KESERÜ, Ilona
Biography
1933 | born in Pécs, Hungary |
since 1983 | Teacher at the Janus Pannonius University, Pécs , Hungary |
1986 | Visiting professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Cergy Pontoise, France |
since 1991 | Professor at the Master School of Fine Arts, Pécs, Hungary |
since 1995 | Leader of the Doctoral Program of Fine Arts (DLA), Janus Pannonius University, Pécs, Hungary |
1998 | Visiting professor at the University Hertfordshire, Faculty of Art, England |
Lives and works in Pécs and Budapest, Hungary |
Education
since 1945 | her master: Martyn Ferenc |
1950-1952 | High School of Fine and Applied Arts, Budapest |
1952-1958 | Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest under László Bencze and István Szőnyi |
Solo Exhibitions (selection) | |
2008 | "Concave, convex, plane", AL Gallery, Budapest |
2007 | "Allegro d’amore", Art Gallery of Pécs, Hungary |
2005 | AL Gallery, Budapest |
2004 | "Old and New Images", MEO, Budapest "Approach, Tangle, Stream", Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest Hungarian Cultural Centre, London, England |
2002 | Blitz Modern Galéria, Budapest Museum Gallery, Pécs Hungarian Cultural Institute, Stuttgart, Germany |
2001 | Accademia d΄Ungheria, Rome, Italy |
2000 | Szinyei Salon, Budapest |
1999 | Szinyei Salon, Budapest |
1997 | Budapest Galéria, Budapest Museum Gallery, Pécs "Endless Colourline", Árkád-Szalóky Galéria, Budapest |
1995 | MTV, Studio 8, Budapest |
1993 | Gallery of Szombathely, Hungary |
1992 | Haus Ungarn, Berlin, Germany Wegiersky Instytut Kultury, Warsaw, Poland Bartók 32 Galéria, Budapest |
1991 | Delphine Gallery, Santa Barbara, USA |
1989 | Ernst Museum, Budapest Art Gallery of Kecskemét, Hungary |
1988 | Kisgaléria, Pécs |
1987 | French Institute, Budapest |
1985 | Cultural Centre Bartók Béla, Szeged, Hungary |
1984 | Hungarian Cultural Institute, Helsinki, Finland |
1983-1984 | Art Hall, Budapest |
1983 | Art Gallery of Pécs, Pécs Műhely Galéria, Szentendre, Hungary |
1981 | Dráva Museum, Barcs, Hungary |
1980 | "Voice – Colour - Place", Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest (with Vidovszky László) |
1978 | István Csók Galéria, Székesfehérvár, Hungary |
1977 | Gárdonyi Géza Theatre, Eger, Hungary |
1976 | "Obligation", Hatvany Lajos Museum, Hatvan, Hungary |
Group exhibitions (selection) | |
2007 | "Studying", Gallery 2B, Budapest "Hungarian Art – Expressionistic Tendencies in Hungarian Contemporary Art 1980-2007", Danubiana, Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia |
2006 | "Domestic Goods", 2B Galéria, Budapest "Rembrandt 400", Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest "Prohibition and Tolerance", Ernst Museum, Budapest "Summer Festival", AL Gallery, Budapest (with István Pető and Bernd Schwarzer) |
2004 | Palazzo Pazzi, Florence, Italy "Doyens", Kogart, Budapest |
2003 | "Situation Ungarn", Stiftung Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, Germany |
2001 | MEO Contemporary Art Collection, Budapest |
2000 | Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest Art Hall, Budapest Ernst Museum, Budapest |
1999 | "Ungarn 2000", Galerie der Künstler, Munich, Germany "Perspective", Art Hall, Budapest |
1998 | "Obecnośc węgierska 1998", G. Sztuki Współczesnej Zachęta, Warsaw, Poland |
1997 | "Consonance", Szentendre Picture Gallery, Szentendre, Hungary "Oil/Canvas", Art Hall, Budapest |
1996 | "Segments", Vigadó Galéria, Budapest |
1995 | "Selected by György Várkonyi", Gallery of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary |
1994 | "Hommage à Kassák", Kassák Lajos Museum, Budapest |
1993 | "Identité d'aujourd'hui. L'art contemporain hongrois, polonais, slovaque, tchéque", Centre de Conférences, Bruxelles, Belgeium Ernst Museum, Budapest |
1992 | "Das offene Bild. Aspekte der Moderne in Europa nach 1945", Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster, Germany "Hungarica, Arte ungherese degli anni ’80 e suoi origini", Modern Art Museum, Bolzano, Italy Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Italy |
1991 | "Kunst Europa '91", Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest |
1989 | "Kunst heute in Ungarn", Neue Galerie - Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany "Contemporary Hungarian Art", Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, South Korea |
1988 | Arts Olympics, Seoul, South Korea |
1986-1987 | "Aspects of the Hungarian Contemporary Painting", Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany Stadthalle, The Hague, The Netherlands Stadthaus-Galerie, Münster, Germany |
1985 | "Unkarin Maalaustaidetta 1945-1985", Kaupungintalon Ala-Aula, Helsinki, Finland "Drei Generationen ungarischer Künstler", Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria Art Hall, Budapest "Contemporary Visual Arts in Hungary. Eighteen Artists", Third Eye Center, Glasgow, Ireland |
1984 | Art Hall, Budapest, |
1983 | Zachęta, Warsava, Cracow, Bytom, Poland |
1982 | "L'art hongrois contemporain", Musée Cantini, Marseille, France Palais de l' Europe, Menton, France Palais Conservatoire, Lyon, France Maison des Congrès et la Culture, Clermont-Ferrand, France L'Éspace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France |
1981 | "Ungersk konst 1905-1980", Liljevachs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden Konstmuseum, Göteborg, Sweden Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden Fészek Club, Budapest |
1980 | XXXIX. La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy Óbuda Galéria, Budapest |
1979 | "Hungarian Painting in the XX. Century", Carillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico Fundacao Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal |
Awards and scholarships
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, USA |
Collection Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany |
Ferenczy Museum, Szentendre, Hungary |
Municipal Picture Gallery - Museum Kiscell, Budapest |
Municipal Museum of Art, Győr, Hungary |
Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs, Hungary |
Janus Pannonius University, Pécs, Hungary |
Foundation Károlyi, Vence, France |
Kassák Lajos Museum, Budapest |
Picture Gallery, Kecskemét, Hungary |
Museo e Pinacoteca Communali, Gubbio, Italy |
Muzeum Narodowe, Szczecin, Poland |
Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest |
Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany |
National Modern Museum, Seoul, South Korea |
Kunsthalle Szombathely, Hungary |
Zentralsparkasse und Kommerzialbank, Vienna, Austria |
Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany |
Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort, The Netherlands |
French Institute, Budapest |
Picture Gallery, Paks, Hungary |
Ferenczy Museum, Szentendre, Hungary |
King St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary |
Statuepark, Villány, Hungary |
Collections (selection)
2007 | Hazám Prize, Hungary |
2000 | Kossuth Award, Hungary Széchenyi Professor’s Scholarship, Hungary |
1994, 1996 | Knight’s Cross of the Hungarian Legion of Honour, Hungary |
1994 | Member of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts, Hungary |
1989 | Meritorious Artist of Hungary, Hungary |
1984 | Munkácsy Award, Hungary |
Publications (selection)
Films |
B. Farkas T. - Kernács G.: Colour-stream, Hungarian Television, 2004 |
B. Farkas T. - Kernács G.: The birth of a wall painting, Hungarian Television, 1994 |
B. Farkas T. - Kernács G.: The anatomy of an exhibition. Hungarian Television, 1989 |
Literature (selection) |
Péter Nádas: Own sign – Neutral view in the paintings of Ilona Keserü, in: Ilona Keserü Ilona: Approach, Tangle, Stream, Museum of Contemporary Art - Ludwig Museum, catalog, 2004 |
Árpád Mezei: Ilona Keserü, in: Árpád Mezei: Microcosms and interpretations, published by Jelenkor, Pécs, Hungary, 1993 |
György Várkonyi: "A squabble of adventure and order", published by Új Művészet, 1997/10-11. |
András Zwickl: Conversation with Ilona Keserü, in: (catalog, Hungarian National Gallery) Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, 1991) |
Dezső Tandori: Ilona Keserü, Budapest, 1982 |
Lóránd Hegyi: The victory of the colour, in: L. Hegyi: Ways from the avant-garde, Pécs, 1989 |
Márta Kovalovszky: Lyre – logic, in: Almanac of Art '78, Budapest, 1979 |
Judit Szabadi: Ilona Keserü, Ars Hungarica, 1978/1. |
Júlia Szabó: Ilona Keserü, Művészet (Art), 1973/5. |
László Beke: The painter of the Tombstones, New Hungarian Quarterly, 1971/43. |
Géza Perneczky: The painter Ilona Keserü, Budapester Rundschau, 5. 1. 1968. |
J. Tölgyesi: The paintings of Ilona Keserü, Művészet (Art), 1968/3. |
János Frank: At Ilona Keserü, Élet és Irodalom (Life and literature), 8. 4. 1967. |