Edit Balogh
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| Born | Balogh Edit October 27, 1958 Târgu Mureș, Romania |
| 🏫 Education | Ion Andreescu College of Fine and Decorative Arts, Cluj-Napoca |
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| Known for | Monumental tapestries |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Imre Lázár |
| 🏅 Awards | Ferenczy Noémi Prize (2011) |
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Edit Balogh (born 27 October 1958) is a Hungarian tapestry artist, art educator and arts administrator. She is a founding member of the Hungarian Tapestry Artists' Association and has served as its president since 2011. Her artistic work focuses on monumental wall tapestries, collaborative tapestry projects and the renewal of contemporary tapestry art in Hungary. Her work focuses on monumental wall tapestries, collaborative tapestry projects and contemporary gobelin art.[1][2]
Early life and education
Edit Balogh was born in Târgu Mureș, Romania. She attended the Art Primary School in Târgu Mureș and later studied in the Hungarian section of the city's Secondary School of Fine Arts and Music.[1] Her teachers included Éva Barabás, Pál Török, László Hunyadi and Pál Nagy.[1]
Balogh prepared for the entrance examination to the Ion Andreescu College of Fine and Decorative Arts in Cluj-Napoca under the guidance of the graphic artist Gusztáv Cseh. In 1980, she was admitted to the Department of Textile Arts, where she studied tapestry and carpet design under Doina Ciato Hordovan. She graduated in 1984.[1][2]
In 1986, Balogh settled in Hungary.[3] In the same year, she presented her first solo exhibition at the Young Artists' Club (Fiatal Művészek Klubja) in Budapest.[1][3]
Career
After settling in Hungary in 1986, Balogh continued her career as a tapestry artist. In her early works, she focused primarily on large-scale wall tapestries characterised by abstract natural motifs and a darker visual palette.[3][4]
Between 1988 and 1991, she was awarded the Kozma Lajos Scholarship.[5] During this period, alongside traditional tapestry weaving, she experimented with computer graphics. In 1988–1989 she created her first series of computer-generated prints based on fractal structures derived from details of photographed drawings.[6]
In 1991, Balogh held a solo exhibition at the Budatétény Gallery in Budapest.[7] From the early 1990s onwards, she increasingly participated in international exhibitions. In 1993 she was invited to exhibit in Canada in connection with the Eastern European Arts Festival in Montreal.[1][8]
Her tapestry Shaman Corpus received the Art Foundation Award at the 12th Wall and Space Textile Biennial in Szombathely in 1992.[1]
In 1993 she participated in the Deuxième Triennale Internationale de Tournai in Belgium, followed by exhibitions in Canada in 1994.[1]
At the 13th Wall and Space Textile Biennial in 1994, Balogh presented a traditionally woven tapestry together with an animation assembled from her computer graphic works. For this installation she received the Friends of the Gallery Award.[1]
In 1995, she participated in the collaborative project Tapestry Without Borders.[9]
Within the collaborative tapestry projects of the Hungarian Tapestry Artists' Association, Balogh worked both as a designer and as a workshop leader. She served as workshop leader for nine of the association's twelve collaborative tapestries.[10]
At the international exhibition Tapestry 2, held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, she received the Grand Prize for her works Metamorphosis.[11][12]
Balogh's work combines traditional gobelin weaving techniques with symbolic visual language and a contemporary artistic approach.[13][14]
Arts administration and teaching
Between 2007 and 2011, Balogh served as vice-president of the Hungarian Tapestry Artists' Association. In 2011 she was elected president of the association, a position she has held since then.[15]
In 2008, building on the legacy of the former Buda Castle Tapestry Workshop, she re-established a shared workshop with the support of the Municipality of Újbuda and in collaboration with Ida Lencsés.[10]
In 2011, Balogh curated the exhibition Transcendent Maps (Transzcendens térképek) at the Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest. She also served as editor and publisher of the exhibition catalogue.[16]
The collaborative tapestry Lights of Europe, created by fifteen artists, was exhibited at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg in 2011.[17] The project was later followed by another collaborative tapestry entitled European Universum.[10]
In 2016, Balogh organised the conference Apocalypse or Global Sustainability together with the Hungarian Tapestry Artists' Association. She subsequently co-organised the international exhibition Tapestry 3 with curator Lívia Pápai and co-editor Ida Lencsés.[18]
Balogh taught visual education, studio practice and subject methodology in the Faculty of Education of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary. She also taught the educational application of puppet theatre in early childhood education.[10]
In 2017, she was project director of the international exhibition Tapestry 3 at the Vigadó Gallery in Budapest and served as the responsible publisher of the exhibition catalogue.[19][20]
Personal life
Balogh is married to the Hungarian physician, anthropologist and university professor Imre Lázár.[10]
Selected solo exhibitions
- 1979 – Apollo Gallery, Târgu Mureș, Romania
- 1986 – Young Artists' Club (Fiatal Művészek Klubja), Budapest, Hungary
- 1991 – Budatétény Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- 1994 – Maison de la Culture Mercier, Montreal, Canada
- 2000 – Hungarian Cultural Institute, London, United Kingdom
- 2006 – Fészek Artists' Club, Budapest, Hungary
- 2007 – Castle District Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- 2013 – Mercure Hotel Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- 2013 – Workshop Gallery of the Hungarian Tapestry Artists' Association, Budapest, Hungary
- 2014 – Gogol Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- 2019 – Fonyód Museum, Fonyód, Hungary
- 2023 – Magdolna Courtyard Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- 2025 – Gyula Barta Gallery, Štúrovo, Slovakia[10]
Selected group exhibitions
Balogh has participated in nearly three hundred exhibitions during her career. Selected international exhibitions in recent years include:[10]
- 2017 – Woven by Hungarians, Textile Museum, Baku, Azerbaijan
- 2018 – Woven by Hungarians, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2018 – Spiral, Bucharest, Romania
- 2018 – Stories Woven into Threads, Hungarian Cultural Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 2018 – Mini Textiles, Balassi Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2018 – Narrative Threads, Museum of Literature, Bucharest, Romania
- 2019 – Asia-Europe 5, Roubaix, France
- 2019 – Textile Art of Today, travelling exhibition in the Visegrád countries
- 2019 – Our Lady exhibition series, Vatican City
- 2019 – Harmony Between Threads, Carpet Museum, Baku, Azerbaijan
- 2020–2021 – Light in Nature, Helsinki, Tallinn and Saint Petersburg
- 2021 – International Mini Textile Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 2021 – Anniversarium – Quarter of a Century, Pesti Vigadó, Budapest
- 2022 – Asia-Europe, Kouvola Art Museum, Finland
- 2022–2026 – Artapestry7, travelling international exhibition in Denmark, Germany, Finland, Lithuania and Hungary
- 2023 – Six Artists, Six Symbols, Hungarian Institute, Tallinn
- 2023 – Fibre Art Group: Asia-Europe 5, Krefeld, Germany
- 2024 – Beautiful Encounter, Hong Kong
- 2024 – Borderless Tapestry – Art Through Women's Eyes, Rome, Italy
- 2025 – Fiber Art 4, Textile Art Biennial, Spoleto, Italy
Awards and honours
- 1983 – Second Prize, National Design Exhibition, Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu
- 1986 – Award of the Fine and Applied Arts Committee, Celebration, Vigadó Gallery, Budapest
- 1988–1991 – Kozma Lajos Scholarship
- 1992 – Art Foundation Award, 12th Wall and Space Textile Biennial, Szombathely
- 1994 – Friends of the Gallery Award, 13th Wall and Space Textile Biennial, Szombathely
- 1996 – Grand Prize, 14th Wall and Space Textile Biennial
- 2000 – Minister's Grand Prize, Agriculture in Fine Arts, Hungarian Museum of Agriculture
- 2001 – Prize, Textile Triennial Design Competition
- 2005 – Grand Prize, Metamorphosis, Tapestry 2
- 2007 – Artist of the Month, Budafok–Tétény Municipality
- 2009 – Award of the Hungarian Association of Fine and Applied Artists
- 2011 – Ferenczy Noémi Prize
- 2011 – NEFMI Award, Pelso 2011
- 2013 – NEFMI Award, Duna-Limes
- 2016 – Grand Prize, 47th Spring Exhibition
- 2017 – Certificate of Merit, Tapestry 3
- 2022 – Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Cultural Organising Activity, Hungarian Academy of Arts
- 2022 – Textile Artist of the Year
Selected publications
- Balogh Edit (catalogue, 2007)
- Transzcendens térképek (editor, 2011)
- Balogh Edit (2013)
- A magyar kárpit 100 éve (contributing author, 2015)
- Magyar Kárpitművészek (editor, preface, 2015)
- Kárpit. 3. Konferencia (editor and publisher, 2016)
- Kárpit 3. Nemzetközi kiállítás (publisher, 2017)
- Víziók (curator, text, 2020)
- Fény a természetben, avagy a lélek napsütötte tájai a gobelinművészetben (preface, 2020)
- Negyed évszázad (editor, 2021)
- Benedek Noémi (editor, 2022)
- Szálvetések. Balogh Edit (catalogue, 2023)
- Határtalan kárpit. Művészet női szemmel (essay, 2024)
Gallery
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Shaman Corpus
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Metamorphosis I
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Metamorphosis II
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Heavenly Jerusalem
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Lights of Europe
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Resonance
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Balogh Edit. Compiled and designed by Edit Balogh and Zsolt Simon. Budapest, 2007, p. 19. Cite error: Invalid
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<ref>tag; name "Lexicon2000" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tibor Zalán, "A funkcióját veszített tárgy", Élet és Irodalom, no. 45, 7 November 1986, p. 12.
- ↑ Eszter Molnár, Szálvetések, Budapest, 2022, p. 8.
- ↑ Kozma Lajos ösztöndíjasok, Magyar Iparművészet, 1993/1, p. 28.
- ↑ Eszter Molnár, Szálvetések, Budapest, 2022, pp. 13–14.
- ↑ Budatétényi Galéria. Balogh Edit gobelinművész kiállítása febr. 1-jéig, Pesti Műsor, no. 4, 23 January 1991, p. 50.
- ↑ Art et nouvelles démocraties. Activités "Exposition Edit Balogh. Tapisserie Hongrie...", Respublika, 1994/2, p. 66.
- ↑ Máron Keppel, "100 m² közös falikárpit", Magyar Iparművészet, 2021/7, pp. 14–19.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 Balogh Edit – Szálvetés, ed. Zsófia Németh, Budapest, 2023.
- ↑ Ildikó Dobrányi, Kárpit 2. A szövött kárpit művészete egykor és ma. Átváltozások, Budapest, 2005, pp. 7–12, 68–69.
- ↑ Elsje Janssen, Magyar Múzeumok, 2007/1, pp. 53–55.
- ↑ Tibor Wehner, "Képek és kárpitok", in: Balogh Edit (catalogue), Budapest, 2007.
- ↑ Lajos Szakolczay, "A jel csillagösvényén járva", Magyar Iparművészet, 2007/4, pp. 19–23.
- ↑ Transzcendens térképek, ed. Dr. Lázárné Balogh Edit, Budapest: Hungarian Tapestry Artists' Association, 2011, pp. 13–35.
- ↑ Transzcendens térképek, Budapest, 2011.
- ↑ Hedvig Dvorszky, "Európa fényei", Magyar Iparművészet, 2011/2, pp. 50–53.
- ↑ Kárpit 3. Konferencia, Budapest, 2016.
- ↑ Kárpit 3. Nemzetközi kiállítás, Budapest, 2017. ISBN 978-963-88324-5-0.
- ↑ Mária Husz, "Apokalipszis vagy globális fenntarthatóság", Magyar Iparművészet, 2017/2, pp. 2–13.
