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APOLKA
Biography
APOLKA - APOLKA ERÕS
1978 Budapest
2011 Chose the artist-name Apolka
2012- Leading member of the Hungarian Sculptors Society
2012- Vice President of the Hungarian Sculptors Society
STUDIES
1997 – 2002 Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Sculpture,
College degree in sculpture
1999 – 2002 MKE, Teacher Training, art history and drawing dual major,
degree in teaching
1992 – 1996 Vocational Secondary School for Fine and Applied Arts,
majoring in sculpture
AWARDS
2018 Hungarian Academy of Arts' Scolarship of Fine Arts
2013 State merit of honour; Munkácsy Mihály Prize
2011 Monument Contest for European police officers who died in the line
of duty, the Hague (NL) – 1st Prize
2008 Haydn-Esterházy Monument Contest, Fertõd,
with Tamás Baráz – 1st Prize
2007 MOL LUB Monument Contest, Almásfüzítõ – 1 st Prize
2006 Derkovits Gyula Scolarship of Fine Arts
2005 1st International Triennial of Silicate Art, Kecskemét – 2nd Prize
2005 Derkovits Gyula Scolarship of Fine Arts
2004 4th Small Stone Statue and Sculptor Drawing Biennial, Rákoshegy
Prize of the Hungarian Sculptor Society
2004 World War 2 Monument Contest, District XVIII in Budapest,
Budapest Gallery – 2nd Prize
2004 Derkovits Gyula Scolarship of Fine Arts
2001 2nd Small Stone Statue and Sculptor Drawing Biennial,
Rákoshegy, 1st prize
2001 13th „Faces and Fates” National Portrait Biennial, Hatvan – 1st Prize
2000 ”Military Defence in the Fine Arts” Competition in Budapest,
Award for excellence, granted by the Ministry of Defence
2010 - present
2010 - present
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2020 MANK Gallery, Szentendre "MEETING POINTS"
2013 Galéria'13, Budapest
2012 HAP Gallery, Budapest
2010 Erlin Gallery, Budapest
2008 Serbian Church, Balassagyarmat
Budapest Gallery, „Space Segment” Budapest
2005 Plein Art, 7th Festival of Contemporary Arts, Budapest
Statue Park and Gallery in Kaposfüred with Tamás Baráz
2004 Kék Iskola Gallery, Budapest
KUSZA, Budapest
2003 Erdõs Renée House, Budapest
2002 Moldvay Gyõzõ Gallery, Hatvan
2000 Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Calvary, Budapest
1999 Podmaniczky Hall, Budapest
1996 Utca Gallery, Szombathely
2022 "Departure" Exhibition of MMA scholarship winners, at Vigadó Gallery,
-Budapest
2021 International Contemporary Art Medal Exhibition,
FIDEM TOKYO 2020 -Tokyo
"MSZT 25+" Exhibition of the Hungarian Sculptor Society -Szolnok
V.th Sculpture Biennial, Ferenczy Museum, -Szentendre
2019 The 1st Bangla Biennial -West Bengal
2018 "ASPECTS" Accademia d'Ungheria in Roma, MKISz -Róma
2017 "Dimensions" The 4th Hungarian Sculpture Biennial -Szentendre
"3D" exhibition of Hungarian Sculptors Society -Szentendre
"Contemporary Mythology"
Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre -New Delhi
“Dialogue with Emperor Qin EU & China Sculpture Show” -Bruxelles
“Dialogue with Emperor Qin EU & China Sculpture Show” -Antwerp
2014 Szentendre, Művészet Malom, III. Szobrászati Biennálé; "EVIDENCIA"
Budapest, Gallery '13; "NEW GENERATION"
Kecskemét, KASZ+2014
Szentendre, NANK Gallery; MSZT
Budapest, ERLIN Gallery; "VASHIÁNY"
Budapest, ArtMarket
2013 Budapest, ERLIN Gallery; FIAT LUX 2013
Budapest, MKISZ; "Kis szobrok- Nagy álmok"
Budapest, ArtMarket; sCULTURE program
წინანდლის მუზეუმი Tsinandali Museum "Dialogue with Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture Show"
Zhongshan, Zhongshan Art Museum, "Dialogue with Emperor Qin EU and
China Sculpture Show" (CH)
Tallinn; Museum of Art Tallinn, "Dialogue with Emperor Qin EU and China
Sculpture Show" (Estonia)
Budapest, Nemzeti Táncszínház, Szobrászrajz kiállítás, MKISZ
Szentendre, Művészet Malom, BUDAPEST ART EXPO FRISS VI.
Fiatal Képzőművészek Nemzetközi Biennáléja
2012 “Dialogue with Emperor Qin EU & China Sculpture Show” -Heilongjian
“Dialogue with Emperor Qin EU & China Sculpture Show”
Changchun
“Dialogue with Emperor Qin EU & China Sculpture Show”
Sanguandian
“Dialogue with Emperor Qin EU & China Sculpture Show”
at Ningbo Museum, Ningbo
Szentendre, ARTMILL, II. Sculpture Biennial, -SPACE>points
Budapest, Design Terminal, MSZT
Budapest, Forrás Galéria, "Összetartozunk"
Suzhou, China, "Dialogue with Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture
Show"
Heilongjiang, Heilongjiang Art Museum, China,
"Dialogue with Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture Show"
2011 Xi'an, Shanxi Art Museum, China,
"Dialogue with Emperor Qin EU and China Sculpture Show"
Hungarian Institute, Bukarest, Romania
3rd International Triennial of Silicate Arts, Kecskemét
2010 Plein Art, 12th Festival of Contemporary Arts, Budapest
"Man int he Sculpture”, Kék Iskola Gallery, Budapest
Contemporary Hungarian Sculpture, Móra Ferenc Museum, Castle of
Szeged
„Majestic and Ironic”, In memoriam László Paizs, Csepel Gallery Budapest,
„L’Arte Futurismo Ieri –Costruttivismo – Post Geometria –
Arte Industriale Oggi”, Hungarian Academy, Rome, Italy
„Axes in Fine Art”, Town Gallery of Miskolc
Hungarian Collection, Dunaszerdahely, Slovakia
2009 Plein Art, 11th Festival of Contemporary Arts, Budapest
„Deduction” Mûvészet Malom, Szentendre
Small Stone Statue and Sculptor Drawing Biennials Awardees,
Laborcz Hall, Budapest
Contemporary Hungarian Sculpture 2009, Körmend
”Silicate in Sculpture”, Statue Park and Gallery in Kaposfüred –
Hungarian Sculptor Society
”Art-Indrustriel 2009”, Dunaújváros
International Wax Sculpture Exhibition,
Ubon Ratchathani National Museum, Thailand
2008 2nd International Triennial of Silicate Arts, Kecskemét
2007 20th National Biennial of Small Sculpture, Gallery of Pécs
Derkovits Gyula Scolarship Account Exhibition, Ernst Museum, Budapest
„Magic” Mûvészet Malom, Szentendre
2006 Exhibition of the Hungarian Sculptor Society, Gallery of Pécs
Derkovits Gyula Scolarship Account Exhibition, Ernst Museum,
Budapest
Hungarian Collection, Dunaszerdahely, Slovakia
Small Wooden Statue and Sculptor Drawing Biennial,
Erdõs Renée House, Budapest
„Statues and Small Sculptures”, Rondella, Esztergom
Outdoor Exhibition of MSzT, Main square, Szombathely
6th Csepel Arts Biennial, Budapest
„Haraszty Édeske Collection” KOGART, Budapest,
2005 „Antiquity” Csepel Gallery, Budapest
Derkovits Gyula Scolarship Account Exhibition, Ernst Museum, Budapest
1st International Triennial of Silicate Arts, Kecskemét
19th National Biennial of Small Sculpture, Gallery of Pécs
1st International Steel Sculpture Festival, Budapest
„Only from Bronze” Kispesti Vigadó Gallery, Budapest
KiC-Nord Art, Büdelsdorf, Germany
4th Small Stone Statue and Sculptor Drawing Biennial, Rákoshegy,
Budapest
Outdoor Exhibition of MSzT, Március 15. square, Szombathely
Exhibition of the International Ceramics Studio, Budapest Gallery
Exhibition of the Hungarian Sculptor Society, Trenton, New Yersey, USA
2004 MAOE, Duna Gallery, Budapest
18th Biennial of Ceramics, Pécs
Public Space Sculpture Exhibition for the EU –
Hungarian Sculptor Society, Erzsébet square, Budapest
„Border Cases in Medal Art”, Körmöcbánya, Slovakia
Csikász Gallery, Veszprém
Statue Park and Gallery in Kaposfüred – Hungarian Sculptor Society
„Border Cases in Medal Art”, Árkád Gallery, Budapest
„10th” Museum of Szombathely, Exhibition of the Hungarian Sculptor
Society
5th Csepel Arts Biennial, Budapest
„Art- Money-Artist Money” Nádor Gallery, Budapest
2003 Exhibition of the Hungarian Sculptor Society, Vigadó Gallery, Budapest
18th National Biennial of Small Sculpture, Gallery of Pécs
14th National Medal Biennial of Sopron
Plastica Dreams, Palace of Art, Budapest
14th „Faces and Fates” National Portrait Biennial, Hatvan
CSEGE Csepel Gallery, Budapest
„Small Sculptures-Big Prints” MKISZ Gallery, Budapest
„Border Cases in Medal Art”, Paris, France
2002 Budapest Art Expo Fresh 2002, Szentendre
2001 6th National Sculptor Drawing Biennial, Budapest
”Hence and Beyond Sculpture” Palace of Art, Budapest
Small Stone Statue and Sculptor Drawing Biennial, Budapest
Statue Park and Gallery in Kaposfüred – Hungarian Sculptor Society
”Everything is Different” – House of Hungarians, Budapest
”Grass,Tree, Flower”, Museum of Agriculture, Budapest
13th „Faces and Fates” National Portrait Biennial, Hatvan
2000 Budapest Art Expo Fresh 2000, Szentendre
„Faces and Fates”, Gyöngyös
”Military Defence in the Fine Arts”, – Millennium – 2000, Budapest
Municipality of Dobrinj, Croatia
3rd Csepel Arts Biennial, Budapest
1999 Student Fest, Temesvár, Romania
12th „Faces and Fates” National Portrait Biennial, Hatvan
1998 Town House of Culture, „Four” Budapest
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUMS
2009 4th International Wax Sculpture Event, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
2008 Invited Master, International Ceramics Studio, Kecskemét
2003 Terra Nuova, 19th International Ceramics Art Symposium, Siklós
2001 1st International Fine Art Symposium, Rieka – Dobrinj, Croatia
1999 Student Fest, Temesvár, Romania
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