MARIKA SZARAZ

designer, teacher, lecturer

Cotemporary Tapestry - Plastic Art - Textile Design

 

Grande Rue au Bois, 36

B-1030 Brussels

Belgium

+32 (0)2 216 45 13

szairam9@yahoo.fr

 

 

Born in Hungary, Luxemburg nationality by mariage

 

Education

• 1972 Academie of Applied Arts Budapest
• 1976 Academie of Arts - sculptur nonfigurativ, (master : Jacques Moeshal) Brussels, Belgium
• 1985 Graduate of Ecole Nationale des Arts Visuels de la Cambre -  (master : Tapta ) Brussels, Belgium.
• 1990 John F.Kennedy University,   ( Tutorial teachers : Lia Cook, Nance O’Banion) San Francisco, U.S.A.

  Professional activity

• International Relations Commissioner of  Domaine de la Lice - Brussels, Belgium 
• Member of : Arelis - Paris, France
• Member of : Associaton Mary Toms / Pierre Pauli - Lausanne, Switzerland 
• Member of : ATA - (American Tapestry Alliance)  New York, U.S.A
• Member of : MKE  Karpit - Budapest, Hungary
• Member of : MADI Intenational - (Mouvement, Abstraction, Dimension, Invention)
• President of Art Applied of Brussels, Textile departement

          Lecturer and Workshops

• 1991 Academie Constantin Meunier - Brussels
• 1991 Museée de la Tapisserie - Tournai
• 1991 Fondation de la Tapisserie - Tournai
• 1992 Distant Lives / Shared Voices  Symposium International - Lodz, Poland
• 1992 Atelier Experimental      Verossaz, Switzerland
• 1993 Workhops -  Annecy, France 1
• 1998 Stedelijk Institut   Gent, Belgium 1
• 2004 MKE -   Budapest, Hungary
• 2005 MKE -   Budapest, Hungary

          Professional travels

• 1990 University Kennedy,  San Francisco - U.S.A.
• 1992 Distant Lives / Shared Voices   Symposium International  - Lodz, Poland
• 2005 International workshop  EMKE,   Budapest Hungary
• 2005 ETN Conference, study tour : Izmir, Burma, Istambul 1
• 2007 Professional travel Sofia, Bulgarie 1
• 2007 Symposium "La tapisserie hier et aujourd'hui" Ecole du Louvre, Paris

Awards

• 1989   2nd price - Competition of "Integration d'une Tapisserie à une Architecture"  Tournai
• 1990   1rst price - Competition of "Integration d'une Tapisserie à une Architecture"  Tournai
• 1990   Laureat of  Fondation S.P.E.S.  - Brussels
• 1996   Sosset Prize - Arts, Antiques, Auctions 
• 2000   Second prize - Competition Carton of Tapestry  - Audenarde