István Haász (b. 1946, Gönc, Hungary) is a visual artist based in Budapest. He studied at the
Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts and has been exhibiting his work both in solo and group shows locally and internationally since the 1970s. In 1992, he was awarded a DAAD scholarship, followed by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in New York in 1996. He received the Munkácsy Prize in 2002 and was honored with the Merited Artist Award of Hungary in 2010. Haász took part in the artist-in-residence program in Krems in 2014 and 2015. He has been a member of the Open Structures Art Society (OSAS) since 2006, and a full member of the Széchenyi Academy of Letters and Arts since 2009. His works are held in prominent museums and private collections worldwide.
Born in Gönc, 3 February 1946
Education
1964–1968 Teacher Training College, Eger
1975–1979 Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest Department of Painting
Awards and Scholarships
1990 Prize, Toruń Painting Biennale, Poland
1991 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York
1992 DAAD Scholarship, Atelierhaus Worpswede
1994 Villa Waldberta Scholarship, Munich-Feldafing
1996 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York
1997 Prize, 3rd National Pastel Biennale, Esztergom
1999 Scholarship, Hungarian Academy in Rome
2004 Scholarship of the City of Frankfurt am Main
2013 Prize, 6th International Biennial of Pastel, Nowy Sącz, Poland
2014 Artist in Residence Scholarship, Krems
2015 Artist in Residence Scholarship, Krems
2021 Artist in Residence Scholarship, Schwandorf
State Honours
1994 Gold Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
2002
Munkácsy Prize
2010
Meritorious Artist Award
Memberships
2008 Member of Open Structures Art Society (OSAS)
2009 Full Member of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts
Teaching and Educational Activity
From 1974
King Saint Ladislaus Grammar School, Kőbánya, Budapest
Teacher of Drawing and Art History
From 1980
Fazekas Mihály Practice Grammar School, Budapest
Senior Teacher
1988–2008
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
Associate Professor
From 2009
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Faculty of Architecture, Visiting Lecturer
2019
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Faculty of Architecture, Visiting Lecturer
Publications (Selected)
Catalogue – István Haász, Fészek Gallery, Budapest, 1991
Catalogue – István Haász, Goethe-Institut, Budapest, 1994
Catalogue – István Haász, Ernst Museum, Budapest, 1997
Catalogue – István Haász, Kiscelli Museum, Budapest, 2000
Catalogue – István Haász, Modern Art Gallery, Veszprém, 2013
Book – István Haász, László Beke, Vince Publishing, 2007
Book – István Haász, Paksi Gallery, 2011
Book – István Haász, Light and Space, Pauker Series 61, 2022
László Beke – Hungarian Painting Today, Kunsthalle (Műcsarnok), Budapest, 1997
Péter Fitz – The History of the Metropolitan Gallery and Collection, 1945–2003
János Frank – Portrait – Like a House Concert, Élet és Irodalom, 27 July 1990
János Frank – Ceremonial Tension, Élet és Irodalom, 22 August 1997
Csaba Kozák – Roaring Mustard, B55 Gallery, Új Művészet, 2010/6
István Sinkó – István Haász’s Ten-Sheet Series, Új Művészet, 2021/9
Works in Public Collections (Selected)
Budapest, Hungarian National Gallery
Budapest, Kassák Museum
Budapest, Metropolitan Gallery, Kiscelli Museum
Balatonfüred, MOMŰ – Szöllősi-Nagy–Nemes Collection
Chełm, District Museum, Poland
Debrecen, Antal–Lusztig Collection
Łódź, Municipal Gallery of Art, Poland
Ingolstadt, Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Germany
Orońsko, Centre of Polish Sculpture, Poland
Paks, Modern Art Gallery
Szentendre, Ferenczy Museum
Veszprém, Modern Art Gallery – László Vass Collection
Waldenbuch, Museum Ritter, Marli Hoppe-Ritter Collection, Germany
Wiesbaden, Simpfendörfer Collection, Germany
Würzburg, Museum Kulturspeicher, Ruppert Collection, Germany
Zurich, Richard Paul Lohse Foundation, Switzerland
Zumikon, Max Bill – Georges Vantongerloo Foundation, Switzerland
Solo Exhibitions
1970 Budapest, Young Artists’ Club
1975 Budapest, Ferencváros Cellar Gallery
1979 Budapest, Fészek Club
1982 Budapest, Helikon Gallery
1988 Budapest, Dorottya Gallery
1989 Warsaw, Hungarian Cultural Institute, Poland
1993 Bremen, Gallery of the University of the Arts, Germany
1994 Budapest, Goethe-Institut
1994 Szentendre, Old Artists’ Colony Gallery
1997 Budapest, Ernst Museum
1999 Worpswede, Forum for Contemporary Art, Germany
2000 Budapest, Metropolitan Gallery, Kiscelli Museum
2001 Stuttgart, Hungarian Cultural Institute, Germany
2002 Berlin, Hungarian Embassy, Germany
2005 Oerlinghausen, Kunstverein, Germany
2006 Munich, Galerie Spielvogel, Germany
2006 Szentendre, Barcsay Museum
2007 Graz, Galerie St. Johann, Austria
2008 Graz, Museum of Perception, Germany
2010 Budapest, B55 Gallery
2010 Erfurt, Forum Concrete Art, Germany
2010 Paks, Paksi Gallery
2011 Kunnersdorf, Kunstraum Roy, Germany
2013 Veszprém, Modern Art Gallery
2014 Szentendre, Kmetty Museum
2015 Krems, Galerie Stadtpark, Austria
2015 Beijing, Hungarian Cultural Centre
2016 Kaiserslautern, Galerie Wack, Germany
2016 Bratislava, Milan Dobeš Museum, Slovakia
2018 Budapest, Ani Molnár Gallery
2019 Felanitx, Mallorca, Galeria Roy, Spain
2021 Szentendre, Vajda Lajos Museum
2023 Graz, Galerie St. Johann, Austria
2023 Basel, Art Concret, Rappaz Museum, Switzerland
2023 Szentendre, Ferenczy Museum
2025 Felanitx, Mallorca, Galeria Roy, Spain