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Katalin Katona Ferenczy, a Noémi Prize-winning goldsmith who died in the seventy-third year of her life, is a full member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (MMA), writes MTI. The artist passed away on December 26 in Budapest. Katalin Katona to Hungarian Academy of Arts considers himself dead – the institution said Monday.
Katalin Katona was born in Ráckeve on January 3, 1948. She continued her primary and secondary studies in Ráckeve, then from 1966 to 1968 she attended the Vocational Training Center of the State Mint in Budapest.
He worked as a chisel at the State Mint, then between 1970 and 1975 he studied at the Hungarian School of Applied Arts, where his teachers were József Engelsz, József Pölöskei and Gyula Illés.
He was a member of the National Association of Hungarian Artists (formerly Art Fund) from 1975, and from 2012 to 2016 he was a member of the board. As a member of the Hungarian Association of Plastic and Applied Artists, he also served as secretary of the Department of Goldsmithing.
He joined the Hungarian Academy of Arts in 2012 and until his death was a member of the Department of Applied Arts and Design. In addition to his solo works, he has created a series of public works, and since 1976 he has participated in solo and group exhibitions both in the country and abroad.
In connection with Katalin Katona’s artistic career, a regular community presentation called the Biennale of Goldsmiths began, which was organized by the Savoy Castle in Ráckeve between 1996 and 2004, and since 2007 by the Budapest II. Klebelsberg Cultural Mansion district.
Organized and analyzed exhibitions exploring the internal processes of the profession, among other things, initiated and professionally coordinated the II. exploration of the works of the first generation of goldsmiths who received post-WWII post-WWII post-WWII based on historical art research.
In recognition of his work, he won the Grand Millennium Prize of the Hungarian National Association of Artists (MAOE) (2002), the Noémi Ferenczy Prize (2001) and in 2013 the IX. Goldsmiths Biennale MMA Award.
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