born 1980 in Kolozsvár, Romania
lives in Budapest, Hungary

EDUCATION
He studied photography at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest (MOME) and new media design at the École National Supérieur de Création Industriel (ENSCI) in Paris. Currently he is enrolled in the Doctoral School of MOME where he will support his thesis in 2020.

GRANTS AND PRIZES
2017/2018
Grand Prix Images Vevey, Vevey, Switzerland
Longlisted for Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2018
Finalist at Estherhazy Art Award 2017, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Artist-in-Residency at Residenza Petrolio, Carovigno, Italy
Finalist at Leave your Mark programm by UniCredit Bank, Hungary

2016
Shortlisted for ParisPhoto/Aperture PhotoBook Award, New York, USA
Artist-in-Residency at Residency Unlimited in cooperation with ACAX supported by Trust for Mutual
Understanding, New York, USA
TatraHundert mikro-residency, St a nica Contemporary, High Tatras, Slovakia

2015
Selected artist of Unseen Photo Fair and Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Finalist of Leopold Bloom Art Award, Budapest, Hungary

2014
Artist-in-Residence, Stanica Contemporary, Banská Štiavnicá, Slovakia
Artist-in-Residence, Schloss Laudon by KulturKontakt Austria, BMUKK, Vienna, Austria
Finalist at Unseen Dummy Award, Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, NL
Shortlisted for Paul Huf Award, Amsterdam, NL

2013
Foam Talent, Foam Photography Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Shortlisted at Plat(t)form at Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
‘One and a half meter’ nominated for German Photo Book Award

2011
Artist-in-Residence, Stanica Contemporary, Banská Štiavnicá, Slovakia
Shortlisted for Dummy Award at 4th PhotoBook Festival Kassel, Germany

2009
Shortlisted in Sony World Photography Awards
First prize at Renaissance Photography Prize, London, UK
Grand Prix finalist, 8th International Festival of Photography, Lodz, Poland

2008
Artist-in-Residence, Swedish School of Art, Nykarleby, Finland

2006—2009
Hungarian Gov’s Scholarship for DLA Studies in Photography, MOME, Budapest, Hungary

2005—2006
French Gov’s Scholarship for Masters in New Media, ENSCI/Les Ateliers, Paris, France

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
The Hero Mother – How to build a house, Robert Morat Gallery Berlin, Germany

2018
The Hero Mother – How to build a house, Festival Images, Vevey, Switzerland
The Hero Mother – How to build a house, GlassYard Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Life is Techno, Trafó House of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Ungarn
Stupid, double solo show with Radek Brousil at Fait Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic

2017
Handbook to the Stars, The Lumiere Brothers Center for Contemporary Photography, Moskau
Handbook to the Stars, Josef Suden Studio, Prag, Tschechische Republik
Belonging(s), double solo show with Anna Orlowska, Platan Gallery – Polish Institute, Budapest, Hungary

2016
The Epic Love Story of a Warrior, Riga Photomonth, Riga, Latvia
The Epic Love Story of a Warrior, Raster Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
New Works, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf, Germany
Unsafe to Dance, C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany
One and a half meter, Robert Morat Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2015
Painted Plaster Head, Unseen Photo Fair and Festival, Amsterdam, NL

2014
Texts and Signs, Trapéz Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2013
Handbook to the Stars, Foam 3h, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2012
Peter Puklus, Trapéz, Budapest, Hungary

2011
Handbook to the Stars, Lumen Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2010
Budapest Eden, Photoport Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

2008
Intimacy – No Title, SEDF, Bratislava, Slovakia

2007
One and a half meter, City Gallery, Deák Gyüjtemény, Székesfehérvár, Hungary

2006/05
Intimacy – No Title, Lumen Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2004
Paris – Images of the Erasmus Scholarship, Art9 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2003
Bro – Images of Ceepus Scholarship, Új Színház Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
Pigment – Zones of visibility, GlassYard Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2017
Esterhazy Art Award 2017, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Central by East Central, Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok, Poland
VIEWFINDERS – Hungarian photography from the past half century 1967-2017, Capa Center, Budapest, Hungary
Westkunst – Ostkunst. A Selection from the Collection, Ludwig Museum,Budapest, Hungary
Abstract Hungary – Künstlerhaus – Halle für Kunst und Medien, Graz, Austria
Instax – Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest
Tatrahundert – Stredoslovenská galéria / Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica
Belonging(s) – Platan Gallery – Polish Institute in Budapest, Budapest
agens and reagens – rk – Galerie im Ratskeller, Berlin

2016
Recycled Architecture – Trapéz, Budapest, Hungary
Insights – The Wienerberger Contemporary Photography Project, Albertina, Vienna, Austria

2015
Reframe Memory, Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
Unseen Dummy Award 2014 shortlists, Belfast Photography Festival, Belfast, Ireland

2014
Shaped Reality, Krokus Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
The Experiment: What is Hungarian Photographic Art, ICP, New York, USA
Unseen Dummy Award exhibition, Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Foam’s Spotlight – 5 Years of Talent, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France
Vienna Photobook Festival, Anzenberger Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Reflected, Works from the Foam Collection, Foam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Darmstadt Days of Photography, Darmstadt, Germany
Fotografia Europea Festival, Reggio Emilia, Italy
The Flood Wall, Exposure Twelve, Berlin, Germany
Haunting Monumentality III, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
Fatal Jump from a Stool, Trafó Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Say It. HU>, Knoll Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Works by Artists in Residence, Austrian Federal Chancellery, Vienna, Austria

2013
Sculptures, Camera Austria, Graz, Austria
Foam Talents 2013, Rosphoto, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Unseen Photo Fair booth #17, Robert Morat Galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
FOAM Talents, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Leopold Bloom Art Award Finalists’ exhibition, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Still – Photography at the Museum, MODEM, Debrecen, Hungary
Books &Foam, FOAM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Grey Zone, Krokus Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
Trapéz 1, Trapéz Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Festival International de Mode & de Photographie, Hyères, France

2012
World Models, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Jeden Tag, Robert Morat Galerie, Hamburg, Germany

2011
4th Fotobook Festival, Dummy Award, Kassel, Germany
Speaks for Itself, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2010
Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Düsseldorf, Germany
Photographie Hongoise Contemporaine, Institut Hongrois de Paris, Paris, France
Private Landscape – Junge Fotografie aus Ungarn, Kunstverein Düsseldorf
Private Landscape – Junge Fotografie aus Ungarn, Stadthausgalerie, Münster
Relations – Who? Whom? With what? City Gallery, Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Best Before End, Inda Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Lab East, ewz.selection, Zürich, Switzerland
Art Fanatics, Kozma-kArton Collection, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary

2009
Young Hungarian Photography, Central European House of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia
Renaissance Photography Prize, The Music Room, London, UK
Regardez-moi – I’m back ! Gallery Immanence, Paris, France
Fotofestiwal, 8th International Festival of Photography, Lodz, Poland

2008
Woman Drawn with Light, G13 Art Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2007
Gallery for Wintertime, Zak Gallery, Berlin, Germany
First Photography Biennal, Dunaújváros, Hungary

MONOGRAPHIES/ARTIST BOOKS
2016
The Epic Love Story of a Warrior, Self Publish Be Happy, London, UK2015
How many people, self-published

2014
Maquette of a Monument Symbolizing the Liberation, self-published

2012
One and a half meter, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany
Handbook to the Stars, Stokovec, Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia