Dóra MAURER

1937, Budapest – 2026, Budapest

A graphic artist, painter, filmmaker and a representative of the Hungarian neo-avant-garde. She graduated from the Hungarian College of Fine Arts in 1961, where her master was Gyula Hincz. She moved to Vienna on a scholarship in 1967 and from then on lived alternately in Vienna and Budapest until her death. She regularly participated in exhibitions in Hungary and internationally from 1961. She led visual art sessions titled Exercises in Creativity at Ganz MÁVAG with Miklós Erdély between 1975 and 1977, and directed a photography and film workshop (InDiGó Group) at the Museum of Fine Arts from 1981 to 1983. She taught audiovisual practice at the Hungarian College of Fine Arts from 1987 to 1991, and from 1990 she was a lecturer there. She received the Munkácsy Award in 1995, the Kossuth Prize in 2003, and the Hazám Prize in 2015. She served as President of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts from 2017. She was bestowed the title Artist of the Nation in 2021.