Babos, Pálma (1961 - )

Ceramic and porcelain artist. She was born in Nagykanizsa in 1961. In 1985, she graduated with a major in porcelain design from the Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts (today: Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design), where she studied under master ceramicist Imre Schrammel. In 1993, she was a founding member of the DeForma Group. Between 1996 and 1998, she was a contract designer for Herend Porcelain Manufactory, and between 2006 and 2009, she served as its artistic director. From 2003 to 2005, she was a contract designer for Zsolnay Porcelain Manufactory. In 2011, she became a member of the International Academy of Ceramics (AIC-IAC, Geneva). She has won several prizes at the National Ceramics Biennial in Pécs, Hungary (1994, 2000, 2002) and at the International Ceramics Festival in Mino, Japan (2002, 2008, 2014). She was awarded the István Gádor Prize In 2002 and the Noémi Ferenczy Prize in 2005. Her works can be found in several public collections in Hungary and abroad.