Ágota Krnács Krnago

> award winning contemporary visual artist <
PROFFESSIONALS:
1999 – 2000 Visual Art teacher, Pannonia German – English Teaching Primary School, Budapest, Hungary
2000 – 2005 Visual artist, Freelance graphic designer, Budapest, Hungary
from 2003 Member and Visual marketing of Cered International Contemporary Art Symposion
2005 – 2009 Visual artist, Senior graphic designer, Photographer, Dublin, Ireland
from 2010 Membership of Hungarian Electrographic Art Association / HEAA
from 2010 Visual artist, Freelance graphic designer, Photographer, Budapest - Békéscsaba - Cered, Hungary
from 2011 Visual concept and marketing / Membership of Artcolony Cered Hungary
from 2012 Membership of Association of Hungarian Artists / MAOE, Graphic Arts Section
2014 – 2021 Illustrator at Forbes Hungary
2015 – 2019 Creative manager of SIAC – Splitska International Artists-in-Residence, Brač, Croatia
from 2018 Membership of Békés Region Art Society, Hungary
2019 – 2023 Founder of VTHM / WTHA WaterTowerHouse Atelier and Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2019 – 2023 Visual concept and marketing Kultikum Event House, Budapest, Hungary
from 2022 University of Pécs - Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (PTE MIK)
Department of Visual Studies - Graphics ...

2002 MA Degree - Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME), Budapest, Hungary / Visual Arts and Design
1999 BA Degree - Bessenyei György College of Education (BGYTF) / Faculty of Drawing and Visual Communication, Specialty of Graphic Design

Since 1994, she has been continuously exhibiting and selling her artworks both in Hungary and internationally,
individually and in group exhibitions in galleries, museums and festivals.

PROFESSIONAL ART AWARDS | MERITS:
1994 Reguly Society - National Student Award of Drawing – 1st place
1998 Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in Tokyo (JPN),
International Postage Stamp Design Contest – Merit Prize
2000 Coca-Cola Hungary, Cartoon Award, Award of Excellence, Public Award
2002 V. National Grotesque Biennial – Award of Kaposvár City Council
2005 VI. National Grotesque Triennial – Award of Hungarian Electrographic Art Association
2006 Metro Herald Ireland - Weekly Frame Academy photo contest – Selected winners
2008 Embassy of the Republic of Hungary in Dublin - Presentation of the ordered painting
for the book launch: Tamás Kabdebó’s Jubilee Volume
2009 XV. Sarajevo Film Festival (BIH) - STC Talent Campus
2010 AERA Property & Destination Hungary - Logo Design Contest – 1st place
2011 West London Art Factory, Artist Residency (ENG) – Nominated | Final 5
2011 ArtSlant - International Contemporary Art Network - ArtSlant Awards, Drawing Category, Showcase Winner
2012 Hungarian House of Photography in Mai Manó House, Budapest...