Csillag István
Adress: RO 530112, Miercurea Ciuc Harghita County Miron Cristea street 2./B/13 GSM.: +40 742 040 501 E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]
Place of birth: 23rd March 1976, Miercurea Ciuc (Harghita County)
Education: 1990 – 1994 / Nagy István Art School (specialization: graphics), Miercurea Ciuc 1994 – 1999 / Art University of Temesvár (specialization: graphics)
Occupation: 1999 – 2003 / working as graphic designer and as a teacher at Nagy István Art School 2003 to present time: working as graphic designer, book illustrator and artist.
From 1997 member of the Barabás Miklós Guild (founded in 1929) From 2010 member of the Romanian Fine Arts Association (UAPPR)
Prizes – Fellowships 1997 / Nívó-prize – Autumn Exhibition ’97 Barabás Miklós Corporation, Târgu Mureş (RO) 2007 / Avangardrob-prize – League of Hungarian Writers from Transilvania, Kolozsvár (RO) 2007 / The fellowship-prize of the Communitas Endowment (RO) 2009 / I. Builder-prize – International Art Camp of Zala (HU) 2011 / The fellowship-prize of the Communitas Endowment (RO)
Individual exhibitions 1998 / RO – Miercurea Ciuc: Kriterion Gallery 2001 / RO – Odorheiu Secuiesc: Tour Info Gallery / Miercurea Ciuc: Kriterion Gallery 2004 / RO – Cluj Napoca: Bulgakov Coffe House Gallery 2005 / RO – Gheorgheni: Pro Art Gallery 2008 / RO – Miercurea Ciuc: Kriterion Gallery / Cluj Napoca: Cultural Institution, Bulgakov Coffe House Gallery 2009 / RO – Cluj Napoca: Korunk Gallery 2010 / RO – Miercurea Ciuc: Kriterion Gallery 2010 / DE – Osnabrück: private Gallery 2011 / HU – Budapest: Újlipótvárosi Club-Gallery Budapest: Boscolo New York Palace Art Gallery
Collective exhibitions 1992 / RO – Miercurea Ciuc 1994 / RO – Miercurea Ciuc 1995 / RO – Miercurea Ciuc, Timișoara 1996 / RO – Brașov, Miercurea Ciuc, Timișoara 1997 / RO – Miercurea Ciuc, Târgu Mureș 1998 / EN – Sunderland RO – Miercurea Ciuc, Timișoara, Tescani 1999 / SE – Stockholm RO – Timișoara, Bucharest, Cluj Napoca 2000 / RO – Bucharest, Covasna, Miercurea Ciuc 2001 / RO – Cluj Napoca, Covasna, Miercurea Ciuc, Lăzarea 2002 / IT – Roma HU – Törökbálint RO – Lugoj, Bucharest, Miercurea Ciuc 2003 / RO – Salonta 2004 / HU – Zalaegerszeg RO – Miercurea Ciuc 2005 / HU – Kaposvár, Tiszaújváros RO – Miercurea Ciuc 2006 / HU – Zalaegerszeg, Encs RO – Miercurea Ciuc 2007 / AUT – Viena POL – Jamna, Tarnow RO – Miercurea Ciuc 2008 / HU – Zalaegerszeg RO – Miercurea Ciuc, Odorheiu Secuiesc, Gheorgheni 2009 / HU – Nagykanizsa RO – Miercurea Ciuc, Odorheiu Secuiesc, Gheorgheni, Sfântu Gheorghe 2010 / HU – Nagykanizsa RO – Miercurea Ciuc, Odorheiu Secuiesc, Gheorgheni, Târgu Mureș, Timișoara 2011 / HU – Baja, Nagykanizsa, Szolnok, Békéscsaba, Debrecen, Keszthely SLO – Ljubjiana RO – Miercurea Ciuc, Bucharest 2012 / RO – Miercurea Ciuc, Târgu Mureș, Sfântu Gheorghe, Odorheiu Secuiesc, Gheorgheni HU – Budapest, Nagykanizsa, Gödöllő 2013 / RO – Miercurea Ciuc, Odorheiu Secuiesc, Gheorgheni, Cluj Napoca, Timișoara HU – Gödöllő, Szabadka
Illustrations 1997–2013 – 40 Books
Writers: Balla Zsófia, Bálint Tibor, Benedek Elek, Duka János, Elfriede Sauseng, Farkas Árpád, Ferences István, Ferencz Imre, Fodor Sándor, Füzesi Magda, Kányádi Sándor, Kovács András Ferenc, Kozma Mária, László Noémi, Markó Béla, Orbán János Dénes, Páll Lajos, Sütő András, Tompa Gábor, Veress Zoltán, Kristó Tibor
From 2007 I am the designer-editor of a Transylvanian children`smagazine - Cimbora, and since then my illustrations appear regurarily on its pages.
From 2009 I am the illustrator of another Transylvanian children`s magazine, Napsugar.