Flora Vagi



Born:

1978 Budapest Hungary

Training / Education:

  • Polytechnics of Crafts Budapest, Hungary 1998-2000
  • Specilazition course in jewelry UNAM, Taxco, Mexico 2000-2001

Work Experience:

  • Merchandise coordinator, Aztek Silver Kft., Taxco, Mexico 2000-2001

Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):

  • 2004 Pommegranate-"2 rooms, 9 pieces of jewelry, 300 moments of life", Installation and jewelry, group exhibition, Karinthia, Austria
  • 2004 Group exhibition, Gallery Mangold, Leipzig, Germany
  • 2004 "Talente" exhibition, Handwerksmesse Munich, Germany
  • 2004 Marzee graduation show, Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • 2004 Grassi Messse /group exh.), Leipzig, Germany
  • 2004, 2005 Inhorgenta fair, /Alchimia stand/, Munich, Germany
  • 2005 "Schmuck" exhibition, HWM, Munich,Germany
  • 2005 SOFA Art Fair New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • Coming exhibitions:
  • 2005 "Twilight"- group exhibition, Tallinn, Estonia
  • 2005 "Expressions..."- group exh., Palazzo Medici Riccardi di Firenze, Italy
  • 2005 "Trittico"-group exh., Palazzo civico di Spoleto, Italy

Awards / Grants:

  • Talente Prize for Design 2004
  • Marzee Prize 2004

Publications:

  • Talente 2004 and Schmuck 2005 catalogs

Artist Statement:

A research within the unexpected, using the unfamiliar caracteristics of the materials. Leaving space for the surprise......Sometimes receiving answers without asking questions.