Main Solo Exhibitions
2024 Sense of Place, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA, USA
2024 Approaches High Five Art Gallery, Baarle-Nassau, The Netherlands
2023 Metamorphoses, Lilienthal Gallery, Knoxville, USA
2023 World of Threads Festival, Toronto, Canada
2023 Connection to Place, Timeless Textiles Gallery, Newcastle, Australia
2022 Internal City, Gallery Abbey Romane D’Alspach, Kaysersberg, France
2022 Urban Relations, National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria
2021 Linkages, Timeless Textiles Gallery, Newcastle, Australia
2020 And Now?, Fuga Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2019 Urban Textures, Hvitspói Gallery, Akureyri, Iceland
2019 Kurochka Ryaba Festival, St Petersburg, Russia
2019 You Are Here, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK
2019 Insights (with Livia Toth), Zalaegerszeg Center of the Arts, Zalaegerszeg Hungary
2019 Cityscapes, Szekszard Arts Center, Szekszard, Hungary
2018 Urban Scars, Fuga Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2018 EPM, Ste Marie Aux Mines, France
2018 Textile and Ceramics (with Johanna Rytköla) Unkarin Kultuuri Institut, Helsinki, Finland
2018 Urban Textures Timeless Textiles Gallery, Newcastle, Australia
2017 WWCC Art Gallery, Rock Springs, WY, USA
2017 Urban Linkages, Artus, Budapest, Hungary
2016 Fészek Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2015 Urban Narratives New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA, USA
2015 Colorida Art Gallery, Lisboa, Portugal
2015 Vargas Gallery, Santa Clara, CA, USA
2014 UrbanTextures, Hillyer Art Space, Washington DC, USA
2014 World of Threads Festival, Toronto, Canada
2013 Mansfeld Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2012 FUGA, Budapest, Hungary
2012 March, Small Synagogue, Eger, Hungary
2012 Closter Zlatna, Koruna, Czech Republic
2011 Collegium Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
2011 Újlipótvárosi Klub-Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
2010 Budapest Galéria, Budapest, Hungary,
2010 Madarsky Kulturni Institut, Prague, Czech Republic
2010 Haarlem City Council Gallery, Haarlem, The Netherlands
2009 Danish Quilt Show, Silkeborg, Denmark
2008 Ungari Instituut, Tallin, Estonia
2007 Municipal Museum, Győr, Hungary
2007 Municipal Gallery, Miskolc, Hungary
2007 Quilt Festival, Sitges, Spain
2006 Kanneltalo Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2006 Neues Stadtmuseum, Landsberg am Lech, Germany
2005 Quilt und…, Wien, Austria
2005 Accademia Ungarese, Rome, Italy
2004 Galerie Panien, Berlin, Germany
2003 DOTE Gallery, Debrecen, Hungary
2002 Institute Hongrois, Paris, France
2002 Újpest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2002 Vigado Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2001 Municipal Gallery Börzsöny, Szob Hungary
2001 Municipal Gallery, Pécs, Hungary
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Ceativity, Janinos Monkutes-Marks Museum &Gallery, Kedainiai, Lithuania
2023 7th Riga Textile and Fibre Art Triennial, Latvia
2023 Korea Bojagi Forum, Seoul, Korea
2023 Quit National, Dairy Barn Center, Athens, OH, USA
2023 Freedom Project, Book Art Museum, Lodz, Poland
2023 International Paper Art Biennial, Fengxian Museum Shanghai, China
2023 International Biennial Paper Fiber Art Biennial, NTCRI Nantou, Taiwan
2023 Tailored, 62 Group, Sunny Bank Mill, West Yorkshire, UK
2023 Material Evidence, Quit Art Group, the Hub, Sleaford, UK
2023 Following the Thread, Quit Art Group, Cloth Factory, Esch-sur-Sûre, Luxembourg,
2023 Geometry in Textiles, Saxon Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2022 Excellence in Fibers VII, Schweinfurth Art Center, NY, USA
2022 Forecast/Recast, SDA, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newberg, OR, USA
2022 Essence, 62 Group, Alexandra Palace, London, UK
2022 World Textile Art Biennial, MIFA Museum, Miami, FL, USA
2022 Artextures, Ste Marie Aux Mines, France
2022 Opening Exhibition, Lilienthal Gallery, Knoxville, USA
2022 Flow, Klebensberg Kulturkuria, Budapest, hUNGARY
2022 International Textile Art Biennial, Haacht, Belgium
2022 5th International Paperart Biennale, Trumpeldor University Gallery, Beer-Sheva, Israel
2022 Finding your Thread, Timeless Textiles Gallery, Newcastle, Australia
2022 “Material Thinking” 1st International Material Art Biennale, Sky Art Center in Qingdao, China
2022 Breath of the City (four man show) Tér-Kép Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2022 Change, Paper Art Biennial, NTCRI Nantou, Taiwan
2021 Approach, Obara Paper Art Museum, Toyota City, Japan
2021 Origins and Destinations, The Paper Academy, Gilleleje, Denmark
2021 Paper Art Fest, Fengxian Museum Shanghai, China
2021 Paper Global 5 Handwerkmuseum, Deggendorf, Germany
2021 8th European Quilt Triennial, Heidelberg, Germany
2021 11th From Lausanne To Beijing International Fiber Art Biennial, Tsinghua Univ. Art Museum, China
2021 Lucca Biennale Cartasia, Municipal Museum, Lucca, Italy
2021 AMATERAS Paper Art Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria
2021 International Textile Triennial, Savaria Museum, Szombathely, Hungary
2021 Textile Art of Today, Danubiana Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia
2021 Art Textile Biennial, East Gippsland Gallery, Bairnsdale, Australia
2020 Taiwan International Quilt Exhibition 2020, Tainan City, Taiwan
2020 8th International Artist Book Triennial, Vilnius, Lithuania
2019 Transparent, translucent and Open, Mank Gallery Szentendre, Hungary
2019 Arte Textil, Puro Gallery, La Paz, Bolivia
2019 SOFA: Intricate: Complexity & Beauty Sewn Up, Gallery of Female Design Council, Chicago, USA
2019 Construct, 62 Group exhibition, Sunny Bank Mills, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
2019 Fiber Arts IX. Sebastopol Centre of the Arts, CA, USA
2019 Shanghai International Paper Art Biennale, Fengxian Museum, Shanghai, China
2019 From Above, Mixed media exhibition, Stadtmuseum Einbeck, Einbeck, Germany
2019 International Textile Biennial, Kunststichting Perspektif, Haacht, Belgium
2019 Cultura Diffusa, collateral to Miniartextil, Como, Italy
2019 Material Evidence, Quilt Art Group Exhibition, Menier Gallery, London, UK
2019 Garden of Eden, ETN Fiberart Exhibition, Haslach, Austria
2019 Fab Fiber, three man show, Vargas Gallery, Santa Clara, CA, USA
2019 International Techstyle Exhibition, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, CA, USA
2019 Amateras Paper Art Biennial, Sofia, Bulgaria
2019 Textural Textures Paper Art Biennial, Beer Sheva, Israel
2019 Scythia Biennial, Kherson, Ukraine
2018 Ctrl/Shift exhibition 62 Group, MAC, Birmingham, UK
2018 World of Threads, QEPCCC, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
2018 Paper Global, Stadtmuseum Deggendorf, Germany
2018 Textile Art of Today, Danubiana Art Museum, Slovakia
2018 Artextures, Alsace, Paris, France
2018 6th Triennial of Textile Art, Szombathely, Hungary
2018 Excellence in Fibers III. San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, CA, USA
2018 10th From Lausanne To Beijing International Fiber Art Biennial, Tsinghua Univ. Art Museum, China
2017 Biennial Paper Fibre Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 Miniartextil, Como, Italy
2017 World Textile Art Biennial, Montevideo, Uruguay
2017 New Quilting, Rheged, Cumbria, UK
2017 Artextures, Ste Marie Aux Mines, France
2017 International Textile Biennale, Haacht, Belgium
2017 Dialogues / Quilt Art, Lincoln, NE, USA
2017 Shifting Landscapes, Santa Fe, NM, USA
2017 9e Triennale Internationale du Papier, Charmey, Switzerland
2016 From Lausanne to Beijing, Shenzen, China
2016 Holding, Newcastle, Australia
2016 Fiberart International, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2016 Cartasia Paper Biennial, Lucca, Italy
2016 Transgressing Traditions, Schwheinfurth, NY, USA
2015 Fiber Arts VII., Sebastopol, CA, USA
2015 Dialogues/ Quilt Art, Heidelberg, Germany,
2015 Extreme Fibers, Muskegon, MA, USA
2015 Paper Art Biennial, Cirencester, UK
2015 5th Triennial of Textile Art, Szombathely, Hungary
2014 ITAB San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA, USA
2014 8e Triennale Internationale du Papier, Charmey, Switzerland
2013 Innovations in Fiber Art, Sebastopol, CA, USA
2013 Paper – Tradition and Experiment, Vilnius, Lithuania
2013 Book and Paper Art Biennial Sofia, Bulgaria
2013 Artextures, Paris Forney, France
2013 Fiberart International, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2013 Pelso, Balatoni Múzeum , Keszthely, Hungary
2013 Desert In Bloom Paperart Biennial, Beer Sheva, Israel
2012 1st International Antalya Fashion and Textile Biennial, Antalya, Turkey
2012 Paper Global II., Deggendorf, Germany
2012 Amateras, Paper Miniature Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria
2012 Fantastic Fibers, Paducah, KY, USA
2012 Scythia Contemporary Textile Art Exhibition, Kherson, Ukraine
2012 4th Triennial of Textile Art, Szombathely, Hungary
2012 European Quilt Triennial, Heidelberg, Germany
2012 Europe-Asie Textile Exhibition, Kedainiai, Lithuania
2012 Voices / Quilt Art, Bovey Tracey, Devon, UK
2012 Through Our Hands, Leamington Spa, UK
2012 Quilt Nihon, Tokyo, Japan
2012 Quilt Art Elements, Philadelphia, USA
2012 European Art Quilts VI., Birmingham, UK
2011 World Textile Art VI. Biennial, Oaxaca, Mexico
2011 Artextures, Ste Marie Aux Mines, Paris, France
2011 Textiles in a Tube Fiberart, Greeville, SC, USA
2011 7th International Triennial of Contemporary Textile Art, Tournai, Belgium
2010 4th Riga Textile and Fibre Art Triennial, Latvia
2010 Slices / Quilt Art, Bankfield, Halifax, and other venues UK
2010 Creative Force, Huston, USA
2010 European Art Quilts V., Birmingham, UK
2009 3th Triennial of Textile Art, Szombathely, Hungary
2009 European Quilt Triennial, Heidelberg, Germany
2008 Quilt Visions, San Diego, USA
2006 European Art Quilts IV, Lyon, France
2006 Contemporary Art Quilts, Uffington, UK
2006 2nd Triennial of Textile Art, Szombathely, Hungary
2005 Quilt 2005, Birmingham, England
2005 Quilt Nihon, Japan
2003 European Art Quilts, Birmingham, England
2003 Tradition and Modernity, Lyon, France
2003 Contemporary Art Quilts, Uffington, UK
2003 1st Triennial of Textile Art, Szombathely, Hungary
2002 Euroga 2002+, Mönchengladbach, Germany
2001 European Championships, Veldhoven, Holland
2000 Quilt Expo, Strasbourg, France
2000 16th Biennial of Textile Art, Szombathely, Hungary
1999 Mettissage et mes Tissage, St Jean de Luz, France
1998 Forms and colours, Paris, France.
1998 Simolia 98, Paris, France
1997 European Quilt Championships, Veldhoven, Holland
1996 1000 Years Austria, Baden, Austria
Prizes
2023 Korea Bojagi Forum, Seoul, Korea, Award Distinction for Innovation for Contemporary Aesthetics
2022 Forecast/Recast, SDA, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newberg, OR, USA, Third Prize
2021 AMATERAS Paper Art Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria, Grand Prix
2021 Art Textile Biennial, East Gippsland Gallery, Bairnsdale, Australia, Art Textile Biennial Award (main prize)
2021 11th From Lausanne To Beijing International Fiber Art Biennial, China, Award of Excellence
2019 Fiber Arts IX. Sebastopol Centre of the Arts, CA, USA, Best of Show Award
2017 World Textile Art Biennial, Montevideo, Uruguay. Second Prize
2017 Shifting Landscapes, Santa Fe, NM, USA. Honourable Mention: Award of Excellence
2016 Transgressing Traditions, Schweinfurt, NY, USA. Best of Show Award
2016 From Lausanne to Beijing, Shenzen, China. Honourable Mention
2015 Fiber Arts VII., Sebastopol, CA, USA. Second Prize
2014 Art Quilt Elements, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Innovation in Medium Award
2013 Innovations in Fiber Art, Sebastopol, CA, USA. Prize of Excellence
2013 Pelso, Hungary: prize of the Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists
2012 1st International Antalya Textile Biennial, Green Textiles. Third prize
2012 Fantastic Fibers, Paducah, USA. Etcetera Coffeehouse Award
2011 World Textile Art VI. Biennial, Oaxaca, Mexico. Third prize
2010 Art Quilts, Infinity Gallery, USA. Best of Show Award
2009 3th Triennial of Textile Art, Szombathely, Hungary. Prize of the Ministry of Culture and Education
2006 Time Patches, Irsee, Germany. Fourth prize
2005 Quilt 2005, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, England. Jurors commendation
2005 Quilt en Sud, St. Jean de Luz, France. First prize
2004 Trip in a Colorful World, Val d’Argent, France. Second prize
2002 Speak about Europe, Quilt Expo, Barcelona, Spain. Fourth prize
2002 Euroga 2002+, Mönchengladbach, Germany. Third prize
2002 „Art Textil“, La Bourboule, France. First prize
2001 Water and Fire, Veldhoven, The Netherlands. First prize
2000 Quilt Expo, Strassbourg, France. Third prize
1999 Mettissage et mes Tissage, St Jean de LuzFrance. First prize
1998 Forms and colours, Paris, France. Second prize
1997 Quilt Championships, Veldhoven, Holland. Best of Show
Appearance in Publications
2022 Anne Kempton (ed): Finding your Thread, Timeless Textiles, Newcastle, Australia
2022 Martha Sielman (ed): Exploring Art Quilts with SAQA, vol III, Lark Books, USA/UK
2022 Moira Simpson: Urban Reflections, Textile Fiber Forum, #145, Australia
2021 Pertics Flora: Elegáns megoldások, Prae Művészeti portal, 2021. 02. 21. Hungary
2020 Diane Howell: Artists to Watch: Eszter Bornemisza. Art Quilt Quarterly No. 20, March, USA
2020 Jo Hall: Heading in a New Direction: Eszter Bornemisza’s Multifaceted Wall-hangings..Embroidery Magazine March, UK
2019 Maggie Jarman: The Map as Massage:Eszter Bornemisza’s ’Real and…, Contemporary Quilts December 2019, UK
2019 Maria Rosaria Roseo: A journey through real and imaginary cities with Eszter Bornemisza, Artemorbida , Italy
2019 Helen Adams: Multilayered Surfaces, textilecurator.com/eszter-bornemisza
2019 Marta Kargól: Fictive and Real Cities, Eszter Bornemisza, Textielplus Magazine, The Netherlands
2019 Charlotte Yde ed.: Material Ecidence/ Traces, Quilt Art, UK
2018 Andra Stanton: Dimensional Cloth: Sculptue by Contemporary Textile Artists, Schiffer Publishing, USA
2018 Martha Sielman: Art Quilt Retrospective: 50 Years of Innovation, Schiffer Publishing, USA
2016 Pia Puonti: A tu per tu con Eszter Bornemisza, Quilt Italia, 2016/1, Italy
2015 Lasse Antonsen: Conscience & History: The Art of Eszter Bornemisza FiberArtNow, 2015/4, USA
2015 Sue Marks: Eszter Bornemisza: In Charlotte Yde (ed): Dialogues & Small Talk, UK
2015 Don Wilkinson: Review: Artist Takes Viewer on Tour of City in Her Mind, South Coast Today, Jan 29, 2015
2015 Through Our Hands, Portfolio, UK, 2015
2015 Gillian Cooper: Quilt Art at 30: Dialogues at the Quilt Museum British Patchwork & Quilting, 2015 December 15, UK
2014 Kurt Shaw: Review: Box Heart Exhibit Draws Works from Artists Across the Globe, Pittsburgh Tribune Jan. 22, 2014
2014 Mark Jenkins: Eszter Bornemisza: Urban Textures May 24, The Washington Post
2015 Cas Holmes: Stitch Stories: Personal places, spaces and traces in textile art, Batsford, UK, 2015
2014 Linda Seward: The Ultimate Guide to Art Quilt Techniques, Sixth&Spring Books, New York, USA
2013 Sandra Meech: Creative Quilts, Batsford, UK
2013 Molnár Szilvia: Irányított véletlen, Építész Közlöny 2013 április, Hungary
2013 Nacsinák Gergely András: A szavak tárnáiból, 2013. november 28. – Liget Műhely – szellemi üzem, Hungary
2012 Bocsi Rita: Mintha történelemről nem is hallottak volna, Egri Szín, 2012. 06. 11. Hungary
2012 Holló Miklós: Vert textilek menete, Egri Ügyek, 2012. 07.08, Hungary
2012 Mary Schoeser: Textiles: The Art of Mankind, Thames & Hudson
2012 Sandra Meech: Connecting Design to Stich, Batsford, UK
2011 Janet Twinn: Colour in Art Quilts, Batsford, UK
2011 Heilmann Anna: Fonalba oltott textilkódok, Magyar Iparművészet, 2011/2, Hungary
2011 Marillai Andrea: Képbe varrt városok, Képmás, 2011 március, Hungary
2010 Linda Colsh: Art Quilts in Europe, Surface Design Magazine, 4/2010, USA
2012 Charlotte Yde (ed): Voices of Quilt Art, UK
2010 Charlotte Yde (ed.): Quilt Art @ 25, UK
2010 Rachel Penn (ed.): The Art Quilt Collection, Sixth&Spring Book, New York, USA
2010 Carolyn Lee Vehslage: Profiled Artist: Eszter Bornemisza, SAQA Journal, 4/2010, USA
2010 Astrid Reck: Zu Gast bei Eszter Bornemisza, Patchworkideen, 4/2010, Germany
2010 Bornemisza 2010, Catalogue, Grafium, Hungary
2009 Husz Mária: Jelen-lét, Hungarian Applied Arts 2009/3
2009 Charlotte Yde: Eszter Bornemisza, Kludemagasinet 1/2009, Danmark
2009 Sandra Meech: Connecting Art to Stich, Batsford, UK
2008 Martha Sielman: Masters: Art Quilts, Lark Books, USA/UK
2007 Charlotte Yde (ed.): Quilt Art 22, UK
2007 Sandra Meech: Contemporary Quilts: Design, Surface and Stitch, Batsford, UK
2007 Aliz Torday: Textilművész – matematikusból, Magyar Iparművészet, 2007/3, Hungary
2006 Rosario Casanovas: Hoy presentamos el trabajo be Eszter Bornemisza, SPE, 03/2006, Spain
2006 Hartfrid Neunzert (ed): Moderne quilts, Neues Stadtmuseum Landsberg am Lech, Germany
2006 Sandra Meech: Creative Quilts: Texture & Stich, Batsford, UK
2005 Susan Denton, Charlotte Yde (eds.): Quilt Art 20, UK
2005 Celia Eddy, Mitchell Beazley: Quilted Planet, London, UK
2005 Bakács Tibor: Nő gukkerral, varrótűvel, rongyok között, Találkozások Magazin, Hungary
2002 Gül Laporte: Eszter Bornemisza, Magic Patch, France
2002 Bornemisza Eszter, Catalogue, Grafium, Hungary,
2002 Lukovics Judit: On the Edge of Arts, HomeDesign, Hungary
2001 Gabi Meier: Quilts von Eszter Bornemisza, Quiltjournal, Austria
2001 Husz Maria: Szelíd diadal, Echo, Hungary
2000 Beatrice Rodaro-Vico: Profiles of Artists, Eszter Bornemisza, Euroquilt, France
Works in Collections
2023 World Textile Art Collection, Miami, FL, USA
2018 International Quilt Study Center and Museum, NE, USA
2015 Szombathely Pinakotek, Szombathely, Hungary
2012 Amateras Foundation, Paper Miniature Collection, Sofia, Bulgaria
2012 Akdeniz University Faculty of Fine Arts & Textile Design Department, Antalya, Turkey
2011 Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, Hungary
2011 Word Textile Art Collection of Mini-textiles, Mexico
and numerous private collections in the US and Europe
Eszter Bornemisza
1955 Born, Debrecen, Hungary
Studies
1978 Kossuth Lajos University of Sciences | MA mathematics
1993 Kossuth Lajos University of Sciences | PhD mathematical statistics
Work
1978 – 1998 Researcher in mathematical statistics for social sciences
1998 – 2010 Self taught independent quilt artist
2011 – today Independent fiber artist and teacher