Photo: Dorka Oláh
Katalin KÁDÁR
visual artist
- Internationally known
- In the press
- Solo exhibitions
- A work appearing in the public square
"The line: thread of thought."
The line: thread of thought.
It is unwound from the thought-skein, with the help of the hand it is placed on the plane, and through it not only the 'what?', but also the 'how?' also appears. Because the line can be of many kinds: soft or rough, breaking-fibrous or firm-strong, subtle or heavy-thick. The line can easily follow the form, accompany it with vigor or hesitation, with strong determination or half-hearted restraint. Several lines can intertwine like a dense fabric, or form a spreading-loose web. I embroidered with my needlework line with a thin tube pen or a hard pencil. I also really liked etching, I practiced it for a long time. In the last ten years, I have changed my typical meticulous line play to a more energetic way of expression, now I prefer to paint. Photography and electrography have also become my favorite genres. I believe that an artist should talk about important things, but at the same time, whatever he talks about, if he is a real artist, it becomes important. I am particularly excited to make abstract concepts that are difficult to represent visible.
Photo: Dorka Oláh
Works from the artist's oeuvre
Solo exhibitions
2021
"Závárnýlét", Széphárom community square, Bp.
2020
"Barbecue", Klebersberg Kultúrkúria, Bp.
2016
"Bright Experiment", FUGA Architecture Center, Bp.
2013
"Water Collector", Danube Museum, Esztergom
2013
"In the Star Garden, Fényudvar", Gallery IX., Bp.
2012
"Prints" Mali Likovni Salon in Cultural Centre, Novi Sad
2012
"Silence Collection", Art9 Gallery, Bp.
2009
"Coaches" - photos, photo graphics. Galéria Bartók 32, Bp.
2005
"Drawing streams, linear streams", House of Arts, Szekszárd
2000
"CITIES" City Art Gallery, Stockholm
2000
"ÉG" - Újpest Gallery, Bp.
Group exhibitions
2021
Artmarket with MET Association in the ART Photo section (as in previous years)
2015
Székelyföld Graphic Biennale
2006
XIV Print Biennale, Museum of Art, Seoul
1996
IV International Graphic Biennale, Belgrade
1993
International Print Biennale, Municipality Varna, Bulgaria
The domestic national and international exhibitions organized regularly, annually or every two years:
Szeged Painting Biennale, Reök Palace
National Watercolor Biennale, István Dobó Castle Museum, Eger
Spring Exhibitions in Salgótarján, Summer Exhibitions in Debrecen, Summer Exhibitions in Szeged, Autumn Exhibitions in Hódmezővásárhely
Drawing Biennales, Nógrád Museum on Salgótar
Small Graphics Biennale, Budapest - Újpest Gallery
Biennale of Applied Graphics, Mihály Munkácsy Museum, Békéscsaba
National Graphic Biennale, Hermann Ottó Museum, Miskolc
Exhibition of Miniature Pictures on the Day of Painting, Vízivárosi Gallery, Bp.
1974
5th International Poster Biennale, Warsaw - Zachety Gallery
1972
VI. National Poster Exhibition, Budapest - Műcsarnok
Press releases
"Glitter", Tibor Wehner, Life and Literature, December 13, 1996.
"The machine image is only the beginning", György Szegő, Photography, 1999/3-4
“Artists, my friends. Katalin Kádár", Imre Szász, Sine Morbo, 1999/3
"About Katalin Kádár's graphics", Lajos Szakolczay, Pannon mirror, 2000/2 (special issue)
"Angel Mirror", György Gábor, ÉS, August 22, 2003.
"Katalin Kádár's exhibition at the Ervin Szabó Library in Fővárosi", József Román, Magyar Hirlap, February 10, 2004.
"The specific weight of the pill", István Antall, New Art, May 2006
"Soul Islands" Judit Seifert, ÉS, February 9, 2007.
"Journey on the drawing board", István Sinkó, New art, June 2011
"The Wedding of Sky and Water", Attila Medweczky: Hungarian Forum, November 20, 2014.
Prizes
2023
Életműdíj – II.kerületi Önkormányzat
2021
Professional recognition at the MAOE Horizont exhibition
2012
"Missing pages from a family album" photo contest, award-winning creators
2006
XIV. Seoul Print Biennale Prize
2005
Contemporary Poets, Contemporary Graphic Artists - Attila József won the Műhely Egyesület award and the Audience award
2002
Second prize of the environmental protection poster competition of the Ökoszolgál Foundation
2002
Award of the Hungarian Graphic Workshop Foundation at the Small Graphics Biennale
2000
Budapest Art Studio Association exhibition, shared second prize
1977
Idea prize of the poster competition of the Hungarian Environmental Association
