Draft:János Megyeri (sculptor artist)

János Megyeri (May 12, 1965, Budapest –) Hungarian sculptor artist, costume designer.

Biography
Even as a child, he was interested in art, drawing and painting a lot. In his early twenties he turned to costume design, trained for years, completed four courses and finally founded his own haute couture (exclusive, custom-made fashion items) workshop (MEKO KFT) in 1995. He has mainly had private commissions and has collaborated with several television productions (Játék határok nélkül, Gálvölgyi show etc.).

From 1999 his business grew into a large 16-person costume workshop, followed by a career of major productions. This costume workshop has produced eight opera ballets, a Széchenyi movie (A Hídember), Max (John Cusack), and Bánk bán, and then in 2001 he even dressed the superstar Jesus Christ for a tour of Western Europe.

He has three children. Since 2017, he has been working with his middle son, Kristóf Megyeri, who works as an art manager.

In the early 2000's, he found himself in sculpture and started self-taught training. He was mainly attracted by the realistic style, and in 2004 he created his first public work, which was inaugurated in Budapest, and from then on he received various commissions, even from abroad. He built several large-scale panopticums, including the Panopticon of Nagykároly, which contains 28 of his works. In 2015, he exhibited five of his sculptures in the Hungarian pavilion at the Milan World Fair. Later on, he began to use more classical techniques, working mainly in bronze, stone and other metals. His sculptural groups and portraits adorn public squares and promenades all over the country, including the István Csukás monument in Balatonszárszo and his relief of Géza Hofi in Budapest.

Awards
Prize for Pécel (2023)

Outdoor sculptures

 * Verne Gyula portrait relief Budapest (2004)
 * Nyírbátor promenade (2011)




 * Stainless steel dragon, Nyírbátor (2018)
 * Mihály Szilágyi statue, Ásotthalom (2019)
 * Bronze dragon, Nyírbátor (2019)
 * Statue of István Csukás, Balatonszárszó (2020)




 * Count Albert Apponyi stone statue, Pécel (2020)
 * Ferenc Puskás bust, Pancho Arena (2020)
 * Hofi relief, Budapest (2021)




 * Rongyos Gárda Monument, Ásotthalom (2022)

Exhibitions

 * Renaissance Panoptikum, Budapest (2007)
 * Wine Museum, Budapest (2008-2010)
 * Báthori Panoptikum, Nyírbátor (2010-)
 * Nagykároly Panoptikum, Nagykároly, Romania (2014-)




 * Hajdúsági Museum, Hajdúböszörmény (2014-)
 * Cannon foundry workshop in the Sárospatak museum, Sárospatak (2015-) ICOMOS award-winning exhibition
 * Milan World Expo, Milan, Italy (2015)
 * Reformation 500 exhibition, Pécel (2017)
 * Curator of Márton Szipál Memorial Exhibition, Pécel (2017)
 * Sándor Petőfi, Szendrey Júlia statue, Erdőd, Romania (2018-)
 * Kondoros Tavern Museum, Kondoros (2020-)
 * um sculpture of a swinging girl, Edelény (2021-)
 * Curator of the Pál Kepenyes Memorial Exhibition, Kondoros (2022)

Travelling exhibitions

 * Süsü and his Friends Fairytale Exhibition (2012-2022)
 * Ervin Lazar Fairy Tale Exhibition (2020-2022)
 * Newspaper Museum exhibition (2021)