I am a jewellery artist.
After spending eleven years in Germany and completing my university studies, I returned to Hungary and now live and work in Budapest.
My jewellery lies at the intersection of design and fine art. For me, the meaning and message of each piece are just as important as its wearability and visual impact.
Drawing from personal experiences, memories, dreams and stories,
I explore fundamental human emotions and needs such as fear, protection, security and freedom. I work with diverse materials and techniques to make these experiences visible through symbolic forms, materials and colours.
I aim to give shape to inner experiences that are difficult to express in words, allowing my jewellery to become both a means of communication and a form of wearable art.
CV
1989* in Miskolc, Hungary
STUDIES
2020 - 2021 - Meisterschülerschülerin with Prof.Hans Stofer, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, Germany
2015 - 2019 - Diploma in Fine Arts, Jewellery Art department, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, Germany
2013 - 2015 - BA Jewellery and objects of everyday culture, Pforzheim University of Faculty of Design, Pforzheim, Germany
2008 - 2010 - Jewellery Design - Budai Rajziskola, Budapest, Hungary
UPCOMING EXHIBITION
14 until 18 October 2026 - ART The Hague art fair, by Galerie Door, The Netherlands
17 until 20 October 2026 - TIMELINE, Kreatív Kamra, Budapest, Hungary
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 - Love is in the air - Ezüstláz Ékszergaléria, Pécs, Hungary
2024 - CONFETTI - Galerie Door, Mariaheide, The Netherlands
2020 - ILDIKÓ - FISE Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
KunstRAI – Art Amsterdam art fair, by Galerie Door, The Netherlands
Mirror Mirror… - Galerie Door, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
ALL IN - Munich Jewellery Week, Jewellery exhibition & contest by Studio WearHouse, Munich, Germany
Thing Unsaid - Munich Jewellery Week
represented by Precious Collective and Pistachios contemporary art jewelry, Munich, Germany
Mirror Mirror... - Munich Jewellery Week
represented by Galerie Door, in Galerie Smudajescheck, Munich, Germany
2025
Silent Ground – ceramic and jewellery art fair in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Textile Factory Capriccio - Textilgyár, Budapest, Hungary
ART the Hague - artfair, represented by Galerie Door, The Netherlands
KunstRAI - Art Amsterdam - artfair, represented by Galerie Door, The Netherlands
Modern Times - Galerie Door, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Modern Times - Munich Jewellery Week / SCHMUCK, represented by Galerie Door, in Galerie Smudajescheck in Munich, Germany
KORU8 - The Oulu Art Museum, Oulu, Finland
2024
Echoes of the Untaken Path - Israel Biennale of Contemporary Jewelry, Second Edition, online
METALLOphone - Don't Tell Me A Story, 7th International Biennial of Contemporary Jewellery and Metal Art,
Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius, Lithuania
DIVERZ - KÉS - durung BDW, Kortárs Ékszer Stúdió - Budapest, Hungary
ArtTheHague - represented by Galerie Door, The Hague, The Netherlands
KORU8 - Forest Museum Lusto, Punkaharju, Finland
Kunstrai - represented by Galerie Door, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Directions - Scholarship holder exhibition, Kunststiftung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle, Germany
BOYS BOYS BOYS - during MJW, Galerie Karin Sachs, represented by Galerie Door, Munich, Germany
BOYS BOYS BOYS - Galerie Door, Mariaheide, The Netherlands
2023
HOL(L)Y WOOD - Galerie Pont & Plas, Gent, Belgium
ArtTheHague - represented by Galerie Door, The Hague, The Netherlands
Draag mij - Carry me - represented by Galerie Door, Stevenskerk, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Kunstrai - represented by Galerie Door, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
White Rabbit - Burg Galerie im Volkspark, Halle, Germany
Rabbit and Hares - during MJW, Galerie Karin Sachs, represented by Galerie Door, Munich, Germany
Forward - represented by Galerie Door, Synagogue of Buren, The Netherlands
2022
Campfire - Galerie Door, Mariaheide, The Netherlands
Sign,Signals,+Symbols - Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, Maryland, US
Verdant Bodies - Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida, US
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvrGDQ2EmCQ
Buckle Up - during MJW, Seidlvilla, represented by Galerie Door, Munich, Germany
Prisma - during MJW, Kontingentraum, Munich, Germany
Kunstrai - represented by Galerie Door, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Butterflies and Hurricanes - Galerie Door, Mariaheide, The Netherlands
2021
Auftakt - Blech Raum für Kunst, Halle, Germany
Kunstrai - represented by Galerie Door, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Cold Sweat - First Lisbon Contemporary Jewellery Biennial, Ar. Co, Lisbon, Portugal
Take off - Meisterschüler*innen der Burg - Burg Galerie im Volkspark, Halle, Germany
2020
Csodakamra - Új Műhely Galéria, Szentendre, Hungary
Vor Ort - Burg Galerie im Volkspark, Halle, Germany
S.M. Art - Schmuck Edition, Museum Shop - Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
2019
Inaugural - INTRO by Galerie MARZEE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Controls - Ráth György Villa, Budapest, Hungary
Annual International Graduate Show - Galerie Marzee - Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Parcous - Diploma exhibition, Kunststiftung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle, Germany
Design Without Borders - Új Budapest Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
Talente - Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany
Viewpoints - Gallery Platina, Stockholm, Sweden
2018
The Best Piece And The Second Skin - Vienna Jewellery Days, Vienna, Austria
One And Another - K.A.S Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
Text3 - Burg Galerie im Volkspark, Halle, Germany
2016
Password - Galeria Teresa Seabra, Lissabon, Portugal
Password - Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Library, Halle, Germany
2015 - Stadtluft - Schmuck aus Zentralen der Welt, Jewellery Museum, Pforzheim, Germany
2014 - Souvenir - Galerie 5020, Salzburg, Austria
SCHOLARSHIPS / GRANTS
2023
Work scholarship - NKA - Budapest, Hungary
Work scholarship - "Kultur ans Netz" - Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Erasmus+ STA2 - Hochschule Pforzheim Fakultät für Gestaltung, Pforzheim, Germany
2022
Work scholarship - Kunststiftung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle, Germany
Kickstarter Zuschuss - Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
2020 - 2021 - Meisterschüler*innenförderung des Fördervereins zum Aufbau einer Juliane Noack Künstlerförderung e.V.,
Halle,Germany
2018 - Stibet - DAAD Scholarship, Halle, Germany
2014 - Scholarship from Dr. Heidi Bohlmann, International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria
PROJECTS
2019 - Salt - Co.Kyoto University of Arts and Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, Germany
2019 - String - Co.Kyoto University of Arts und Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, Kyoto, Japan
2016 - Berlin Revisited Project, Jewellery Techniques in Industry, German Museum of Technology, Berlin, Germany
2014 - Jewellery course with Lucy Sarneel, International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria
PRICES
2019 - FISE Price - Budapest, Hungary
2018 - Finalist for Talente, IHM Munich, Germany
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
2021 - Förderverein zum Aufbau einer Juliane Noack Künstlerförderung e.V., Halle, Germany
2020 - Museum of Applied Arts Budapest, Hungary
Works in private collections
The Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Belgium, US
PROJECT MANAGMENT, LECTURES & TEACHING
2024 - Heartmap / Teaching a course in contemporary jewellery, Kredenc Műterem, Budapest, Hungary
2023 - Lecture / "touch and tell" - Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest, Hungary
2023 - Workshop leadership - "Memory" Workshop for 4 courses, area art, drawing - invitation by Prof. Isabel Zuber
supported with funds from Erasmus+ STA2, Hochschule Pforzheim Fakultät für Gestaltung, Germany
2021 - 2022 - Prisma exhibition - project management, Kontingent Kollektiv, Munich, Germany
2021 - Rainbow workshop - Workshop leadership for the jewellery class
at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, Germany
2019 - "Art is Man“- Artist Talk, Gallery Platina, Stockholm, Sweden
2018 - One And Another exhibition - project management, K.A.S Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
2018 - „Moments of Freedom - Let’s Make what we have Never Seen” workshop, artistic collaborator and interpreter
with Prof. Hans Stofer, Art Jewellery Night of Budapest, Kredenc műterem, Hungary
PRESS AND PUBLICATION
Magyar Iparművészet - Metaphors of Our Memories, August 2025
https://magyar-iparmuveszet.hu/emlekeink-metaforai-20250814
METALLOphone 2024 - Don't Tell Me A Story - 7th International Biennal of Jewellery and Metal Art
https://www.metalofonas.eu/en/ildiko-danfalvi-2024-hungary/
KORU8 Catalogue, Publisher: The Finnish Jewellery Art Association, ISBN 978-952-94-8972-5, Finland, 2024
Pforzheim, Germany, 2023
https://www.burg-halle.de/hochschule/ausstellungen/a/white-rabbit-1/
Halle, Germany, 2023
https://www.kunststiftung-sachsen-anhalt.de/stipendiat/ildiko-danfalvi/
Halle, Germany, 2023
Current Obsession – Munich Jewellery Week 2022 paper, represented by Galerie Door, July 2022
Articles - New Jewelry from Our Member Gallertes By Art Jewelry Forum
Momente Moments Pillanatok - Förderverein zum Aufbau einer Juliane Noack Künstlerförderung e.V. (Hg.), ISBN 978-3-00-069395-3
Halle, Germany, 2021
Untitled Future Artifact. Current Obsession – Munich Jewellery Week 2021 paper, March 2021
https://klimt02.net/series/25-best-landscape-artworks-published-2020-klimt02-featured-selection
The 25 best Landscape Artworks published in 2020. Klimt02 featured selection, Klimt02, Februar 2021
Mitteldeutsche Zeitung Freitag, 18. Dezember 2020, Halle, Germany
https://hypeandhyper.com/en/museum-of-applied-arts-acquires-contemporary-jewelry-pieces/
Museum of Applied Arts Budapest, Dezember, 2018
Mitteldeutsche Zeitung Wochenende, 21./22. November 2020, Halle, Germany
https://blog.craft2eu.net/2020/12/18/ildiko-danfalvi-filmportrait-gesprach/
November, 2020
Talente Catalog, Februar 2019, Munich, Germany
Marzee Graduate Show Catalog, August 2019, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Brand Magazine - Co. Bence Bakonyi, issue 8 2013, Sanghai, China