1948	Born on 7th February in Budapest
1972	Graduated from the Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts, Budapest
1973	Studies at the École Nationale des Arts Décoratif d'Aubusson, France
1996	Elected President of the Association of Hungarian Tapestry Artists (MKE)
2007	Died on 5th May

Prizes, Honours

1988	Special Prize, 10th Wall and Spatial Textile Bienniale, Savaria Museum, Szombathely, Hungary
1988	Grand Prize, International Design Triennale, Palace of Exhibitions, Budapest
1997	Prize of the Ministry of Enviromental Protection, Hungarian Salon
2001	Honorary Member, ARELIS (Association Française pour la Diffusion et la Création de la Tapisserie et de l'Art de la Fibre)
2001	Noémi Ferenczy Prize

Solo Exhibitions

1975	Feszek Gallery, Budapest
1976	Madach Theatre, Budapest
1988	Dorottya Gallery, Budapest
1989	French Institute, Budapest
1995	French Institute, Budapest
1997	'Variations Nomades', Hungarian Institute, Paris
2003	'Winter Garden', Hegyvidék Gallery, Budapest
2005	Vizivarosi Gallery, Budapest

Group Exhibitions

1970	National Exhibition of Young Applied Artists, Ernst Museum, Budapest
1974	3rd Wall and Spatial Textile Biennale, Savaria Museum, Szombathely, Hungary
1975	Jubilee Exhibition of Applied Arts, Palace of Exhibitions, Budapest
1975	'La Tapisserie Moderne en Hongrie', Galerie Sin'Paora, Paris
1976	4th Wall and Spatial Textile Biennale, Savaria Museum, Szombathely, Hungary
1976	Velem Textile Workshop, Velem, Hungary
1976	'Textile Graphics', Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
1976	'Steps', Pataky Cultural Centre, Budapest
1976	'Tapestries by Hungarian Artists', Vigo-Sternberg Gallery, London
1976	'La Tapisserie Moderne en Hongrie', Galerie YAHA, Tunis
1977	'Modern Hungarian Textile Art', Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
1978	5th Wall and Spatial Textile Biennale, Savaria Museum, Szombathely, Hungary
1978	2. Quadriennale des Kunsthandwerks, Erfurt, Germany
1978	'Modern Hungarian Textile Art', Copenhagen
1978	Cultural Foundation, Nikolaj Church, Copenhagen
1979	'Contemporary Hungarian Textile Art', Warsaw, Lodz, Wroclaw
1980	6th Wall and Spatial Textile Biennale, Savaria Museum, Szombathely, Hungary
1980	'The Intelligence of the Hand', Palace of Exhibitions, Budapest
1981	'Selection of Contemporary Hungarian Artists', Museum Swaensteyn, Voorburg, Netherlands
1982	International Universiade, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1983	'Design is Value Creation', Palace of Exhibitions, Budapest
1985	'Hungarian Gobelin Art 1945-1985', Palace of Exhibitions, Budapest
1986	9th Wall and Spatial Textile Biennale, Savaria Museum, Szombathely, Hungary
1987	Contemporary Hungarian Textiles, Castle Museum, Nottingham, U.K.
1988	10th Wall and Spatial Textile Biennale, Savaria Museum, Szombathely, Hungary
1988	'Living Textiles', Palace of Exhibitions, Budapest
1988	International Design Triennale, Palace of Exhibitions, Budapest
1992	12th Wall and Spatial Textile Biennale, Savaria Museum, Szombathely, Hungary
1993	Deuxième Triennale de Tournai, Belgium
1996	13th Wall and Spatial Textile Biennale, Savaria Museum, Szombathely, Hungary
1996	'Together', Olaf Palme Building, Budapest
1997	'Living Gobelins', Godollo, Hungary
1997	'Pelso 97', Keszthely, Hungary
1997	'Idea, Plan, Cartoon', Exhibition by the MKE, Tölgyfa Gallery, Budapest
1997	'Contemporary Tapestries', Authority for Protection of Historical Monuments, Budapest
1997	'Architecture, Nature, Art', Nadasdladany, Hungary
1998	'Season of Ornaments', Foundation for Hungarian Culture Building, Budapest
1999	4ème Biennale Internationale de la Tapisserie Contemporaine, Beauvais, France
1999	Europalia, Mons, Belgium
2000	Biennale ARELIS - Printemps 2000, Paris
2001	'KARPIT' International Tapestry Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
2001	'Naomi Ferenczy and Her Followers', Art Mill, Szentendre, Hungary
2001	Salon d'Automne, Paris
2002	'Contemporary Hungarian Tapestries', Ceri Cerveteri, Italy
2002	'Le Fil Hongrois', Palais des Nations, Geneva
2002	'5ème Biennale Internationale de la Tapisserie Contemporaine, Beauvais, France
2002	'KARPIT', Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
2002	American Tapestry Biennial IV, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2003	'7 Years, 77 Artists', Budavár Tapestry Workshop, Budapest
2004	'The Corvinus Tapestries', Budavár Tapestry Workshop, Budapest
2004	'By Hand in the Electronic Age', The Textile Museum, Washington D.C.
2005	'ARTAPESTRY', Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
2005	'KARPIT 2' International Tapestry Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
2006	'Mozart and Bartók', Budavár Tapestry Workshop, Budapest

Public Institutions Holding Works by the Artist

	Christian Museum, Esztergom
	Grand Hotel Hungaria, Budapest
	National Széchényi Library, Budapest
	Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Budapest
	Hungarian Institute, Berlin
	Hungarian Academy of Sciences Building, Miskolc, Hungary
	Malév Hungarian Airlines Office, Moscow
	Ministry of Environment and Water, Budapest
	Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Budapest
	Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest
	Palace of Exhibitions, Szombathely, Hungary

Catalogue

Variations Nomades, Paris: Hungarian Institute, 1997. In French and Hungarian

Literature

	Akos Koczogh: Hungarian Applied Art Today. Budapest: Corvina, 1975. In Hungarian
	Arpad Timar: 'Imaginative Modern Tapestry'. Daily News (Budapest), Feb.1975.
	Ildiko Nagy: 'Space and Textiles'. Velem Textile Workshop, 1975-76 (Szombathely). In Hungarian
	Andras Ban: 'An Exhibition of Textiles by Ildikó Dobrányi'. Ut (Budapest), 1977/23. In Hungarian
	Eva Forgacs: 'Arts, Branches of Art and Art Techniques...' Muveszet (Budapest), 1979/9. In Hungarian
	Otto Mezei: 'The Chances for Woven Tapestry.' Muveszet (Budapest), 1987/10. In Hungarian
	Klara Hudra: 'On Nature in Black and White'. Uj Tukor (Budapest), 19 Mar. 1989. In Hungarian
	Zoltan Nagy: 'Nature in Textiles'. Uj Muveszet (Budapest), 1996/3. In Hungarian
	Judit Palosi: 'The Association of Hungarian Tapestry Artists'. Magyar Iparmuveszet (Budapest), Aug. 1999. In Hungarian
	Judit Jory: "The Philosophy of the Spear". Interview with Ildiko Dobranyi'. Hegyvidek (Budapest), 2000. In Hungarian
	Cecile Vrain: 'Redecouvrir la Tapisserie'. Le Journal Francophone (Budapest), Mar. 2001
	Judit Seifert: 'Tapestry Now and in the Future'. Uj Muveszet (Budapest), Mar. 2001. In Hungarian
	Edit Andras: 'By Hand in the Electronic Age'. Uj Muveszet (Budapest), Mar. 2001. In Hungarian
	Ildiko Dobranyi: 'Karpit/Tapestry'. Textileforum (Hanover, Germany), Mar. 2001. In Hungarian
	Ildiko Dobranyi: 'Hungarian Thread'. Magyar Iparmuveszet (Budapest), Mar/Apr. 2002. In Hungarian
	Judit Jory: 'The "Hungarian Thread" Interview with Ildiko Dobranyi', Varnegyed (Budapest), 2002. In Hungarian
	Edit Andras: 'On the Path to Self-Awareness', Uj Muveszet (Budapest), Nov. 2002. In Hungarian
	Catherine Lederer: 'L'Art du Lissier', Le Journal Francophone (Budapest), Aug. 2002
	Kate Callen: 'American Tapestry Biennial IV'. American Craft (New York), Feb./Mar. 2003
	Rebecca A.T. Stevens: 'Tapestry in Hungary'. Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot (Suwanee, GA), Autumn 2003
	Lidia Fraser - Rebecca A.T. Stevens: 'Tapestry - Yesterday and Today'. Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot (Suwanee, GA), Spring 2004
	Edit Andras: 'Contemporary Hungarian Tapestry Art in an International Context'. In: Tapestry Art in Hungary. Budapest: Vince Kiado, 2005. In Hungarian and English
	Ildiko Dobranyi: 'The Corvinus Tapestries: An Undertaking by the Workshop, 2003-2006. Ibid.
	Ildiko Kontsek: 'The Path Followed by Tapestry Art from the Nineteen-Eighties to the Present Day' Ibid.
	Ildiko Kontsek: 'The Institutional Renewal of Tapestry Art in Hungary and the Association of Hungarian Tapestry Artists'. Ibid.
	Judit Palosi: 'Tapestry Art in Hungary in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century'. Ibid.
	Erno Marosi: 'Ildikó Dobrányi'. Népszabadság (Budapest), 26 May 2007. In Hungarian
	Edit Andras: 'Tapestry from an Art Historian's Perspective: A Personal Journey of Discovery'. In: 2nd European Tapestry Triennale. Exhibition catalogue. Copenhagen: European Tapestry Forum 2008. In English

List of Works

1970	Torontal Rug; wool, 100x130cm (privately owned)
1971	Morning Glory; wool, haute lisse, 100x200cm, (privately owned)
1972	Autumn Foliage I, II; wool, knotted, 2x120x170cm (privately owned)
1973	Brindled Rug I, II; wool, 2x120x160cm (privately owned)
1973	Nestling; wool, haute lisse, 280x200cm (Malév Hungarian Airlines Office, Moscow)
1973	Tapestry with Birds; wool, haute lisse, 140x100cm (Malév Hungarian Airlines Office, Moscow)
1973	Racka Rug,; wool, haute lisse, 120x110cm (privately owned)
1974	Falling; wool, haute lisse, 160x200cm (privately owned)
1974	Adam, Eve; wool, haute lisse, 150x180cm
1974	W.A.M. I, II, III, IV; wool, haute lisse, 4x90x120cm
1974	Mozart; wool, cotton, haute lisse, 90x120cm (privately owned)
1974	Historical Portraits I, II, III; wool, cotton, haute lisse, 3x120x160cm (Trade Union of Hungarian Transport Workers)
1975	Étude,; wool, silk, haute lisse, 120x160cm (privately owned)
1976	Study; painting, 70x70cm
1977	Iris I, II, III; wool, silk, spatial textile 3x70 355cm
1977	1, 2, 3; wool, 3x70x220cm
1977	Minitextile/1; wool, haute lisse, 30x30cm
1977	Minitextile/2; wool, haute lisse, 25x20cm/td>
1977	Detail I; wool, haute lisse, 200x200cm
1978	Y.M.C; wool, haute lisse, 80x200cm
1984	The Voice of Textile; sound recording
1986	Detail II/1, 2, 3; wool, fibreglass, haute lisse, 3x120x100cm
1986	Detail of Detail I; ool, haute lisse, 200x20cm
1986	Detail III/1, 2; wool, haute lisse, 2x120x200cm
1987	Detail IV/Green; wool, haute lisse, 125x200cm
1987	Detail IV/Red; wool, haute lisse, 125x200cm
1988	Detail of Foliage; wool, haute lisse, 120x200cm
1988	To Living Nature; pressed plastic collage 300x300x10cm
1995	Grass I/1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; wool, silk, haute lisse, 6x50x70cm
1995	Grass II/1, 2, 3, 4; wool, silk, haute lisse, 4x50x50cm
1995	Grass III/1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; wool silk, haute lisse, 6x50x50cm
1996	Nomadic Rug; wool, silk, haute lisse, 220x220cm (Ministry of Environment and Water, Budapest)
1996	Grass/1, Grass/2; study, silkscreen
1999	Lines I, II; wool, silk 100x100cm
2000	Forever; wool, silk, haute lisse, 270x160cm
2004	Alternative Renaissance; wool, silk, haute lisse, 160x240cm