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Artist Resume

Kinga Földi’s art emerges at the intersection of tradition and innovation, where the tactile poetry of silk becomes a vessel for storytelling. As a Hungary-based textile artist, Kinga’s mastery of the pin-tucking technique, a meticulous and rhythmic process allows her to shape shantung silk into intricate forms that resonate with the natural world’s rhythms. Her works, spanning sculptures, installations, and jewellery, transcend the boundaries of materiality, inviting viewers into a dialogue where texture, memory, and emotion intertwine.

Graduating from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in 2006 as a woven textile designer, Kinga’s journey has been one of perpetual exploration. Her early experience as a costume designer refined her ability to marry functionality with artistry, a sensibility she now channels into her sculptures. Drawing inspiration from traditional handcraft techniques, Kinga preserves their cultural resonance while reimagining them through a contemporary lens. Each creation becomes a bridge between the past and the present, connecting threads of heritage to modern expression.

Exhibiting widely across Europe and Asia, Kinga’s work has found a home in the collections of architects, collectors, and institutions, a testament to its enduring appeal. Beyond her practice, she shares her knowledge as a lecturer at the University of Pécs and through masterclasses across Europe, fostering a new generation of textile artists.

In Kinga’s hands, silk transforms into a medium of connection, where the folds and layers of her creations evoke not just natural forms but also the intricacies of human emotion. As Gaston Bachelard wrote in The Poetics of Space, “Material imagination… seeks to bring a new dimension to the poetic image.” Kinga’s art achieves precisely this, rendering the ephemeral tangible and inviting us to rediscover the beauty in texture, memory, and form.

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Gallery B32, Budapest

 

Ab Ovo, back to the roots, Gyöngyös private exhibition space

Silken Wonders, Hotel Root Karaköy, Istanbul (Turkey)

My Ways, Goldberger Textile Museum, Budapest 

One Day, with Marianna Nagy Lantos graphic artist, Fise Gallery, Budapest

Textures of Tuscany, La Macina Di San Cresci – Greve in Chianti, Italy
 

Yearning Balance, with Noémi Gera jewellery designer, Klebelsberg Kultúrkúria, Budapest
 

Textiles in a new perspective, Korean Culture Institute in Hungary
 

Fészek Artists’ Club, Budapest
 

Kecskemét, International Ceramics Studio with Simon Zsolt József porcelain artist
 

Fise Galery, Budapest

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European Prize for Applied Arts - Grande Halle of the Anciens Abattoirs site, Mons

 

International Paper and Textile Art Biennial, Haacht

 

„To Touch” Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art – Guimaraes

 

RADICI, METAMORFOSI, MESCOLANZE | II Biennale Internazionale di Fiber Art Contemporanea Valtopina

 

Homo Faber 2024: „The Journey of Life” - Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice

 

Tolerance Limit” VIII Intenational Triennial of Textile Arts – Szombathelyi Gallery, Szombathely

 

"Our traditions" Sculpture Dresses at Várkert Bazár, Budapest

 

Reconstructed wedding dress of Edelsheim-Gyulai Ilona, Hungarian National Museum Budapest

 

Dragon, Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts, Budapest

Design Without Borders, Kiscelli Museum Budapest

VIIIth International Textileart Triennal, Szombathely (Hungary)

Artist Residency, Mas Palou, Spain

Design Without Borders, Vienna Collegium Hungaricum – Vienna Design Week


Budapest Contemporary, Zsdrál Gallery, Bálna Budapest


Salon Budapest – Interior Design Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary


Fine Art Textiles Award- Birmingham, London UK


Ginkgo, Momiji, Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts, Budapest


40 years of the Association of Young Applied Artists, Gallery B32, Budapest


Sodrás, Textileart Exhibition Klebelsberg Kultúrkúria, Budapest


Sculpture dresses, Szombathely, Iseum – Keszthely Festetics Castle - Hungarian National Museum Budapest


Lotus, Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts, Budapest


Sodrás, Textileart Exhibition MANK Gallery, Szentendre


Gallery SoShiro, London joint exhibition with Thread Tales Company


Textileart of Today, Bratislava Danubiana-Meulensteen Art Museum, Budapest Vigadó, Poprad Tatra Gallery


7. Textile Triennial, Szombathely (Hungary)


International Mini-Textiles Competition, Musée Jean-Lurçat et de la Tapisserie contemporaine, Angers (France)


Sculpture dresses exhibition, Budapest MOM Kult


Kogei Triennial, Kanazawa Japan


International Textileart Biennial, Haacht Belgium


6. Textile Triennial Exhibition , MKISZ, Budapest

Coulisse Secrets Exhibition, Vigado Gallery, Budapest


All Around Us, National Salon, Kunsthalle, Budapest

Fise group exhibition, Szombathely

Contextile, Guimaraes, Portugal

MKISZ group exhibition, Várkert Bazaar, Budapest


5. TextileTriennial exhibition, Vigado Gallery, Budapest 

5. TextileTriennial, Szombathely

Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists, Monza (Italy)


Textile Artists of FISE, Csontváry Művészeti Udvarház és Gallery B32, Budapest

FISE exhibition, Hévíz, Gróf I. Festetics György Művelődési Központ

Design 2014 Fise group exhibition, Tatabánya Gallery


4. Textiletriennial, Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest


NKA-supported artists, Ferenczy Museum, Szentendre


MKISZ Costume sculptures, Operahouse, Budapest


Pentatonia Exhibition, Palazzo Issimbardi, Milano (Italy)

Las Vegas Fashion Week, Style Lounge, Hotel Bellagio, Restaurant Aurole, Las Vegas (USA)


See Me- The Story Of The Creative Exhibition, Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York (USA)


30 years of the Association of Young Applied Artists, Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest


Jewellery of the Year, PannonArts Galéria és Made in Hungary, Millenáris

4th Textile Art Triennale, Szombathely


FISE Polieder, The versatile Hungarian design - Hungarian Cultural, Scientific and Information Center Moszkva


World Industrial Design Day, Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest


Kozma Lajos Scholarship exhibition, Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest


Aethra Siderea - Joint exhibition with Zsolt József Simon ceramic artist, Museum No. 1 Gallery, Budapest

Lakástrend - Made in Hungary, Budapest

 

Craft & Design Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest

 

Fise exhibition, Orosháza

 

Zwack competition, Merlin Theater, Zwack Museum

Kozma Lajos Arts and Crafts Scholarship report exhibition, Arts and Crafts Museum, Budapest

 

Fise workshop: joint exhibition with porcelain artist József Simon Zsolt, Design Heten, Fise Gallery, Budapest


Fashion Prizma Exhibition, Fise Galéria, Budapest


Nagytétényi Kastélymúzeum: Christmas at the Castle, Budapest


2. Textile Triennial, Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest


Luxury Brand, Vam Design Center, Budapest


25 years of the Association of Young Applied Artists, Budapest


Fise group exhibition, Galery BB, Krakow (Poland)


Fise, Mkisz group exhibition, Zehdenick, (Germany)


International Bobbinlace Competition - Borken (Germany)


1. International Lace Competition, Como (Italy)


Szombathely, 2. TextileTriennial


XI. International Lace Biennial – Brussels (Belgium), Palais des Academies 
 

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