István Árkossy
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Istvan Arkossy is a Hungarian painter and graphic artist. He is a member of the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists, the Federation of Hungarian Fine and Applied Arts Societies and the Association of Hungarian Graphic Artists.
in what was at the time part of Hungary
(due to the Second Vienna Award
); he graduated from the University of Fine Arts there in 1966. He currently resides in Budapest
.
Biography
Arkossy was born in KlausenburgCluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca , commonly known as Cluj, is the fourth most populous city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest , Budapest and Belgrade...
in what was at the time part of Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
(due to the Second Vienna Award
Second Vienna Award
The Second Vienna Award was the second of two Vienna Awards arbitrated by the Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. Rendered on August 30, 1940, it re-assigned the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.-Prelude and historical background :After the World War I, the multi-ethnic...
); he graduated from the University of Fine Arts there in 1966. He currently resides in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
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Individual exhibitions
- 1972, 1976, 1982 Klausenburg
- 1984 Young Artists Club Budapest
- 1988 Gutenberg Gallery Budapest
- 1988 Medgyessy Saloon Debrecen
- 1989 Dürer Saloon Budapest
- 1989 Art Exhibition Center Stuttgart Germany
- 1989 Geretsried Germany
- 1989 Frankfurt am Main Germany
- 1992 Asemwald Stuttgart Germany
- 1993 Csók Gallery Budapest
- 2003 Korunk Gallery Klausenburg
- 2004 Vármegye Gallery Budapest
Foreign collective exhibitions
- 1986 TitogradPodgoricaPodgorica , is the capital and largest city of Montenegro.Podgorica's favourable position at the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača rivers and the meeting point of the fertile Zeta Plain and Bjelopavlići Valley has encouraged settlement...
Yugoslavia - 1978 Joan Miró International Drawing Contest BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
Spain - 1979 Small Graphic Biennale Łódź Poland
- 1980 Ex Libris Exhibition LinzLinzLinz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...
Austria - 1981 Sint Niklaas Belgium
- 1982 Small Graphic Exhibition AthensAthensAthens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
Greece - 1983 Collective Migrant Exhibition USA
- 1983 Graphic Biennale LjubljanaLjubljanaLjubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
Yugoslavia - 1986 Graphic Exhibition New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
USA - 1988 TampereTampereTampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...
Finland - 1988 Antwerpen Belgium
- 1990 Ex Libris Biennale MalborkMalborkMalbork is a town in northern Poland in the Żuławy region , with 38,478 inhabitants . Situated in the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, it was previously assigned to Elbląg Voivodeship...
Poland - 1990 MönchengladbachMönchengladbachMönchengladbach , formerly known as Münchengladbach, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border....
Germany - 1991 Graphic Biennale Łódź Poland
- 1992 Exhibition of Artists of Budapest MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
Germany - 1993 Glinde Germany.
Exhibitions in Hungary
- 1987, 1989, 1991, 2000 National Graphic Biennale Miskolc
- 1988, 1990, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2002 National Drawing Biennale Salgótarján
- 1991 Árkád Gallery Budapest
- 1992, 2002, 2004 National Small Graphic Biennale Újpest Budapest
- 1992 Exhibition of Graphic Studios Csók Gallery Budapest
- 1999 XXXI.-, 2003 XXXIII. – Alföld Art Exhibition Békéscsaba
- 2000 Art Kortárs Gallery and Foundation of Hungarian Graphics: Selected small graphics Budapest
- 2000, 2002 National Pastel Biennale Esztergom
- 2001 Foundation of National Culture hall Budapest
- 2002 Ernst Museum Budapest.