Enamelist - As a reviver of ancient techniques for enamelwork he was born in Jászkisér, Hungary. He considers the painter László Bokros and the goldsmith József Péri as his mentors. With four colleagues in Jászberény he established the "Alkotárs" Group of Fine Arts in 1980, which was very influential in his artistic development.
He made pieces During the creation of his artwork the material enamel has had a substantial role. He began experimenting with enamel as a decorating material in 1983. He is renowned for reviving several - already forgotten - techniques of enamel work. Through years of persistent work he has managed to resurrect the Transylvanian twistedwire technique, which was considered to be a Hungarian technique all over Europe in the 15th century. His other important set of experiments has been aimed at the a jour (filigree, window) technique of enamelwork. He has spent years developing his own peculiar a jour technique, which has won him wide professional acknowledgement.
He settled in Kecskemét in 1987. He was a member of the International Workshop of Enamelwork until 1996, where his task was to establish the conditions of the goldsmith's and enamelartist's work and provide professional help for the participants of symposia. The Workshop's activities have nurtured the traditions of enamelwork and provided creative opportunities for contemporary art. He had an important role in making these activities known and appreciated world wide. He has summarised his experience of art in a manuscript entitled ZománcmÃvesség, which also serves educational purposes. He makes a lot of efforts in order to teach his enamel art in schools, workshops, courses and symposia.
He is member of the MAOE, the Goldsmith Department of the Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Arts, the Kecskemét Workshop Union of Arts the Hungarian Society of Enamel-Artists and the European Artists - Society.
Prizes:
He is the winner of a number of prizes.
1984 - two Artistic Awards in Szolnok County;
1985 - The Artistic Grant of Szolnok County's Local Government;
1990, 1992, 1993, 1996 - The Grant of the Foundation for the Arts of Bács-Kiskun County;
1996 - The Pilinszky Award;
1997- The Award of Hajdú-Bihar County's Local Government at the Debrecen Spring Exhibition.
Jászkiséren született, ötvös-iparművész, etnográfus, múzeológus, művésztanár.
Olyan ötvöstárgyakat készÃt, melyeken döntÅ‘ fontosságú a zománc – mint anyag.
Nevéhez fűzÅ‘dik néhány - már-már feledésbe merült - zománctechnika felelevenÃtése, többek között az erdélyi sodronyzománc, és az a jour (áttört-, ablak-) zománc.
Az általa újjáélesztett ötvöszománc-technikákkal kapcsolatos legfontosabb szakmai hitvallása: …a zománcművészeti hagyományok megÅ‘rzése, ápolása, a művészeti oktatásba történÅ‘ beépÃtése, új lehetÅ‘ségek kidolgozása, kÃsérletezés, szakirodalomként történÅ‘ megörökÃtése megjelentetése, a hazai ötvöszománc-művészet, európai rangra emelése.
1986-ban tagja lesz a MAOE-nek, 1992-ben a MKISZ ötvös szakosztá-lyának. AlapÃtó tagja a Tűzzománc Művészek Magyar Társaságának.
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