Zoltán Szilágyi Varga

He was born in Kékes (Transylvania). He finished his studies at the Secondary school for Music and Art in 1970 in Marosvásárhely. He graduated as a graphic artist at the Ion Andreescu University of Fine Arts in Kolozsvár in 1976. From 1976 to 1985 he worked for Animafilm, the animation film studio of Bucharest (Romania). Between 1984-86 he completed the cartoon director branch of Ion Caragiale College for Drama, Film and Television in Bucharest. Having contributed to several series, stage designs, cartoon and film designs he wrote scripts and directed three animation film on his own. His films, Nodul Gordian and the Arena have won awards from the Romanian Film Association and the First Prize at Costinesti Film Festival. In 1985 he participated in the contest for the best designed poster at the Animation Film Festival of Annecy where he received the First Prize (The Jules Cheret Award). Apart from designing animation films he was also engaged in doing graphics works, drawings and lino cuts from 1976 and 1986. From 1976 to 1983 he participated in every national exhibition in Romania, in the collective shows from "Atelier 35" and in the exhibitions of the Linocuts and Engravings Museum of Tulcea. He supplied graphic works for books, book designs, covers and title pages as well as illustrations for the publishing houses Kriterion, "Ion Creanga", Meridiane and Didactica. Since 1987 he has been employed as a director at the Kecskemét Animation Film Studio. Home exhibitions as graphic artist: 1972. Studio Gallery, Marosvásárhely (Romania) 1976. Collective Show,Temesvár (Romania) 1976. "Korunk" Gallery, Kolozsvár (Romania) 1989. Törökszentmiklós (Hungary) 1990. Hincz Gyula Permanent Exhibition, Small Room Vác (Hungary) 1991. Tatabánya (Hungary) 1993. Kecskemét (Hungary) 1998. Kecskemét (Hungary) 2001. Kecskemét (Hungary) 2002. Budapest (Hungary) 2007. Erdei Ferenc Cultural Centre / Kecskemét- Junem2007: Creator of month (Hungary) 2007. Szentendre- Art Mill and Dachau- Museum of Modern Art: Exhibition of historical and contemporary colonies of artists (Hungary) His exhibitions abroad as graphic artist: 1973.Collective Show, Offenbach am Main 1976. Collective Show, Frankfurt am Main 1977. MIRO Drawing Contest, Barcelona 1979. MIRO Drawing Contest, Barcelona 1983. Collective Show, Moscow 1983. Collective Show, Cracow, Warsaw 1985. MIRO Drawing Contest, Barcelona 1999. Annecy Festival, France.