Biography

PÉTER PÁRKÁNYI RAAB
BALASSAGYARMAT, 1967 I SCULPTOR
STUDIES
1987 – 1992 Hungarian Academy of Arts, majoring in sculpture
1992 – 1995 Hungarian Academy of Arts, master’s degree
ONE - MAN EXHIBITIONS
1991 Sculptures I Horváth Endre Gallery, Balassagyarmat
1993 “Horse-viewing slowed down” I Hungarian Academy of Arts, Budapest
1995 Zichy Gallery, Leiden, the Netherlands
1996 Sculptures, photos, drawings I Northern Arizona Art Museum, Flagstaff, USA
1999 Budapest Gallery, Budapest Master and Disciple I joint exhibition with sculptor Miklós Melocco Vízivárosi Gallery, Budapest
2001 Ericsson Gallery, Budapest Pfister Gallery, Budapest
2002 Realist dreams I Le Carnet, France Revolutionary realism I Joint exhibition with painter Rudinó Bér, Hotel Kempinsky, Budapest
2004 Bretagne salon exhibition I Invité d’honneur, Lamballe, France
2005 Joint exhibition with painter Ákos Szabó I Villiers-Fossard, France
2006 Joint showing with painter Sándor Filep I Zalaegerszeg
2009 XI. Le Monde de La Culture et Des Arts I M. C. A. Exposition Internationale Invité d’honneur, Cannes, France
2011 Forrás Gallery, Budapest
2013 Korean Cultural Centre, Budapest Eötvös 10, Budapest
2017 Hanyattló – Szárnyaló / Falling – Flying I King St Stephen Museum – Csók István Gallery, Székesfehérvár
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1989 Baudelaire I French Institute, Budapest
1990 Oltre il muro I Milan, Italy Margaret Island, Water tower, Budapest Stone carvers’ symposion I Kassel, Germany
1991 Stone carvers’ symposion I Quartu St. Elena, Italy
1993 Exhibition in honour of Queen Elisabeth II I British Embassy, Budapest
1995 Situational picture I Műcsarnok/Art Hall, Budapest
1997 New Gresham Circle I Budapest Hungarian Salon I Műcsarnok/Art Hall, Budapest
2001 On this side of sculpture and beyond I Műcsarnok/Art Hall, Budapest
2004 F-group I Székesfehérvár XIV. Regards sur les arts I Invité d’honneur, Lamballe, France
2005 Galerie de Tourgéville, Tourgéville, France Ducey, France XV. Regards sur les arts I Lamballe, France F-group I Veszprém
2005 Exhibition on the 10th anniversary of the Hungarian Sculptors’ Society Hamilton, New Jersey, USA
2006 XVI. Regards sur les arts I Lamballe, France
2007 XVII. Regards sur les arts I Lamballe, France Exhibition of the Hungarian Sculptors’ Society I Art Mill, Szentendre Elysé de l’Art I Paris, France Guangzhou International Art Fair I Canton, China IX. Le Monde de la Culture et Des Arts I M. C. A. Exposition internationale, Cannes, France
2008 Guangzhou International Art Fair I Canton, China X. Le Monde de la Culture et Des Arts I M. C. A. Exposition internationale, Cannes, France Exhibition of the Hungarian Sculptors’ Society I Vízivárosi Gallery
2009 F-group I itinerant exhibition in Transylvania: Csíkszereda, Kolozsvár, Sepsiszentgyörgy Abordable I Grand Salon d’Art, Paris, France Florence Biennial I Florence, Italy
2010 Blessed Virgin Mary I Forrás Gallery, Budapest Art Shanghai 2010 I International Art Exhibition and Fair, Shanghai, China Exhibition of the Hungarian Sculptors’ Society I Vízivárosi Gallery
2010 The Blessed Virgin Mary I exhibition series organized by the Forrás Gallery
2011 New Art I Italy Hungarian Art I Chinese Museum of Fine Arts, Peking, China
2012 XIVth International Art Fair I Peking, China We belong together I Budapest KOREAART I Budapest
2014 The Beauty – Japan in Asia I Budapest
2015 The Blessed Virgin Mary I exhibition series organized by the National Strategy Research Institute
2016 Masterpieces Fair I London European Art Fair Monaco I Monaco
2017 THE DECISION I Székesfehérvár UN’ALTRA REALTA I Naples
PUBLIC SCULPTURES
1988 Attila József I Sopron Torso I Kassel, Germany
1990 György Szondi I Balassagyarmat Serial stone sculptures I Sardinia, Italy
1992 Erzsébet Fráter I Balassagyarmat
1994 King Béla IV I Körmend
1995 Memorial of victims I Szombathely
1996 Year of Science I Flagstaff, USA
1998 Memorial of the Hungarian revolutions I Kisszállás
1999 Salve statues I Lamezia Terme, Italy Dezsõ Fábián, György Kárpát I Budapest
2000 Jókai monument I Budapest Equestrian statue of St. Stephen I Csenger St. Stephen I Balatonfüred Pál Vágó I Jászapáti Water-lily I Hévíz Pair of salve statues I Szeged
2001 Realist dreams I St. Ulrich, Austria
2002 Full-length sculptures of Lajos Básti, Margit Lukács, Hilda Gobbi, Kálmán Latabár, József Tímár, Imre Soós actors I New National Theatre, Budapest Nine Muses I New National Theatre main facade, Budapest Albert Szent-Györgyi I Terény Civitas Fortissima I Balassagyarmat
2003 Ilona Mauks I Mohora
2004 Bálint Balassi I Balassagyarmat
2006 Relief of Prince Primate József Mindszenty I Balassagyarmat Angel playing music I Kozárd
2007 Ister fountain I Esztergom Asclepius and Hygieia I SOTE Budapest
2008 Full-length sculpture of actor Ferenc Bessenyei I Hungarian National Theatre, Budapest Memorial of the victims of World War II I Dombóvár
2009 Monument of Albert Wass I Mátészalka Breakthrough I Sopron (as collaborator of Miklós Melocco)
2010 Trianon memorial I Kaposvár Angling boy I Szombathely Corpus I Ipolykeszi, Slovakia
2012 Fountain of twin towns I Nagykanizsa Deaconess I Budapest
2013 Monument of Sir George Solti I Budapest Count Miklós Bánffy I Sopron
2014 Memorial of the victims of the German occupation I Budapest Identity gate I Kozárd Statue of chieftain Lehel I Jászberény (in collaboration with Miklós Melocco)
2015 Birth of the pearl I Dombóvár
2016 Primadonna Hanna Honthy I Operetta Theatre, Budapest Prince Primate József Mindszenty I Zalaegerszeg Pair of Salve statues I Szarvas Fontana I Szarvas Spring I Dombóvár Memorial of 1956 I Ráckeve
2017 Memorial of ’56 I Szihalom Memorial of ’56 I Szajla Memorial of the Malenki robot I Budapest
2018 Monument of the Hungarian revolution in 1956 I Le Grand-Saconnex (Geneva), Switzerland
2019 Statue of Ignác Semmelweis I Wien
2020 Corpus, Budapest Statue of Bishop Áron Márton, Kaposvár
PRIZES
1990 Award of the Hungarian Ministry of Culture
1991 Qartu S. Elena, Stone carving symposion, 1st prize, Sardinia, Italy
1993 Autumn Exhibition of the town of Szécsény, Grand prize Public sculpture competition of the town of Érd, 1st prize
1994 Public sculpture competition of the town of Szombathely, 1st and 3rd prizes
1997 Public sculpture competition of Dunaújváros, 3rd prize Public sculpture competition, Budapest, special prize Balassagyarmat, Endre Horváth Prize
1998 Hungarian Art Academy, Golden Diploma Koller Prize
2002 Freedom of the town of Balassagyarmat
2007 Le Monde de la Culture et des Arts M.C.A. Exposition Internationale, Gold Plaque III. Grand Prize, France
2008 Le Monde de la Culture et des Arts M.C.A. Exposition Internationale, Gold Plaque I. Grand Prize, France Award of the Municipality of Cannes, France Hungarian Stars Prize of the Duna Television
2009 Gundel Art Award Florence Biennial, sculptural prize
2014 Madách Prize, Nógrád County
2018 Freeman of Nógrád County Hungarian Order of Merit Officer’s Cross ”Civitas Fortissima” commemorative medal and honorific title ”For the Hungarian Culture” Prize Munkácsy Mihály Prize
2020 Award for Hungarian Art
2021 Kossuth Award
FILMS
1995 Rite I TV2, director: Árpád Sopsits
1999 Sculptures in the night I Duna TV, director: Árpád Sopsits
2010 The Slovak tinker and the last Mohican I Duna TV, director: Mária Kontra The seventh I ECHO TV, director: Helga Kolti Secret of Faces I director László Dudás
2017 Guardians of the Carpathian homeland XXVI I made by: Diána Zana, Péter Mészáros Declining – Soaring I made by Diána Zana, Péter Mészáros Trailer for the exhibition Declining – Soaring – Fehérvári Programszervező Kft. Péter Párkányi Raab: Declining – Soaring: Sculptures on the move made by Diána Zana, Péter Mészáros
2019 Sculpture Guide – Sculptures living withous – Sculpture of Sir George Solti curator: Mária Kontra