The artists nominated by

Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center
in
2018

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

Projects nominations
Artist
Dávid Biró
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.

http://www.birodavid.com

Éva
Éva Szombat is a photographer based in Budapest, Hungary. She earned her MA in photography from Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME), and studied visual communication at ESAG Penninghen in Paris. Her works explore themes of happiness, mental well-being, and self-acceptance, by using colorful visuals with a subtle political edge. She previously released two books on the subject: Happiness, and Practitioners. The series I Want Orgasms, Not Roses won the Robert Capa Grand Prize in 2021, later published by Kehrer Verlag in collaboration with Everybody Needs Art in 2022. In 2023 the book was a joint winner at Belfast Photo Festival Photo-Book Award. Her project about nostalgia, titled Echo in Delirium, was completed late in 2024, and was released also in book form in cooperation with Symposion and Everybody Needs Art. Her works were displayed in numerous festivals and exhibitions such as Unseen Amsterdam, 212 Photography Istanbul, Belfast Photo Festival, White Box (New York), Jerusalem Biennale, Imago Lisboa, Foto Wien, Krinzinger Schottenfeld (Vienna), Galleri Image (Aarhus), Fotografica Bogota, National Museum Warsaw, Münchner Künstlerhaus, Robert Capa Center. She was selected for the FUTURES Photography talent programme in 2018. She is currently attending doctoral school and teaching photography at MOME. She is represented by Longtermhandstand.
Artist
Márton
Márton Kállai was born in 1982 in Budapest, Hungary. During his sociology studies at ELTE University his interest in photography began to evolve. He works as a photojournalist since 2006, mainly documenting the daily life of the Hungarian countryside. In his personal projects he focuses on the creation and cohesion of communities and the human relationship with the environment. He follows his stories for longer periods, looking for the dynamics of change. Besides several awards at the Hungarian Press Photo Contest, he was awarded 3rd place at Pictures of the Year international – Feature Picture Story category. Between 2015 and 2017 he received the Pécsi József Photography Scholarship.http://martonkallai.com/‍
Máté
Máté Dobokay (b. 1988) is interested in conceptual art and experimental photography, particularly through manipulating the medium and neglecting the apparatus. He is graduated at University of Kaposvár on Photography BA department. He is a member of Studio of Young Artists’ Association. He received a Republican Scholarship for 2015‐2016, was shortlisted for the Leopold Bloom Award in 2015 and for the Esterházy Award also in 2017. During 2014 he was a member of the winning team at OFF_Festival, Bratislava and was nominated for the Lucien et Rodolf Hervé Prix. He was the youngest artist in “IMPACT: Abstraction & Experiment in Hungarian Photography” exhibition in New York. He has had some solo exhibitions and featured in several group shows. He is represented by acb Gallery, Budapest.
Artist
Szilvia Bolla
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.

www.bollaszilvia.com