Ágnes Várnai
Born in August 1990, Dunaújváros, Hungary
Currently lives and works in Vienna, Austria
Education
Magister of Arts
2011-2017 University of Applied Art Vienna
studied under the professorship of Bernhard Willhelm and Hussein Chalayan
Awards and Grants
2020 Wirtschafts Agentur Wien, Creatives for Vienna Award
2018 Designers in Residence Scholarship, Pforzheim, Germany
2017 Angewandte Förderung stipendium
2014 RONDO Vöslauer-Modepreise
2014 Swarovski Award
Memberships
2018 Studio of Young Artists Association
2017 Founding member of The (new) Constellation artist collective
Exhibitions
2020 My eyelids are thinned by the heat so I can see this haze, Műtő, Budapest, Hungary
2020 Belátások, ICA-D, Dunaújváros, Hungary
2020 Another World, Online exhibition
2020 WITTGENSTEIN 2020, aqb-Budapest, Hungary
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 #fuckreality, Kunstraum Niederösterreich, 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, ICA-D, Dunaújváros, Hungary
2017 CROSS9 ART + TEXT, Budapest, Hungary
2017 Underworld Journey, Take festival, 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, Villach, Austria
2014 Double-stitching or how a shoe becomes an animal, Vienna Design Week, Kunsthaus Wien, Austria
2013 Dunaújvárosi Szlalom, ICA-D, Dunaújváros, Hungary
2013 77 Magazine exhibition, MO.E Vienna, Austria
Work experience
2016 Design assistant at Hussein Chalayan Studio, London, UK
2013 Production and design assistant at accessori label Eva Blut Vienna, Austria
