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Dóra Maurer
Born June 11 1937, BudapestLived in Budapest
Lived in Vienna (3)
Dóra Maurer is a Hungarian artist and she has actively combined photography, film, graphic design and painting. She has reflected objective geometrical, mathematical, and conceptual systems. Her essentially avant-garde work is a good example of a strictly constructive solution to questions concerning contemporary art. Maurer is a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest.
graphics, works on paper, design, movies, neo-constructivism, experimental movies, show in map
1951
Studied at School of Arts and Crafts Budapest
1956
From 1956 to 1961, Dora Maurer studied under the leadership of Gyuly Hincze at Magyar Képzőművészeti Főiskola/ Hungarian University of Fine Arts in Budapest. After she graduated, she dealt with bronze etching which she reflected in the mode of paradoxical organization, sensitivity, and even grotesqueness (Melegház /Green House, 1963
1962
IX. Országos Képzőművészeti Tárlat (group exhibition, Budapest)
1964
Fiatal Művészek Stúdiója 5 (group exhibition, Budapest)
1965
In the second half of the 1960's, Maurer greatly extended the scope of her activities. Collages, crumples, unusual materials (hair), and layering started to appear in her works and, at the same time, she used a strictly traditional under-painting (PB 0, Hegy és Ember/ Man and Mountain, 1969), which heralded the later popular motif of concealment. Having learned photography techniques and having activated her personal form of expression, she started to make larger conceptual works. Those include Nagyon magasról leejtett lemez/ Record dropped from a very great height, (1970
Ma/magyar grafika (group exhibition, Budapest)
1966
Magyar Kisgrafika (group exhibition, Budapest)
1967
Fiatal Művészek 5túdiója 8. (group exhibition, Budapest)
Ungarische Grafik der Gegenwart (group exhibition, Schleswig)
Fiatal Művészek Stúdiója 8. (group exhibition, Budapest)
4. Miskolci Grafikai Biennále (group exhibition, Budapest)
Ungarische Grafik der Gegenwart (group exhibition, Schleswig)
Fiatal Művészek Stúdiója 8. (group exhibition, Budapest)
4. Miskolci Grafikai Biennále (group exhibition, Budapest)
1968
Internat. Grafik (group exhibition, Oldenburg)
Országos Képzőművészeti Kiállítás (group exhibition, Miskolc )
Országos Képzőművészeti Kiállítás (group exhibition, Miskolc )
1971
The seventies are generally characterized by her interest in series
[Dóra Maurer] (solo exhibition, Vienna)
1972
The quantitative board 4 (Magic Square) (mixed media)
Reverse and variable phase of movements/ Etude no. 8 (mixed media)
1973
Was member of Béla Balász Stúdió
1974
Graphics, Objects (solo exhibition, Bremen)
1975
In 1975, Dora Maurer and Miklós Erdély (1928-1986) established the Kreativitás – Vizualitás szakkör/ Creative and Visual Study Circle. The Circle continued its activity until 1977.
1976
[Dóra Maurer] (solo exhibition, Jyväskylä)
[Dóra Maurer] (solo exhibition, Székesfehérvár)
Serial Works (group exhibition, Székesfehérvár)
[Dóra Maurer] (solo exhibition, Székesfehérvár)
Serial Works (group exhibition, Székesfehérvár)
1977
Playing with structures, their construction and destruction is closely related to the pursuit of the Hidden Structure (elrejtett strukúrák)
1978
International Drawing Triennial in Wroclaw (1978) (group exhibition, Wrocław)
1979
Eltalódások 1975 - 79 (solo exhibition, Pécs)
1981
Worked at Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest
1982
The culmination of Maurer's structural studies came when she received a commission from Dieter Bogner to decorate the tower chamber of Buchberg Castle (1942). Maurer used two-dimensional aquarelle designs Térfestés tervek/ Spatial Painting Layouts (1980–1982), with which she gradually transformed an area of fourteen square metres into an illusive spatial arrangement. The overall procedure was documented through photographs and a film (Térfestés / Spatial Painting, 58 mm, 1982–1983
Egoland-art (group exhibition, Budapest)
Bilder, Zeichnungen, Fotos (solo exhibition, Friedberg)
Művészbélyegek. Art-Pool (group exhibition, Budapest)
Bilder, Zeichnungen, Fotos (solo exhibition, Friedberg)
Művészbélyegek. Art-Pool (group exhibition, Budapest)
1983
Quasi-image 101 (painting)
Film / művészet (group exhibition, Budapest)
Á kibontakozás évei 1960 körül (group exhibition, Székesfehérvár)
"Raum quasi Bild'". Exakte Tendenzen (solo exhibition, Gars am Kamp )
Á kibontakozás évei 1960 körül (group exhibition, Székesfehérvár)
"Raum quasi Bild'". Exakte Tendenzen (solo exhibition, Gars am Kamp )
1984
Regata 3 (painting)
Práce 1958-1983 (solo exhibition, Budapest)
Drawing! (group exhibition, Pécs)
11. Bienále užité grafiky Brno (group exhibition, Brno)
Small is beautiful (group exhibition, Warsaw)
Drawing! (group exhibition, Pécs)
11. Bienále užité grafiky Brno (group exhibition, Brno)
Small is beautiful (group exhibition, Warsaw)
1985
Was member of Austria Filmmakers Cooperation
20 Years of Hungarian Experimental Film (group exhibition, New York (NY))
Tértervek/Raumkonzepte (group exhibition, Budapest)
Tértervek/Raumkonzepte (group exhibition, Budapest)
1986
1987
Between 1987 and 1989, Dora Maurer once again lived in Austria because she was granted a scholarship by the Austrian Ministry of Culture. In 1988, she received a scholarship from the Eötvös foundation. She gave audio-visual lectures as a visiting lecturer at Magyar Iparművészet Főiskolán/ School of Art in Budapest (1987-1991). From 1990, she taught at the Magyar Képzőművészeti Főiskola/ Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest.
Worked at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
"És"-kiállítás (group exhibition, Budapest)
Geometrien aus Österreich (group exhibition, Gars am Kamp )
Geometrien aus Österreich (group exhibition, Gars am Kamp )
1989
Quod libet 4 (painting)
1990
After 1990, Maurer continued working on the Buchberg Cycle. She still dealt with the transformation of colours through the influence of light and in light itself. She interfered in the process and recorded it. The original Quasi-Picture gradually transformed into the Relatív Kvaziképek/ Relative Quasi-Picture series. The original canvases literally left the walls (Ledőlt Quasi-kép alapformával,/ Fallen Quasi-Picture with Base-Form, 1986–91
Worked at Hungarian University of Fine Arts
Dialog (solo exhibition, Budapest)
1991
European Dialogues 1991 / 1st Festival Of European Culture Clubs (group exhibition, Bochum)
1993
Worked at University of Pécs
[Dóra Maurer] (solo exhibition, Szombathely )
Quasi-Images, Instalation (solo exhibition, Friedberg)
Fa/nyitás (solo exhibition, Budapest)
Falnyitás (solo exhibition, Budapest)
Quasi-Images, Instalation (solo exhibition, Friedberg)
Fa/nyitás (solo exhibition, Budapest)
Falnyitás (solo exhibition, Budapest)
1994
Zwischen Zeit Raum I (group exhibition, Düsseldorf)
1995
Quasi-Obrazy (solo exhibition, Bratislava)
1996
I In the belly of the Whale (solo exhibition, Budapest)
[Dóra Maurer] (Tibor Gáyor) (solo exhibition, Szombathely )
5treifenbilder (solo exhibition, Nuremberg)
[Dóra Maurer] (Tibor Gáyor) (solo exhibition, Szombathely )
5treifenbilder (solo exhibition, Nuremberg)
1997
Quasi-képek és képek 1990-1997 (solo exhibition, Budapest)
Vegyes téri viszonyok (solo exhibition, Pécs)
Vegyes téri viszonyok (solo exhibition, Pécs)
1998
1999
[Dóra Maurer] (Áron Balázs) (solo exhibition, Budapest)
2000
Received grant from Soros Foundation
2001
Was member of Sächsische Akademie der Künste
Umělecké dvojice 1. Paralelní oeuvres Maurer Dóra—Gáyor Tibor (solo exhibition, )
2002
Szferikus pikkelyek (solo exhibition, Budapest)
2003
Dora Maurer won the state-sponsored Kossuth Prize.
Received award from The Kossuth Prize
Farbráume Dunkelkammer (solo exhibition, Friedberg)
Audio-visual Relations (with Tamás Jovánovics) (solo exhibition, Budapest)
Distant Proximity. Hungarian post-war Art from the Collections of Szent István Király Museum in Székesfehérvár (group exhibition, )
Audio-visual Relations (with Tamás Jovánovics) (solo exhibition, Budapest)
Distant Proximity. Hungarian post-war Art from the Collections of Szent István Király Museum in Székesfehérvár (group exhibition, )
2004
[Dóra Maurer] (solo exhibition, Vienna)
Der 4-eckige Blick (group exhibition, Cologne)
Paula's Home (group exhibition, Linz)
Der 4-eckige Blick (group exhibition, Cologne)
Paula's Home (group exhibition, Linz)
2005
2006
Was member of Open Structures Art Society
2007
Fotómunkák (solo exhibition, Budapest)
2009
Dora Maurer, Jozef Jankovič│Phases of Movement (solo exhibition, Kraków)
2010
Olomouc Central European Forum III. Hungary | Hungarian Art from the Collections of the Olomouc Museum of Art (group exhibition, Olomouc)
Unmistakable Sentences. The Collection Revisited (group exhibition, Budapest)
Unmistakable Sentences. The Collection Revisited (group exhibition, Budapest)
2011
Transparency – Looking Through (group exhibition, Budapest)
Kind of Change - New Acquisitions 2009-2011 (group exhibition, Budapest)
Kind of Change - New Acquisitions 2009-2011 (group exhibition, Budapest)
2012
The Hero, the Heroine and the Author (group exhibition, Budapest)
Chance as Strategy (group exhibition, Budapest)
From Tizian to Warhol / Olomouc Museum of Art 1951-2011 (group exhibition, Olomouc)
The Other Half of the Sky. Selection From the Ludwig Museum's Collection (group exhibition, Budapest)
Sounding the Body Electric. Experiments in Art and Music in Eastern Europe 1957-1984 (group exhibition, Łódź)
Chance as Strategy (group exhibition, Budapest)
From Tizian to Warhol / Olomouc Museum of Art 1951-2011 (group exhibition, Olomouc)
The Other Half of the Sky. Selection From the Ludwig Museum's Collection (group exhibition, Budapest)
Sounding the Body Electric. Experiments in Art and Music in Eastern Europe 1957-1984 (group exhibition, Łódź)
2013
2014
Free-hand - Drawing in Hungarian Fine Arts Now and Before (group exhibition, Debrecen)
The Avant-Garde Did Not Applaud. Romuald Kutera / the Recent Art Gallery (group exhibition, Wrocław)
Dóra Maurer. Snapshots (solo exhibition, Waldenbuch)
LUDWIG 25. The Contemporary Collection (group exhibition, Budapest)
The Avant-Garde Did Not Applaud. Romuald Kutera / the Recent Art Gallery (group exhibition, Wrocław)
Dóra Maurer. Snapshots (solo exhibition, Waldenbuch)
LUDWIG 25. The Contemporary Collection (group exhibition, Budapest)
2015
Das mumok kino: Dóra Maurer | Thinking in Proportion (solo exhibition, Vienna)
Siliconvalse. Hungarian Reality (group exhibition, Brno)
Dóra Maurer, Parallel Systems (solo exhibition, Prague)
Siliconvalse. Hungarian Reality (group exhibition, Brno)
Dóra Maurer, Parallel Systems (solo exhibition, Prague)
2016
Dóra Maurer│6 out of 5 (solo exhibition, London)
2017
Crossing Borders (The Grüner Collection) (group exhibition, Bratislava)
2018
The Transformation of Geometry / Collections Siegfried Grauwinkel, Berlin and Miroslav Velfl, Prague (group exhibition, Prague)