Publication date: 23rd of November 2023
Award ceremony: 22nd of January 2024, 5 p.m., Transylvanian Art Centre
Visiting period: 22nd -26th of January 2024
The purpose of the competition announced by the Transylvanian Art Centre among Hungarian high school students from Romania was to encourage creation and self-expression with the tools of visual arts by the student in the 9th–12th grades. At the same time we tried to popularize contemporary Transylvanian Hungarian literature. We have tried to find and reward talented young students and give them the opportunity to present themselves on an exhibition, which presents the best and most exciting works.
We expected the students to create in a freely chosen technique and size, reflecting the text or poem of a contemporary Hungarian writer from Transylvania. The best artworks selected by an invited jury were exhibited in professional conditions, framed and illuminated, in the exhibition space on the ground floor of the Transylvanian Art Centre.
More than 150 artworks from 12 towns of Transylvania were submitted to the KOMA - Hungarian Contemporary Fine Arts Competition, announced by the Transylvanian Art Centre. The members of the jury – theatre historian Zsuzsanna Szebeni, graphic artist Tünde Sipos Gaudi, painter Gagyi Botond, sculptor Zoltán Hosszú and graphic artist Ferenc Siklódy – evaluated the works based on the aspects of their connection with contemporary Transylvanian literary works, the actuality, creativity and technical execution of the artworks.
The opening of the exhibition and the award-ceremony took place on the occasion of the Day of Hungarian Culture. The works received mirror the current situation of plastic arts education, but also offer an overview of the issues of young people, as well as the identity of the contemporary Transylvanian Hungarian authors who are closest to them. The prizes were distributed in two categories (students from 9th–10th grades and students form the 11th–12th grades).
Awards:
Students from 9th–10th grades
1st place: Katona Hanna (Miercurea Ciuc, István Nagy School of Art)
2nd place: Ladó Anna Tüzinke (Homorod-Remetea, homeschooled)
3rd place: Szabó Sarolta (Odorheiu Secuiesc, Palló Imre Art School)
Special award by the Liszt Institute from Sfântu Gheorghe: Bencze Nóra (Miercurea Ciuc, István Nagy School of Art)
Jury’s special award: Bükkösi Kriszta Mária (Târgu Mureș, Bolyai Farkas Highschool)
Students form the 11th–12th grades:
1st place: Kala Dávid (Sfântu Gheorghe, Plugor Sándor Art School)
2nd place: Albert-Nagy Anett (Sfântu Gheorghe, Plugor Sándor Art School)
3rd place: Csillag Péter (Miercurea Ciuc, István Nagy School of Art)
Honorable mentions: Kardos Bors Ágoston (Sfântu Gheorghe, Plugor Sándor Art School), Dusincki Viktória (Sfântu Gheorghe, Plugor Sándor Art School)
In addition to the listed students, works were also exhibited by Esztány Dorottya (Miercurea Ciuc, Nagy István School of Art), Szekeres Anna (Sfântu Gheorghe, Plugor Sándor Art High School), Ferencz Salamon Panna (Miercurea Ciuc, Nagy István School of Art), Gáj Dengezik (Sfântu Gheorghe, Mikes Kelemen Theoretical High School) and Kis Katalin (Odorheiu Secuiesc, Tamási Áron High School).
Organizers: Sfântu Gheorghe City Hall, Transylvanian Art Centre Association
Professional partners: Liszt Institute from Sfântu Gheorghe, Art Faculty of the University of Pécs at Sfântu Gheorghe
Sponsors: Hungarian Government – State Secretary for National Policy, Bethlen Gábor Fund
