Zoltán
His Excellency Zoltán Gábor Fodor-Lengyel
Academicians of The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Cádiz
Honorary of the Gold Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
Knight of the Knighthood Order of 1956
He was born in Budapest, on March 1st 1963.
He began his studies in fine art as Erno Fischer’s private student, then continued learning at the Department of Graphics at the Sorbonne University, meanwhile also studying in Hungary at the Department of Hungarian Language and Literature and History of the Eotvos Lorand University.
He was twenty years old when he opened his first exhibition in the French capital, where he made an exclusive contract with Galeria Art 3000, of which gallery he later became the managing art director and co-proprietor in 1986.
From the beginning of the 80’s to present day he has organized more then 200 exhibitions in Hungary, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, France, Great-Britain, Spain, Russia, Italy, Serbia, Romania, China and the United States.
He is living and working in Madrid and managing the contemporary Spanish-Hungarian Foundation he established, the Fundación Apoyo el Arte.
He is member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts, and Academician of The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Cádiz.
He is a member of the Friends of Hungary Foundation and he is President of the Panorama World Club in Spain.
Many of his works can be seen in international collections, on the walls of institutions and contemporary museums, and public spaces.
He created the 1956 “Patria-Homeland” monument in Madrid, Spain.
During his career 14 of his books have been published, more then hundred publications released, and we can see the reproductions of his work in graphic, ceramic creations and other publications and on front pages as well.
Several television documentaries have been made about his life and work for the television channels of various countries, and he has been the focus of nearly 400 reports and other media appearances.
Awards
1988 Goya International Grand Prize in the Arts (Belgian-Spanish Association)
1997 Olympic Movement Prize
2006 Alvaro Mutis Prize
2007 Academic tittle of the Royal Academic the Fine Arts of Cádiz
2008 Gold prize of the Royal Academic the Fine Arts of Cádiz
2009 Spanish Federation of Journalist Award
2011 Cegléd City Prize
2016 Gold Order of Merit of the Association Europe´s Economic and Competitiveness
2016 Amigo de la Decana Prize
2017 Escalera del Éxito Prize
2017 Honorary of the Gold Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
2018 He will be Knight of the Knighthood Order of 1956
2018 “For Hungarians in the world” Art Prize
2019 Olympic Artist Prize
2022 He will be Knight of the European Order of Wine Knights
2023 Siklós Salon Award
2023 Fair Play Art Award from the Hungarian Olympic Committee
2024 Friends of Hungary Award from the Friends of Hungary Foundation
Individual Exhibitions (selection)
1984 Gallery Art 3000, Paris, France (also in 1995, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989)
1985 Gallery Rochefoucauld, Paris, France (also in 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989)
1986 Museum of Fine Arts, Kaposvár ,Hungary
1986 Exhibition Hall of Circulo Catalan, Madrid, Spain
1987 Exhibition Hall Sinagoga , Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
1987 Gallery Unwin, Berlin, Germany
1987 Gallery Church, London, Great Britain
1988 Exhibition Hall Melia Castilla, Alicante, Spain
1988 Gallery Joker, Wien, Austria
1989 Gallery MJC, Le Havre, France
1990 Exhibion Hall of Congress and Conference Center , Budapest, Hungary
1992 Exhibition Hall Puerta de Toledo, Madrid, Spain
1993 -1996 Gallery Manuel Macías, Madrid, Spain
1994 Exhibition Hall Avila, Avila, Spain
1995 Exhibition Hall Real Circulo Artístico, Barcelona, Spain
1996 Museum of History, Tenerife, Spain
1996 Exhibition Hall Antiguo Cabildo Insular, El Hierro, Spain
1996 Exhibition Hall Casa Salazar, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Spain
1996 Exhibition Hall Juan Ismael de Cabildo Insular, Fuerteventura, Spain
1996 Exhibition Hall, Lanzarote, Spain
1996 Exhibition Hall Palomita, Gran Canaria, Spain
1996 Exhibition Hall Casa de Colón, La Gomera, Spain
1997 Vasarely Museum , Budapest, Hungary
1999 Art-Expo, International Art Fair , Budapest, Hungary
2002 Galllery Estudio Doctor Fourquet-29, Madrid, Spain
2002 Gallery Kapzartmosphere, Miami, USA
2004 Exhibition Hall Festöterem, Sopron, Hungary
2005 Museum of the City of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
2006 Exhibition Hall Barabás Villa, Budapest, Hungary
2007 Gallery Tribeca, Madrid, Spain
2007 Gallery Dionis Bennassar, Madrid, Spain
2008 Gallery Rodin, Szentende, Hungary
2008 Gallery A21, Madrid, Spain
2009 Gallery IX., Budapest, Hungary
2012 Exhibition Hall Club Génova, Madrid, Spain
2012 Exhibition Hall House of Dialogue, Budapest, Hungary
2012 Zenit Palace Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
2012 Exhibition Hall Tryp Orly, San Sebastián, Spain
2012 Exhibition Hall Windsor, Du Palais, Biarritz, France
2013 Gallery Arte Nueva York, New York, USA
2014 Exhibition Hall Club 567, Madrid, Spain
2014 Exhibition Hall Navarrete, Logroño, Spain
2015 SportAccord Convention Sochi, Russia
2015 Gallery Templom “Lovers Festival”, Szentgotthárd, Hungary
2015 Gallery Alhóndiga, “International Music Festival”, Medinaceli, Spain
2015 World Expo in Milan, Augusto Caravati Hall, Varese, Italy
2016 Modern Art Museum, Terragni Palace, Monza-Lissone, Italy.
2017 Hungarian Academy of Sciences Palace, Budapest, Hungary
2021 Kempinski Corvinus, Ar2day Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2022 Papp László Arena, Judo Grand Slam, Budapest, Hungary.
2024 Gallery Alaux, Valencia, Spain
2024 Hotel Westin, Valencia, Spain
2024 Palacio de Colomina, Valencia, Spain
Presentations
1988 Museum of Modern Art , Brussels, Belgium
1993 Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland
1994 Zarzuela Palace, Madrid, Spain
1995 National Gallery of Hungary , Budapest, Hungary
1995 Víg Theatre, Budapest, Hungary
1997 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
1998 Libri House, Budapest, Hungary
2001 National Library of Spain , Madrid, Spain
2001 Museum of Kremlin , Moscow, Russia
2003 Orensanz Foundation , New York , USA.
2008 Cervantes Institut , Budapest , Hungary
2009 Volvo Battinver, Madrid, Spain
2011 Auditorio National, Madrid , Spain
2011 Spanish Film Institute , Madrid, Spain
2011 Stadium Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain
2011 Galileo Galilei, Madrid, Spain
2012 President Palace of Hungary, Budapest, Hungary
2012 Embassy of Hungary in Spain, Madrid, Spain
2012 Serbian House Madrid, Spain
2012 Romanti Art Center, Vigo, Spain
2013 New York Artexpo 2013, New York, USA
2013 Zaballos Lawyers, Madrid, Spain
2013 Hungarian House, Los Ángeles, USA
2013 CILAS, San Diego, USA
2014 Larios Café, Madrid, Spain
2017 Combat Public Statue, Budapest Széchenyi Square, Hungary
2018 Memorial plaque for the Hungarian Embassy, Madrid, Spain
2019 Combat public Statue, International Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland
2019 Bokobo Art, White Lab Expo Center, Madrid, Spain
2019 Foundation Zaballos, Hotel Intercontinental, Madrid, Spain
2021 Judo World Championship, PappLászló Arena, Budapest, Hungary
2021 Exhibition Hall Lipa, Szentgotthárd, Hungary
2021 Gotthard Therme, Szentgotthárd, Hungary
2021 Consulate General of Hungary, Innsbruck-Tyrol, Austria
2022 Museum of the City, Topolya, Serbia
2022 Exhibitions Hall, Székelyudvarhely, Romania
2022 Exhibition Hall Vigadó, Budapest, Hungary
2022 Exhibition Hall Bálna, Budapest, Hungary
2022 Castle Museum, Siklós, Hungary
2022 Exhibition Hall Lipa, Szentgotthárd, Hungary
2023 Hotel Intercontinental, Madrid, Spain
2023 Occo Art Gallery, Madrid Spain
2023 Siklós Castle Museum, Siklós Hungary
2023 Hangzhou Museum of Art, Hangzhou, China
2023 Exhibition Hall Lipa, St. Gotthárd, Hungary
2024 Gallery Occo, Madrid, Spain
2024 Foundation Zaballos, Hotel Intercontinental, Madrid, Spain
2024 Exhibition Hall Europa Point, Budapest, Hungary
Other works
1992 Created poster “Contemporari artist” to movies Hunnia, Budapest, Hungary
1993 Created CD cover to the Warner Bros. Company, Budapest, Hungary
1995 Official picture of the hundred years old Hungarian Olympic Committee, Budapest, Hungary
1996 Official picture of the first World Rider Festival, Hungary
2000 Created his architectural work “ La Caja de Cristal “ near Madrid, Spain
2004 Official picture to the Anniversary of the Seur Company, Madrid, Spain
2004 Open his Salon the Art in Budapest, Hungary
2005 Created picture for Group Winer Friends, Madrid, Hungary
2006 Founding the Foundation Apoyo el Arte ® in Madrid and in Budapest
2010 Official picture “ Homenaje Ferenc Liszt” for the Hungarian president in the Union Europe, Madrid, Spain
2011 Created “Puskás” picture to the Museum of Real Madrid, Madrid, Spain
2011 Created poster and scenery design to the Paco Orellana´s concert, Madrid, Spain
2012 Nominated for the Spanish President of the Panorama World Club
2013 Created “ El maestro Santiago de Santiago” to the Museum of Santiago in Madrid, Spain
2014 Created several murals to Laboratories Igen BioLab, Madrid, Spain
2014 Created with Ángel Ostariz OLORARTE perfume, Madrid, Spain
2014 Created sculpture “ADN” to Laboratories Igen BioLab, Madrid, Spain
2016 Created the “Patria ”monument in memory of the Hungarian revolution of 1956, Madrid, Spain
2017 Creates the brass memorial plaque of the former Hungarian Embassy in Madrid, Madrid, Spain
2017 Created “Ipon” picture to the International Judo Federation, Budapest, Hungary
2017 Created “Puskás” picture to the Puskás Museum, Felcsút, Hungary
2017 Created ”Combat” bronze public statue for IJF order for the World Judo Championship, Budapest, Hungary
2017 Created 25 numbered bronze trophy for the IJF Gala, Budapest, Hungary
2017 Created „Ipon-Nipon” mural for Hungarian Judo Federation, Budapest, Hungary
2019 – 2022 – 2023 – 2024 Created 8 numbered bronze trophy for Foundation Zaballos, Madrid, Spain
2021 Created 30 bronze trophy for Hungarian Judo Federation for the Judo World Championship, Budapest, Hungary
2021 Created „Las armonías de Arte Deco” mural for la Clí nica Ruíz de Burgos, Madrid, Spain
2021 Created “Banistas” mural for Szentgotthárd Mayor’s Office, Szentgotthárd, Hungary
2021 Created several pictures for Hungarian-Slovenian Association St. Gotthárd, Hungary
2022 Created “Felicitat”, portrait painting of Italian singer Al Bano, Budapest, Hungary.
2023 Created several pictures for China International Cultural Association, Hangzhou. China.
His works in Institutional Collections
Zarzuela Palace in Madrid, Spain
Collection President of France, Jaques Chirac, Paris, France
Collection President of Hungary, János Áder, Budapest, Hungary
Colection President of Russia, Putin, Moscú, Russia
Collection President of Hungary, Pál Schmitt, Budapest, Hungary
Collection President of Mongolia, Battulga, Ulan Bator, Mongolia
Collection President of Slovenia, Borut Pahor, Llubljana, Slovenia
Collection President of Ukraina, Bolodir Zelenski, Kiev, Ukraina
Collection Mario Vargas Llosa, Madrid, Spain
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
National Gallery of Hungary, Budapest, Hungary
Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Equestry Museum, Kecskemét, Hungary
Museum of Modern Art, Brussels, Belgium
Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland
Museum Vasarely, Budapest, Hungary
Museum Kreml, Moscow, Russia
Cristóbal Gabarrón Museum, Valladolid, Spain
Museum of the City of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Museum of Fine Arts, Cádiz, Spain
Museum of Santiago de Santiago, Madrid, Spain
Puskás Museum, Felcsút, Hungary
Olimpia Park Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland
Museum Santiago Bernabeu of Real Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Teather París, París, France
Gallery Art 3000, París, France
Collection Pierre Cardín, París, France
National Bank of Tailand, Tailand
Group Grafistaff, Madrid, Spain
Headquarters of the Hungarian Olympic Committee, Budapest, Hungary
Expo-Arte, Madrid, Spain
Gallery Rochefoucauld, París, France
Collection Europen Universitas, Alicante, Spain
Real Círculo Artístico, Barcelona, Spain
Gallery Unwin, Berlin, Germany
Collection Association Belgian-Hispanic for the Goya Prize, París, France
University of Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Gallery O&L, Wien, Austria
Collection National Lotto of Hungary, Budapest, Hungary
Group ESMA, Budapest, Hungary
Collection Juan Gyenes, Madid, Spain
Hotel Unio, Budapest, Hungary
Circulo Catalán, Madrid, Spain
Group Pilu, Budapest, Hungary
Foundation Masterbranch, Budapest, Hungary
Collection de Casa y Jardín, Madrid, Spain
Foundation Orensanz, New York, USA
National Library of Spain, Madrid, Spain
National office of Turism Hungary, Madrid, Spain
Garth Philips collection, Toronto, Canada
Group Júbilo, Madrid, Spain
Editorial Libri, Budapest, Hungary
Collection Necesitogestoria, Madrid, Spain
Group Ceasar, Budapest, Hungary
Chemol Travel, Budapest, Hungary
Group TDA, Madrid, Spain
Group Winer friends, Madrid, Spain
Gallery Rodin, Szentendre, Hungary
Collection Aurgi, Madrid, Spain
Hotel Medos, Budapest, Hungary
Collection Belzuz Lawyers, Madrid, Spain
Collection Group Fórum, Budapest, Hungary
Embassy of Hungary, Madrid, Spain
Collection FNAC Spain, Madrid, Spain
Foundation Apoyo el Arte, Madrid, Spain
Collection Group Edda, Budapest, Hungary
Collection Telepizza, Madrid, Spain
Collection Raymond Weil, Madrid, Spain
Foundation Arte y Naturaleza, Madrid, Spain
Business Institute, Madrid, Spain
Gallery Kapz, Miami, USA
Gallery Tribeca, Madrid, Spain
Group Inmobilia, Budapest, Hungary
Headquarters of the Seur Company, Madrid, Spain
Group Ináncsi BHNV, Budapest, Hungary
Gallery Dionis Bennassar, Madrid, Spain
City Council of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Foundation Alvaro Mutis, Madrid, Spain
Royal Academic the Fine Arts of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
Spanish Press Association, Madrid, Spain
Volvo España, Madrid, Spain
Foundation of Real Madrid, Madrid , Spain
Cervantes Institute, Budapest, Hungary
Colection Club Financial Génova, Madrid, Spain
Zenit Palace Budapest Hotel, Budapest, Hungary
Collection Club 567, Madrid, Spain
Laboratories Igen BioLab, Madrid, Spain
Spanish Historical Heritage collection, Madrid, Spain
International Judo Federation, Budapest, Hungary
Headquartel Hungarian Judo Federation, Budapest, Hungary
Consulate of Hungary in Madrid, Spain
Foundation Zaballos, Madrid, Spain
Civil Guard, Madrid, Spain
Spanish Red Cross, Madrid, Spain
Rosa Blanca Corporation, Colombia
Ruíz de Burgos Clinic, Madrid, Spain
Mongol Embassy, Budapest, Hungary
Presidential Palace, Llubljana, Slovenia
Szentgotthárd Mayor’s Office, Szentgotthárd, Hungary
Termal Spa Center St. Gotthárd, Szentgotthárd, Hungary
Slovenian-Hungarian Cultural Center, Lendva, Slovenia
Hungarian Academy of Arts, Budapest, Hungary
Kárpáti-Vasarely Collection, Budapest, Hungary.
Al Bano collection, Cellino San Marco, Italy.
Emilio Butragueno collection, Madrid, Spain
Rafael Nadal collection, Mallorca, Spain
Isabel Diaz Ayuso collection, Madrid, Spain
Unidad Militar de Emergencias collection, Madrid, Spain
Brigada de Salvamiento Minero collection, Asturias, Spain
Caritas España collection, Madrid, Spain
Hospital Ruber collection, Madrid, Spain
Ejercito del Aire collection, Madrid, Spain
Grupo Starlite collection, Marbella, Spain
Juezas Afganas, collection, Kabul, Afganistán
Sándor Csányi (OTP) collection, Budapest, Hungary
Heilingenkraitz Archabbey, Heilingenkraitz, Austria
China International Cultural Association, Hangzhou, China.
Hungarian Embassy Peking, China.
General Consulate of Hungary, Shanghai, China.
Colection Cristóbal Molleja, Madrid, Spain
Colection CEU Cardenal Herrera Valencia, Spain
Colection Foundation Goerlich Valencia, Spain
Colection UNICEF, Madrid, Spain
Colection Spanish women’s soccer teams, Madrid, Spain
Colection Ana Rosa Quintana, Madrid, Spain
Colection Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Madrid, Spain
Colection Pablo Heras-Casado, Madrid, Spain
Colection Antonio Garamendi CEOE , Madrid, Spain
Colection Rafael Yuste ,Madrid, Spain
Colection General Military Academy of Zaragoza. Zaragoza, Spian
Colectoin Foundation Madrina, Madrid, Spain.
