István HORKAY

1945, Budapest

fne artist, graphic designer, flm director

He graduated from the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, and the continued his studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. He has been an exhibiting artist since the 1970s. His individual graphic works, collages, photo-adaptations and experimental motion pictures show kinship with postmodern imaging. Besides his autonomous animation films, he also participated in several films by Peter Greenaway, with whom he had a joint exhibition too. He is a member of the Hungarian Poster Association as well as the Alliance Graphique International (AGI), which brings together the world’s leading graphic designers. He won the Prima Award in 2017 and the Golden Drawing Pin Life Achievement Award in 2020.