András LENGYEL

1952, Zirc – 2026, Budapest

He studied at the Hungarian College of Fine Arts under Sándor László Veress and Károly Raszler between 1972 and 1976. He was a founding member of the Rózsa Circle in 1976. He received an Honorary Mention Award from the Pompidou Centre in Paris in 1977. He participated in the international mail art network from 1979, and organised the mail art project Nature-Geometry-Mysticism in 1981. He founded the Cloud Museum in 1982. He was involved with the Makó Graphic Artists’ Colony from 1990 and served on the editorial board of Magyar Lettre Internationale from 1991. He was recognised with the Munkácsy Award and the Balassi Prize in 1997. He obtained a DLA degree in 2006 and became an associate professor at the University of Pécs in 2008.