| Ildiko Dobranyi (1948-2007) |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Solo Exhibitions |
| 1975 |
Fészek Gallery, Budapest |
| 1976 |
Madách 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 |
Vizivárosi Gallery, Budapest |
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| 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 |
| 2014 |
Andras, Edit: In the Hearth of Europe: Hungarian Tapestry Art. Web exhibition part of ATA's Laffer Curatorial Program, USA |
| 2014 |
Historical and Contemporary Tapestries in Hungary, Christian Museum, Esztergom, Hungary |
| 2017 |
Hungarian Cultural Days, Azerbaijan Carpet Museum, Baku, Azerbaijan |
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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 |
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| Catalogue |
Variations Nomades, Paris: Hungarian Institute, 1997.
(In French and Hungarian) |
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| 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. |
| 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 |
| Ibolya Hegyi: Ildikó Dobányi (1998-2007). Tapestry Topics, Winter 2008, vol:34 No:4 pp.19-20. |
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