The artists nominated by
For FUTURES 2018, Capa Center has nominated five artists.
Éva Szombat | „Pure positivity! Eva is a person who looks at the world with a smile and wants to translate that uplifting outlook on life into her work. If this is the mission of her work, then she absolutely achieves in doing so. Eva presented coherent projects that document herself and people in her surroundings in a captivating, confident and unexpected manner.”
Emilia van Lynden artistic director of Unseen Amsterdam
Márton Kállai | „Solotvyno, Kallai’s project that focuses on a former salt mining town in the Ukraine, explores two communities who have contrasting relationships to their shared local environment. His project explores the different manners in which these communities live alongside each other and the distinctive emotions, or lack of emotions, that they feel towards their natural surroundings. Kállai presents a cohesive body of work that looks at how opposing communities live together and their disparate approaches to the environment, heritage and commerce.”
Emilia van Lynden artistic director of Unseen Amsterdam
„Szilvia Bolla is a young artist with a very professional approach to art, that combines photography in relation to sculpture, resulting in some very interesting installations. Her work is a combination of senses, mixing colors, shapes and light in order to catch the viewer’s eye. She has a good understanding of the present and future trends and I am certain that her installations will pleasantly surprise the audience.”
Sebastian Vaida photographer, director of Photo Romania Festival
„Dávid Bíró works with abstract shapes, creating new and exciting concepts. He combines geons and colors into new forms and installations, drawing attention to his point of view. Presented well his work will stand out in any exhibition.”
Sebastian Vaida photographer, director of Photo Romania Festival
„Máté Dobokay works at the border between clear and unclear, both with color and shades of grey. He has a unique technique of using analogue techniques in expressing his work, sometimes in huge prints. I will certainly love to see his work printed and exhibited, just as I saw it in a portfolio review presentation.”
Sebastian Vaida photographer, director of Photo Romania Festival
Dávid Biró (1992) is an artist based in Budapest, Hungary. He studied Photography BA at the University of Kaposvár and he is currently doing his Photography MA studies at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME).
His main interest is the correspondence of the photographic medium and perception. He uses the camera as an extension of the human sight and tries to examine the concept of reality and knowledge. He mostly works in the studio environment and seeks to unfold his ideas in a progressive form.
His works were shown at exhibitions at home and abroad. He won the ON_AWARD grand prize of the OFF_Festival Bratislava Contemporary Photography Festival as a member of a group exhibition in 2014. He won the National Scholarship of Hungary in 2015–2016 and the Association of Hungarian Photographers: Photography Scholarship for 2017. He is a member of the Hungarian Photographers’ Association and Studio of Young Photographers. Biró is represented by Trapéz Gallery, Budapest.
Éva Szombat is a photographer working and living in Budapest. Her unique blend of glamour and sociological examination has appeared in local and international magazines, and websites including Vice, Huffington Post, Ignant, Neon, Blink magazine, Vogue Spain and Feature Shoot. She got her Masters' Degree in Photography from MOME (2012) in Budapest, Hungary.
She received the Pécsi József Photography Scholarship between 2013 and 2016, during which she examined the phenomenon of happiness and its effects on people. She released two books on the subject, the limited edition Happiness, and Practitioners. She won artistic scholarships in Paris and New York. Her works were displayed in New York, Jerusalem, Milan, Vienna, Berlin, among other places. She is currently working on several new series, and she is very happy herself.
Szilvia Bolla (1992) is an artist working with photography in relation to installation, and sculpture. She graduated in 2016 with First Class Honours of BA Fine Art Photography at Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London.
In the past years, she has been regularly exhibiting in Italy, Hungary, and the United Kingdom. Her work is part of the University of the Arts London collection and several Vienna and London-based private collections. Since 2017, she is a student of MA Photography at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest.
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