Beke László (szerk.): Instruktiv + Inter + Konkret. Művészet Malom Szentendre, 21. November - 26. Januar 2015 (Sankt Augustin, 2014)
7. János Fajó
7.4 Vita János Fajó 1937 Born in Orosháza, Hungary 1950-56 Joins the Békéscsaba Fine Arts Society while still at high school, his sole interests being drawing and painting. 1956-61 Graduates in decorative painting with honours from the Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts in Budapest. 1961-65 Studies aesthetics, art theory and philosophy and organises exhibitions at the Young Artists' Club. He participates in meny bienales, national- and international graphical exhibitions from 1962. He doesn’t paint objects but forms since 1965. He took the ‘free form’ from his master Lajos Kassák. 1964-67 Studies under Lajos Kassák, being his only pupil. 1969 Travels across Western Europe with Kassák's widow, meeting Carl László in Basel, Victor Vasarely in Paris and Max Bill at the constructivist biennale in Nuremberg. 1971 Participates in the International Graphical Symposium in Soest, Germany, where he learns the technique of serigraph. 1974 Establishment of the Pesti Műhely (Pest Workshop) and its publishing branch the following year. 1976 Becomes for the next 12 years the director of the Józsefváros Gallery, the first non-profit workshop-gallery in Hungary. During this period the gallery develops into an international forum, its profile ranging from experimental art to design. 1982 Takes over the management of the Pesti Műhely. In the years following 1984 he privately publishes portfolios of Kassák, Vasarely, Max Bill, Nicolas Schöffer, Gerstner, Pfahler and Linschinger, and turns his professional relationships into friendships. 1985 Awarded the Munkácsy Prize. 1989 Starts teaching at the Academy of Applied Arts. 1992 Marks the beginning of the period when his sculptural art reaches maturity. His small marble, metal, wood, bronze and plexiglass sculptures become known. Using cutting-edge technology, he starts making large-scale metal sculptures first at the German Binder company and later in Hungary. 95
