Ágnes Várnai

Born in August 1990, Dunújváros, Hungary
Currently lives and works in Vienna, Austria and Budapest, Hungary

Education

Magister of Arts
2011-2017 University of Applied Art Vienna
Studied under the professorship of Bernhard Willhelm and

Hussein Chalayan.

Awards and Grants

2019 Förderung von Bundeskantzleramt Österreich

2018 Designers in Residence Scholarship, Pforzheim

2017 Angewandte Förderungstipendium

2014 Rondo-Vöslauer Modepreis
2014 Swarovski Award

Exhibitions

2019 Church of Ego, U10 Gallery, Belgrad, Serbia

2019 Take Festival, Vienna, Austria

2019 re_publica festival, Berlin, Germany

2019 Praise the Laziness, 12-14 Contemporary, Vienna, Austria

2019 werk, FKSE, Budapest, Hungary_2018 Operngasse36, Vienna, Austria

2018 #fuckrealityKunstraum Niederöesterreich, Vienna, Austria

2018 EXIST:Design Days, Burgasse98, Vienna, Austria

2018 ALL ABOUT PEACE KNOLL GALLERY, Budapest, Hungary
2018 GLUE IN REALITY EMMA Kreativzentrum, Pforzheim, Germany

2018 Trendbontás,performances in ICA-D, Dunaújváros, Hungary

2017 CROSS9 ART + TEXT, Budapest, Hungary
2017 TAKE FESTIVAL, UNDERWORLD JOURNEY ALTE POST, Vienna, Austria
2017 THE ESSENCE 17 ALTE POST, Vienna, Austria

2015 TENDANCES Emerging Female Artists & Performance Art MO:E, Vienna, Austria

2014 DESIGN ACT, GALERIE FREIHAUSGASSE, Galerie der Stadt Villach, Austria
2014 DOUBLE-STITCHTING OR HOW A SHOE BECOMES AN ANIMAL Live Performance- Vienna Design Week KUNSTHAUS WIEN,

2013 DUNAUJVAROS SZLALOM ICA-D, Dunaújváros, Hungary
2013 77 MAGAZIN EXHIBITION MO.E Vienna, Austria

Membership

2018 Studio of Young Artists Association

Work experience

Design assistant at Hussein Chalayan Studio

London, UK
Production and design assistant at acessorie label Eva Blut
Vienna, Austria