József SZURCSIK

English

Graduated from the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Graphics Studies. Member of the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists, the Association of Hungarian Graphic Artists, the Progression Society, the MAMŰ Society, the Executive Committee of the europen Council of Artists and of the Society of Hungarian Illustrators.

Selected Individual exhibitions

1994 ? King Matthias Museum (Visegrád)

1995 ? Colony ? ?Halak? (Szentendre)

1996 ? Vigadó Gallery ? ?Spakli? (Budapest)

1997 ? Várfok Gallery ? ?Knife? (Budapest)

1998 ? Community Arts Centre ? ?Tools? (Balasagyarmat)

1999 ? Art Gallery ?Souls Store? (Győr)

2002 ? Belenky Brothers Gallery (New York)

Selected awards, scholarships

1991 ? 15th Miskolc Graphics Biennial ? Grand Prix

1994 ? Rome scholarship, Ministry of Culture

1997 ? Munkácsy prize

1997 ? The Masters of Graphic Arts, 4. Nation. Graph. Bienn.

1998 ? Hungarian Asphalt Painting Prize

2001 ? The Prize of the Biennial of Illustrations in Japan BEIJ?01

2002 ? Ildikó Simsay Prize

2003 ? Winter exhibition of Miskolc, the prize of Miskolc city

2004 ? Hungart scholarships

Selected books published

1987 ? Olga Nagy: Women?s Book (Magvető)

1987 ? 89 Rakéta Magazine

1988 ? Stories from the Bible, David and Betsabé (Slide Co.)

1996 ? László Császár: Souls Store

Regularly contributes to weekly ?Élet és Irodalom? and

various daily papers.

?If the illustration visualises the poem as a whole rather than just one scene or one hero of it then I consider it good. There is however another, a psychologoical side to it ? the illustrator often reflects his own approach to the particular work. It is similar to the exercise when the psychologist asks the client to express his associations, thoughts about the splash which appears on the sheet before his eyes. The artist therefore perceives the written work as a splash and visualises the impressions the splash generates.?