photo by Steve Eure
About the Artist
family history
Janos Enyedi's fraternal and maternal grandparents emigrated from Hungary through Ellis Island in the early 1900's. Janos' grandfather, Andras Enyedi, in 1907 was recruited as a miner, in the coal fields of West Virginia.
In 1909, his wife, Esther joined him in Pagetown,WVA with their two year old daughter. Before emigrating, Esther had sold 3/4's of an acre of land in Transylvania, now part of Romania. She purchased a boarding-house and in 1910 bought Andras out of the company store. Janos' father Jula Gyorgy was born there in 1910.
Leaving infant twin sons who had died in the 1918 influenza epidemic buried in West Virginia, the family moved to New Brunswick, New Jersey. Andras joined a large community of Hungarian immigrants working on the Hungarian-speaking shift at Johnson & Johnson.
To the best of our knowledge, Pagetown, WVA does not exist today. Andras Enyedi died of Black Lung disease in 1945.
Janos' father, (Gyorgy) George met Irene Daruka in 1929. Her father, had emigrated from Hungary, landing in New Brunswick in 1909 at the age of 22. Irene's mother emigrated in 1910, alone at the age of 18.
George, studied at the Rutgers Theological Seminary and became a minister in the Hungarian Reform Church. Later as a Presbyterian minister and Navy Chaplin, he served as a Reserve Officer during WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
George Enyedi died in 1988 of Alzheimer's Disease and was buried with honors in Arlington National Cemetery, interred with Irene Enyedi who had pre-deceased George in 1978.
Janos' parents never visited Hungary, but in 1996 Janos and Diana returned to Hungary to discover his heritage through the eyes of his peers – the contemporary artists of Hungary.
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One Person Exhibitions
2008 PORTS: NORFOLK AND ODESSA digital prints, Page Bond Gallery,
Richmond, VA (through February 2nd)
2007 WORK BOATS digital watercolors by Janos Enyedi, Nauticus, the National
Maritime Center, Norfolk, VA (through March 2007).
2006 Selected works from Working on the Water, General Assembly Building,
Richmond, VA
Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project, Woodrow Wilson Bridge, Alexandria, VA
2005 Working on the Water: Maritime Commerce in the Hampton Roads Region–
New Works by Janos Enyedi, Contemporary Art Center of VA, Virginia Beach, VA
Made in America, The Carillon, Charlotte, NC
The American Industrial Landscape—Reconstructed: POWER, STEEL,
CONCRETE,Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC
Made in America: The American Industrial Landscape—Reconstructed,
The American Institute of Architects, Headquarters Gallery, Washington, DC
2004 Janos Enyedi—MADE IN AMERICA:The American Industrial Landscape–
Reconstructed, Payne Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, organized by the
Smithsonian Affiliate, National Museum of Industrial History / Morris Museum, Augusta,
GA/ Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH / American Institute of Architects,
Washington, DC (2005)
2003 Working Spaces - Working Places; AFL-CIO Headquarters, Washington, DC
2001 Memories of Milltown: A Twenty-Five Year Survey, Oglebay Institute Stifel Fine
Arts Center, Wheeling, WV
1999 Selected Works, The Project Room, M-13 Gallery, NY, NY
1998 Industrial Strength Landscapes, The Bonfoey Company, Cleveland, OH
1996 Bridge Variations & Hohenzollern Bridge Series, Artists' Museum, Wash., DC
1995 Made in America, Embassy of the Republic of Hungary, Washington, DC
1995 Industrial Strength Landscapes, David Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC
1993 Made in America, David Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC
1991 Industrial Strength Icons, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC
1988 Industrial Strength Landscapes, Foxley/Leach Gallery, Washington, DC
1986 Images of Industry, The Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA
1978 Large Scale Welded Steel Sculpture, The Wolfe Street Gallery, Wash., DC
1975 Drawings, Prints and Sculpture, The Wolfe Street Gallery, Washington, DC
Drawings and Sculpture, Dupont Center, Corcoran School of Art, Wash., DCTwo Person Exhibitions
2004 Tom Nakashima & Janos Enyedi, Mary Pauline Gallery, Augusta, GA
2001 Eye of the Beholder, State Museum of Art, Dortmund, Germany
1986 Sculpture, Gallery 200, Columbus, OH
1984 Industrial Building Facades, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC
Sculpture, Gallery 200, Columbus, OHGroup Exhibitions
2007 The World of Photography, works from the permanent collection:
The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
Art in Embassies Program: Kiev, Ukraine/Bogota, Colombia/Zagreb, Croatia
Eastern Light: Photographs of the Chesapeake Bay & the Northern Neck,
Peninsula Fine Art Center, Newport News, VA
2006 30th Anniversary Gallery Artists Exhibit, Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC
unRappahannock County, VA , The Middle Street Gallery, Washington, VA
2003 U.S. State Department Art in Embassies Program, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2002 True Colors: Meditations on the American Spirit, Meridian House International,
Washington, DC, New York, NY & Atlanta, GA
2002 Uncommon Ground, East, West, North South; Oglebay Inst., Stifel Fine Arts Ctr.
1999 Casting Creativity, Oglebay Institute's Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WVA
1998 Pittsburgh at Work, Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1996 A Legacy Envisioned: A Century of Modern Art to Celebrate Hungary's 1100 Years,
World Bank, Washington, DC; Sponsored by Philip Morris Companies, International
The Sargasso Sea Series, Pardo View Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Bridge Variations, Okuda Gallery, Washington, DC
Industrial Strength Landscapes: Gallery Erdesz, Budapest, Hungary
Industrial Strength Landscapes: Gallery Eremitage, Berlin, Germany
1994 Industrial Strength Landscapes: Okuda Gallery, Washington, DC
The Cologne Art Fair, Industrial Strength Landscapes, Cologne, Germany
Small Works Show, David Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC
1987 Foxley/Leach Gallery, Washington, DC
1986 The Artist Obsessed — Architecture Perceived, Fendrick Gallery, Wash., DC
1984 Sculpture of Washington Square, Sponsored by the Public Trust, Wash., DC
1982 Jack Rasmussem Gallery, Washington, DC
1981 Sculpture, The Kinston Art Center, Kinston, NC Group Exhibitions
1980 22nd Annual Area Exhibition: Sculpture, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Wash., DC
Arts for Architectural Spaces, The Arts Gallery, Baltimore, MD
International Sculpture Conference, Dept. of Commerce, Washington, DC
1979 Group Sculpture Exhibition, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA
1978 21st Annual Area Exhibition: Sculpture, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1975 Group Sculpture Exhibition, Wolfe Street Gallery, Washington, DC
USIA—Art in Embassies, Middle East, North Africa, & India
1973 Washington Artists, Hodson Gallery/Tatem Art Center, Hood College, Frederick,
Commissions
Cardinal Virginia Concrete, Springfield, VA
Mascaro Corporation — Corporate Headquarters, Pittsburgh, PA
Eisbaren Berlin, Berlin, Germany
ARMCO — Corporate Headquarters, Pittsburgh, PA
Series of Cast Paper works for Meade Paper Company, Washington, DC
Bearing Point — Virginia, Texas, Colorado, New Jersey, New York, Georgia, Australia
Museum and Corporate Collections
The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
Dominion Terminal Associates, Newport News, VA
Colonna's Shipyard, Norfolk, VA
T. Parker Host, Inc., Norfolk, VA
Anders Williams Shipping Agency, Norfolk, VA
Cardinal Virginia Concrete, Springfield, VA
Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
McKenzie Group, Cleveland, OH
Deloitte & Touche, Pittsburgh, PA
Phillip Morris Companies, Hdqtr., NY, NY
Mascaro Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
Bayer Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
Eichleay Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
Equitable Real Estate Trust, Atlanta, GA
Ohio Edison, Akron, OH Ohio
Savings Bank, Cleveland, OH
National Association of Machinists Pension Fund, Washington, DC
International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, Geneva, Switzerland
The Department of State, Washington, DC, Paris and Germany
The Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Washington, DC
Student Loan Marketing Association, Washington, DC
Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC Howrey & Simon, Washington, DC
The George Washington University, Washington, DC
Champion Paper Company
KPMG Consulting, Tysons Corner, VA
Andersen Consulting, Tysons Corner, VA
Lee Technologies, McLean, VA
Jones, Day, Revis & Pogue Pittsburgh, PA
AFL/CIO, National Headquarters, Washington, DC
Grants and Awards
2007 Ad hoc Cultural Emissary, U.S. State Depart., Art in Embassies Program,
Kiev, Ukraine
2004-05 Virginia Commission for the Arts, Fellowship in Painting, Richmond, VA
1984 Second Prize, Works on Paper, The Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA
1975-76 Artist in Residence, LeMusee d'art Hatien, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
1975-76 Corcoran School of Art Academic Awards: Mary Lay Thom Sculpture Price
Individual Project Award Research: German Expressionism Scholarship - Women's
Committee of the Corcoran Scholarship —The Arts Club of Washington, DC
Ford Foundation Grant, Post Grad. Fellow in Sculpture
Lectures
2007 Several lectures: The Ins and Outs of Being an Artist, Washington Contemporary
Art, 30 Years of Artmaking by Janos Enyedi, as first cultural emissary toUkraine
through the US Department of State, Art in Embassies program.
2005 Working on the Water, Urban Waterfronts conference, Savannah, GA and
Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
2003 Art and the Computer, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
1993 Founders Address: 10th Anniversary, Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts, JFKennedy
Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC
1982 Opening Address: 75th Anniversary Celebration, The Arts: Creation and Appreciation,
The Madeira School, Greenway, VA
1981 Opening Address: The Need for Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Organization
The Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
1979 Post World War II American Abstract Sculpture, The Madeira School, Greenway, VA
1976 The Work of David Smith, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Teaching Experience
1981-84 Instructor, Art Department, The Madeira School, Greenway, VA
1977-78 Instructor, Three Dimensional Design, Ohio University, Athens, OH
1975-76 Teaching Assistant, Printmaking, Corcoran School of Art, Wash., DC
Other Experience
2007 Cultural Emissary through the US Department of State, Art in Embassy program
1995 Organizer: A Legacy Envisioned: A Century of Modern Art to Celebrate Hungary's
1100 Years, The World Bank, Washington, DC for the Government of the Republic
of Hungary, sponsored by The Philip Morris Companies, International
1992-93 Curator of Exhibitions, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC
1983 Founder and VPof the Board, Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts, Wash, DCEducation
1965-1970 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
1973-1975 Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC, Bachelor of Fine Arts
1977-1978 Graduate School, Ohio University, Athens, OH
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