Márta Jánoskúti

costume designer

Budapest, 4 April 1942

Corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2013–2017)

Full member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2017–)

Márta Jánoskúti is a costume designer devoted to the idea of collective art – a collaborative creative process in which the designer, thinking together with the director, dramaturge and other creators, develops the costumes in close relation to the piece, the performance, and the scenic concept defined by the set designer, while remaining faithful to the characters of the selected roles.

Artist of the Nation

The top prize in the hierarchical system of art awards, granted to Kossuth Prize-winning artists over 65 who have created significant value in their artistic field. By law, no more than seventy artists may hold it simultaneously.

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2009

governmental award

Kossuth Prize

The highest Hungarian state decoration for the cultivation and preservation of Hungarian culture.

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1994

governmental award

Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary

One of the four highest Hungarian state awards is the Hungarian Order of Merit, which is granted in various grades to individuals who perform exemplary activities in culture, science, art, or their own field, in order to advance Hungary’’s interests and promote universal human values.

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1988

governmental award

Meritorious Artist of the Hungarian People’s Republic

State award for artists who have created outstanding artistic values over a prolonged period in Hungarian national culture and artistic fields (theatre, music, dance, circus, film, visual, photography, applied arts), and who already hold an artistic award granted by the minister responsible for culture. The recipient is entitled to the title “Meritorious Artist of Hungary” (short: “Meritorious Artist”).

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1981

governmental award

Jászai Mari Award

The highest Hungarian state recognition in dramatic arts.

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