Lilla Szász

Lilla Szász (born 1977 in Budapest) is a photographic artist living in Budapest. Her major solo exhibitions have taken place at Gólya Community House, Budapest (part of Off Biennale Budapest Program), Gallery Liget, Budapest, Gallery 2B, Budapest, and Goethe Institut, Budapest, among others. Szász has participated in numerous group exhibitions at institutions including Central European House of Photography, Bratislava, Fabryka Trzciny, Warsaw, Hallescher Kunstverein, Krakow Month of Photography, Mai Manó House of Photography, Budapest, Museo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts, Debrecen, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Powerhouse Arena, New York, and Shanghai World Expo (2010). Her work is represented in public and private collections. Szász has been the recipient of an Eötvös Fellowship from the Hungarian Government (2010-2011), grants Colors Magazine (2004) and Photo Espana (Award of the public, 2012) http://www.szaszlilla.hu/ Portrait photo by Gabriella Csoszó
Biography
2011
Eötvös Scholarship awarded by the Hungarian state, New York, ICP
2010
Eötvös Scholarship awarded by the Hungarian state, New York, ICP
2005
EKB Photography Award – Hungary Roday (3rd place)
2002
Colors Magazine (49) – Travelling (3rd place)
2000
Kontakt Courses in Art Photography, Budapest
1998-2000
Hungarian weekly magazine: ‘Magyar Narancs’ – working as a photo-journalist
1998
Szellemkép Courses in Art Photography, Budapest
1995-2000
MA - Aesthetics, Russian language and literature; University of ELTE, Budapest
Solo exhibitions
2017
Our House, 2B Gallery, Budapest
2016
Dazzle, Gallery Inda, Budapest
2015
Positive, Gólya Community House, Budapest (Part of Off Biennale Budapest Program) Positive, Gallery Liget, Budapest
2014
Feminine Laundry, Gallery 2B, Budapest, Hungary
2013
Foreign Field, Gallery 2B, Budapest Mother Michael Goes to Heaven, Gallery Liget, Budapest
2011
Life is beautiful, Balint Jewish Community Center, Budapest
2008
Fragments of desire, Gallery Liget, Budapest
2005
Golden Age, Gallery Liget, Budapest
2003
Portraits at a fair, Goethe Institute, Budapest
Group exhibitions
2016
#moszkvater - The history of Széll Kálmán tér, Kiscelli Museum. Budapest Bátor Tábor Contemporary Art Charity Auction, Kiscelli Museum, Budapest Waldsee 1944, as part of the film launch of Son of Saul at the Fugard theatre, Cape Town Art Fair
2015
Charity auction and exhibition for Telek Balázs’s art estate Generations and Memory, Gallery 2B, Budapest Lake of memories, Budapest Galéria Lajos Utcai Kiállítóterme, Budapest Lake of memories, Pegazus Gallery, Szentbékkála, HungaryBátor Tábor Contemporary Art Charity Auction, Kiscelli Museum, Budapest
2014
Generations and Memory, Balint Jewish Community Center, Budapest The Self, Kowasa Gallery, Barcelona Vanilia, Gallery Karton, Budapest, Hungary WALDSEE 1944, Gallery 2B, Budapest, Hungary Bátor Tábor Contemporary Art Charity Auction, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
2013
WALDSEE 1944, C.A.R. Essen, with Gallery 2B Still, MODEM, Debrecen, Hungary Contemporary Budapest, Catania Bátor Tábor Contemporary Art Charity Auction, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Body-objective – Art Mill, Szentendre In Kitchen. In bed. In public - Hungarian House of Photography
2012
Budapest Art Fair – with INDA Gallery Budapest Art Fair – with Mai Manó House of Photography Brussel Fotofever – with INDA Gallery Vienna Art Fair – with INDA Gallery Other Worlds – 12 photographers from former Soviet States, The Gallery at Flannels, Leeds Photo Espana – From Here: a group exhibition with Richard Avedon, Paz Errazuriz and Richard Billingham, Museo de Bellas Artes, Madrid Art Paris – with INDA Gallery
2011
Budapest Art Fair – with INDA Gallery Budapest Art Fair – with Mai Manó House of Photography INDA Gallery – New York, Rio, Tokyo “Just because” a projection of photographs curated by Hatnim Lee and Lauren Duque, 2A Bar, New York "Laboratory East" exhibition at V8 Gallery in Cologne Contemporary Photography from Hungary, Berlin
2010
Photonic Moments, Slovenia, Ljubljana LIVE SYNC. Contemporary Photography from Hungary, Shanghai World Expo Laboratory East, Swiss Photo Award Campus PHE Edicion de Libros, Complejo El Aguila, PHE 2010, Madrid
2009
Busted, Powerhouse Arena, New York The sunny side – apprentices of a smile, Galeria mLodzi, Lodz Present continuous I-IV, Central European House of Photography, Bratislava
2008
Contemporary Hungarian photography, Collegium Hungaricum, Vienna Present continuous, Mai Manó House of photography, Budapest Kaunas Photo 08, Kaunas, Lithuania Contemporary Hungarian photography, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein Contemporary Hungarian photography, Hallescher Kunstverein Descubrimientos PHE08, Complejo El Águila, Madrid
2007
Krakow Month of Photography Among people, Warsaw, Fabryka Trzciny Present Continuous, Budapest Gallery