Spotlight on the artist...

VALERIA FAZEKAS ( www.valeriafazekas.com )

1957 Nyíregyháza, Hungary
Works and lives in Budapest

1982 - 1987 Hungarian Academy of Crafts and Design, Budapest
1987 - 1988 Fancy-leather work Factory, designer
1988 - 1990 Vocational Secondary School of Arts, art-teacher
1994 - V50 Design Art Studio (H-1056 Budapest, Váci u. 50.)
Founded and opened the first showroom
1997 - V50 Design Art Studio (H-1056 Budapest, Belgrád rkp.16.)
Opened the second showroom
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010 “a kiss, a hat, a stamp”: installation by Diango Hernández in collaboration with Valéria Fazekas, Blood Mountain Foundation, Budapest
2010 Blickfang, Kongresshaus, Zürich, Switzerland
2010 Blickfang, MAK, Wien, Austria
2010 TimeTravel: Valéria Fazekas, Mākslas galerija PUTTI, Riga, Latvia (solo)
2010 DRAUFANGELEGT: Valéria Fazekas – Claudia Hoppe, Galerie Detail3, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
2009 Blickfang, Kongresshaus, Zürich, Switzerland
2009 Blickfang, MAK, Wien, Austria
2009 Chapeau Création, Atelier Musée du Chapeau, Chazelles sur Lyon, France
2008 Overpowered: Claude Schmitz – Valéria Fazekas, Galeria Reverso, Lisboa, Portugal (solo)
2008 Haupt-Stätte: Skulpturen für den Kopf, Kalivod'Art, Vienna, Austria (solo)
2008 Havana Mask Dance #2 Featuring the Red Bag Anticipating the Red Hat, Galerie V&V, Wien, Austria
2008 Blickfang, Kongresshaus, Zürich, Switzerland
2008 Blickfang, MAK, Wien, Austria
2008 Winter Angewandte Kunst, Accessories und Mode, Kalivod'Art, Wien, Austria
2008-2010 Fürstliches Hallali, Burg Forchtenstein, Sammlungen der Fürsten Esterházy, Austria
2007 Blickfang, MAK, Wien, Austria
2006 Galeria Reverso, Lisboa, Portugal
Galeria V&V, Wien, Austria
2005 Galeria Reverso, Lisboa, Portugal
Galeria V&V, Wien, Austria
2004 Hatsculptures, Valéria Fazekas, Szent István Király Múzeum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary (solo)
Galeria Reverso, Lisboa, Portugal
The month of the textile, V.A.M.Design, Budapest, Hungary
2002 METAMORPHOSES, Atelier-Musee du Chapeau, Lyon, France
2001 Next Galerie, Leiden, The Nederlands (solo)
Applied Arts, Mucsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
2000 Hungarian Consulate, New York, USA (solo)
APA INI?, Portland, USA
Blickfang, Kongresshaus, Zürich, Switzerland
1999 Hat installation 4, V50 Design Art Studio, Budapest, Hungary (solo)
1997 Hat installation 3, V50 Design Art Studio, Budapest, Hungary (solo)
1996 Avantgarde Fashion Designers, Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, Hungary
1995 V.A.M.Design, Budapest, Hungary (solo)
1991 Accessorires, Sofie Lachaert and groep, Cultureel Centrum Luchtbal, Antwerpen, Belgium
CONFIGURA 1, Kunst in Europa, Erfurt, Germany
BODY-ORNAMENT, Budapest Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
1990 Galerie Sofie Lachaert, Gent, Belgium
OFFLINE, Petőfi Csarnok, Budapest, Hungary
Fashion and Spectacle, Ernst Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary
Hat intstallation 2, Pál Gyula Terem, Nyíregyháza, Hungary (solo)
1989 OFFLINE, Wiener Hofburg, Wien, Austria
Hat installation 1, Ferencvárosi Pincegaléria, Budapest, Hungary (solo)
1988 Cuir and Creation, Hotel Pégayrolles musée place du marché, Millau, France
Cuir and Creation, Institut Hungrois, Paris, France