László Kutas


László Kutas is a leading figure of contemporary Hungarian sculptural art. His figurative sculptures, commemorative coins and medals, major public and private statues can be found in museums, private collections and public squares including Windsor Palace in London, the International Coin Corporation in New York, the Royal Collection of Medals in Stockholm, Sweden, the National Gallery in Budapest, Hungary, the City Collection in Florence, Italy and the Centro Dantesco in Ravenna, Italy. Kutas is also an international jury member of the "Dante Small Sculpture Biennale" in Ravenna, Italy.

Background

Kutas was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1936. He attended the Gimnasium of the Hungarian Reformed Church in Budapest, the Free School of Ernő Ágoston,
and the Dániel Berzsenyi Gimnázium, Sopron.
In the period 1954 to 1960 he was a disciple of Tamás Gyenes and Pál Pátzai at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest.

Prizes

COMMEMORATIVE COINS
1981 | Bartók 500 Forint’s silver coin
1984 | Kőrösi Csoma Sándor 100 Forint’s alpacca coin
1986 | Mexico Football World Cup 500 Forint’s silver coin
1987 | Seoul Olympic Games 500 Forint’s silver coin
1988 | Football World Cup 500 Forint’s silver 100 Forint’s alpacca coin
1989 | Football World Cup 500 Forint’s silver coin 100 Forint’s alpacca coin
1990 | 200 years of professional Hungarian Theatre 100 Forint’s alpacca coin
1990 | Mathias Rex 5000 Forint’s gold coin
1991 | Széchenyi István 500 Forint’s silver coin
1993 | Erkel Ferenc 10.000 Forint’s gold coin
1995 | Atlanta Olympic Games 1000 Forint’s silver coin
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
1971 | Madách Theatre, Budapest
1975 | Wiener Neustadt Galerie 9
1976 | Sopron, Fertőd
1980, 1983 and 1985 | The BFG Gallery, Regensburg
1983 | Paks, Fertőd
1984 | The Dürer Hall in Budapest
1984 | Törökszentmiklós, Hajdúdorog, Budapest, Miskolc
1985 | Eger, Békéscsaba, Szeged, Budapest
1986 | The Kodansha Gallery, Tokyo
1987 | The Mensch Gallery of Hamburg
1987 | Yokohama ; Budapest ; Hamburg ; Mayrhofen, Wels ; Amsterdam
1989 | The Raum und Kunst Gallery of Hamburg, Germany;
1990 | The Gallery of Carmen de Pelichi in Bruxelles
1990 | Düsseldorf
1991 | Hungarian Cultural Centre Warsaw
1991 | Sopron
1992 | Dunakeszi
1993 | The Gallery of the Grevenbroich Hospital, Hamburg
1994 | “The Exhibition of Vengeance” at the Gallery OSZK in the Palace of Buda
1994 | Exhibition at the Kunsthandel P. Breughel in Amsterdam
1995 | Kreissparkasse Gallery in Northeim
1996 | The Venlo Pieter Breughel Gallery
1997 | Exhibition in the Hall of Painters in Sopron
1997 | Kutas Art Gallery, Budapest
1999 | The Diana Gallery in Helsinki
2000 | Petőfi Museum Kiskőrös
2001 | Cultural Home of the Domestic Guard Veszprém
2002 | Exhibition at the John Calvin House of the City of Eger in Hungary
2003 | City Library of Vác and the Aladár Mühl Exhibition Hall of Sopron
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
Since 1961: Budapest, Pécs, Sopron, Szeged, Moscow, Florence, Ravenna, Lisbon, Amsterdam, Phenjan, Padova, Stockholm, London, Newcastle, Colorado Springs, Prague, Copenhagen, New York.
From 1977 onward, biannual FIDEM exhibitions
From 1964 annually at the Autumn Art Shows in Hódmezővásárhely
1977- onward: repeatedly at the biannual medal shows of Sopron, and the Exhibitions of the Guild of Artists of the City of Sopron
1990 Exhibition of the Students of Ernő Ágoston, Electrotechnical High School of the City of Sopron
WORKS IN PRIVATE- AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS OF THE FIVE CONTINENTS
Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Tornyai Museum, Hódmezővásárhely
Déri Museum, Debrecen
Liszt Ferenc Museum, Sopron
Collection Municipal, Wiener-Neustadt
Royal Coin Collection, Stockholm
“Centre Dantesco”, Ravenna
“Comune di Firenze”, Florence
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien
States Coins Collection, Munich
I.C.C., New York
Yukio Manabe, Kyoto
Peter Koliner, Sidney
Dr. Bernard, Cape town
Nathan Engelmarin, Bogota
Theo Schaapveld, Middelbeers
Lady Diana and Prince Charles, Windsor Palace, London
WORKS IN PUBLIC SQUARES
Hungary | Komló, Törökszentmiklós, Baja, Debrecen, Paks, Zánka, Budapest, Hévíz, Sopron, Fehérgyarmat, Pécs, Csurgó, Eger, Kiskőrös
Romania | Illyefalva
Austria | Lindabrunn
Slovakia | Wisne Ruzbachy