Erzsébet Rátkai

costume designer

Budapest, 3 January 1956

Full member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2013–)

Erzsébet Rátkai is a revolutionary innovator of symbolic costume systems, the creator of special surfaces for the theatre, and thus a great magician of the mechanism of the effect

Meritorious Artist of Hungary

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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2014

governmental award

Jászai Mari Award

The highest Hungarian state recognition in dramatic arts.

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2008

governmental award

Ferenczy Noémi Award

A state decoration awarded in recognition of outstanding achievements in applied arts and industrial design.

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