The fire enamel painting from 2015 “DREAM” by Gyula Elekes, fire enamel artist from Odorheiu Secuiesc, Transilvania, member of the Hungarian Enamel Artists’ Society.

The picture is 26 X 37 cm, including frame 38 X 49.5 cm.

Gyula Elekes was born in 1960 in Odorheiu Secuiesc, where he still lives. In 1979 he graduated from the Graphic Art Department of the Art Lyceum of Târgu Mures. He studied at private art schools in Germany and Spain. He was a drawing teacher, unskilled worker, advertising graphic artist in a machine tool factory, teacher of fire enamel in Austria, Germany and Spain, and for five years he directed a professional theatre and a professional folk dance company. For more than fifteen years, he was the director of the Odorheiu Secuiesc House of Culture. Occasionally he has fire enamel instructor in Odorheiu Secuiesc, occasionally in Soltvadkert, Kiskőrös, Keszthely, La Coruna and Vienna.

Her awards include:

2002 – Pro Urbe Tihany

2004 – Pro Urbe Székelyudvarhely

2010 – Príma Award Székelyudvarhely

2011 – Pro Cultura Hungarica Award, Ministry of National Resources, Budapest

2011 – Award of the 37th International Enamel Artists’ Contest, Kecskemét

2017 – 43rd International Enamel Artists’ Workshop Award, Kecskemét

2017 – Hargitai Salon Award

2019 – 45th International Enamel Art Workshop I Award, Kecskemét

He has had solo exhibitions in many European cities, in Hungary, Romania, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia.

This work is an excellent investment!

(Photos by Bálint Előd Erdély, photographer)