The artists nominated by
Nominated by Gabriella Csizek, curator of the permanent Capa exhibition at Capa Center, Balázs Turós’ work explores themes that emerge from his personal development and his life's journey, and the sensitive expression of these themes in series’ of photographs. We have chosen him as a FUTURES Talent for his high-quality work and consistently performed projects. A graduate of the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Turós has been awarded the József Pécsi Photography Scholarship three times.
Tamás Don, chief curator at MODEM Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, nominates Zsuzsanna Simon, a graduate of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. Since university, Simon’s series have focused on feminism and the social issues affecting women, and she has continued to work with a strong emphasis on the female body and societal expectations in her post-graduate projects too. There are few artists in the Hungarian photography scene who have been so focused on an important social issue for as long as Simon.
Nominated by Emese Mucsi, curator at Capa Center, Balázs Szigligeti brings into play the explosive, overdriven, shiny-glazed visual characteristics of camp aesthetics, where he 'cools down’ the loudness of camp, exploiting the possibilities of black-and-white image creation. Having worked in the fashion industry since the age of 16, Szigligeti makes autonomous projects which create a special tension between the topic and the way it is displayed.
Nominated by Borbála Szalai, director of Trafó Gallery, Mari Ornella makes photographs in which control and loss of control appear with equal emphasis. Her latest series, Wanna Be My Lover, deals with the search for female identity and the issues when women's self-definition is shaped by men. The project originates from personal traumas, and sees the artist focus on her own relationship with men such as her father, the characteristics of borderline personality disorder, and the consequences of uncontrollable emotional states.
Nominated by István Virágvölgyi, artistic director at Capa Center, Richárd Kiss approaches the world and the photographs that seek to represent it with a highly analytical vision, sifting through millions of images on the internet and then appropriating them for his work. Asking questions such as ‘does it make sense to take the two-millionth photo of the Eiffel Tower?’, Kiss pulls the rug out from under the online photo services we use on a daily basis.
Nominated by Gabriella Csizek, curator of the permanent Capa exhibition at Capa Center, Balázs Turós’ work explores themes that emerge from his personal development and his life's journey, and the sensitive expression of these themes in series’ of photographs. We have chosen him as a FUTURES Talent for his high-quality work and consistently performed projects. A graduate of the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Turós has been awarded the József Pécsi Photography Scholarship three times.
Tamás Don, chief curator at MODEM Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, nominates Zsuzsanna Simon, a graduate of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. Since university, Simon’s series have focused on feminism and the social issues affecting women, and she has continued to work with a strong emphasis on the female body and societal expectations in her post-graduate projects too. There are few artists in the Hungarian photography scene who have been so focused on an important social issue for as long as Simon.
Nominated by Emese Mucsi, curator at Capa Center, Balázs Szigligeti brings into play the explosive, overdriven, shiny-glazed visual characteristics of camp aesthetics, where he 'cools down’ the loudness of camp, exploiting the possibilities of black-and-white image creation. Having worked in the fashion industry since the age of 16, Szigligeti makes autonomous projects which create a special tension between the topic and the way it is displayed.
Nominated by Borbála Szalai, director of Trafó Gallery, Mari Ornella makes photographs in which control and loss of control appear with equal emphasis. Her latest series, Wanna Be My Lover, deals with the search for female identity and the issues when women's self-definition is shaped by men. The project originates from personal traumas, and sees the artist focus on her own relationship with men such as her father, the characteristics of borderline personality disorder, and the consequences of uncontrollable emotional states.
Nominated by István Virágvölgyi, artistic director at Capa Center, Richárd Kiss approaches the world and the photographs that seek to represent it with a highly analytical vision, sifting through millions of images on the internet and then appropriating them for his work. Asking questions such as ‘does it make sense to take the two-millionth photo of the Eiffel Tower?’, Kiss pulls the rug out from under the online photo services we use on a daily basis.
Richard Kiss (b. 1994) holds a BA in Photography from Budapest Metropolitan University. He is currently an MA student in Photography at the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences. As society and visual culture change rapidly, Kiss uses new media to grasp at the essence of our saturated present, focusing on changes triggered by the internet and their effects on contemporary art. In his projects, Kiss often strips photographs of their original contexts and meanings, transforming them into entirely new artworks. Throughout his projects, Kiss seeks to question the relationship between the spectator and artwork and the reasons behind an image’s production, thus making the act of photography a subject of reflection.
Website: kissrichard.com
Instagram: r_ch_k.ss
Ornella Mari is a Belgian-born, Hungarian-Italian photographer based in Budapest. She began working with photography in 2017 to explore her identity – particularly in terms of her relationship to femininity and womanhood. Mari’s work focuses on young women grappling with societal pressures, tackling themes such as trauma, emotion, gender inequality, and the unrealistic expectations to which women are often subjected.
Zsuzsi Simon (b. 1988) is a photographer and videographer living and working in Budapest. In 2015, she graduated from the Intermedia Department of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. Her research interests cover questions of feminism, body image and activism. The ways in which women think about the world is also central; she is particularly interested in the image of the female body and the expectations that come with it. Through close collaboration with groups of women – and a trademark blend of humour, provocation, irony and honesty – Simon aspires to break down various taboos. More recently her work has explored masculinity, and the role of the male muse from a female perspective. Simon is a member of Secondary Archive, which brings together women artists from Central and Eastern Europe for greater visibility.
Website: linktr.ee/zsuzsannasimon
Instagram: zsuzsi___simon
Balázs Turós (b. 1990) studied at the Department of Photography at Budapest’s Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design. After finishing his BA, Turós moved to England, where he was introduced to FotoNow – a media-based social enterprise in Plymouth, with whom he worked for two years. Having returned to Budapest, he pursued a Master of Photography course at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design. Turós was awarded the József Pécsi Fellowship in 2018, 2019 and 2020. In 2021, he participated in the Fellowship of the Robert Capa Photography Grand Prize. The following year, his works featured in the Open Program of Fotofestiwal Lodz, Poland.
Wbsite: balazsturos.com
Instagram: balazs_turos
Balázs Szigligeti is a Budapest-based photographer, who studied at The Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design. His work explores the boundaries between reality and fantasy. With a foundation in digital post-processing techniques, he establishes a kind of dreamworld; his artworks celebrate the human body, plasticity, queer culture, his hedonistic friends and life itself.
Instagram: szigligetiphotography
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