AERA Property & Destination Hungary – 1st place
2008 Presentation of the ordered painting for the book launch:
Tamás Kabdebó’s Jubilee Volume – Embassy of the Republic of Hungary in Dublin (IE)
2006 Weekly Frame Academy - Metro Herald Ireland – Selected Artist (IE)
2005 VI. National Grotesque Triennial – Award of Hungarian Electrographic Art Association
2002 V. National Grotesque Biennial – Award of Kaposvár City Council
2002 Photography Contest of Westend City Center – Public Award
2001 Cartoon Award - Humor Magazine of Cretin – 2nd place
2000 Cartoon Award - Coca-Cola Hungary – Award of Excellence, Public Award
1998 International Postage Stamp Design Contest, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Tokyo (JA) – Merit Prize
1994 National Student Drawing Award Hungary - Reguly Society – 1st place
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ARTWORKS IN COLLECTIONS | MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES
Embassy of the Republic of Hungary in Dublin (IE)
Irish Hungarian Business Association (IE)
Hungarian Ministry of the Interior, Budapest (HU)
Hungarian Electrographic Art Association, Budapest (HU)
BA MEM - Bohár András Hungarian Electrography Museum, Szigetvár (HU)
Art:Raw Gallery, New York (US)
MET Gallery, Budapest (HU)
Nógrád Historical Museum, Salgotarján (HU)
Ars Longa Art Society (HU)
Association of Fine and Applied Arts, Kapos Art (HU)
Collection of Hungarian Graphic Design Biennial, Budapest (HU)
International Salon of Caricature, Zemun (SR)
Aydin Dogan International Cartoon Society, Istambul (TU)
Hungarian Journalist Society, Cartoon Department, Budapest (HU)
Nador Gallery, Budapest (HU)
Monok Local Government, Monok (HU)
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Tokyo (JA)
Reguly Society, Budapest (HU)
Private collections internationally
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