I am an jewellery artist.
I live and work in Budapest, Hungary.
My first name, Ildikó has two meanings: fighter and protector.
These two terms describe my character.
I am interested in the relationship between picture and object.
My jewellery pieces are contemporary amulets. They embody personal experiences, memories and stories. Contentwiese I process basic human feelings and needs which I know - for example fear, protection, security or freedom. These are brought into a symbolic language with special attention to the material, whereby they communicate and decorate at the same time.
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
KunstRAI – Art Amsterdam - art fair, represented by Galerie Door, The Netherlands
29 April until 4 May 2025
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Modern Times - group exhibition, Galerie Door, Nijmegen,The Netherlands
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
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 - CONFETTI - Galerie Door, Mariaheide, The Netherlands
2020 - ILDIKÓ - FISE Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
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
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