The exhibition of the G6 winner opened in the Arcaded House

On Wednesday, October 5, 2022, the exhibition of Thai artist Mettrai Pongchomporn, Grand Prize Winner of the 6th 6th Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland was opened in the Arcaded House in Sfântu Gheorghe. The event marked the start of this year’s Biennial. The exhibition was opened by Zonga Bartha, colleague of the Szekler National Museum, Apor S. Ferencz, curator of the Biennia, and Fruzsina Vargha, art historian and deputy mayor of the Sfântu Gheorghe.

Zonga Bartha welcomed the large number of visitors on behalf of the Szekler National Museum, the venue of the exhibition. Apor S. Ferencz then introduced the artist and the technique used in his works.

Mettrai Pongchomporn, 25, from Thailand, comes from a family of artists, studies printmaking at the Silpakorn University of Art in Bangkok, and is the recipient of numerous awards. The artist is also active in the world of digital art, working in graphic design and animation. The exhibited works have been created during the last four years.

With the content and conceptual background of the works, he holds up a mirror to the Thai education system, trying to point out its negative character. The emphasis is on breaking out of enforced uniformity, on the individual’s need for freedom.

The prints combine several graphic techniques, using etching as the basic technique, complemented by screen printing and chine collé, applied in different ways in each work.

„The concept and ideas of this unique exhibition convey a clear message, while at the same time captivating the eye with its nuanced mood and rhythmic changes” – said Vargha Fruzsina. She emphasized that the works present a new culture, a different kind of youth, a world far away from us, but at the same time meaningful to us, which is both thought-provoking and simple. With this duality, the 25-year-old artist creates the aura that the unity of the exhibition and the uniqueness of the works can express.

The exhibition is open until 6 November. Photos of the event can be viewed HERE. 

The Biennial is supported by the Bethlen Gábor Fund (BGA) and the National Cultural Fund of Hungary (NKA).

There will be four exhibition openings during the Biennial. 

The opening ceremony, awards ceremony and accompanying events of the 7th Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland will take place between 5 and 7 October in Sfântu Gheorghe and Miercurea-Ciuc.

On 5 October 2022 at 17:00, the series of events of the Biennial will begin with the opening of the solo exhibition of the Thai artist Mettrai Pongchomporn, winner of the 6th Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland, in Sfântu Gheorghe at the Lábasház (Arcaded House). The exhibition will be opened by Fruzsina Vargha, Deputy Mayor of Sfântu Gheorghe. The opening of the exhibition THE BIRD LIVES / Imre Baász – testimonies and the idea of printing will also take place on 5 October at 19:00 in the MAGMA Contemporary Art Exhibition Space. The exhibition was organized by the graphic artists Dénes Miklósi and Vilmos Koter, and the staff of MAGMA Contemporary Art Exhibition Space.

On Thursday, 6 October, from 17:00, the official opening and award ceremony of the 7th Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland will be held at the Transylvanian Art Centre. The exhibition will be opened by Apor S. Ferencz, curator of the Biennial, and Dr. Iréne Kányádi, art historian.

The series of events continues on Friday in Miercurea-Ciuc, on 7 October from 17:00 at the Szekler Museum of Ciuc, with the opening of the exhibition of the 7th Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland, which will be opened by Apor S. Ferencz, curator of the Biennial, and Eszter Túros, art historian. 

The Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland has become a significant international forum for the graphic artist profession. Its importance is also confirmed by the fact that this year artists from 62 countries have submitted their works. During the ten-week application period, nearly 2,000 entries were received from a total of 844 artists. The jury selected 303 works for the exhibition of the Biennial. 

The main aim of G7 is to continue to focus on contemporary graphic art, providing a comprehensive overview of current trends and developments in reproductive image creation. In 2022, several artists have responded with their works to the call of the Biennial’s title, Strategies, also in response to the current social situation. 

The G7 jury is made up of internationally renowned representatives of the profession: Prof. Dr. Bogdan Achimescu, a Professor at the Cracow University of Arts, Prof. Dr. István Erőss, Rector of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Prof. dr. Adriana Lucaciu, Professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Western University of Timișoara, Dr. Andrea Pézman, Assistant Professor at the Department of Graphic Arts at the University of Fine Arts in Bratislava, Dr. Beáta Bordás, art historian, head of the Transylvanian Art Centre in Sfântu Gheorghe, Dr. József Szurcsik, Deputy Rector of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Associate Professor and Head of Department, and graphic artist Apor S. Ferencz, curator of the Biennial. This year, the jury awarded 12 prizes to the best entries. 

The event is jointly organized by the Covasna County Cultural Centre, the Councils of Covasna, Harghita and Mureș Counties, the Mayor’s Office of Sfântu Gheorghe, the Transylvanian Art Centre, the Miercurea-Ciuc City Hall, the Szekler Museum of Ciuc, the Cultural and Art Centre of Lăzarea, the Mureș County Museum, the MAGMA Contemporary Art Exhibition Space, and the Szekler National Museum. 

The sponsors of the prizes:

Main Prize of the biennial – Kurkó Árpád; Nagy Pál Prize – Maros County Council, Mureş County Museum; Nagy Imre Prize – Harghita County Council, the Cultural and Art Centre of Lăzarea; Plugor Sándor Prize – Covasna County Council, Covasna County Cultural Centre; Baász Imre Prize – Association of Romanian Artists – Covasna County Branch; The prize of the Consulate General of Hungary in Miercurea Ciuc – Consulate General of Hungary in Miercurea Ciuc, MVM Energy Romania; The prize of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts – Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest; Eszterházy Károly University’s Prize – Eszterházy Károly University, Visual Arts Institute, Eger; Partium Award by the Partium Christian University – Partium Christian University, Department of Fine Arts, Oradea; Pulzus Art Camp Prize – Pulzus Art Camp, Odorheiu Secuiesc; Lăzarea Art Camp Prize – Cultural and Art Centre of Lăzarea; MAMŰ Society Prize – MAMŰ Society Cultural Association, Budapest

More details can be found on the official website of the Biennial at www.gbiennial.ro or at www.facebook.com/grafikaiszemle. 

Between 17-19th of June the jurying process of the 7th Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland took place at the Transylvanian Art Centre in Sfântu Gheorghe.

An international jury of seven members chose the G7 winners based on the original artworks selected in the first round. The jury of G7 is composed by internationally recognized representatives of graphic art.

Among the laureated artists, this year we can find representatives of Poland, Hungary, Thailand, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Finland. The organizers will publish the list of the winners before the opening of the biennial, in early October, 2022.

Pézman Andrea (SK)

Andrea Pézman was born in Komárno (Slovak Republic) and currently lives and works in Bratislava. In 1999 she became an architect at the Faculty of Architecture of the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava, then in 2005 she was a graphic artist at the Bratislava College of Fine Arts, where she received her doctorate in 2018 and is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Graphic Arts.

Regularly exhibits both in Slovakia, Hungary and internationally.  She won many national and international contests.

Her works can be found in the collections of several recognized institutions: MAK Wien, Mead Art Museum at Amherst College (USA), Instituto de Artes Gráficas, Oaxaca (Mexico), Galéria mesta Bratislavy (Slovakia).

dr hab. Bogdan Achimescu prof. ASP (PL)

Draughtsman and transmedia artist, born in 1965. Studied at the High School of Arts in Timișoara, the Cluj Art Institute, the Krakow Fine Arts Academy (MFA in Graphics in 1992). In recent years, Achimescu has focused on performative lectures, that is, live drawing sessions projected on a screen, simultaneously with a narrative full of digressions, about topics such as revolutions and social change, the material culture of Eastern Europe as well as micro- subjective history. Achimescu represented Romania at the Venice Biennale 2001 as part of the Context group. His works are in numerous private and public collections, including the viennese Albertina, MOMA New York, Ludwigsmuseum Cologne, Uffizzi Galleries in Florence, National Museum in Warsaw, Art Museum in Sao Paolo. Achimescu has taught at numerous universities in the United States, including the University of Virginia (1999, 2002-2004) and the University of Arizona (2000-2001). Vice-Rector of the Krakow Academy of Arts (2016-2020). He is currently a professor at the Faculty of Intermediate and director of the Doctoral School of the Krakow Fine Arts Academy.

Dr. Bordás Beáta (RO)

Dr. Beáta Bordás is an art historian. She was born in Sepsiszentgyörgy/ Sfântu Gheorghe in 1986. She graduated from Babeș–Bolyai University in Kolozsvár/Cluj – Napoca, where she obtained her degree of Doctor of History in 2013.

During the period of 2016-2021 she was a museologist and curator of the Art Museum in Kolozsvár/Cluj-Napoca and since the summer of 2021 she has been director of the Transylvanian Art Centre in Sepsiszentgyörgy/ Sfântu Gheorghe.

Her main research areas are Transylvanian art of the 19th and 20th century and Transylvanian architecture of the age of historicism.  There have been published several  individual volumes and studies about Transylvanian art and Transylvanian built heritage written by her.

Prof. dr. Erőss István (HU)

Hungarian artist István Erőss, he graduated from the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in 1995 as a printmaker, but he also attended other institutions, such as the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, the Royal Academy of Art (The Hague) and the University of Fine Arts in Marseille. He defended his DLA thesis about ”Nature Art” in 2009. Works at Eszterházy Károly University, Eger, as professor at the Visual Arts Institute, from August 2021, he is the rector of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts.

 He has taken numerous professional trips to remote countries: he has been to Africa five times and to Asia more than forty times as a guest artist, exhibitor, lecturer or curator of different artists’ camps and symposia. He is exhibitor and organiser of the series of international exchange exhibitions entitled SEGMENT, consisting of twice nine events held in Hungary and several Asian countries up to now. He works in different genres ranging from printmaking through installation to sculpture.

Ferencz S. Apor (RO/HU)

Apor Ferencz S. is a visual artist, born in 1975, he graduated the Bucharest National University of Arts in 2001. He is member of several professional organisations such as the Romanian Artists` Union (UAP), the Caffart Fine Art Association in Budapest and the MAMŰ Art Society (HU). He is also founder and editor of the online visual art forum ”Fórumtizenöt” [Forum fifteen] and active organizer of many local exhibitions and professional events. He has received a lot of professional recognitions and artist grants, such as the Hollósy Simon Scholarship (2006) (HU), the Barcsay Award (2011) (HU), Communitas Scholarship (2003, 2010) (RO), Scholarship of the Budapest Gallery (2006, 2019) (HU), the Creative Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2021) (HU). From 2017 he is the curator of the Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland.

In his works he mainly deals with the problems of his personal existence and the social issues of his environment. Sometimes he redefines his works creating collages and installations of his personal objects and family photos. Found and rebuilt objects have an important role and he often integrates some elements of the material culture of his ”province” into his art.

Prof. dr. habil Adriana Lucaciu (RO)

She was born in 1965 in Lugoj, Romania. She graduated from the Bucharest National University of Arts in 1992, obtaining her bachelor’s degree in Graphics. Since 1993 she has been member of the Romanian Artists’ Union. In 2005 she completed her doctoral studies at West University of Timișoara. At present she is university professor at West University of Timișoara, at the Faculty of Arts and Design. 

She participated in several international exhibitions and contests (more than 400 participations) in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Brasilia, Canada, Czech Republic, China, Croatia, Germany, France, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Mexico, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, USA, Turkey, Hungary.

She received a series of international awards and scholarships at home and abroad and took part in many residency programs in Germany, Italy and Austria. She lives and works in Timișoara, Romania.

Szurcsik József (HU) 

József Szurcsik is a painter and graphic artist born in 1959 in Budapest. During the periods of 1981-1985 and 1985-1988 he completed his studies at the Printmaking Department of the Hungarian Faculty of Arts in Budapest, respectively he participated in the postgraduate programme of the faculty. He has been an exhibiting artist since 1985. Beside his independent artistic work  he has a diverse art organizing and artist representation activity: he is member and office holder of a series of art organizations and societies at home and abroad. 

His other important activity field is Art Pedagogy: during the period of 2006 and 2009 he was professor at the Eszterházy Károly College and head of the Visual Art Department, since 2009 he has been teaching at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. At present he is vice-rector of the University, head of the Graphics Department, associate professor.

During the ten weeks application period around 2000 creations were submitted from 844 artists of 62 countries. The professional jury selected 303 artworks into the exhibition material of the biennial, which we publish here in the following list.

Nr.	Name	Title of the artwork	Country
1	Ábrahám Jakab	Szürke horizontok	Romania
2	Adam Czech	SILESIAN STREETWALKER 1A	Poland
3	Adrian Josef Schichta	“Zabawy na wrotkach, II”	Poland
4	Adrian Lis	HUMAN STAMP	Romania
5	Agata Dworzak-Subocz	Synergy_7	Poland
6	Agnieszka Cieślińska	Bestiary Lion	Poland
7	Agnieszka Jankiewicz	the present times III	Poland
8	Agnieszka Lech-Bińczycka	Imprint	Poland
9	Alberto Balletti	Stunt Ration	Italy
10	Alejandra Coirini	bar, flamingo	Argentina
11	Aleksandra Lasoń	Leftovers XXIX	Poland
12	Alexandra Brezeanu	Bulbi de pământ	Romania
13		Crâmpei	Romania
14	Alicja Habisiak-Matczak	Inferno – VI Cerchio	Poland
15	Alicja Niekrasz	Frida Fokhalo	Poland
16	Alja Kosar	Untitled	Slovenia
17	Amnat Kongwaree	We’re in the same boat I	Thailand
18	Ana Vivoda	Fragments of Morning 1	Croatia
19	Anabela Sládek	Frozen Fields of the Future #5C	Slovakia
20	Anais Charras	Peine perdue	France
21	André Berger	Composition III: temple, seed, genesis	Brazil
22	Andreea Medar	ㆨ᎒ ༼ᚗꕄ ꒲~ꕇ꒿ ᘓ꒿ꕇ꒿ʭ ʭ꒿~ᦔ ꗤ꒿꒑ʭ꒿ꔳᒪ༼ ꕄᘓᦔ꒿ʭ	Romania
23	Andrei- Răzvan Neciu	”Teatru prietenos”	Romania
24	Andrzej Mosio	Induction (right)	Poland
25	Andrzej Węcławski	“Adyton_ Kurtyna IV a”	Poland
26	Angyal Olívia	Álca	Romania
27	Anna Kodź	Transformation I	Poland
28	Anna Trojanowska	UTWÓR PRACOWNICZY_03	Poland
29		UTWÓR PRACOWNICZY_06	Poland
30	Antal István	Képhiba / Glitch	Austria
31	Antoni Kowalski	lacrimosa	Poland
32	Anusorn Chaiyu	Afternoon tea	Thailand
33	Apirat Rerkdee	The Narrow Space of Vastness No.1	Thailand
34	Aros Éva	Felszínen maradni… / Stay afloat…	Hungary
35	Augusto Sampaio	ABC_MONOTYPE	Brazil
36	Awo Tsegah	Fragile	Ghana
37	Ázbej Kristóf	Loving Cup (Szent Grál) X.-20220201	Hungary
38		Loving Cup (Szent Grál) XI.-20220122	Hungary
39	Bács Emese	Egy város története I.	Hungary
40	Balogh Kristóf József	Barcsay mesterrel	Hungary
41	Barbara Komaniecka	Big furry	Poland
42	Barta János	The Beast that shouted Love	Hungary
43	Barti Magdolna	Ahogy kint, úgy bent II. (5/1)	Hungary
44	Bartis Elemér Márton	Hangportré	Hungary
45	Bartłomiej Żak	this f***ing chair again	Poland
46	Belousova Natalia	No people	Russia
47	Boguszewska Natasza	Summer Days	Poland
48	Boros Mátyás	Hogyan rejtsünk el egy gondo…	Hungary
49	Bugyi István József	Partra vetett párbeszéd	Hungary
50	Carla Ibarra	Alma Mater	Mexico
51	Cătălina Nistor	Frica	Romania
52	Chawit Srisawad	When I was young with my imaginary space.	Thailand
53	Christopher Nowicki	Sweet Potatoes	Poland
54	Cleo Wilkinson	Encounter	Australia
55	Colin Gillespie	‘The Parade’	United Kingdom
56	Cristina Vladila	My Wall 2	Romania
57	Csizy László	Élő energiák	Hungary
58	Cui Xiaohua	Fragile soul No.4	China
59	Czakó Petra	Maszkok	Hungary
60	Dan Obana	Dancing Fever for Blissful World 1	Japan
61	Daniela Savini	The body	Italy
62	Daniela Sobetchi	Autoritratto	Italy
63	Daradics Árpád	A pillanat hatalma	Hungary
64	Deborah Chapman	Jeu d’lillution	Canada
65	Dimitrije Pecić	The Street	Serbia
66	Dobó Bianka	Monument 1.	Hungary
67		Monument 2.	Hungary
68	Dr. Nityananda Gaine	Existance-22	Bangladesh
69	Dumitru Lungu	Gulag	Moldova
70	Durst Márta	Éjszakai fény 2.	Hungary
71	Edvin Dragičević	Subterraneus  I	Croatia
72		Subterraneus  II	Croatia
73	Egyed Tibor	A gyűjtemény halála után megsemmisült II.	Hungary
74	Elżbieta Ćwik	Ecdysis	Poland
75	Emrah Sezer	Sinirli Leopard	Turkey
76	Enyedi Zsolt	A Laposföld Társaság elméletei X.	Hungary
77	Enyedi Zsuzsanna	EURÓPA ELRABLÁSA	Hungary
78	Eric Mummery	Time-Binding	Canada
79	Evangelos Tasios	Afrogali (Αφρόγαλη)	Greece
80	Ewa Jaworska	Wsłuchiwać sie (eng. To feel)	Poland
81	Fazakas Barna	Dreamscape II.	Romania
82	Felsmann Tamás	BASILICA MAIOR No.1. (Architectural Heritage)	Hungary
83	Foster Boyajian	City	United States of America
84	Franciszek Niec	Interfield2	Poland
85	Frimmel Gyula	Froggy	Hungary
86	Fülöp Mária	Emlékezés és felejtés metszéspontja I	Romania
87	Gacsályi Bíborka	Maszk	Hungary
88	Georg Bothe	Kettinge Landscape No. 3 (CNG LIV), e.a. I/VI	Germany
89	Gesztelyi Nagy Zsuzsa	Pieter de Hooch parafrázis	Hungary
90	Ghyczy Csongor	Legyünk ellenségek (Egy könyv lapjai, 10. oldal)	Hungary
91	Glenn Thomas	Just another day	Netherlands
92	Gollowitzer Szabina	Distance I.	Hungary
93	Goran Trickovski	Another meaningless work, from meaningless life	Bulgaria
94	Grzegorz Drobny	No title 1	Poland
95	Gui Jiang	Westbound Comics	China
96	Guy Langevin	Aux aurores 2	Canada
97	Gyenes Gábor	shelter	Slovakia
98	Haider Ali Jan	Heat of the Moment	Pakistan
99	Hamid Reza Bashiri	From untitled series	Iran
100	Hao Luo	faces	China
101	Haruhiko Yoshinaga	Table garden / T.O.21-0-01	Japan
102	Hegedűs 2 László	A növény is nő	Hungary
103	Hegedűs Tibor	Press fire button to start I.	Hungary
104	Hernádi Paula	ÚTVESZTŐ	Hungary
105	Hui Zhang	Red gibberish in the binary world-02	China
106	Husein Šljivo	PORTRET 1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
107	Iga Mikulska	War_1. D.I.Y.	Poland
108		War_2. D.I.Y.	Poland
109	Ioannis Anastasiou	XXIc Trichotomy VIII	Greece
110	Irina Gonzales	Cubo II	Peru
111	Ivácson Rebekka	Alteration_no7	Hungary
112	Izabela Kucharska	Self portrait	Poland
113	Jacek Machowski	First block between the heaps	Poland
114	Jacek Portka	Zone	Poland
115	Jaco Putker	The Pondering	Netherlands
116	Jaeger Tibor	Belsö világ	Sweden
117	Jakub Jaszewski	Fornax Umbrosa	Poland
118	Jakub Zdejszy	Fading past	Poland
119	Jancsikity József	Gyülekezők	Hungary
120	Janne Laine	Overwhelming	Finland
121		Kohti valoa (Towards light)	Finland
122	Jayne Reid Jackson	Convergence	United States of America
123	Jingxuan Zhang	Fission-02	China
124	Johannes Christopher Gerard	Drawing Lost In Space	Netherlands
125	Jónás Péter	Pad-idézetek III. (Hiátus)	Hungary
126	Joseph Scheer	Cactus  #46 Saguaro Sonora	United States of America
127	Justin Diggle	A Whale from the Great Salt Lake, Utah.	United States of America
128	Kamil Kocurek	Barrier 2a	Poland
129	Kamil Zaleski	Powtórzenia 16	Poland
130	Kamruzzaman Kamruzzaman	survivor	Bangladesh
131	Kana Veradacha	Over the top	Thailand
132	Mendreczky Karina	Eva	Hungary
133	Karol Gawronski	year 2021	Poland
134	Karol Polak	PIXEL WALL	Poland
135	Karolina Zimna-Stelmaszewska	Solar System	Poland
136	Katarzyna Kroczek-Wasińska	Cappelarum CLVI	Poland
137	Katarzyna Nowakowska	Plate	Poland
138	Katarzyna Tereszkiewicz	Place identity – Rzeszów III	Poland
139		Place identity – Rzeszów V	Poland
140	Király György	Silentium I.	Hungary
141	Király Zsuzsa	Circle wave	Slovakia
142	Kiss Natália	A tér határai 3	Serbia
143	Kónya Kincső	Éntörvény 03	Hungary
144	Kortmann Járay Katalin	Roots	Hungary
145	Kovács Adrienn	Prés	Hungary
146	Kovács Csonga Anikó	Deformációk (triptichon)	Slovakia
147	Krizbai Gergely	Királyok Városa II.	Hungary
148	Kun Péter	Hétköznapi stratégiák I.	Hungary
149	Laila Terra	Album 1 – From contemplation to practice – print 12	Brazil
150	László Hajnalka	SELF DISTANCING	Romania
151	Léstyán Csaba	Placebo (Veritas premitur non opprimitur)	Romania
152	Liu Fu	Rhythm of the City Series III	China
153	Longauer Boróka	Az vagy … I	Romania
154	Lőrincz Imre-Levente	Belső mor	Romania
155	Łukasz Koniuszy	Industrial Structure	Poland
156	Luminita Monica Radu	Pietre 1	Romania
157	Magda Szplit	Small fish	Poland
158	Magdalena Banaś	Magma	Poland
159	Magdalena Palmowska	Feet	Poland
160	Magdalena Uchman	Boy	Poland
161	Magdalena Weber	Pictures from the back of my mind.	Poland
162	Maja Zemunik	Without title	Croatia
163	Malgorzata Chomicz	Mindfulness I	Italy
164		Mindfulness IV	Italy
165	Małgorzata Jarosz	oblivion part2	Poland
166	Małgorzata Zaremba	Eros defeated Thanatos	Poland
167	Marcela Gawęda	bez tytułu III	Poland
168	Marcin Bialas	Half-Life	Poland
169	Marcin Dudek	Dark Matter IV	Poland
170	Marco Poma	Levante	Italy
171		Nembostrato	Italy
172	Marek Zajko	Morthisanctus  1 version 4	Poland
173	Maria Syrakvash	Milky Way	Belarus
174	Maria Winbjörk	Hold On 03	Sweden
175	Maria Zwolińska	FAR AWAY FROM HERE	Poland
176	Marija Marcelionyte-Paliuke	Reincarnation. She	Lithuania
177	Mariusz Dański	From the cycle I sowed white seed – A(.) – I feel	Poland
178	Mariusz Gorzelak	The stones of Girona 2	Poland
179	Marta Dziomdziora	Windows (2)	Poland
180	Martin Ševčovič	From the Cycle Explicate Interpretation	Slovakia
181	Mateusz Patrzyk-De Oliveira	Painbody II	Poland
182	Mayer Éva	Továbbított üzenet VI.	Hungary
183	Mészáros Márta	Die Stadt 1.	Hungary
184	Michail Falkonis	Deconstruction	Greece
185	Michał Rygielski	The Moment – from cycle: Project ARTzheimer	Poland
186	Miklós Gábor	Kicsit gyűrött lettem I-II-III.	Hungary
187		Tekintet I-II.	Hungary
188	Miklós Kelemen	Raklapok II.	Hungary
189		Raklapok III.	Hungary
190	Mirella Marino	Untitled #1 (from the “Object Print” Series)	Brazil
191	Mirjana Milovanovic	Diary	Serbia
192	Mirosław Pawłowski	Utopology 1	Poland
193	Mirta Kupferminc	TRAS UN IDEAL- Towards a Hope	Argentina
194	Monika Pałka	CiTY II	Poland
195	Mr.Vorakorn Metmanorom	Talking Stone # 2	Thailand
196	Muhammet Fatih Gök	Landscape II	Turkey
197	Nádas Alexandra	Hordozható kert (lábasház) III.	Hungary
198	Nastazja Ciupa	V	Poland
199		VI	Poland
200	Nattakamon Tangtanaphong	Take a break  No.2	Thailand
201	Nenad Zeljić	Rocket	Serbia
202	Nikola Dabić	Kernel panic	Bosnia and Herzegovina
203	Nikola Mišel Puklin	Vendetta	Croatia
204	Nopparat Intitanon	Past To Present	Thailand
205	Nuttakarn Vajasut	Retrospective	Thailand
206	Oksana Budna	Peace of mind v. 1	Poland
207	Oleg Pochtar	24.02.2022 Ukraine	Ukraine
208	Olesya Dzhurayeva	“The Scream”	Ukraine
209	Oliver Pilic	The Invisible Guest  I (sub-sample)	Slovenia
210	Ondrej Revický	Correlation A 220320185745730699	Slovakia
211	Orbán Zsófia	Pathetic Despair 02	Hungary
212	Orosz Csaba	D.I.Y. 1. (samsara)	Hungary
213	Ország László	Rózsaszín-kaloda	Hungary
214	Ovidiu Petca	Tristan IX	Romania
215	Ozsváth Zsuzsa	Stop worrying and love the bomb	Romania
216	Pablo Querea Gutierrez	covid 19- locked up in the 20	Mexico
217	Pál Csaba	Naplórészletek 01	Hungary
218	Paola Lucrezi	Un amore	Italy
219	Patipon Supanpong	TANUKI	Thailand
220	Pató Károly	“Délutáni napfény”	Hungary
221	Patrick Casey	To Live Below Light Speed You Must Be Honest	United States of America
222	Patrick Luetzelschwab	Basel II	Germany
223	Patrik Ševčík	MotoGP	Slovakia
224	Patrycja Chrzanowska	Walls are still solid	Poland
225	Paulina Bobak	Absentees II	Poland
226	Paweł Bińczycki	Between	Poland
227	Paweł Delekta	Elements of creation IV	Poland
228	Peter Augustovic	ILLAUSION 2	Slovakia
229	Pető Hunor	Király és királynő	Hungary
230	Piotr Czyż	Bucky and…	Poland
231	Piotr Żaczek	Tristia III	Poland
232	Pisit Wiratwisit	One precious  life no.5	Thailand
233	Pongsatorn Prapaipak	Imagery of the human relationship with the technol	Thailand
234	Prakrit Jansri	Lonneliness No.2	Thailand
235	Prashant PhIrángi	FINAL VERDICT	India
236	Puskai Sarolta	EXITUS  III.	Romania
237	Rába Judit	Próféciák 7.	Hungary
238	Raluca Pavelescu	Emigratie	Romania
239	Rinat Khabirov	The time erases everything	Russia
240	Ritli Róbert Roland	Mechanizmus  II.	Romania
241	Róbert Makar	Comfort	Slovakia
242	Roxana Bloju	_as it is_01	Romania
243		_as it is_03	Romania
244	Sándor Lilla	Szignatúra II.	Hungary
245	Sandra Lima e Silva	TIME THE MASTER OF EVERTHING I	Brazil
246	Shabnam Karpasand	the past	Iran
247	Shanatya Tahpor	The Horizon dawn of  loneliness	Thailand
248	Shang Mingyang	Part	China
249	Siklódy Ferenc	Biztonság	Romania
250	Siklódy Fruzsina	Interior 2	Romania
251	Silvia Balážová	Roots	Slovakia
252	Sinka Péter	Display Error I.	Hungary
253	Siupka Weronika	Terminus  IV	Poland
254	Siyu Long	Serendipity2	China
255	Snezhina Biserova	Dehumanized Space-III	Bulgaria
256	Soren Kastalje	Free as a Bird	Denmark
257	Sorrathun Ouikhum	ADambiguous  Mirrors	Thailand
258	Stanisla Lutfi-Rakhmanov	from series “Severance”	Russia
259	Stanisław Cholewa	Family portrait XIV	Poland
260	Stark István	Érfestés II. 09	Hungary
261	Stefania Patrikiou	U-topia 0.1	Greece
262	Supicha Sutanthavibul	The Boundaries of Freedom 2	Thailand
263	Suplicz Gergely	Ma bort iszom / Graforizmák sorozat 1/3	Hungary
264		Enyém a Bosszúállás / Graforizmák sorozat 2/3	Hungary
265	Sureepohn Kamsub	A whole new world	Thailand
266	Szabó Andrea	Sziklák 01	Hungary
267		Sziklák 04	Hungary
268	Szén András	Time’s Monolith 2	Hungary
269	Szepessy Béla	Circus  Maximus  2022	Hungary
270	Szilák Andrea Lilla	Nuclear Plant C	Hungary
271	Tania Chou	Silent	Taiwan
272	Tarun Sharma	Let there be light	India
273	Teeranad Pangsanit	The hidden poison no.1	Thailand
274	Teerawoot Com On	Happy Wedding Day on Heaven No.2	Thailand
275	Tengjiao Sun	INFINITE	China
276	Thiago Modesto	Sagrado	Brazil
277	Tomasz Chudzik	The Great Journey II	Poland
278	Tomasz Winiarski	Perpetuum mobile: CVII B	Poland
279	Tomecz Dániel	Cím nélkül	Hungary
280	Toró Attila	Csendvonalak I.	Romania
281	Toró József	Én és te	Hungary
282	Tushar Sahay	MIRROR	India
283	Upneet Kaur Mair	Thief and Raccoon	United States of America
284	Vass Tibor	Malachit 2.	Hungary
285	Vasyl Savchenko	Gen.16.33.42	Ukraine
286	Végvári Beatrix	Egy másik ügy	Hungary
287		Külön-vélemény	Hungary
288	Vermes Zoltán István	Nyitottszemű Krisztus	Hungary
289	Vimonmarn Khanthachavana	Pincus hions in Painscape V	Thailand
290	Vinicius  Libardoni	Vao Livre	Poland
291	Vladimir Anisimov	The Fall of Icarus	Russia
292	Vlado Goreski	Vlado Goreski-Leviathan – Kerber	North Macedonia
293	Wieme Frédéric	No way out	Belgium
294	Wieslaw Haladaj	Symmetry	Poland
295	Wiktor Drozynski	The possibility of a human being III	Poland
296	Wiktor Wiater	Lesson story of art	Poland
297	Xiaoyun Kang	commoner-5	China
298		Noiseless-9	China
299	Zakar Antal	Hiszek (I Belive) No2.	Hungary
300	Zareba Witold	Pole manewru 22	Poland
301	Zenon Burdy	Harbour22b	Canada
302	Zhang Minjie	Stage No.10	China
303	Zoran Mishe	The truth – let’s play III	Bulgaria

The Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland has become a significant international forum of graphic art and this has been confirmed again by the quantity and quality of the submitted works to the call of the biennial of this year. The importance of G7 is also is also evident if we consider that this year artists from 62 countries have sent works to the contest. Similarly to the preceding event of the biennial, the Hungarian, Romanian and Polish lines are still the strongest, but this year the representation of some countries from South-America and a series of countries of the East, including Thailand, India, China or Taiwan has become more pronounced. During the application period of ten weeks nearly 2000 works from 844 artists have been submitted.

The deadline of the 7th Graphic Art Biennial was on March 23 at midnight, and after that the first phase of the jurying session took place during the period from March 29 to March 31.

The jury of G7 is composed by internationally recognized representatives of graphic art: Prof. dr. Bogdan Achimescu, professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Prof. dr. István Erőss,  rector of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Prof. dr. Adriana Lucaciu, professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the West University of Temesvár/Timișoara, dr. Andrea Pézman, assistant professor at the Graphic Design Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava, dr. Beáta Bordás, art historian and director of the Transylvanian Art Centre in Sfântu Gheorghe, dr. József Szurcsik, vice-rector of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, head of department associate professor and Apor Ferencz S. artist, curator of the biennial.

Soon we are going to publish the list of the selected works on the website of the biennial.

Virtual vernissaje of the exhibition entitled MASTERS of the Main Prize winner of the year 2018 JING LIU (CN).
Film by Sharp Production

 Taking into account the globally spread coronavirus disease, the organizers had to modify the program of the biennial of the year 2020. Unfortunately the epidemic situation had a negative impact on the organisation of the G6 events. As a result the usual exhibition openings, accompanying events and awards gala were cancelled this year.

This year the exhibition opening of the 6th Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland moved into the virtual space, thus those who are interested can view the short film made for the opening  on the Facebook page of the G6 (https://www.facebook.com/grafikaiszemle). Yet the exhibition of G6 can be visited live in the Transylvanian Art Centre in Sepsiszentgyörgy.

During the past ten years the Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerand offered vast possibilities for the presentation of traditional and experimental graphic works. Becoming an important factor from a professional point of view and gaining international publicity, today this event got on the map of international graphics.

The 6th edition of the biennial waited for responses of the participant artists, coming from different countries and cultures, concerning global issues, political, economical and other social problems. The main question was, how do they represent the problems of their personal existence or the problems of their environment in their art? How can tradition and total renewal be expressed through the language of contemporary graphic art.

We were also interested in works the primary aspect of which is not the definition of the ideal of beauty, but its problematization. Thus, we proposed the title “Structure of Chaos” as the buzzword of the 6th Graphic Art Biennale of Szeklerland. Chaos as the uncertainty of predictability, order as the exact geometric structure or predictability, and their possible sociological, political, cultural, ecological and economic implications. Globally, the vulnerability of all of these was confirmed by the outbreak of Covid-19 at the beginning of the year, which paralyzed all areas of life and unfortunately had a negative impact on the G6 2020 events and the organization of accompanying exhibitions. – considers Apor Ferencz S., the curator of the bienalei.

„In course of the examination of the works sent in to the Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland in the year 2020 we can get a situation report about the international state of contemporary graphics. From the submitted works it becomes clear, that the artists coming from very different geographical and cultural backgrounds are mainly bothered by the insecurity and the existential fears provoked by our globalizing and uniformizing world. Near the representatives of the graphic „world powers”  Poland and China, which traditionally participate in force at the Biennial, this year also countries like India or Thailand were present more pronouncedly,these being countries, where contemporary graphics has not had particular weight within fine arts and could hardly be measured by international standards until now. This trend also shows, that image graphics is again a virulent genre of visual arts on global scale, which allows us to be optimistic.” – says dr. István Erőss member of the professional staff and jury member of the biennial.

In her laudation art historian Kányádi Iréne, assistent professor at Partium Christian University Partium says:

And yes, the call, in addition to being prophetic, captured the essence of the human of the present age, since the postmodern human is primarily characterized by the crossing of any kind of boundaries: the physical, the geographical, the biological, and the list goes on. The human of the present age belongs to the global world, the world of networks, the age of electronic information; a constantly moving individual who can be reached by technology at any time. The experimental spirit of the postmodern age is tangible in the works received, both in terms of the choice of subject and the technical execution, and the fact that no matter what times we live in, art can actively react to it. The artists experienced both the announcement of the Graphic Art Biennial and the chaos of the year 2020 as a challenge, meaning that we can talk about authentic, believable and high-quality works.

The exhibition can be visited at the Transylvanian Art Centre until the 6th of November, from Tuesday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The‌ ‌exhibition‌ ‌can‌ ‌also‌ ‌be‌ ‌viewed‌ ‌online‌ ‌on‌ ‌the‌ ‌Biennale‌ ‌website‌ ‌by‌ ‌clicking‌ ‌on‌ ‌the‌ ‌following‌ ‌link:‌ ‌‌https://gbiennial.ro/online-expo-g6/‌ 

Winners

With the artworks entitled Our order 3. and 5., respectively We are different 2. Mettrai Pongchomporn (TH) won the Main Prize of the biennial valuing 2000 euro offered by Perla Harghitei, The prize named after Pál Nagy provided by Maros county went to Liu FU (CN) for his series Lost paradise. The prize named after Imre Nagy offered by Hargita county went to Supicha Sutanthavibul (TH) for the work entitled Insane instinct and the prize provided by Covasna county named after Plugor Sándor was won by Tomasz Winiarski (PL) with the works Perpetuum mobile: CII and CIV. The prizes offered by the three counties of Szeklerland are 1000 euro each of them. The Imre Baász prize is 500 euro worth, this prize was awarded by the jury to Rattana Sudjarit(TH) for the works entitled The way of harvesters 2  and 3. Roxana Bloju (RO) received the prize of the Consulate General of Hungary for her series 6_20_8_11_19_24. The prize of the Institute of Visual Arts of the Eszterházy Károly University of Eger was awarded  to Róbert Roland Ritli (RO) with his work entitled War 3. The Partium prize offered by the Partium  Christian University went to Szén András (RO) for the work Fight, whereas the prize provided by the Cultural and Art Centre of Gyergyószárhegy went to Zsófia Orbán (HU) for her work entitled One week later.

The prize of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts was awarded to Olesya Dzhurayeva (UA) for the works Spring day in Berlin and Nordic light. Stockholm. The prize provided by Zereda Art Camp won Rudolf Szilágyi (HU) with his series Classical rehabilitation, the prize of Pulzus Art Camp went to Pop Adriana Mihaela (RO) for her work Vertical.

The 6th Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland was sponsored by the Perla Harghitei and the Bethlen Gábor Funds.

The publication of the catalogue of the biennial was sponsored by the National Cultural Fund.

The event is organized with the collaboration of the Cultural Centre of Covasna County, the Councils of Hargita, Kovászna and Maros Counties, the Cultural and Art Centre of  Gyergyószárhegy and the Museum of Maros County.