VANILIA MAJOROS

I was born in Hungary. I left Hungary for the US in 2003. I am living in New Haven, Connecticut.
I have a Ph.D. in Art History. I am a specialist of the European Modernism. I wrote six monographs and more than one hundred arcticles about the Modernism and the Contemporary Art. My articles were published in Hungary, Germany, France, Canada and in the USA.
I was working at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. I was the Associate Director of the Art Collection of the Academy.
As a photographer I have participated in the group shows in Hungary. There were nine solo exhibitions from my photos. I have exhibited two times on a two artists shows.
My photos were published in reviews and books in Hungary, in the USA and in France.
I started to learn Calligraphy and Printmaking in the US. I finished my studies at the Yale School of Art in 2008. I started to exhibit my prints in 2005 in New Haven.
I am the instructor of the Intermediate Printmaking in the Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven.
Vanilia Valeria Majoros

Education

Non-Degree Studies Printmaking, Silkscreen, Lithography, Yale School of Art (Instructors: Norman Paris, Rochelle Feinstein), New Haven, 2006 - 2008
Non-Degree Studies Calligraphy, Printmaking, Creative Arts Workshop (Instructors: Martha German, Jennifer VanElswyk, Barbara Harder), New Haven, 2004 - 2006
Ph.D. Art History, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, MTA), Budapest, 1998
B.A. and M.A. Art History, Hungarian Literature and Grammar, Eötvös Lorand University (Eötvös Loránd Tudomány Egyetem, ELTE), Budapest, 1982

Job History

2008 - Present Instructor, Intermediate Printmaking. Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, USA
1994 - 2003 Associate Director, The Art Collection of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Muvészeti Gyujtemény), Budapest, HUNGARY
1988 - Present From Research Fellow to Senior Fellow, Research Institute of Art History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Muvészettörténeti Kutató Intézet, MTA MKI), Budapest, HUNGARY
1982 - 1988 Assistant Professor of Art History, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, HUNGARY

Solo and Two Artists Shows in Hungary

2003 Sun, Gallery Cirko, Budapest (with Tamás Kristóf Lengyel)
2001 3.14, Gallery Cirko, Budapest
1999 Parallels, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest
1999 Dialog, Gallery Miskolc, Miskolc (with Péter Barák)
1999 Haiku, Gallery Napvilág, Budapest
1998 Parallels, Gallery Czóbel, Hatvan
1997 Illusion, Budapesti Városvédo Egyesület, Budapest
1997 Reflection New York, Gallery Vizivárosi, Budapest
1996 Street pictures, Szerb Templom, Balassagyarmat
1995 Murals, Gallery Szombathely, Szombathely
1995 Murals, Club of Young Artists, Budapest

Group Shows in the USA

2009 Printmaking Invitational. River Street Gallery at Fairhaven Furniture (Opening Reception: October 24. 72 Blatchley Ave, New Haven)
2009 Cultural Passages, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven
2009 Somewhat of the Wall, Arts Council, New Haven
2009 Faculty Show, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven
2008 CWOS, Elector Square, New Haven
2008 Graduate Printmaking Seminar Show, Yale School of Art, New Haven
2008 Student Show, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven
2007 CWOS, Artspace, New Haven
2006 Comprehensive Exhibition, Yale School of Art, New Haven
2006 Student Show, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven
2005 Student Show, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven

Show in progress

2009 Barbara Marks and Vanilia Majoros, Gallery 195, New Haven (Opening Reception: November 17. 195 Church Street)

Membership in Professional Associations

1990 Association Internationale des Critiques d'Art (AICA), Paris

Books

2005 Farkasházy
Glória Kiadó - Cello Press, Budapest, 2005. (256 pages, illustrated)
2004 Tihanyi Lajos. A muvész és muvészete (Lajos Tihanyi. The Artist and his Art)
Monument-Art, Budapest, 2004. (520 pages, illustrated)
2003 Ferenczy
Corvina, Budapest, 2003. (66 pages, illustrated)
2002 Tihanyi Lajos. Írásai és dokumentumok (Lajos Tihanyi. Letters and Documentations)
Monument-Art, Budapest, 2002. (524 pages, illustrated)
1999 Bohacsek Ede
Nalors, Vác, 1999. (145 pages, illustrated)
1998 Mattis Teutsch
Nalors, Budapest, 1998. (204 pages, illustrated)
USA (Budapest). 84. Ivan Sanders portrait.

Published works

2008 One Hundred Monotypes. Christmas cards for the Department of Sociology Yale University.
2006 Photos. János Ladányi - Iván Szelényi, Patterns of Exclusion: Constructing Gypsy Ethnicity and the Making of an Underclass in Transitional Societies of Europe. Columbia University Press, New York.
2003 Book cover. Ladányi János - Szelényi Iván, A kirekesztettség változó formái. Napvilág, Budapest.
2003 Photos. Exhibition catalogue. Budapest
2001 Photos, short stories and haikus. Budapest
1999 Photos. Exhibition catalogue. Miskolc
1999 Photos. Exhibition catalogue. Budapest
1998 Photos. Exhibition brochure. Hatvan
1997 Six Postcards. Photos. Budapest
1997 Photos. Exhibition brochure. Budapest
1996 Photos. Exhibition brochure. Balassagyarmat
1995 Photos. Exhibition catalogue. Budapest

Works in Collections

Museum

Petofi Literary Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Student Works Archive, Yale University School of Art, New Haven

Private

Australia/ Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne
Austria/ Vienna
China/ Beijing
Germany/ Berlin
Hungary/ Budakalász, Budapest, Dunakeszi, Szanda
Ireland/ Trim
Japan/ Tokyo, Osaka
Sweden/ Stockholm
Switzerland/ Zurich
USA / Alameda CA, Boston MA, Cambridge MA, Hamden CT, Los Angeles CA, New Haven CT, New York NY, Palo Alto CA