Gabriella SULYOK

(1939, Sopron) graphic artist

Between 1959 and 1964, she studied at the Hungarian College of Fine Arts, where her masters were Géza Fónyi and Jenő Barcsay. She studied directing and cinematography at the University of Theatre and Film Arts under the tutelage of János Herskó and György Illés from 1965. Between 1965 and 1970, she drew Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian clothing as illustrations for a three-volume history of traditional costumes commissioned by the Baghdad Archaeological Museum in Iraq. She has lived in Hungary since 1970 and works as a graphic artist, making etchings, drawings and visual art films. She has been recognised with the Munkácsy Award (2004), the Tornyai Plaque (2009), the Pro Urbe Sopron Prize (2019), the fine arts award of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2022) and the Lifetime Achievement Award of Hódmezővásárhely (2023). She had a solo exhibition at the Kunsthalle Budapest in 2024.