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‘One genre, an infinity of approaches’ is one way to describe the Museum of Ethnography’s Ceramics Space, a permanent exhibition opened to the public in 2022. In this series, we will be taking a look at some of the objects on display through the eyes of symposium artists from the Kecskemét International Ceramics Studio, in each case drawing inspiration from the exhibition’s own 3000-plus pieces. The sixth instalment of the series features a work by ceramic artist Anita Monori.

Location: Ceramics Space (Level -2)

Ceramicist and designer Anita Monori graduated from the ceramics programme at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in 2009. In 2012, she established her own brand name, ‘Design by Monori,’ to include custom designed and produced articles of porcelain. As Monori prefers to work in superb quality and with the highest possible precision, she has chosen to employ not only traditional techniques, but also modern technological solutions. She enjoys constructing her works with combinations that open up exciting new possibilities in object creation. Her current primary inspiration is experimentation with traditional and modern shaping tools, preferring simple, clean forms that permit playful graphic designs and other decorative solutions.

MAJOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND SYMPOSIA

2024 “Újbuda-Mecénás” Art Scholarship / Budapest

2019–2022 MMA – Art Scholarship Program 2019–2022 / Budapest

2019 International Ceramics Symposium / International Ceramics Studio (ICS), Kecskemét

2017 “Újbuda-Mecénás” Emerging Artist Scholarship / Budapest

2017 “Light Objects” International Ceramics Symposium / ICS, Kecskemét

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 Parallels and Intersections / Exhibition of ceramic artist Anita Monori / B32 Gallery and Cultural Space, Budapest

2022 Beneath the Surface – SUBsurface / Exhibition of ceramic artist Anita Monori / ICS – Kápolna Gallery, Kecskemét

2017 Version 1 / Exhibition of porcelain designer Anita Monori / Museion No.1 Gallery, Budapest

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025 Paths of Hope – FISE Collection Exhibition / Collegium Hungaricum, Rome

2025 Art in Everyday Life / ICS – Kápolna Gallery, Kecskemét

2024 15th Westerwald Prize / Keramikmuseum Westerwald / Höhr-Grenzhausen (Germany)

2024 I feel... / Group exhibition of FISE members – BDW / FISE Gallery, Budapest

2024 MAMO / 2024 – Joint exhibition of ceramic artists Anita Monori and Márton Strohner / FISE Gallery, Budapest

2024 26th International Biennial of Vallauris – Contemporary Creation and Ceramics

/ Musée Magnelli, Musée de la Céramique / Vallauris (France)

2024 FOR REUNION – Taoxichuan Spring and Autumn Art Fair / Jingdezhen (China)

2024 National Ceramic Art Triennial / M21 Gallery / Zsolnay Quarter, Pécs

2024 Common Language – Contemporary Hungarian Ceramics in Ljubljana / Liszt Institute, Ljubljana

2023 ROOTS/GYÖKEREK – Exhibition of the International Ceramics Symposium / ICS – Chapel Gallery, Kecskemét

2023 Voices in Ceramics: Contemporary Hungarian Ceramic Art (1965–2022)

/ Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu / Japan

2023 ESSENTIA ARTIS / Exhibition of MMA Fellows 2019–2022 / Pesti Vigadó, Budapest