Orsolya Drozdik (Orshi)

(1946, Abda)

Orsolya (Orshi) Drozdik began her career at the Hungarian College of Fine Arts (now Hungarian University of Fine Arts), and between 1970 and 1977 her work was equally defined by traditional academic studies and experimentation with media and techniques. Her mentors were Szilárd Iván and Károly Raszler. She works in various techniques and genres: etching, photography, offset printing, rephotography, photo manipulation, serial drawings, sculpture, painting, installation, video, performance art, and poetry, while also publishing theoretical essays. She obtained a DLA degree at the University of Pécs (PTE) in 2004, and completed her habilitation at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in 2007. She was a full professor at the university’s Department of Painting between 2005 and 2016. She won the Mihály Munkácsy Prize in 2003 and the Prima Prize in 2023. She has participated in major international group exhibitions in Europe and beyond. Her works can be found in the collections of the MUMOK in Vienna, the Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, the Hungarian National Gallery and the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (USA).