Sculptor. A fitter's apprentice in 1951-3, he became a decorative locksmith in that year. He taught technical studies at an industrial school in 1957-63, also teaching at the Huber Dési Fine Arts Circle in 1960–70. From 1967 to 1989, he was an interior designer for the South Pest Catering Enterprise. He took part in exhibitions in the Boglárlelle chapel in 1970-72 and became a set designer for the Gergely Csiky Theatre in Kaposvár in 1975-6. He made contact in the early 1980s with members of the democratic opposition and concealed the printing press for the samizdat newspaper Beszélő in his flat. In 1984, he was awarded a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship, which he took advantage of in 1987–8. He received the Kossuth Prize in 2000.