Painter Árpád Márton celebrated his 81st birthday on 6 October. Unfortunately, the pandemic intervened, so the 80th anniversary exhibition could not be opened until a year later. To make up for this, the exhibition, which will occupy five rooms, will feature more of the artist's work than ever before, with more than 200 pieces on display until 28 November.

After years, the public in Ciuc will once again be able to see the artist's long and successful career, who has lived and worked in the city since his youth, up close in five exhibition halls of the Szekler Museum of Ciuc. To mark the occasion, a catalogue of the exhibited works will be published under the title "Creator's Hand".

The exhibition will be open until 28 November 2021, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day except Monday.

Árpád Márton was born on 6 October 1940 in Joseni.

He studied at the High School of Music and Fine Arts in Târgu Mures between 1954-58, and graduated in painting and drawing at the Ion Andreescu College of Fine Arts in Cluj-Napoca between 1958-64.

From 1964 he was a drawing teacher in Miercurea Ciuc, and from 1990 he was a teacher at the Nagy István School of Arts until his retirement in 2001.

From 1968 he was a member of the Romanian Association of Fine Artists, and from 1969-71 he was a graphic designer for the Hargita daily newspaper. In 1974, he was one of the founding members of the Friendship Art Camp in Gheorgheni (with András Gaál and Lajos Zöld). In 1992, he became a member of the Miklós Barabás Guild, in 1997 he was made an honorary citizen of Gheorgheni, and in 2000 he was awarded the Pro Urbe Prize by the Municipality of Miercurea Ciuc. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in the city, in Szeklerland, in Hungary and beyond.

In 2004 he was awarded the Jenő Szervátiusz Prize in Budapest, in 2010 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary.

His monumental works in Miercurea Ciuc are the ceramic mosaic Cantata profana in the theatre hall of the Municipal House of Culture, 1967, and the mural painting in the altar of the Millennium Church, 2004.