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DUSAN KALLAY
Dusan Kallay (b.1948, Slovakia) is a painter, printmaker and illustrator. He received Master’s Degrees in painting and printmaking from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava (1972). Shortly after his graduation, his works, particularly illustrations, began to gain a wide recognition at international venues. In 1983, Dusan Kallay received Grand Prix at the acclaimed international Biennial of Illustration Bratislava for his illustration of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. In 1988, he was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Prize for his lifelong achievement in illustration, and, in 2002, his design for a Slovak stamp History of Postal Law was recognized as the Most Beautiful Stamp of the World (WIPA International Exhibition Vienna, Austria). In 1990, Dusan Kallay accepted a teaching position at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava after the departure of Albin Brunovsky. Since 1994, Kallay has been Professor of Printmaking teaching printmaking and illustration. Dusan Kallay’s works have been exhibited extensively worldwide. His fine art prints are in numerous public collections, including Kunsthalle Nurnberg (Germany), National Gallery Prague (Czech Republic), Picture Book Forest Museum in Karuizava (Japan), University of Alberta in Edmonton (Canada), Museum of Art in Tucson (USA) and Kunstmuseum Frederikshavn (Denmark), among others.
Dusan Kallay's artworks in selected public collections:
>> University of Alberta Art Collection, Edmonton, Canada (Props of the Actor Dusan Hanak, 1986; Ballad of Reading Gaol/Oscar Wilde, 1980)
>> Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava (184 artworks by Dusan Kallay, including Eden of Wild Birds, 1981; Dialogues with Dante, 1978)
NEWS
The Lewis Carroll Society recognized the 2010 Slovak translation of Alice in Wonderland with illustrations by artist Dusan Kallay the world's best.
ARTWORKS AVAILABLE AT KADS NEW YORK
Encounter of Labyrinths (1998), color etching. 39.5 x 30 cm image size, 79.5 x 59.5 cm paper size, paper Holland, edition of 100. Printed by Ivan Jamrich, photograph: Pavel Kastl. Image ©2016 Dusan Kallay.
Encounter of Labyrinths (detail), 1998, color etching. 39.5 x 30 cm image size, 79.5 x 59.5 cm paper size, paper Holland, edition of 100. Printed by Ivan Jamrich, photograph: Pavel Kastl. Image ©2015 Dusan Kallay.
Dream of John the Watchmaker, 1983, color etching and drypoint, 60 x 39.5 cm image size, 79.5 x 60 cm paper size, paper Holland, edition of 100. Printed by Ivan Jamrich, photograph by the artist. Image ©2015 Dusan Kallay.
Dream of John the Watchmaker (detail), 1983, color etching and drypoint, 60 x 39.5 cm image size, 79.5 x 60 cm paper size, paper Holland, edition of 100. Printed by Ivan Jamrich, photograph by the artist. Image ©2015 Dusan Kallay.
If I Had More Love (from the series “The Garden of Cain”), 1990, color etching with aquatint, 49 x 32 cm image size, 79,5 x 62 cm paper size, paper Holland, edition of 100. Printed by Ivan Jamrich, photograph: Pavel Kastl. Image ©2015 Dusan Kallay.
If I Had More Love (from the series “The Garden of Cain”), detail, 1990, color etching with aquatint, 49 x 32 cm image size, 79,5 x 62 cm paper size, paper Holland, edition of 100. Printed by Ivan Jamrich, photograph: Pavel Kastl. Image ©2015 Dusan Kallay.
Homage to Peter Brueghel, 2011, scraped lithograph, 51 x 39 cm image size, 78.5 x 58 cm paper size, paper Hahnemuhle, edition of 50. Printed by Alex Krascenic and the artist, photograph by Pavel Kastl. Image ©2015 Dusan Kallay.
Great Misery, 1990, etching and mezzotint, 60 x 50 cm image size, 79.5 x 65 cm paper size, paper Hahnemuhle, edition of 100. Printed by the artist, photograph: the artist. Image ©2015 Dusan Kallay.
Great Misery (detail), 1990, etching and mezzotint, 60 x 50 cm image size, 79.5 x 65 cm paper size, paper Hahnemuhle, edition of 100. Printed by the artist, photograph: the artist. Image ©2015 Dusan Kallay.
Props of the Actor Dusan Hanak, 1986, color etching and drypoint, 60 x 50 cm, 79.5 x 65 cm paper size, paper Hahnemuhle, edition of 100. Printed by the artist, photograph: the artist. Image ©2015 Dusan Kallay.
Props of the Actor Dusan Hanak (detail), 1986, color etching and drypoint, 60 x 50 cm, 79.5 x 65 cm paper size, paper Hahnemuhle, edition of 100. Printed by the artist, photograph: the artist. Image ©2015 Dusan Kallay.
Props of the Actor Dusan Hanak (detail), 1986, color etching and drypoint, 60 x 50 cm, 79.5 x 65 cm paper size, paper Hahnemuhle, edition of 100. Printed by the artist, photograph: the artist. Image ©2015 Dusan Kallay.
The Catch of Josef Pernecky, 1986, color etching and drypoint, 60 x 50 cm image size, 79.5 x 65 cm paper size, paper Hahnemuhle, edition of 100. Printed by the artist, photograph: the artist.
The Catch of Josef Pernecky (detail), 1986, color etching and drypoint, 60 x 50 cm image size, 79.5 x 65 cm paper size, paper Hahnemuhle, edition of 100. Printed by the artist, photograph: the artist. Image ©2015 Dusan Kallay.
Confession of an Actress, 1986, color etching and drypoint, 60 x 50 cm image size, 70.5 x 65 cm paper size, paper Hahnemuhle, edition of 100. Printed by the artist, photograph by: Pavel Kastl. Image ©2015 Dusan Kallay.
Confession of an Actress (detail), 1986, color etching and drypoint, 60 x 50 cm image size, 70.5 x 65 cm paper size, paper Hahnemuhle, edition of 100. Printed by the artist, photograph by: Pavel Kastl. Image ©2015 Dusan Kallay.
Confession of an Actress (detail), 1986, color etching and drypoint, 60 x 50 cm image size, 70.5 x 65 cm paper size, paper Hahnemuhle, edition of 100. Printed by the artist, photograph by: Pavel Kastl. Image ©2015 Dusan Kallay.
Dusan Kallay's edition of Alice in Wonderland on display at the Alice in a World of Wonderlands exhibition at the Grolier Club in New York in the fall of 2015. In this landmark exhibition of Alice in translation around the world, this book won the Grand Prize for the excellence of all its aspects. Photograph by Alan Tannenbaum.