MAIN SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018 2018 2017 2017 2016 2015 2015 2015 2014 2014 2013 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2010 2010 2009 2008 2007 2007 2006 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
Unkarin Kultuuri Institut, Helsinki, Finland (forthcoming) Timeless Textiles, Newcastle, Australia (forthcoming) WWCC Art Gallery, Rock Springs, WY, USA Artus, Budapest, Hungary Fészek Gallery, Budapest, Hungary New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA, USA Colorida Art Gallery, Lisboa, Portugal Vargas Gallery, Santa Clara, CA, USA Hillyer Art Space, Washington DC, USA World of Threads Festival, Toronto, Canada Mansfeld Gallery, Budapest, Hungary FUGA, Budapest, Hungary Small Synagogue, Eger, Hungary Closter Zlatna, Koruna, Czech Republic Collegium Budapest, Budapest, Hungary Újlipótvárosi Klub-Galéria, Budapest, Hungary Budapest Galéria, Budapest, Hungary, Haarlem City Council Gallery, Haarlem, The Netherlands Danish Quilt Show, Silkeborg, Denmark Ungari Instituut, Tallin, Estonia Municipal Museum, Győr, Hungary Municipal Gallery, Miskolc, Hungary Kanneltalo Gallery, Helsinki, Finland Neues Stadtmuseum, Landsberg am Lech, Germany Accademia Ungarese, Rome, Italy Galerie Panien, Berlin, Germany DOTE Gallery, Debrecen, Hungary Vigado Gallery, Budapest, Hungary Municipal Gallery, Pécs, Hungary
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2015 2015 2015 2015
Biennial Paper Fibre Art, Taipei, Taiwan Miniartextil, Como, Italy World Textile Art Biennial, Montevideo, Uruguay New Quilting, Rheged, Cumbria, UK Artextures, Ste Marie Aux Mines, France International Textile Biennale, Haacht, Belgium Dialogues / Quilt Art, Lincoln, NE, USA Shifting Landscapes, Santa Fe, NM, USA 9e Triennale Internationale du Papier, Charmey, Switzerland From Lausanne to Beijing, Shenzen, China Holding, Newcastle, Australia Fiberart International, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Cartasia Paper Biennial, Lucca, Italy Transgressing Traditions, Schwheinfurth, NY, USA Fiber Arts VII., Sebastopol, CA, USA Dialogues/ Quilt Art, Heidelberg, Germany, Extreme Fibers, Muskegon, MA, USA Paper Art Biennial, Cirencester, UK
2015 2014 2014 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2010 2009 2009 2008 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 2003 2003 2003 2003 2002 2001 2000 2000 1999 1998 1998 1997 1996
5th Triennial of Textile Art, Szombathely, Hungary ITAB San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA, USA 8e Triennale Internationale du Papier, Charmey, Switzerland Innovations in Fiber Art, Sebastopol, CA, USA Paper – Tradition and Experiment, Vilnius, Lithuania Book and Paper Art Biennial Sofia, Bulgaria Artextures, Paris Forney, France Fiberart International, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Desert In Bloom Paperart Biennial, Beer Sheva, Israel 1st International Antalya Fashion and Textile Biennial, Antalya, Turkey Paper Global II., Deggendorf, Germany Amateras, Paper Miniature Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria Fantastic Fibers, Paducah, KY, USA Scythia Contemporary Textile Art Exhibition, Kherson, Ukraine 4th Triennial of Textile Art, Szombathely, Hungary European Quilt Triennial, Heidelberg, Germany Europe-Asie Textile Exhibition, Kedainiai, Lithuania Voices / Quilt Art, Bovey Tracey, Devon, UK Through Our Hands, Leamington Spa, UK Quilt Nihon, Tokyo, Japan Quilt Art Elements, Philadelphia, USA European Art Quilts VI., Birmingham, UK World Textile Art VI. Biennial, Oaxaca, Mexico Artextures, Ste Marie Aux Mines, Paris, France Textiles in a Tube Fiberart, Greeville, SC, USA 7th International Triennial of Contemporary Textile Art, Tournai, Belgium 4th Riga Textile and Fibre Art Triennial, Latvia Slices / Quilt Art, Bankfield, Halifax, and other venues UK Creative Force, Huston, USA European Art Quilts V., Birmingham, UK 3th Triennial of Textile Art, Szombathely, Hungary European Quilt Triennial, Heidelberg, Germany Quilt Visions, San Diego, USA European Art Quilts IV, Lyon, France Contemporary Art Quilts, Uffington, UK 2nd Triennial of Textile Art, Szombathely, Hungary Quilt 2005, Birmingham, England Quilt Nihon, Japan European Art Quilts, Birmingham, England Tradition and Modernity, Lyon, France Contemporary Art Quilts, Uffington, UK 1st Triennial of Textile Art, Szombathely, Hungary Euroga 2002+, Mönchengladbach, Germany European Championships, Veldhoven, Holland Quilt Expo, Strasbourg, France 16th Biennial of Textile Art, Szombathely, Hungary Mettissage et mes Tissage, St Jean de Luz, France Forms and colours, Paris, France. Simolia 98, Paris, France European Quilt Championships, Veldhoven, Holland 1000 Years Austria, Baden, Austria
PRIZES 2017 2017 2016 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2012 2011 2010 2009 2006 2005 2005 2004 2002 2002 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
World Textile Art Biennial, Montevideo, Uruguay. Second Prize Shifting Landscapes, Santa Fe, NM, USA. Honorable Mention: Award of Excellence Transgressing Traditions, Schweinfurt, NY, USA. Best of Show Award From Lausanne to Beijing, Shenzen, China. Excellence Award Fiber Arts VII., Sebastopol, CA, USA. Second Prize Art Quilt Elements, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Innovation in Medium Award Innovations in Fiber Art, Sebastopol, CA, USA. Prize of Excellence 1st International Antalya Textile Biennial, Green Textiles. Third prize Fantastic Fibers, Paducah, USA. Etcetera Coffeehouse Award World Textile Art VI. Biennial, Oaxaca, Mexico. Third prize Art Quilts, Infinity Gallery, USA. Best of Show Award 3th Triennial of Textile Art, Szombathely, Hungary. Prize of the Ministry of Culture Time Patches, Irsee, Germany. Fourth prize Quilt 2005, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, England. Jurors commendation Quilt en Sud, St. Jean de Luz, France. First prize Trip in a Colorful World, Val d’Argent, France. Second prize Speak about Europe, Quilt Expo, Barcelona, Spain. Fourth prize Euroga 2002+, Mönchengladbach, Germany. Third prize Art Textil, La Bourboule, France. First prize Water and Fire, Veldhoven, The Netherlands. First prize Quilt Expo, Strassbourg, France. Third prize Mettissage et mes Tissage, St Jean de LuzFrance. First prize Forms and colours, Paris, France. Second prize Quilt Championships, Veldhoven, Holland. Best of Show
APPEARANCE IN PUBLICATIONS 2016 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2014 2014 2015 2014 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012
Pia Puonti: A tu per tu con Eszter Bornemisza, Quilt Italia, 2016/1, Italy Lasse Antonsen: Conscience & History: The Art of Eszter Bornemisza, FiberArtNow, 2015/4, USA Sue Marks: Eszter Bornemisza, In Charlotte Yde (ed): Dialogues & Small Talk, UK Don Wilkinson: Review: Artist Takes Viewer on Tour of City in Her Mind, South Coast Today, Jan 29, 2015 Through Our Hands, Portfolio, UK, 2015 Gillian Cooper: Quilt Art at 30: Dialogues at the Quilt Museum British Patchwork & Quilting, 2015 December 15, UK Kurt Shaw: Review: Box Heart Exhibit Draws Works from Artists Across the Globe, Pittsburgh Tribune Jan. 22, 2014 Mark Jenkins: Eszter Bornemisza: Urban Textures May 24, The Washington Post Cas Holmes: Stitch Stories: Personal places, spaces and traces in textile art, Batsford, UK, 2015 Linda Seward: The Ultimate Guide to Art Quilt Techniques, Sixth&Spring Books, New York, USA Sandra Meech: Creative Quilts, Batsford, UK Molnár Szilvia: Irányított véletlen, Építész Közlöny 2013 április, Hungary Nacsinák Gergely András: A szavak tárnáiból, 2013. november 28. – Liget Műhely – szellemi üzem, Hungary Bocsi Rita: Mintha történelemről nem is hallottak volna, Egri Szín, 2012. 06. 11., Hungary Holló Miklós: Vert textilek menete, Egri Ügyek, 2012. 07.08, Hungary
2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2010 2012 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2009 2009 2009 2008 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 2005 2002 2002 2002 2001 2001 2000
Mary Schoeser: Textiles: The Art of Mankind, Thames & Hudson Sandra Meech: Connecting Design to Stich, Batsford, UK Janet Twinn: Colour in Art Quilts, Batsford, UK Heilmann Anna: Fonalba oltott textilkódok, Magyar Iparművészet, 2011/2, Hungary Marillai Andrea: Képbe varrt városok, Képmás, 2011 március, Hungary Linda Colsh: Art Quilts in Europe, Surface Design Magazine, 4/2010, USA Charlotte Yde (ed): Voices of Quilt Art, UK Charlotte Yde (ed.): Quilt Art @ 25, UK Rachel Penn (ed.): The Art Quilt Collection, Sixth&Spring Book, New York, USA Carolyn Lee Vehslage: Profiled Artist: Eszter Bornemisza, SAQA Journal, 4/2010, USA Astrid Reck: Zu Gast bei Eszter Bornemisza, Patchworkideen, 4/2010, Germany Bornemisza 2010, Catalogue, Grafium, Hungary Husz Mária: Jelen-lét, Hungarian Applied Arts 2009/3 Charlotte Yde: Eszter Bornemisza, Kludemagasinet 1/2009, Danmark Sandra Meech: Connecting Art to Stich, Batsford, UK Martha Sielman: Masters: Art Quilts, Lark Books, USA/UK Charlotte Yde (ed.): Quilt Art 22, UK Sandra Meech: Contemporary Quilts: Design, Surface and Stitch, Batsford, UK Aliz Torday: Textilművész – matematikusból, Magyar Iparművészet, 2007/3, Hungary Rosario Casanovas: Hoy presentamos el trabajo be Eszter Bornemisza, SPE, 03/2006, Spain Hartfrid Neunzert (ed): Moderne quilts, Neues Stadtmuseum Landsberg am Lech, Germany Sandra Meech: Creative Quilts: Texture & Stich, Batsford, UK Susan Denton, Charlotte Yde (eds.): Quilt Art 20, UK Celia Eddy, Mitchell Beazley: Quilted Planet, London, UK Bakács Tibor: Nő gukkerral, varrótűvel, rongyok között, Találkozások Magazin, Hungary Gül Laporte: Eszter Bornemisza, Magic Patch, France Bornemisza Eszter, Catalogue, Grafium, Hungary, Lukovics Judit: On the Edge of Arts, HomeDesign, Hungary Gabi Meier: Quilts von Eszter Bornemisza, Quiltjournal, Austria Husz Maria: Szelíd diadal, Echo, Hungary Beatrice Rodaro-Vico: Profiles of Artists, Eszter Bornemisza, Euroquilt, France
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS 2015 2012 2012 2011 2011
Szombathely Pinakotek, Szombathely, Hungary Amateras Foundation, Paper Miniature Collection, Sofia, Bulgaria Akdeniz University Faculty of Fine Arts & Textile Design Department, Antalya, Turkey Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, Hungary Word Textile Art Collection of Mini-textiles, Mexico
and private collections in the US and Europe
ESZTER BORNEMISZA
1955
Born, Debrecen, Hungary
1978 1993
Studies Kossuth Lajos University of Sciences | MA mathematics Kossuth Lajos University of Sciences | PhD mathematical statistics Work
1978- 1998 researcher in mathematical statistics for social sciences 1998- 2010 self taught independent quilt artist 2011- 2017 independent fiber artist and teacher