SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
- The Hero Mother – How to build a house, On the Road Photofestival, Gibellina, Italy.
- The Hero Mother – How to build a house house, Fotohaus ParisBerlin, Voies Off, Arles, France.
- The Epic Love Story of a Warrior, Kunsthaus Essen, Essen, Germany.
2018
- The Hero Mother – How to build a house, Festival Images, Vevey, Switzerland.
- One and a half meter, Folia Gallery, Paris, France.
- The Hero Mother – How to build a house, Glassyard Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
- Life is Techno, Trafó Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
- Stupid, double solo show with Radek Brousil, Fait Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic.
2017
- Belonging(s), double solo with Anna Orlowska, Platan Gallery – Polish Institute, Budapest, Hungary.
- The Epic Love Story of a Warrior, Glassyard Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
- Handbook to the Stars, The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography, Moscow, Russian Federation.
- The Epic Love Story of a Warrior, New Positions – Art Cologne with Conrads Gallery, Cologne, Germany.
- Handbook to the Stars, Josef Sudek Studio, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Handbook to the Stars, Oslo Photobook Festival, Oslo, Norway.
2016
- The Epic Love Story of a Warrior, Robert Capa Center for Contemporary Photography, Budapest, Hungary.
- The Epic Love Story of a Warrior, Raster Gallery, Warsaw, Poland.
- One and a half meter, Robert Morat Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
- New Works, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf, Germany.
- Unsafe to Dance, C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
2015
- Painted plaster head, Unseen Photo Fair and Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2014
- Handbook to the Stars, Fotografia Europea Festival, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
- Texts and Signs, Trapéz Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
2013
- Handbook to the Stars, Festival International de Mode & de Photographie, Hyères, France.
- Handbook to the Stars, Foam 3h, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2012
- Peter Puklus, Trapéz Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
2011
- Handbook to the Stars, Lumen Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
2010
- Budapest Eden, Photoport Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.
2008
- Intimacy – No Title, Central European House of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia.
2007
- One and a half meter, City Gallery – Deák Gyűjtemény, Székesfehérvár, Hungary.
2006
- Intimacy – No Title, Lumen Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
2005
- Intimacy – No Title, Lumen Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
- 2020 When Images Collide, Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie, Mannheim / Ludwigschafen / Heidelberg, Germany.
- Bauhaus 100, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
- Anatomy of Photography, Esterházy Palace, Győr, Hungary.
- 1000 Hands, Raster Gallery, Warsaw, Poland.
- Because of family reasons..., MODEM – Modern and Contemporary Arts Centre, Debrecen, Hungary.
- Geometry of Imagination, Gdańsk City Gallery, Gdansk, Poland.
- Block – History of Central European Photobooks, International Cultural Centre, Krakow, Poland.
2018
- The Zone, Inda Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
- GWB Review, Zipernowsky House, Budapest, Hungary.
- Act by kaetha, tête, Berlin, Germany.
- Reflected – Works from the Foam Collection, Atelier Néerlandais, Paris, France.
- Pigment – Zones of visibility, Glassyard Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
- The Geometry of Imagination, Mai Manó House, Budapest, Hungary.
- Loading… Works from the Foam Collection, FOAM, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Related by Sister Languages, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
- Thirtythree, Capa Center, Budapest, Hungary.
- Westkunst – Ostkunst, A new collection display, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
2017
- Instax, Deák Erika Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
- From book to book, TIC Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic.
- Middle, Central, Eastern European Photography, Polish Ambassador’s residence in Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards Shortlist, Landskrona Foto Festival, Landskrona, Sweden.
- CO-OP Insights: Thread Count by Der Grief, Unseen, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Books to play with, Book Art Museum, Fotofestiwal Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
- Facts and clarifications, Riga Photomonth, Riga, Latvia.
- Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards Shortlist, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Locle, Switzerland.
- Abstract Hungary, Künstlerhaus, Graz, Austria.
- Agens und Reagens, Ratskeller, Berlin, Germany.
- Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards Shortlist, The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography, Moscow, Russian Federation.
- Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards Shortlist, Palm Springs Photo Festival, Palm Springs, United States.
- 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.
- Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards Shortlist, College of Art and Design, Lesley University, Cambridge, United States.
- Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards Shortlist, Düsseldorf Photo Week-end, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2016
- Recycled Architecture, Trapéz Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
- Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards Shortlist, IvoryPress, Madrid, Spain.
- Zine & Self-Published Photo Book Fair , Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York, New York, United States.
- Reading images, Expozaal, Central OBA, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Insights – The Wienerberger Contemporary Photography Project, Albertina, Vienna, Austria.
2015
- Unseen Dummy Award 2014 shortlists, Belfast Photography Festival, Belfast, Ireland.
- Cubism Prolonged, Art Plus Text Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
- Leopold Bloom Art Award, New Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
- Reframe Memory, Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece.
2014
- The Flood Wall, Exposure Twelve, Berlin, Germany.
- Haunting Monumentality III, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia.
- Shaped Reality, Krokus Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.
- Unseen Dummy Award, Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Foam’s Spotlight – 5 Years of Talent, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France.
- Photo shoot, Latarka Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
- Reflexion – Ästhetische Referenzen, Darmstadt Days of Photography, Darmstadt, Germany.
- Minden van, Latarka Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
- The Experiment: What is Hungarian Photographic Art, ICP, New York, United States.
- Reflected, Works from the Foam Collection, Foam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Fatal Jump from a Stool, Trafó Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
- Say It. HU>, Knoll Gallery, Vienna, Austria.
2013
- FOAM Talents, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Still – Photography at the Museum, MODEM, Debrecen, Hungary.
- Leopold Bloom Art Award Finalists’ exhibition, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
- Grey Zone, Krokus Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.
- Trapéz 1, Trapéz Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
- Foam Talents 2013, Rosphoto, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
- Sculptures, Camera Austria, Graz, Austria.
- Books &Foam, FOAM, Amsterdam, Switzerland.
2012
- Curators’ Network, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
- World Models, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
- Jedentag, Robert Morat Galerie, Hamburg, Germany.
- Blitz Visit, Sur la Montagne, Berlin, Germany.
PROGRAMS
2019
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Lecturer at Capazine – Let’s dance photography workshop, Workshop, Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, Budapest, Hungary.
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Book proposal, workshop and artist talk, Presentation, Academy of Arts, Architecture & Design (UMPRUM), Prague, Czech Republic.
2018
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Researcher and referral, Project, Photobook bloc. Central Europe in photography books, International Cultural Centre, Krakow, Poland.
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Final degree jury member, Jury, Moholy-Nagy University of Arts and Design, Budapest, Hungary.
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Body and Object – workshop leader with Agnieszka Rays, Workshop, Mai Manó House, Budapest, Hungary.
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Artist talk, Studio Visit, By Linn Schröder and her students from Design Department, HAW , Budapest, Hungary.
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Artist talk, Guided Tour, At ‘Life is Techno’ solo exhibition in Trafó Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
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Consultant, Portfolio Consultation, Capa Centre for Contemporary Photography, Budapest, Hungary.
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Leader, Workshop, Centre d'Enseignement Professionel de Vevey CEPV, Vevey, Switzerland.
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Artist personality – Media production workshop and lecture series with Gábor Arion Kudász, Workshop, Moholy-Nagy University of Arts and Design, Budapest, Hungary.
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Body & Object, workshop leader , Workshop, Partium Christian University, Oradea, Romania.
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Mode Suisse – workshop leader, Workshop, École Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne ÉCAL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Jäger & Sammler – Symposium: “Materiel Proben: Foto Objekt Raum” artist talk, Presentation, Freundeskreis des Hauses der Photographie, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany.
2017
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Artist talk, Presentation, Self Publish Riga, Riga, Latvia.
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Artist talk, Studio Vistit, Virtual studio visit by Thomas Albdorf and his students from the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria, Budapest, Hungary.
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Artist talk, Studio Visit, Studio visit by Yamile Calderon and her students from Oslo Fotokunstskole, Budapest, Hungary, Budapest, Hungary.
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Knowledge of Media Production, artist talk and lecture at Master Class of Photography, Presentation, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, Hungary.
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Artist talk, Presentation, Photobookfest, Moscow, Russian Federation.
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Artist talk Fototreff Spezial #1, Peter Puklus & Simon Karlstetter, Presentation, Fototreff, Berlin, Germany.
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Artist talk, Presentation, Luca School of Arts, Gent, Belgium.
2016
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Artist talk, Presentation, Studio of Young Photographers, Budapest, Hungary.
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Artist talk, Presentation, Forget About Digital vs. Analog! New Concepts of Photography by Peter Puklus, Bruno Ceschel, Simon Karlstetter, Ann-Christin Bertrand at C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Artist talk, Presentation, Peter Puklus and Thibault Brunet in discussion with Lorenzo Durantini at Residency Unlimited, New York, United States.
2015
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Artist talk together with Anouk Kruithof and Bruno Ceschel, Presentation, SPBH at Photographers' Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
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Artist talk, Presentation, Unseen Photo Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Body & Object Photography Workshop, Workshop, Moholy-Nagy University of Arts and Design, Budapest, Hungary.
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Leader, Workshop, Unglich Photo Festival, Uglich, Russian Federation.
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Lecturer, Presentation, Unglich Photo Festival, Uglich, Russian Federation.
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Artist talk with Gergely Barki, Presentation, ArtMagazin, Budapest, Hungary.
2014
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Leader, Workshop, Projektil – Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany.
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Lecturer, Presentation, Projektil – Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany.
2013
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Artist talk, Interview, Foam Talent, Unseen Photo Festival, MC Theater, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Photo performance, Workshop, Self Publish Be Happy and C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Artist talk, Presentation, Speakers Corner, Unseen Photo Festival, MC Theater, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Artist talk, Presentation, Leopold Bloom Art Award, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
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Artist talk, Presentation, BlankPaper Escuela de Fotografía, Madrid, Spain.
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Lecturer, Presentation, Pecha Kucha vol. 22 , Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Selected artist, Presentation, Plat(t)form, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland.
2012
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Selected artist, Presentation, Curators’ Network, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
2011
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Lecturer, Presentation, Pecha Kucha vol. 16 / Stanica, Žilina-Záriečie, Slovakia.
2010
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Curator, Gallery, Lumen Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
2009
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Lecturer, Presentation, Pecha Kucha 14. Trafó House, Budapest, Hungary.
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Lecturer, Presentation, Temps d’Images, Noisiel, France.
2008
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Portfolio consultation, Workshop, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary.
2007
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Lecturer, Project, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, Hungary.
LOCATION
- Born 1980 in Kolozsvár, Romania.
- Lives and works in Budapest, Hungary.
EDUCATION
- 2006 - 2009
Moholy-Nagy University of Art & Design, Budapest, Hungary
Doctor of Liberal Arts in Photography (Gábor Kopek / Arion Gábor Kudász)
- 2005 - 2006
École National Superieur de la Création Industriel, Paris, France
Master of New Media in New Media
- 2004 - 2004
Photography, ESAG, École Penninghen/Académie Julien, Paris, France, Paris, France
Erasmus Scholarship in Photography
- 2000 - 2005
Moholy-Nagy Universiti of Art and Design, Budapest, Hungary
Master of Arts in Photography (Gábor Kopek)
AWARDS & GRANTS
- 2019
Highlights of Hungary – Nominee
Highlights of Hungary, Budapest, Hungary
- 2017
“Leave Your Mark” program – Finalist
UniCredit Bank, Budapest, Hungary
- 2017
Esterhazy Art Award – Finalist
Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
- 2017
Grand Prix Images Vevey 2017/2018
Biennale Images, Vevey, Switzerland
- 2016
ParisPhoto/Aperture PhotoBook Award – Shortlisted
Aperture, New York, United States
- 2016
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2018 – Longlisted
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- 2015
Leopold Bloom Art Award – finalist
Leopold Bloom Art Award, Budapest, Hungary
- 2015
Selected artist
Unseen Photo Fair and Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2014
Paul Huf Award – finalist
Foam – FotografieMuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2013
Shortlisted
Plat(t)form at Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
- 2013
Nominated
German Photo Book Award, Heidelberg, Germany
- 2013
Finalist
Unseen Dummy Award, Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2013
Foam Talent
Foam Photography Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2011
Shortlisted
Dummy Award at 4th FotoBook Festival, Kassel, Germany
- 2009
First Prize
Renaissance Photography Prize, London, United Kingdom
- 2009
Grand Prix finalist
8th International Festival of Photography, Lodz, Poland
- 2009
Shortlisted
Sony World Photography Awards, Paris, France
- 2006
Hungarian Governments Scholarship for DLA Studies in Photography
Moholy-Nagy University of Art & Design, Budapest, Hungary
- 2005
French Governments Scholarship for Masters in New Media
École National Supérieur de la Création Industrielle, Paris, France
RESIDENCIES
- 2017
Artist-in-Residency, Residenza Petrolio, Carovigno, Italy
- 2016
Artist-in-Residency, Residency Unlimited in cooperation with ACAX supported by Trust for Mutual Understanding, New York, United States
- 2016
TatraHundert mikro-residency, St a nica Contemporary, Starý Smokovec, Slovakia
- 2014
Artist-in-Residency, KulturKontakt Austria, BMUKK, Vienna, Austria
- 2014
Artist-in-Residency, St a nica Contemporary, Banská Štiavnicá, Slovakia
- 2011
Artist-in-Residency, St a nica Contemporary, Banská Štiavnicá, Slovakia
- 2008
Artist-in-Residency, Sweedish School of Art, Nykarleby, Finland
COLLECTIONS
- Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
- Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary