The Artist’s Credo
“For more than thirty years, I have been painting, drawing, exhibiting, and teaching. My painting has always been rooted in visual experience and direct observation of nature. I am able to interpret the elements of the visible world by arranging them into painterly structures, and when an idea involving a painterly problem encounters an observed structure, an image may come into being.”

Studies and Degrees:
• 1989–1995: Hungarian University of Fine Arts – MA in Painting and MA in Art Education.
• 2006–2009: Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) – Doctoral studies (DLA)

Awards and Professional Recognition
• 2021: Art Award of the Society of Hungarian Painters, in connection with the exhibition entitled “Door, Window”
• 2010: Award of the Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists, 1st Keszthely Biennale
• 2002: Award of the Ministry of National Cultural Heritage, Autumn Exhibition, Hódmezővásárhely
• 1994: Barcsay Award
• 1993: Nagyida Foundation Award

Creative Scholarships and Artist-in-Residence Programmes
András Kecskés has received numerous Hungarian and international scholarships, including participation in the artist-in-residence programmes of Foundation Obras (2016–2019) and Fondation Samuel Buffat (1994). He has received creative grants from the National Cultural Fund of Hungary (NKA) on several occasions (2005, 2011, 2020), as well as a scholarship from the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists (MAOE) in 2003. [1, 2]

University Teaching Awards
In recognition of his teaching work at Corvinus University of Budapest, he received the Lecturer of the Year Award in 2007 and 2008, and was awarded the title of Distinguished Employee of the Faculty in 2006.