Biography

ENIKO KALOCSAI
painter

Born 1967, Salgotarjan, Hungary

Education
1981-1985 Secondary School for Fine and Applied Arts, Budapest
1990-1997 Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, Faculty of Painting, Professor Dora Maurer
2003-2006 Karoly Esterhazy College, Eger, Faculty Pegadogy of Mass Media

Membership
1998-2002 Studio of Young Artists’ Association, Budapest
1998- Hungarian National Arts Council, Budapest
2010- ST.ART…20:10 Workgroup Salgotarjan, Salgotarjan

Lives and works in Salgotarjan as teacher at the Gyula Vaci Art School.

Art camps
1987 Gyula, Hungary
1991, 1992 Dluzew, Poland
2004, 2008, 2011 Cered, Hungary
2012, 2013 Jelsa, Croatia
2013 Erd, Hungary

Awards
2003 Scholarship, National Cultural Fond, Budapest
2003 Scholarship, National Cultural Fond, Budapest; 1st Prize of the Autumn Exhibition of County Nograd, Salgotarjan; Kinga Szabo Prize, Aquarell Biennale, Lucenec, Slovakia
2006 Prize of the City Salgotarjan, Fine Arts Exhibition for Teaching Artist’, Salgotarjan
2007 2. Prize, Aquarell Biennale, Lucenec, Slovakia
2009 3. Prize, Sculpture Competition, Pecs /with Noemi Szabo/
2010 Prize of the 1. Triennale for Drawing, Salgotarjan
2011 Scholarship, National Cultural Fond, Budapest
2012 Prize, Painting Biennale, Szeged
2013 1st Prize, Spring Exhibition, Salgotarjan

Individual exhibitions
1998 • Sun Pictures, EMKE House, Budapest
1999 • Herman Room, Feszek Artists’ Club, Budapest
1999-2006 • Exhibitions, School Galleries, Nograd County
2001 •Thalia Theatre, Budapest
2002 • Inner Nature, Derkovits School Gallery, Bolyai J. Secondary School, Salgotarjan 2003 • Bona Kovacs K. Gallery, Balassi B. Library, Salgotarjan
2004 • Foundry Art Center, Salgotarjan • Varosmajor Secondary School, Budapest
2005 • Walking in the Lights of Kazar, Magtar Gallery, Kazar
2006 • Abstract Flight, Gallery, Jozsef A. Cultural Center, Salgotarjan, [with Noemi Szabo]
2007 • Skyobserver, Serbian Church Gallery, Balassagyarmat
2008 • Institute for Independent Pedagogy, Budapest
2009 • Heavens and Earth, Nograd Historical Museum, Salgotarjan, [with Janos Gelencser] 2010 • Synthese, Nograd Museum and Gallery, Lucenec, Slovakia
2011 • What do you see? Kubinyi Ferenc Museum, Szecseny
2013 • Flushings, Gagarin Gallery, Salgotarjan • Reflection, Erdos Renée House, Budapest • Ont he Road, Heimatmuseum, Budaors • This is a Way, Dornyay B. Museum, Salgotarjan • Reflexions, Mobilis Center, Gyor

Selected group exhibitions
1991 • Influence – Oil, Herman Room, Feszek Artists’ Club, Budapest
1992 • Space-Formation I., Budapest Obuda Gallery, Budapest • Photogramms of Students, Goethe Institute, Budapest • Field, Barcsay Room, Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest
1993 • Tondo, Jozsefvarosi Gallery, Budapest
1994 • Drawing, Polish Cultur Institute, Budapest • 9. Photo Biennale, Esztergom
1995 • Photogramms, Vigado Gallery, Budapest • Gesture, Barcsay Room, Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest • Study Store, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
1996 •Gesture and Gesture, Pecsi Gallery, Pecs • K, as Chimera, Szombathelyi Gallery, Szombathely
1997 • Sanatorium Projekt 1., Psychiatry Institute, Budapest • Maecenas needed, Budapest Congress Center, Budapest • Sanatorium Projekt 2., Artpool Gallery, Budapest
1999 • 25. Salgotarjan Spring Exhibition, Nograd Historical Museum, Salgotarjan
2001 • 26. Salgotarjan SpringExhibition, Nograd Historical Museum, Salgotarjan
2002 • 80 Years Fine Art in Salgotarjan, Jozsef A. Cultural Center, Salgotarjan
2004 •XIII. Szecseny County Autumn Exhibition, Krudy Gy. Cultural Center, Szecseny • Exhibition of Teaching Artists’, Jozsef A. Cultural Center, Salgotarjan • IX. Cered- Salgotarjan International Art Camp Exhibition, Nograd Historical Museum, Salgotarjan • XII. Biennale of Drawing, Nograd Historical Museum, Salgotarjan • International Aquarell Biennale, Nograd Museum and Gallery, Lucenec, Slovakia
2005 • 27. Salgotarjan SpringExhibition, Nograd Historical Museum, Salgotarjan
2006 • Exhibition for Teaching Artitsts’, Nograd Historical Museum, Salgotarjan • XIII. Biennale for Drawing, Nograd Historical Museum, Salgotarjan
2007 • Miskolc Winter Exhibition, Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc • IX. International Aquarell Triennale, Nograd Museum and Gallery, Lucenec, Slovakia
2008 • Exhibition for Nograd County MAOE Members, Jozsef Attila Cultural and Conference Center, Salgotarjan • Selection of the IX. International Aquarell Triennale, Nograd Historical Museum, Salgotarjan • 400 cm3, Nograd Historical Museum, Salgotarjan • Open Art 2008, Nograd Historical Museum, Salgotarjan • XIII. Cered- Salgotarjan International Art Camp Exhibition, Nograd Historical Museum, Salgotarjan
2009 • Open Art 2008, Nograd Museum and Gallery, Lucenec, Slovakia • Open Art 2008, Synagogue Gallery, Zalaegerszeg • Selection from the art collection of the Nograd Historical Museum, Paloc Museum, Balassagyarmat • 30. Salgotarjan SpringExhibition, Nograd Historical Museum, Salgotarjan • XXXV. Szeged Summer Exhibition, REOK Palace, Szeged • XIV. Cered-Salgotajan International Art Camp Exhibition, Nograd Historical Museum, Salgotarjan
2010 • I. Triennale of Drawing, Nograd Historical Museum, Salgotarjan • 15 years – works of the Cered Art Camp, O. Palme House, Budapest • Auctionexhibition, Nograd Historical Museum, Salgotarjan
2011 • 31. Salgotarjan Spring Exhibition, Nograd Historical Museum, Salgotarjan • XXI. Debrecen Summer Exhibition, Kölcsey Center, Debrecen • Balaton Exhibition, Padlas Gallery, Balatonalmadi • 58. Vasarhelyi Exhibition, Tornyai Janos Museum, Hodmezovasarhely • Aquarell Triennale, Nograd Museum and Gallery, Lucenec, Slovakia
2012 • Winter Exhibition, Miskolci Gallery, Miskolc• XIV. Painting Biennale, REOK Palace, Szeged • Prototypia, Cered-Salgotarjan International Art Camp Exhibition, Nograd Historical Museum, Salgotarjan • Feast, Nograd Historical Museum, Salgotartjan • 59. Vasarhely Exhibition, Tornyai Janos Museum, Hodmezovasarhely
2013 • Szeged Summer Exhibition, REÖK Palace, Szeged • 32. Salgotarjan Spring Exhibition, Dornyai B. Museum, Salgotarjan • 21. Balaton Exhibition, Padlas Gallery, Balatonalmadi • 2013 Exhibition of the ST. Art Group, Theatrum Gallery, Miskolc • 5. Erd Art Camp Final Exhibition, Erd Gallery, Erd • Four Elements, MAOE Gallery, Szentendre-Budapest • II. Drawing Biennale, Dornyay Bela Museum, Salgotarjan • XI. Aquarell Triennale, Nograd Museum and Gallery, Lucenec, Slovakia
Works at Public Collections
• Hypobank Collection, Budapest
• Dornyay Bela Museum, Salgotarjan
• Nograd Museum and Gallery, Lucenec, Slovakia
• Community House, Kazar
• Erd Gallery, Erd
Illustrations
Kupcsulik A.: Fenycsabda, Salgotarjan 2009;
Dombok között-antologia, Salgotarjan 2013

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