Born in Kunmadaras, 1954. Graduated from the Gyula Juhász Teacher Training College and the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts. Member of the Association, of Hungarian Creative Artists and of the Society of Hungarian Illustrators.
Selected Individual Exhibitions
1985 ? Poster Biennial (Lahti)
1986 ? Premier Salon Europeen Dela Carte Postale
(Strassbourg)
1989 ? BIB (Bratislava)
1990 ? Katholische Akademie (Hamburg) ? Exhibition
of Child?s Book
1992 ? Katholische Akademie (Hamburg) ? Bible illustrations
1993 ? School Gallery (Dunakeszi)
Selected Awards
1986 ? 1st Salon Europeen Dela Carte Postale ? 1st Prize
(Strassbourg)
1992 ? IBBY ? Honour List
1993 ? Albert Csillag ? Memorial Prize
2004 ? ?The Illustrator of the Year? ? Hungarian IBBY Prize
2006 ? Noémi Ferenczy Prize
Selected Books Published
1988 ? Secret of the Fairy Lake (Móra)
1989 ? Dog ? Cat (MTI)
1990 ? Small Book about the Hungarian Apple (Corvina)
1993 ? Colourful Calendar (National Educational Publisher)
1994 ? Magic Torch (Móra)
1994 ? Trip to the World of Fantasy (National Education Pub.)
1999 ? The Three Princesses (Palatinus)
2002 ? Murmurer (Noran)
2003 ? Bedtime Stories for Girls (Novella)
2003 ? Bedtime Stories for Boys (Novella)
?About Child?s Books ? drawing skill should follow the written text. The artist?s style should not dominate but adapt! Of course it doesn?t matter if the style is not unique, typical to us the uniformity of all our illustrations should however be avoided. Colours, forms, rhythms give experience. Illustration should not put the message into the readers? mouth but encourage them to develop further thoughts. Forming and not tbe mere serving of general taste is the goal!?
