Csilla Soós (glass artist)

Csilla Soós (Felbár, January 19, 1983 -) is a Hungarian stained glass artist from Slovakia. In 2016, Pope Francis gave her an apostolic blessing for her many stained glass windows for the Church. In 2018, she received the EX Libris Award at the 40th Gala of the Hungarian Art Awards. The 2020 edition of Csaba Böjte's Herbarium features stained glass artworks by Csilla Soós.
==Career==
Born in January 1983 in Felbár, near Dunaszerdahely. She comes from a Roman Christian Catholic family, and her grandmother Ilona played a major role in the development of her faith in God. She taught her to pray and gave her, her first prayer book. The pictures of saints in it always filled her heart with warmth and love. As a little girl, she became an avid churchgoer, fascinated by the colourful windows of the church.
As a teenager, she often visited craft camps and spent all her free time studying art and doing crafts such as pottery, knitting, crocheting, sewing, beading and, in her teens, making enamel and enameled needlework. At that time she was only getting to know stained glass making, but by the age of 18 her interest in stained glass making had grown. She knew and felt that this was the craft that interested her, was closest to her heart and that she could and would do it for a lifetime.
In 2010, TV2 asked Csilla Soós Stained Glass Artist to create the prizes for it's show A nagy duett.
In 2012, she was commissioned by TV2 to create stained glass stars for the contestants who were eliminated from Megasztár.
In 2016, Pope Francis gave an apostolic blessing to her for her many stained glass windows for the Church.
In 2018 she was awarded the EX Libris Prize at the 40th Gala of the Hungarian Art Awards.
In 2020, Csaba Böjte's Herb Book featured stained glass works by Csilla Soós.
==Her Studies==
For 4 years she studied enameled ornament making at the Kovács Margit Art School in Győr, where she was awarded a gold ring for her professional skills. After that she met stained glass and for another four years she learned every detail, technique and professional skills of stained glass making.
==Her works include==
* St. George Church Paláš, Slovakia - Crossroads, stained enamel (2010).
* Church stained glass windows of St. John the Baptist Church in Nagymácséd (2011)
* Church stained glass windows of the Church of the Holy Name of Virgin Mary in Győrasszonyfa, Hungary (2012)
* Stained glass windows of the Roman Catholic Church of St. Anna in Vízkelet (2013)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Church of All Saints in Sikabony, Dunaszerdahely (2014)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Tejfalu (2014)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Hunting Chapel of Bad Ischl, Austria (2014)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Catholic Church of Szalatnya, Slovakia (2014)
* Making the stained glass windows of a private chapel in Deák, Slovakia (2014)
* Making the stained glass windows of St. Andrew's Catholic Church, Minster (2015)
* Making the stained glass windows of the St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Izsa, Slovakia (2015)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Holy Family church in Kazincbarcika (2015)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Roman Catholic Church in Nógrád county (2015)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Szentmihályfa,Slovakia (2015)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Church of the Help of Christians of the Virgin Mary of Mezőnyárád (2015)
* Making the stained glass windows of Komjatna Roman Catholic Church (2016)
* Making the stained glass windows of St. Elisabeth of the House of Árpád in Kötcse (2016)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Roman Catholic Church of the Invention of the Holy Cross in Tabajd (2016)
* Restoration the stained glass windows of the Unitarian Church of Budapest (2016)
* Restoration the stained glass windows of the Gellért Hotel (2016)
* St. Stephen the King Church in Felbár, Slovakia (2016)
* Making the stained glass windows of St. Adalbert Catholic Church in Bajna (2017)
* Making the stained-glass windows of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Catholic Church in Dercsika (2017)
* Making the stained glass windows of St. Michael the Archangel church in Súr (2017)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Roman Catholic Church of Bak (2018)
* Making the stained glass windows of St. Béla Catholic Church (2018)
* Making the stained glass windows of St. László Church in Búcsúszentlászló (2018)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Roman Catholic Church of the Queen of the Rosary in Egyházfa (2018)
* Restoration of stained glass windows in the church of Balantonfüred (2018)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Evangelical Church of Kőszeg (2018)
* Making the stained glass windows of Prieloh Church, Slovakia (2018)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Catholic church of the Incarnation parish in Debrecen (2019)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Church of Our Lady of the Sickle in Kimle (2019)
* Győrasszonyfa Stations of the Cross stained glass stations (2019)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Prayer Hall of the Salesians Order in Kazincbarcika (2019)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Roman Catholic Church in Vága (2019)
* Restoration of the stained glass windows of a Church in Rovinka (2019)
* Making Cross Stations of Vitreous enamel for the Church of Vecsés (2020)
* Making the stained glass windows for the chapel of Hotel Kapitány in Sümeg (2020)
* Making the stained glass windows of a private chapel Linz, Austria (2020)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Roman Catholic church dedicated to the Virgin Mary of the Rosary in Ipolyhídvég (2021)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Roman Catholic Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Vásárút (2021)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Catholic Church of Kemestaródfa (2021)
* Bókaháza, Stations of the Cross from Vitreous enamel (2021)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Church of the Name of Virgin Mary in Szigliget (2021)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Reformed Church of Lábatlan (2021)
* Csepel Wrestling Club Chapel - Stations of Fire Enamel (2021)
* Making the stained glass windows of a chapel in Amstetten, Austria (2021)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Reformed Church in Nagykovácsi (2021)
* Making the stained glass windows of a chapel in Salzburg (2022)
* Making the stained glass windows of the St. John Nepomuk Church in Zalacsány (2022)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Dercsika (2022)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Church of the Virgin Mary of the Rosary in Dióspatony (2022)
* Making the stained glass windows of the church of Szent László in Veszprém (2022)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Roman Catholic Church of Margaret the Virgin|St. Margaret of Antioch in Ipolyvisk (2022)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Roman Catholic Church of Csáb (2022)
* Making the stained glass windows in the Chapel of the Marianum Church School (2022)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Church in Bratislava, Slovakia (2022)
* Stations of fire enamel Lesenceistvánd (2022)
* St. Stephen the King Church in Karancsság - Fire Enamel (2022)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Church of the Assumption of Our Lady of the Sickle in Kópháza (2022)
* Making the stained glass windows of Ózd church (2023)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Reformed Church of Érsekújvár (2023)
* Making the stained glass windows of the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows in Szomolya (2023)
* Making the stained glass windows for a Private Chapel in Kunszállás (2023)
* Making the stained glass window of Amitabha Buddhist Temple in Kővágóörs (2023)
* Nižná na Oravou Stained glass Stations of the Cross at theJoachim and Anna Church in Slovakia (2023)
* Making the stained glass windows of St. Elisabeth Church in Szombathely (2023)
* Virgin Mary Queen Church in Ragyolc, Slovakia (2023)
* Barock Haus Chapel Wien in Vienna, Austria (2023)
==Awards and recognition:==
* Gold Ring, Kovács Margit Art School of Győr (2000)
* Queen of the Order of St. George (2010)
* Apostolic Blessing of Pope Francis (2016)
* Awarded the EX Libris Prize at the 40th Gala of the Hungarian Art Awards (2018)
* Csaba Böjte's Herb Book - Stained glass artworks by Csilla Soós, complete book (2020)
Category:Hungarians in Slovakia
Category:Living people
Category:1983 births
Category:Stained glass artists and manufacturers