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Beata Szechy

Born

1950, Budapest, Hungary

Type of Artwork

Printmaking, installation, book-art

Art Education

1982 BFA, Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
1980 MFA, Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
1999 MLA, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

Teaching

1996 to date Art Teacher, Dallas Independent School Trust
1996 to date Art Teacher, Columbia Art Center, Dallas, Texas
1999 to date Art Therapist, Dallas, Texas

Solo Exhibitions

1982 Studio Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1983 Obuda Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Youth Center, Szeged, Hungary 1984 City Library, Mako, Hungary
Ciffra Palace, Kecskemet, Hungary 1985 "Memories", Boglar-Lelle, Kek-Kapolna, Hungary
1986 "Family", The French Institute, Budapest, Hungary
"Rome", City Museum, Balassagyarmat, Hungary 1987 "Budapest-Rome-San Francisco", San Francisco, California
1988 Ariel Gallery, Albany, California
1989 "Food", Artspots Exhibit, Concord, California
1990 Gallery Reiffenstein, Vienna, Austria
Barnes & Conti Associates, Berkeley, California 1991 Courtyard Gallery, Alameda, California
1992 "Tangram", Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
1994 ÒOutside-InsideÓ, Dorottya Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1995 Artist Talk, DARE at the MAC, Dallas, Texas
1996 Book exhibition, Hungarian Cultural Institute, Bucharest, Romania
Floating Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
"Borderless Garden", Installation and Performance, 5501 Columbia Art Center, Dallas, Texas 1997 "The Last Supper", Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1998 "The Last Supper", Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1999 "Floppy-Flowers", Contemporary Art Center (with Ken Little), Fort Worth, Texas
2001 "Floppy-Flowers", Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary

Mixed Exhibitions

1981Studio Ô81, Budapest, Hungary
ÒBeginning of the Road?Ó, Bartok 32. Gallery, Budapest, Hungary 1982 Graphic Biennial, Miskolc, Hungary
1st Drawing Biennial, Salgotarjan, Hungary
15th International Graphic Biennial, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Vajda Lajos Studio, Szentendre, Hungary
Studio Ô82, Mucsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
FMK, Budapest, Hungary 1983 Small Sculpture Biennial, Pecs, Hungary
Graphic Biennial, Miskolc, Hungary
Studio Ô83, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Graphic Studio of Mako, Mako, Hungary
ÓContemporary Graphic and DrawingÒ National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary 1984 Graphic Biennial, Oslo, Norway
IntergraphicÕ84, Berlin, Germany
"The Achievements of Art Symposia", Mucsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
Bulgarian International Painting Biennial, Bulgaria
16th International Graphic Biennial, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Museum of Military History, Budapest, Hungary
Graphic Studio of Mako, Mako, Hungary
Studio Ô84, BNV, Budapest, Hungary
International Mail Art, Budapest, Hungary
Hotel Gellert, Budapest, Hungary
Sport Competition, Budapest, Hungary
7th National Exhibition, Debrecen, Hungary 1985 ÓContemporary Hungarian ArtistsÓ, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, California
Memorial Union Gallery, Davis, California
Szczecin Museum, Poland
Graphic Biennial, Miskolc, Hungary
International Experimental Art, Petofi Csarnok, Budapest, Hungary
National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Art Studio, Sopron, Hungary
Bartok 32. Gallery, Budapest, Hungary 1986 Ninth British International Print Biennial, UK
International Impact Art Festival, Kyoto, Japan
National Fine Art Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Young Artist Studio, Budapest, Hungary
International Experimental Art, Budapest, Hungary 1987 Breckenridge Gallery, San Francisco, California
Natsoulas Novalozo Gallery, Sacramento, California
Natsoulas Novalozo Gallery, Davis, California
Art Expo, Los Angeles, California 1988 International Mini Print Exhibition, Johnson City, New York
"War of the Worlds", Princeton, New Jersey
ÓPaperworksÒ, Oakland, California
"Last Picture Show", Walnut Creek, California
43rd Annual Marin County Exhibition, San Rafael, California
Annual International Competition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1989 Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, California
California Works 1989, California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, California
"San Francisco 100!", Alligator Gallery, San Francisco, California
ÓMatrixÕ89Ò, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California
ÒJazz/ArtÓ KimballÕs East, Emeryville, California
"Line and Form", Hatley Martin Gallery, San Francisco, California
3rd National Exhibition, Clary-Miner Gallery, Buffalo, New York
70th National Exhibition, G.W. V. S. Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts
BACA, Berkeley, California
California Works 1989, Sacramento, California 1990 Courtyard Gallery, Alameda, California
"Pen and Ink", Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, California
71th National Exhibition, G.W.V. S. Museum, Springfield, Masachusetts
Juried CAA National Members Exhibition, Chautauqua, New York
Peacemaking in Action, R. S. College Art Gallery, Santa Ana, California
Open Studio, ProArts, Oakland, California
45rd Annual Marin County Exhibition, San Rafael, California 1991 Kala Fellowship Exhibition, Berkeley, California
Bayfront Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, California
"The ArtistÕs Book", Artisans, Mill Valley, California
Gallery Reiffeinstein, Vienna, Austria
"California Works", Sacramento, California
Graphic Biennial, Miskolc, Hungary
ÓNew World OrderÒ, Bison Gallery, Berkeley, California
"PrintmakerÕs Show", Village Theatre Gallery, Danville, California
ÓWild ShowÒ, Napa Art Center, Napa, California
Courtyard Gallery, Alameda, California
"Kala Group Show", Berkeley Store Gallery, Berkeley, California
Giorgi Gallery, Berkeley, CA 1992 "One Square Foot", Gensler & Associates, Inc., Santa Monica, California
Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, Maryland
Kala Institute Gallery, Berkeley, California
The Foreigner - BeautiFUL, Budapest, Hungary
The Fire Art Project, Oakland-Berkeley, California
ÒPrints PlusÓ, Palo Alto, California
Open Studio, Berkeley, California
Giorgi Gallery, Berkeley, California 1993 ÒBorderlessÓ, Kala Institute, Berkeley, California
Slovenian Mini Print Biennial, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, New York
International Print Biennial, Maastricht, Netherlands
1st. Egyptian International Print Triennial, Egypt
Graphics Biennial, Miskolc, Hungary
Exhibit of Mako Art Studio, Hungary
ÒItalyÓ, The Italian Culture Institute, Budapest, Hungary
LA Thompson Gallery, Dallas, Texas
City Hall, San Francisco, California
Giorgi Gallery, Berkeley, California
Center of the Visual Arts, Oakland, California 1994 Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas
ARTexasÕ94, Dallas, Texas
Szegedi Keptar, Szeged, Hungary
ÓSmall graphicsÒ, Ujpesti Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
ÒChanged DimensionsÓ, Csok Istvan Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
MakO Art Group Exhibition, Pecs, Hungary 1995 ÒLivres A MediterÓ, Gallery Pont-Neuf, Paris, France
"The Book Reconfigurated", The Center for Women & Their Work, Inc., Austin, Texas
Fine Art Museum, Budapest, Hungary
ExpoÕ95, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Erdesz Gallery, Szentendre, Hungary
"Circle, Fire, Space" Csontvary Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Miskolci Gallery, Miskolc, Hungary
Academy of Fine Arts, Barcsay Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
"Book and Music", Museum of Music History, Budapest, Hungary 1996 "Paper Words, Artist' Books", Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida "Good-By", Honor to Marcel Duchamp, Budapest Gallery, Budapest, "The Book Reconfigurated", Texas A&M, Texas "The Book Reconfigurated", Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi, Texas "The Book Reconfigurated", Texas Women's University, Denton , Texas Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas Works on Paper, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas International Book Art Exhibition, Vigado Gallery, Budapest, Hungary "Libretto", Book Art in the Budapest Opera Gallery, Hungary Fine Art Museum, Book Art, Budapest, Hungary XVIII. Graphics Biennial, Miskolc, Hungary Book Art, Prague, Czech Republic 1997 The Book as Art", Oklahoma City, City Arts Center," Oklahoma 52nd Annual Competition, Museum of Abilene, Abilene, Texas "Livres-Objects' Biannual, Paris, France
"The Fourth Dimension", The MAC, Dallas, Texas
"The Book as Art", Branningan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico
1st Biennale Internationale Des Livres-Objects, Xantus Janos Museum, Gyor, Hungary
"Hungarian Salon '97", Mucsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
"Memoir of Peter Gemes, Water-line", Dovin Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
"Time of the Book", Pecsi Gallery, Pecs, Hungary 1998 "Image & Text", SFA Gallery, Stephen F. Austin University, Texas
EXPO'98, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Erdesz Gallery, Szentendre, Hungary
Cultural Center, District 12, Budapest, Hungary
XII. District Fine Art Exhibition, MOM, Budapest 1999 Off the Page, Fifth annual membership exhibition. MAC, Dallas, Texas
Horse show, with Beata Veszely, Tatersar, Budapest, Hungary
"Past-Present-Future", Contemporary Art Museum, Szekesfehervar, Hungary 2000 Women Artists, Hungarian Embassy, Washington DC
EXPO 2000, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
"Postcards From All Over", IAA Center for the Arts, Irving, Texas 2001 Works on Paper, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas

Awards

1982 First Prize, Annual Studio Exhibit, Budapest, Hungary
First Prize, Metamorphosis Competition, Hungary 1983 Studio Award, Budapest, Hungary
1985 First Prize, International Young Artist Congress, Budapest, Hungary
1986 Studio Award, Budapest, Hungary
1988 Merit Award, San Rafael, California
1989 Art Award, 70th National Exhibition, Springfield, Masachusetts
Award of Merit, California Works, Sacramento, California
Honor Award, San Rafael, California 1990 Third Prize, Peacemaking in Action, Santa Ana, California
Merit Award, 71th National Exhibition, Springfield, Masachusetts
Certificate of Achievement, Mendocino Art Center, California 1991 Award of Merit, California Works, Sacramento, California
1993 Prix dÕAchat, Slovenija Mini Print Biennial, Slovenija

Scholarships and Grants

1985 ArtistsÕ meeting, Szczecin, Poland
1986 Hungarian Ministry of Culture, Academy of Hungary, Rome, Italy
ArtistsÕ meeting, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Turkmenistan 1990-93 Ann Flanagan Fellowship, Berkeley, California
1995 Hungarian National Foundation, Hungary
1997 Soros Foundation, New York
1998 Hungarian National Foundation, Hungary

Commissions

1992 Memorial Plaque, St. MaryÕs College, California
1991 Foot Wear First, Berkeley, California
1990 Mural 16Õ X 8Õ and 6Õ X 8Õ, Victoria Chang, Walnut Creek, California

Catalogues

1985 Three Dimension, Catalogue with 12 B & W plates and introduction
1996 Outside-Inside, Catalogue with 24 color plates and introduction

Critical Reviews

1982 "XI. Grafikai Biennale Miskolcon", Magyar Nemzet ( I.10., Megay LAszlO )
"Studio '82", Magyar Nemzet ( XI.14., Ember MAria )
"Kollazs-kEtszer", Magyar Nemzet ( VIII. 25., BAn AndrAs )
"Egy pAlyAzat tanulsAgai", Magyar IfjusAg ( VII. 30. KrEmer )
"KivUl-belUl semmi", Esti Hirlap ( XI. 16., HarangozO MArta ) 1983 "Panoptikum", Elet Es Irodalom ( XI., Vadas JOzsef )
MUvEszet
"Kis Es nagy szobrok", Magyar Nemzet ( VIII.11., BAn AndrAs)
"LAttuk hallottuk", Magyar RadiO, Budapest
DEl-MagyarorszAg 1984 MUvEszet
Csongrd Megyei Hirlap ( VII. 19., HajdU IstvAn )
"Meccs kOzben", NEpszabadsAg ( XI. 17., P.SzUcs Julianna )
"Sz. B. kiAllitAsa a KecskemEti galEriAban", ( Simon Magdolna )
"Grafikai MUhely-sorozat", PetOfi NEpe ( IX. 7., AndrAsi GAbor ) 1985 "A view to current Hungarian Art",California Aggie(XI.20.,Derek Ryor ), California
"New work from Hungary", Artweek (VIII. 24.,Rebecca Solnit), California
"From Budapest with expression", Sacramento Bee (Victoria Dalkey), California
"Sinne Ira...", Magyar Nemzet ( BAn AndrAs )
Magyar Nemzet ( IX. 12., Gyetvai Agnes )
"MakOi mUvEsztelep '83-'84", UjtUkOr ( III.10., BodzsAr ErzsEbet )
Glos Szczecinski Magazin ( VIII. 10., Danuta Kret ), LengyelorszAg
"FEnykEpek Es plasztikus kEpek", Magyar IfjusAg ( VI. 14., P.SzabO ErnO), MozgO VilAg
PacificSun ( VIII. 9. ), California
"Art notes", Point Reyes Light ( VIII. 1., Joanne Dickson ), California
"Historic break through brings Hungarian Art here" P.R.L.(VIII.18.,Jane Thrall ), California 1986 "Tiberis-szAlak", Magyar Nemzet (VI. 18., BAn AndrAs) 1987 "Hungarian artist visit U.S."Contra Costa Times (VIII.16.,Carol Fowler), California
"Exotic and Unusual", The California Aggie (Roberta Flodea), California 1988 "Bears Messages", The Philadelphia Inquirer (XII.3.,Victoria Donohe), Philadelphia
The Voice ( I. 21. ), California 1991 "Raging Brew", Daily California (III. 22.Vini Beachem), California
1994 Reggeli Csucs, PetOfi Radio ( December 19., Lesli Monika)
PEntektl-PEntekig, PetOfi Radio ( November 18.)
ÓCrying BooksÓ, BeszElO, Cultural Magazine ( December 1., HajdU IstvAn)
ÒSculpted Books- Book SculpturesÓ, UjmagyarorszAg ( December 10., A. Banovich)
ÓB. Szechy ExhibitionÒ, Magyar Narancs ( December 8., HorAnyi)
ÒLombrass in the LibraryÓ, Dorottya Gallery ( November 17., Andrasi Gabor)
Pestmegyei Hirlap ( November 19)
Bukaresti Magyar SzO ( January 18., SzabO EmOke)
Hungarian Culture Institute ( January 17., Vida GyOrgy) 1995 KOnyvek Altal...vissza, UjMUvEszet, (SinkO Istvan, April)
"Meditations' in the Book" Magyar Nemzet (December 20, P. SzabO ErnO)
PEntektOl-PEntekig, PetOfi Radio ( August 28.)
"KOnnyes KOnyvek", BeszElO (HajdU IstvAn, December 1)
"Reading into art", Austin American Statement, (September 21, Madeline Irvine)
"A Day in the Neighborhood", The Austin Chronicle, ( September 22, Rebecca Levy) 1996 "Don't judge these books by their covers", Times (April 25, Mary Ann Marger)
"Borderless Garden", The Word (January, Irwin Arnsein)
"Lost Art", Observer (June 13, Matt Weitz)
"Borderless Garden" The Met (January 24, Marina Isola)
Dallas Morning News, (February 3, Ellen Sweets)
"Adventures in the Borderless Garden" Magyar Nemzet , (January, P.SzabO ErnO)
Reviews on the exhibition at the Vigado Gallery, Budapest, Hungary 1997 "The Last Supper", Observer (May 1, Jimmy Fowler)
"The Last Supper", KRLD 1080AM Radio (May 2, Peter Arnell)
"The Last Supper", The Turtle Creek News (April 27)
"The Last Supper", The Met, (May 14, Emily Hughes)
"The Last Supper", Fort Worth Star Telegram, (May 11, Suzanne Akhtar)
"Biography of Who is Who", (Peter Hermann) 1998 "Advertising and the twelve apostles" (Kepes Europa, 1998 July 8.)
MTV2 (July 11, Fitz Peter)
"Artists' celebration on the hill", Hegyvidk ( July 1, Scheken PAlma) 1999 "Floppy Flowers", Fort Worth Star Telegram, (February 14,Suzanne Akhtar)
"Floppy Flowers", Fort Worth Star Telegram, (November 13, Janet Tyson)
"Past-present-future", Muveszet, (July, Judit Szeifert)

Work held in Collections

Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
Contemporay Arts, Dallas, Texas
Documentary Arts, Dallas, Texas
Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
International Impact Art Festival, Kyoto, Japan
Istvan Kiraly Museum, Szekesfehervar, Hungary
Minisry of Culture, Budapest, Hungary
Slovenia Graphic Biennial, Slovenia
Ljubljana Graphic Biennial, Slovenia
British Graphic Biennial, UK
Egyptian Graphic Museum, Kairo, Egypt
Miskolc Graphic Biennial, Hungary
Young Artist Studio, Budapest, Hungary
Museum of Modern Art, Pecs, Hungary
Museum of Szczecin, Poland
American Red Cross, San Francisco, California
Dr. Georg Kahlig, Vienna, Austria
Jeff & Dara Tillotson, Dallas, Texas
Kitty Doolin, Dallas, Texas
In private collections in the USA, Hungary, France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany and England

Statement

The only valid thing in art is the one thing that cannot be explained, to explain away the mystery of a great painting would do irreplaceable harm, for whenever you explain or define something you substitute the explanation or definition for the image of the thing.
Henry Matisse

So here I am, trying to define my art. There is so much to be said about seeing, about how we have learned to perceive, about our experience of the world. Art can certainly have multiple messages and meanings. My art becomes a form of visual documentation of my experiences, moral standards and traditions.

Artist's Work

Design