Katalin Rényi

Katalin Rényi (; 19 May 1951 – 29 August 2023) was a Hungarian painter and graphic designer.

Life and career Rényi was born in Budapest on 19 May 1951. Her father was film director Tamás Rényi, whom she described as strict and critical. She was raised by her grandmother, and she attended the Secondary School of Fine and Applied Arts from 1965 to 1969. She graduated from the Hungarian University of Arts and Design (now the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design) in 1975 with a degree in graphic design.

Rényi married fellow artist in 1976. They had a son, Balázs, in 1978, and a daughter, Barbara, in 1984. Both children went on to become graphic artists and filmmakers. She left graphic design when it became primarily digital. She held an exhibition titled "Giant Watercolours" in 1993, an exhibition titled "Kosovo I.N.R.I." in 1999, and further exhibitions in 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2012. She also held a family exhibition in 2012 with her husband and children titled "The Genetics of Art/Artist Family". She held an exhibition titled "Conjuring Spirits" in 2013. In 2018, she held a retrospective exhibition across Europe titled "21 grams", in reference to the idea that the soul weighs 21 grams. For her career in art, she was awarded the Hungarian Order of Merit in 1994 and the Mihály Munkácsy Award in 2019.

Rényi died on 29 August 2023, at age 72.