Curriculum Vitae
Studies
Graduated from the University of Arts and Design, Cluj, in 1997. In 1995 she attended a specialization course: Art Contemporain, Méthodologie d'analyse d'oeuvre in 1995, and a specialization course, Art contemporain et institutions in 1996 within the Civic Education project, CEU. Between 1997-2000 she obtained a PhD scholarship at the Faculty of Art of the University of Pécs, Hungary. In 2007 she received the degree of Doctor of Liberal Arts. She has been a member of the Union of Artists of Hungary since 1999 and of the Union of Artists and Designers of Hungary since 2004. From 2010 she is a university lecturer and until now she is also the head of the Department of Visual Art, Faculty of Art Rippl-Rónai, MATE, Kaposvár, Hungary. She lives and works in Budapest, Hungary.
Awards, grants
2018 National Cultural Foundation, grant
2019 Artcadia Prize, awarded for academic activity
2020 Pelso Prize, awarded by the Union of Fine Artists and Designers of Hungary; NKA grant
2021 Ferenczy Noémi State Prize, awarded for art
Solo exhibitions
2023 Broken boundaries, with Georgiana Cozma, Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, Romania; You cannot step twice in the same... Nádor Gallery, Pécs 2022 Time out! three site specific installations, on site, Budapest; 2021 Ahhh..... , FUGA, Budapest; 2017 Between Black and White, National Museum of History of Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca; 2014 Close-up and faraway, Museion 1 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary; No Title, Art Museum, Alba Iulia, Romania; Bild oder Schrift, Festival Neuer Kunst, Frankfurt am Oder, Germany; 2012 Feminine Atittudes, with Georgiana Cozma, Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, Romania; 2008 Schrammel&Szőcs, Museum of Art, Cluj, Romania; Handling the space, Köfém Art Gallery, Székesfehérvár, Hungary; In the end, Art Gallery, Burapha University, Thailand; 2007 DLA exhibition, PTE, Pécs, Hungary; 2003 Sculptures, Gy. Szabó Galéria, Szank, Hungary; 2001 Porcelain, Pécsi Galéria, Pécs, Hungary; Stereotype, Inter-Art Galeria, Aiud, Romania; 1997 Connections, performance, Young European Writers festival, Krk, Croatia
Selected group exhibitions
2024 Sibiu Contemporary Art Festival, Ursulinen Convent/Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu, Romania • 50 Jubilee Exhibition, Vasary Gallery • 2023 Artcadia Exhibition, Rippl-Rónai Gallery, Kaposvár • Hydrography Map, Danube Museum, Esztergom, Hungary • 2022 Pelso Award Winners Exhibition, MKISZ Gallery, Budapest 2021 Ceramics Biennial, M21 Gallery, Pécs • Pelso Biennial, Balaton Museum, Keszthely • IADCE 2021 Burapha Univerity, Chonburi Province, Thaiföld • Image Gallery House II. , Szombathely, Pinacotheca Gallery, Hungary • 2020 Autumn Exhibition, MKISZ Gallery, Budapest • 2019 Multicultural Identities United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA • Incandescent Metaphors-Ceramics, glass,metal, Art Nouveau Gallery, Targu-Mures • 2018 From Venus of Kökénydombi to NASA, Pesti Vigadó, • Multicultural Identities, Museum of Unirii, Alba Iulia, Romania • Chaos and Order - exhibition with selected works, Gaál Imre Galéria, Budapest • Incandescent Metaphors, Museum of Art, Cluj • XX. Vásárhely Ceramics Symposium Bartók1 Gallery, Budapest • 2017 International Triennial of Ceramics, Hírös Agóra, Kecskemét, Hungary • 2016 In the middle of Europe, Bartók Galéria, Budapest • Symposion, Art Mill, Rosnava, Slovakia • 2015 Book-object, Ráday Palace, Pécel, Hungary • Ceramic Exhibition, MKISZ Gallery, Budapest, Hungary • Ceramic Biennale, Casa Matei, Cluj, Romania • 2014 transFORM - Contemporary Ceramic Art, Galatea Gallery, Bucharest, Romania • In memoriam Jacek Cichon, Museum of History, Cluj, Romania • Labyrinth, Art Mill, Szentendre, Budapest • 2013 Ceramic Triennial, Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs, Hungary • Freedom and art without borders, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium • International Ceramics Biennale, Museum of Arts, Cluj, Romania • Galateea today, Mogosaia Palace, Bucharest, Romania • For4 exhibition, Strbske Pleso, Slovakia • Difference That Makes A Difference, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. • 2012 Decorative-Ceramic Exhibition, Alföldi Gallery, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary • In memoriam Chiru Chakravarty, Museum of History, Aiud, Romania • Seeing Yourself, Rabat, Morocco • Seeing Yourself, Osaka, Japan •2011 New Art Program, Gallery Kutztown, Pennsylvania, USA • Dekor2, Reök Palace, Szeged, Hungary • Ceramic Exhibition, Olof Palme House, Budapest, Hungary • 2010 Seeing Oneself, Museum of Photography, Kecskemét, Hungary • Before and after ten, Csók Gallery, Budapest, Hungary • 2009 Postmedia, K.B. Galéria, Kaposvár, Hungary • Artists in Education, Vaszary Gallery, Kaposvár, Hungary • Interart exhibition, Time Gallery, Wien, Austria •2008 People and Love, Gallery 4 Arts, Liverpool, U. K. • Inter-Art exhibition, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC. USA • Exhibition, El Minia University, Egypt • Symposium Exhibition, Art Museum, Arad, Romania • 2007 Four artists, Museum of Art, Risnava, Slovakia • Treasures of Hódmezővásárhely, VAM Design Center, Budapest • Eurodreams, Museum of Art, Cluj, Romania • 2006 Eurodreams, Karinthy Galeria, Budapest • Inter-Winter, Zoya Gallery, Warsaw, Poland • Under the Blue Sky, Mechanics Hall, Marsden, Yorkshire, United Kingdom • Earth , Tornyai János Museum, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary • Life and Art is super, Museum of Art, Cluj, Romania • Firebird, performance-installation, with Georgiana Cozma, Aiud, Romania 2005 10 years of DLA, Ernst Museum, Budapest • III. Carte-Obiect Biennial, Ráday-palace, Pécel, Hungary • Under the Blue Sky, Hammersmith Centre, London, U.K. • Aesthesis and Persona, Blackburne House, Liverpool Biennial, U.K. • 2004 Under the Blue Sky , Blackburne House, Liverpool Biennial, U.K. • Under the Blue Sky, Cultural Centre of Romania, London, U.K. • 2003 10 artists, Shagun Gallery, Bombay, India • 2001 Friendship Harvest, Haziran Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey • DLA diploma exhibition, Museum Gallery, Pécs, Hungary 1998 Human Nature, site-specific installation, Déli Szél Contemporary Art Festival, Pécs
Selected symposia
2017 Jubileum, International Symposium, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary 2015 XVIII. Ceramic Symposium, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary; 2014 Creatures, Ceramic Symposium, International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemét, Hungary; 2013 For4 Art Symposium, Strbske Pleso, Slovakia; Galateea Azi, International Workshop, Brâncovenești Palace, Mogoșoaia, Romania; 2011 XIV. Decorativity, Ceramic Symposium, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary; 2009 Meyers International Symposium, St. Michael, Austria; Figures, International Symposium, International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemét; 2008 International Art Symposium, Dorobanți, Romania; International Workshop, El Minia, Egypt 2006 Inter-Winter International Symposium, Siolo Budy, Poland International Art Camp Inter-Art, Aiud, Romania 2005 Earth, Ceramic Symposium, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary
Professional activity
2007 Co-curator of the international exhibition Eurodreams, Budapest, Hungary
2010 Co-curator of the international photo exhibition Seeing Yourself, Photo Museum, Kecskemét, Hungary
2024 Co-curator of the Rippl50 Jubilee Exhibition, Vasary Gallery, Kaposvár, Hungary
Teaching activities
1998-1999 Lecturer, course "Contemporary Art and its Institutions", Hungarian University of Applied Arts, Budapest
2002-2003 Teacher at ceramic art class, Medgyessy Ferenc Vocational School of Fine Arts (post-graduation), Debrecen
2002-2008 Teacher at graphic art class, Álmos Jaschik (formerly Decorator) Art Vocational School, Budapest
2006-2008 Hungarian University of Fine Arts, appointed teacher in charge of education practice
2008 Guest Lecturer, University of Art, El Minia, Egypt
2009 Guest lecturer, Burapha University, Thailand
2008- Associate Professor, Rippl-Rónai Institute of Art, Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences (MATE)
Publications and reviews
Szőcs Éva Andrea: Marginally Architecture. In: Posztmédia. Katalógus, SoBaBu Vizuális Művészeti Egyesület, Kaposvár, 2009. 31-32.
Szőcs Éva Andrea: The beggar and the prince. In: Magyar Iparművészet, 2009/3, 62-64.
Szőcs Éva Andrea: Ceramic in contemporary architecture. In: Artcadia, KEMK, Kaposvár, 2012. 79-89.
Flora says:01010101, Képírás/6:H, 2020.11.27 http://kepiras.com/2020/11/szocs-eva-andrea-es-ioana-gruita-savu-beszelgetese-flora-says-01010101/
Ceci n’est pas un pipe à la Szőcs Éva Andrea, interview, Revista Arta, nr. 19, 2016, Dr. Ioana savu Gruita
https://www.academia.edu/26796544/Ceci_n_est_pas_un_pipe_%C3%A0_la_Sz%C5%91cs_%C3%89va_Andrea_interview_Revista_Arta_nr_19_2016
Készman József: A művészet doktorai In: Echo, 1998. július, 3. szám
Dorel Lazar: Expozitie originala in galeriile inter art In: Actualitatea, 2001. 28. mai.
Kőmíves Andor: Eurodreams In: Tribuna, VI (2007 január)
Alin Codoban: Made in Eu. In: Eurodreams, (Kiállítási Katalógus), Kolozsvár, 2007
Teodora Anton: Din capitala culturala a Transilvaniei In: Gazeta Nord-Vest, (2007 április)
Július Barczi: Visual Art at the festival of Alternative Theatre In: Tempus art, Rosnava, 2007
Schleiffer Ervin: XVI Őszi Kerámiatárlat In: Magyar Iparművészet, 2006/1, 61-64.
http://eurodreams.ote.ro/
Calin Stegerean: Schrammel&Eva Szőcs In: Ziarul Financiar, 2008.10.17
Braica Tünde: Kerámiaalkotások a Bánffy palotában In: Szabadság, 2008.09.26 Open Curtain: 39 artist/21 Countries-interjúkötet
http://www.patriciagoodrich.com/opencurtain.html
Interviu video in seria FUGA MIkrokozmosz:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEUs646f9nQ
Revista Octogon: https://www.octogon.hu/design/idot-kerunk/
Critica de Illés Barna Barkácsolók a bárkában. In. Balkon 2022.2/3
https://balkon.art/home/print/balkon-2022-2-3/
