WEB POSTER EXHIBITION - FIVE. Posters from Hungary


ISTVAN OROSZ

was born in Hungary in 1951. He was trained as a graphic designer at the University of Arts and Design in Budapest. After graduation in 1975 he began to deal with theatre as a stage designer and animated film. Later when poster came to the center of his interest also made mainly theatre, movie and exhibition posters. Under the influence of Eastern-European democratic changes he drew some political posters as well. Film director at the Pannonia Film Studio, member of the Hungarian Art Academy and co-founder of D.O.P.P.
One-man exhibitions
  • 1992 Pecsi Galeria, Pecs
  • 1995 Vigadó Gallery, Budapest
  • 1997 Thessaloniki, Aristotelian University
  • 1998 Mosting Hus, Koppenhaga; Kansas City, Hammerpres-GrafikArchive
  • 2000 Kunst Center, Silkeborg; Festoterem, Sopron
  • 2002 Slovenska Narodna Galeria, Bratislava; Art Museum, Mikkeli
Awards
  • 1990 Gold Medal at the Biennial of Graphic Design, Brno
  • 1991 First Prize at the International Poster Biennial, Lahti; Master's Eye Prize at the International Poster Triennale, Trnava,
  • 1994 Prize at the International Poster Biennial, Warsaw; ICOGRADA-prize at the International Poster Show, Chaumont
  • 2000 Creative Distinction Award of European Design Annual, Dublin; "Golden Bee" Prize at the International Poster Biennial, Moscow
  • 2001 Gold medal at the 43rd Annual Exhibition of Society of Illustrators, New York
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