Artists



Sárkány, Győző

Born in Súr, in 1951. Founding member and president of the Hungart Association, vice-president of the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists, founding president of the Society of Hungarian Illustrators, member of the association of illustrators of Italy and New York, and the Association of Hungarian Graphic Artists.

Selected Individual Exhibitions

1986 Adolf Fényes Room (Budapest) 
1988 János Nagy Balogh Exhibition Hall (Budapest)
1992

Young Artists' Club (Budapest)

Hungarian National Gallery (Budapest) 
1993 Contemporary Graphics Cabinet (Budapest) 
2003 Vigadó Gallery (Budapest) 
2008 Gallery IX (Budapest) 
2011 Pesterzsébet Museum (Budapest)

Selected Awards

1989 Sillenpää: Hiltu and Ragnar illustrations, Prize of Excellence
1993

Int. Small Graphics "900th Anniversary of Mohács", 1st Prize 

I. Ex Libris Biennial, Dürer Hall, Gyula, 1st Prize

Petôfi Competition, Town Gallery, Kiskôrös - 1st Prize
1995 Contemporary poetry - graphic arts, MAOE Prize 
1996 "Nice Hungarian Book", Illustration Prize
1998 Noémi Ferenczy Prize 
1999 "The Illustrator of the Year" - Hungarian IBBY Prize 
2000 Simsay Ildikó Prize 
2002 Salgótarján Biennale of Drawings, MGSZ Prize 
2012 Worthy Artist 
2015 Hungarian Order of Merit, Knight's Cross

Selected Books Published

1988 F.E. Sillanpää: Hiltu and Ragnar (Európa)
1990 Valery Briusov: Marble Head (Európa) 
1991 A. Schmuckler: Requiem for Theophil (Európa) 
1992 István Tótfalusi: Opera Tales (Móra) 
1993 Edmond Rostand: L'Aiglon (Európa) 
1994 Best Hungarian Dramas (Unikornis) 
1998 Series of Verne Novels (Vol. from 1 to 14) (Unikornis) 
2006 Leporello Mask (MIT) 
2011 Leporello Face (MIT) 

"Although it is the particular literary works that inspire illustrations, a good illustration always represents individual graphic masterpiece in itself. Each illustration, of course, reflects the artist's personality, thoughts and outlook on the world."