Szabolcs Kókay
| Szabolcs Kókay | |
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| Born |
February 18, 1976 Budapest, Hungary |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Education | no formal art training |
| Known for | wildlife art |
Szabolcs Kókay (born February 18, 1976 in Budapest, Hungary), illustrator, wildlife artist and nature painter.
Life
He was born in 1976 in Budapest, Hungary. He was drawing in all his life, and became interested in nature as a small child. He began drawing animals more seriously only at the age of twenty. During the period between 1996 and 2001 he was working in nature conservation, first in BirdLife Hungary, then on the Washington Convention (CITES). In 2001 he became a full-time wildlife artist and illustrator. He has no formal art training. He was working with acrylics in the early years, but around 2005 he changed to watercolours, gouache and oils. He uses watercolours for looser styled paintings, for field studies and combined with gouache for illustration work. His bigger, more detailed paintings are done in oils. He's regularly working in the field to have first hand references. He regularly takes place on international exhibitions and competition. He has been attended an exhibitor on the Society of Wildlife Artists' annual exhibition in London, and on the Birds in Art exhibition of the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum.
Main achievements
- 2000, British Birds "Bird Illustrator of the Year" PJC Award
- 2001, 2002: British Birds "Bird Illustrator of the Year" 3rd place
- 2008: Birdwatch Artist of the Year
Published works
- 2000- BirdLife Hungary's magazine ('Madártávlat') identification section
- 2001-2006 poster series of the protected birds of Hungary (published by the Ministry for the Environment)
- 2003 A Birders' Guide to the Behaviour of European and North American Birds (szerző: Michl Gábor)[1]
- 2004 Woodpeckers of Europe (author: Gerard Gorman)[2]
- 2004 The birds of the Hortobágy (editor: Ecsedi Zoltán) [3]
- 2005 La nature sous son toit (author: Jean Francois Noblet)[4]
- 2006 Birding in Eastern Europe (author: Gerard Gorman)[5]
- 2006 Guide des curieux de nature en ville (author: Vincent Albouy) [6]
- 2006 Birding in Eastern Europe (author: Gerard Gorman)[7]
- 2008 Poisons et venins dans la nature (author: Denis Richard)[8]
- 2009 Guide du pisteur débutant, Reconnaitre les traces et les empreintes d'animaux sauvages (author: Vincent Albouy) [9]
- 2009 Birds of Borneo (author: Susan Myers)[10]
Gallery
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Peregrine on Saint Stephen's Cathedral in Budapest (acrylic on paper)
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Squacco heron (watercolour on paper)
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We are all young /juvenile shorebirds (oil on canvasboard) he won the Birdwatch Artist of the Year prize with this painting
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Oceanic white-tipped shark (watercolour and gouache on paper)
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South-East Asian snakes (watercolour and gouache on paper)
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Insects of bat diet (watercolour and gouache on paper)
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Lesser horseshoe bat (gouache on paper)
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Newborn baby (watercolour and gouache on paper)
References
- ↑ Michl Gábor. "A birder’s guide to the behaviour of European and North American Birds". Central European University. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
- ↑ Gerard Gorman (2004-07-01). "Woodpeckers of Europe". 1-872842-05-4. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
- ↑ Pásti Csaba (2005-02-05). "A Hortobágy madarai" (Hungarian languages). http://www.deol.hu/main.php. Retrieved 2010-01-16. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ Jean Francois Noblet. "La nature sous son toit". Retrieved 2010-01-16.
- ↑ Gerard Gorman. "Birding in Eastern Europe". Retrieved 2010-01-16.
- ↑ Vincent Albouy. "Nature by Night: A Guide to Observation and Identification". Retrieved 2010-01-16.
- ↑ Gerard Gorman (2006-08-01). "Birding in Eastern Europe". 1-8986-6507-9. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
- ↑ Vincent Albouy. "Poisons et venins dans la nature" (French). 2603015613. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
- ↑ Vincent Albouy. "Guide du pisteur débutant" (French). Retrieved 2010-01-16.
- ↑ Susan Myers. "Birds of Borneo". New Holland publisher. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
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