Igor Prokop

STATEMENT

"I love the sea, the grass, the tree, the animals, the animate and inanimate world. The

material. Am I perhaps a narrow-minded materialist? No, the spirit is immaterial but the

material is the worldly manifestation of the spirit. When I worked as a dental technician, I had

to cast metal and mould wax, plaster and porcelain. I was not captivated with this narrow

range of people. I studied Biology and drawing and also taught them, I was wandering

around in the world, loved the colourful, transparent world of the Cuban seas, the whirling

movement of the barracudas, the endless and timeless space of the Mongolian deserts, the

chaotic and artistic magic of Indonesia, enjoyed skiing among the peaks of the Elbrus

considered even by Reinhold Meissner one of the most amazing natural slopes. I savoured

exploring Vanatau, Tonga, Tahiti and Bora Bora and the friendly people there, their songs,

sorrows, faith, their endless respect for their beloved islands and enjoyed their unrestricted

appetite for beauty, erotica, exuberance and abundance. I was diving in seas and oceans

where lemon, steel-blue and red fish were flashing and gleaming with intensive colours never

seen before in the tropical sunshine together with corals and plants. The impenetrable rain

forests have presented all the variations of green. And the island of real peace: New

Zealand. I love it. Although my homesickness drives me home to Hungary, being here I do

not know where my real home is and I long to return there. I have travelled around the world

and know: it is small, blue and fragile! This is what I see from the height of 11.000 metres.

But through my microscope I can sense the cavalcade of similar momentary magic as well. I

am an earthling like so many, seemingly animate and inanimate creatures of God abounding

with colours and shapes. As time passes by I have experienced during my trips that all this is

perishing. I do not want my children, my students, the explorers of the future not to be able to

see this magic. I am presenting some fragments from the endless world and giving them to

the spectators with love."

These are Igor Jeno Prokop's words about himself, his philosophy and his

understanding of the world.

PROKOP IGOR EUGEN

Born 1953 Budapest, Hungary

Lives and works in Visegrad

EDUCATION

1971 -1973 Dentist technic i

1974 -1978 Teacher Art and Biology

1981 ? 1984 Biology

1985 - 1986 Philosophy

1987 - 1988 Film aesthetic

1990 - 1992 Design manager

2001 ? 2002 Environmental Protection

AWARDS

Chianciano Biennale 2009 Special Mentions

Chianciano Biennale 2011 Biennale Leonardo Award for drawings 2.

Chianciano Biennale 2011 European Confederation of Art Critics Award for drawings 1.

Chianciano Biennale 2013 Special mention for Excellence

Chianciano Biennale 2015 Biennale Leonardo Award for painting 3.

London Art Biennale 2015 International Confederation of Art Critics Award 3.

Mantova 2017 International Prize Andrea Mantegna

Chianciano Biennale 2018 Biennale Leonardo Award for painting 3.

Chianciano Biennale 2018 Oxford University Alumni Society Award 1.