Introduction
| Phone number | +36209782091 |
| plakatlaci@gmail.com |
Born in Budapest, Hungary in 1967. I attended the Práter street art school (Budapesti Szolgáltató-és Kézművesipari Szakképző Iskola) majoring in photography graduating in 1988. I started my carreer at Hungarian News Agency (MTI Magyar Távirati Iroda) where I studied studio photography.
Since 1989 besides my art projects I work as a commercial and fashion photographer. In 1993 I established my own studio where I work and teach.
I held courses for students at Budapest University of Technology and Economics where the topic was ’Our environment’s visual culture’ and at MOME Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest where the topic was studio studies and lighting tecniques.
I worked as a photographer at Karnak excavation (1998) and Gurna excavation (1999) in Egyipt and at an anthropolgical expedition in Pakistan in 2001.
Print books: 2007, an hommage to the novel Antal Szerb: Utas és holdvilág (The Traveler). András Gyurcsek writer/editor and I visited all the spots in Italy that are mentioned in the novel creating a photo report of the journey of the characters.
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Pro Forma - Abstract Trends (Pro Forma - Absztrakt tendenciák), collective exhibition, Kiscelli Museum, Budapest
2024 You are here (Ön itt áll), collective exhibition of Random Collective, Budachrome Gallery, Budapest
2023 Random X-Fair Pop up exhibition and fair, Random Collective, Budachrome Gallery, Budapest
2023 Biomorph Connecitons, collective exhibition, Platán Gallery, Budapest
2023 Biomorph Connections, collective exhibition, House of Lucie, Budapest
2023 Nexus and other stories (Nexus és más történetek), solo exhibition, Káli Fecske Gallery, Salföld
2023 Beareble debpth (Elviselhető mélység), collective exhibition, Viltin Gallery, Budapest
2023 Resident Art Fair, collective exhibition, Resident Art Gallery, Budapest
2023 Portrait4 (Portré a negyediken), collective exhibition, Bánya Kert, Salföld
2023 Wild, wild life, Random Collective's exhibition, Vízivárosi Gallery, Budapest
2023 Here is the city ("Itt van a város”), collective exhibition, Kiscelli Museum, Budapest
2022 Resident Art Fair Autumn Buzz (Őszi zsongás), Klauzál6 Projekt Gallery, Budapest
2022 Garten Balaton, collective contemporary art exhibition and fair, Lovas
2022 Light Essence (Fényesszencia), collective exhibition, Gallery MAX, Törökbálint
2022 Absztrakt and Biomorph Symbols, collective exhibition, Liszt Institute, Ljubljana
2022 Resident Art Fair Spring Buzz (Tavaszi zsongás), Klauzál6 Projekt Gallery, Budapest
2021 Resident Art Fair, Art Factory, Budapest
2021 Portraits of Salföld, pop up exhibition, Salföld
2021 Élet/Kép (Still/life), collective exhibition, Kiscelli Museum, Budapest
2021 Garten Balaton contemporary art fair and exhibition, Lovas
2021 Come closer, exhibition of Random Collective, Dokubrom-Random Gallery, Budapest
2021 Contemporary Balaton - organizer: Pintér Gallery, Badacsony, Laposa
2021 Pictures of the light - II. Photography National Salon (A fény képei - II. Fotóművészeti Nemzeti Szalon) kiállítás, Műcsarnok, Budapest
2021 Élet/kép (Still/life), outdoor collective exhibition, Budapest Photo Festival, Városháza park, Budapest
2020 Resident Art Fair, Ateliers Pro Arts (A.P.A. Gallery), Budapest
2020 National Photo Exhibition (Országos Fotótárlat), Photo Weeks Pécs (Pécsi Fotóhetek), collective exhibition, m21 Gallery, Pécs
2020 Art Market Budapest 2020 with Random Collective
2020 GARTEN collective exhibition, Lake Balaton, Lovas
2020 ‘Testkép’ collective exhibition, Budapest Photo Festival, Kiscelli Museum
2020 Liquid, collective exhibition of Random Collective
2019-20 ‘Mélyáramok’ aka ‘Deep flows’, collective exhibition at MODEM, Debrecen, Hungary. In addition to the original works of the world-famous forerunners - including Brassaï, Lucien Hervé, Paul Almasy - many works will be exhibited of contemporary Hungarian photography.
2019 Art Market Budapest with Random Collective
2019 Light, collective summer exhibition at TOBE Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2019 Solo exhibition at Tápegység art space, Badacsonytördemic, Hungary
2019 Bodybuilding, collective exhibition at Pegazus art space, curator: TOBE Gallery, Szentbékkálla, Hungary
2019 ‘Távlatok’ aka ‘Vistas’ – Contemporary Hungarian Landscape, collective exhibition at Budapest Photo Festival, Kiscelli Museum
2019 Bestiary – 21st century compendiums of beasts, collective exhibition with graphic designer Attila Stark, Fest;tisztít Gallery, Budapest
2018 Vienna Contemporary Art Fair, curated by TOBE Gallery, Wien, Austria
2018 unREAL – solo exhibition, TOBE Gallery, Budapest
2018 P L A Y G R O U N D, collective exhibition curated by TOBE Gallery, Szentbékkálla
2018 Object of desire, Random group’s common exhibition, Gallery, Budapest
2018 MIA Photo Fair - MODULUS series - with TOBE Gallery, Milano, Italy
2018 Csöndesen – collective exhibition of still life photographs, Budapest Photo Festival, Kiscelli Museum, Budapest
2018 Art Market Budapest with Random Collective
2017 Urban in the countryside series, Salföld
2017 Subjectum, the photograph ’Beauty’ of Nexus series became the leading picture of the group exhibition @ Budapest Spring Festival, Várkert Bazár
2017 Scratch, collective exhibition with Random Group @ Budapest Photo Festival, Artbázis, Budapest
2017 Photo Romania Festival, joint exhibition of Random Group with the Object of desire
2017 Object Of Desire, collective exhibition with Random Group @ Photometria International Photography Festival, Ioannia, Greece
2017 MIA Photo Fair – NEXUS series – with TOBE Gallery, Milano, Italy
2017 Love in five batches, group exhibition, L Art Open Studios (LAOS), Budapest
2017 Here we are!, collective exhibition of Random Group, KUBIK, Budapest
2017 Art Market Budapest – with TOBE Gallery & Random
2017 ’Külbecs, belcsíny’ collective exhibition at Hybridart Space, Budapest
2016 Summer Motion collective exhibition, Galerie du Colombier, Paris, France
2016 Random Gallery collective exhibition, Budapest
2016 NEXUS solo exhibiton, Fest;tisztít Gallery, Budapest
2016 Kópiák collective retrospective exhibition curated by László Török @ Pajta Gallery, Salföld, Hungary
2016 BLU_ collective exhibition curated by TOBE Gallery @ Pegazus, Szentbékkálla, Hungary
2016 Art Market Budapest – with TOBE Gallery & Random
2016 MODULUS solo exhibition at TOBE Gallery, Budapest
2015 Roots joint exhibition at On The Ground Floor Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2015 Art Martket Budapest
2014 Couple of pics at IF cultural space, Budapest
2013 Sh(o)ut solo exhibition at MOHA, Budapest
2012 Under pressure joint exhibition at Patria Press House, Budapest
2012 Exposition in Loffice Wien
2011 Ateliers Pro Arts Art Center (APA Gallery) solo exhibition
2007 Exhibition of the hommage book of The Traveler in Budapest
2000 The Sinar competition’s exhibition at the Hungarian House of Photography (Mai Manó House), Budapest
ART AND ADVERTISING AWARDS
1992 Festival Of Amateur Films – award for making a film, titled Lakók (Habitant)
2000 Swiss Sinar Photo Competition - first award for my photo project, titled Apám (Father)
2 Golden Blades (so called Aranypenge, Hungarian first award), 1 Silver and 1 Bronze Blade (Ezüstpenge – second award, Bronzpenge – third award) for advertising campaigns
2019 Promax - Silver award for Paramount 2018 campaign photo in the category of Channel key art
CLIENTS
FMCG: McDonald’s, Unilever, Coca Cola Beverages, Uncle Bens, Sága (meat products), Iglo, Nestlé, Dr Oetker, Borsodi (beer), Pepsi Coke, Dreher, Martini, Milli, Sir Morton tea, Unicum, Cora, Aldi, Pannon tej, Omnia, Arany Ászok (beer), Dreher beer, Karaván cheese, Medve cheese, Sió, Oatly
Automotive: Chevrolet, Audi, WW, Nissan, Renault, Suzuki, Mercedes, Skoda
Bank sector: Erste, Raiffeisen, OTP Bank, K&H, Allianz
Telco: Pannon GSM, Vodafone, Matáv, Ericcson, Samsung, T-Home, T-Mobile, Telekom
Air services: Malév, Lufthansa
Cosmetics: Baba, Ponds, Sanex, Olivaloe, Rossmann
Pharmaceutical: Lioton, Flavamed, Quixx, Essilor, Prostamol, Urinal, Sanofi (Algoflex), Dr. Rose Clinic
Others: Humanic, Villeroy-Boch, Microsoft, Sony, Stihl, AKK Államkincstári Kötvény (State Treasury), E-On, FTC, iPon, Paramount channel, Libri, Bookline, Qwell, Bosch, Aliexpress
Magazines I work for: Elle Hungary, Cosmopolitan Hungary, Glamour Hungary, Playboy Hungary, VinCE Magazine (Wine is all around), Rossmann magazine, Hamu & Gyémánt, Olivaloe magazine
Fashion companies, designers I work for: Levi’s, Manier, Artista, Luan B Lucia, Tamara Barnoff, Kármán Jewellery, Sármán Nóra, ESZKA - Szakos Kriszta