László Szlávics Jr.

 

“He mainly makes medals and plaques. In the field of traditional struck medals he created a specific, softer style. Making his cast medals, earlier he applied an imprint method with a lyrical effect, later a cubistic style (Van Gogh series, 1993).

Since the mid 1990s his works have been on the borderline of medal making, e.g. light and sound effects or movement are built in his steel medals. With his series of ritual proto-money, he created a unique form of expression by using unusual materials (feather, bone, pearls).

With his sculptures, especially the ones on public places, he follows a more traditional way. (Damjanich János, Szeged, 1988; Zrinyi Miklós, Pécs, 1989; Széchenyi Ödön memorial tablet, Budapest, 1989; Görgey Artúr sculpture, Budapest, 1990; St Florian relief, Budapest, 1992)”

                                                            — Hungarian Encyclopedia, Budapest, 2004.—

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Curriculum Vitae

Date and Place of Birth1959 – Budapest
Qualifications

1973-1977 Specialized Secondary School
of Fine and Applied Arts, Budapest

ExperienceWorking in his father’s (László Szlávics Sr.)
goldsmith-sculpture workshop and the
sculpture workshop of Agamemnon Makris
Exhibitions

Numerous international exhibitions
worldwide (Europe, Canada, the USA, Japan)
22 solo exhibitions in Hungary and abroad
All the F.I.D.E.M. exhibitions since 1994
(Budapest, Neuchatel, Haga, Weimar, Paris, Seixal)

Major solo exhibitions

Budakeszi (1984),
Duna Palota Budapest (1989),
Hajdúböszörmény (1990),
Erzsébetvárosi Galéria, Budapest (1991),
Galerie Altenahr (Germany,1991)
Collegium Hungaricum Wien (Austria, 2002)    


Prizes (selection)
1986 “ Way to the stars” National contest
(Main Prize of the Artists’ Fund)
1993     “ Faces and Fates” National Portrait Biennale,
Hatvan (Golden Diploma, Main Prize)
1996“9th Cloissons Jewellery Contest” International exhibition, Tokyo (Encouragement Prize)
1997, 2003

11th and 14th “Civitas fidelissima”
Hungarian Biennale of Medal Art, Sopron
(Prize of the Municipal City Government of Sopron, Silver Medals)

2002 Masaccio 600 International Art Medal Competiton
Ein Vered, Israel (Special Mention)

Literature
Imre Soós:

Van Gogh medals of László Szlávics Jr. (Művészet és Barátai 1996 Sept.-Oct)

Viktória L. Kovásznai: László Szlávics Jr. (Budapest, 1997, ISBN 963 04 8922 8)
Viktória L. Kovásznai:

A Cycle of Cultic Proto-Money by László Szlávics Jr.
(Budapest, 1999-2000, ISBN 963 03 8257 1)

Viktória L. Kovásznai:A series of ritual proto-money by László Szlávics Jr.
(The Medal, No.36 Spring 2000)
Arnold Nieuwendam:Arnold Nieuwendam: Penningen van ifj. Szlávics László - Een medailleur uit
Hongarije (MUNTkoerier 11/2003)

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