EDUCATION
PhD in Art Theory Department of Aesthetics – Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest 9. 2021 - present
Investigating the topic of socially engaged and critical Hungarian art, this research endeavours to explore artistic practices emerged in the past 10 years. Engaging with artists, undertaking research, and creating socially engaged art events around Europe are essential elements of this PhD research.
Mres Art: Exhibition Studies, MA Central Saint Martins – University of the Arts London, London 9. 2018 – 7. 2020
A two year extended full time course on exhibition theory from 1955 to present. Independent research project on cultural policy and alternative art institutions of Hungary between 2010 and 2020.
Philologist – Art History Specialization, BA
Faculty of Humanities – Eötvös Loránd University,
Budapest 9. 2014 – 1. 2018
Art History specialisation; international and Hungarian art history major with a minor on Cultural Studies. Independent research project on the representation of the 1990s New York in Hungary, particularly ‘Altarpiece: The Life of Christ’ (1990) by Keith Haring.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Independent art historian and curator since 2023
BUDAPEST METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
Faculty of Art and Design Management
Visiting Lecturer
Spring-summer course on the theory and practice of contemporary art curation.
TIBOR CSERNUS DOCUMENTARY, Budapest (HUN) Paris (FR) 2021 - 2022
Assistant Art Historian, Editor
A one-year long film project on Tibor Csernus, Kossuth Prize recipient artist. The job comprises professional guidance and consultancy in recruiting interview subjects and in building the artistic strategy of the film-making process; the coordination of interviews with art historians, art collectors, and directors of major art institutions.
VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM, London (UK) 4. 2019 – 8. 2020
Gallery Assistant
Organiser of the exhibition ‘Staff Art Show’ in 2019.
CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS - WARBURG INSTITUTE, London (UK)
3. 2019 – 6. 2020
Network Administrator
Vision for Europe: Academic Responsibility and Action in Times of Crises Network, an AHRC funded project
THE SHOWROOM, London (UK) 2 – 6. 2019
Archive Researcher Placement
A research and project based gallery with a long history in the London art scene
A two semesters long research placement on my course. I worked on the structure of the gallery’s extensive archive, undertaking thorough research on both the gallery’s history, its structure, and events happened between 1989 and 2000.
LUDWIG MUSEUM, Budapest (HUN) 2016 – 2018
Project Coordinator
Hungary’s leading contemporary art museum
As a major role I was project coordinator of the symposiums ‘MAPS 2017’ and ‘MAPS 2018’. Among many other duties, catalogue editorial responsibilities were on me for both of the MAPS conferences and the related exhibition ‘Save As... – What Will Remain of New Media Art?’ in 2017. As curator and exhibition assistant I took part to great extent in research tasks at exhibitions e. g. ‘Gilbert & George Scapegoating Pictures for Budapest’ and ‘Fluxus and Friends’.
KASSÁK MUSEUM, Budapest (HUN) 2016
Research Assistant
A research focused institution on the avant-garde scene of the 20th century Hungary. At Kassák Museum, I got the opportunity to participate in a research group of young scholars. During this period, I thoroughly studied materials and sources for the exhibition ‘Signal to the World. War-Avant-Garde-Kassák’. I also undertook and obtained a high level of knowledge on working with archives at the National Széchenyi Library, Budapest. I also had curator and event assistant duties e.g. at the conference ‘Dada Techniques in East-Central Europe
(1916-1930)’.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Curatorial Exchange Program, Budapest - Strasbourg (FR) April, 2025
One-month residency at Centre européen d’actions artistiques contemporaines (CEAAC). Within the framework of partership with Budapest Galéria.
Culture Action Europe: Changemakers, Brussels (BE) 2-6, 2024
Scholarship to plan and realise two events promoting democracy and European values.
Erasmus Research Scholarship, Berlin (DE) 7. 2023
Research placement at the arts initiative Montag Modus
Europe Lab. EUROPE LAB #6 Decolonial Encounters, Amsterdam (NL) 8-9. 2021 Residency, study and mentoring program
PUBLICATIONS
Editorial work:
Hanna Rédling: MOON MOTEL 12. 2022
Publication for the eponymous exhibition. Budapest
Ghost Relics. 8. 2020
Publication for the residency program and exhibition.
Project hu and Hoxton 253 Gallery, London – offline publication
Articles:
Social Engagement and Civil Society in Contemporary Art February 2024
offline, Sic Itur Ad Astra, HUN
Collective World-Building Practices. In Conversation With Hollow 2. 8. 2023
interview – kajetjournal.com
In Conversation With...Przemek Kaminski 30. 7. 2023
interview – mmpraxis.com
In Conversation With...Alicja Rogalska 30. 7. 2023
interview – mmpraxis.com
In Conversation With...Marta Ziólek 30. 7. 2023
interview – mmpraxis.com
Fragments of a Curator’s Mind. 15. 7. 2023
Social Engagement in the Arts after 2000 in Hungary
essay on the brief history of socially engaged art – offline, Fare Magazine, UK
The New Museum Stays Old? 12. 2022
Situation, Accessibility, Responsibility. Report on the ICOM Hungary conference
essay on the current situation of Hungarian art institutions, in Hungarian - amu.hvg.hu
Critique and Canon 11. 2022
About the book ’Feel Honoured’ by Ágnes Eperjesi
book critique, in Hungarian – balkon.art
More Than Glitter
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirror Rooms 5. 2022
exhibition critique, in Hungarian – artmagazin.hu
Martin Lukáč: As Good As I Once Was 3. 2022
exhibition critique, in Hungarian – balkon.art
New Connections On The Semi-Periphery. 6. 2021
Transperiphery Movement: Global East-Europe and the Global South
co-author: Lendeczki Kinga
exhibition critique, in Hungarian - balkon.art
33 11.2020
A theoretical essay on transgender women of Hungary in 2020.
in: AUDITION zine – Vogue and DAZED.
New (Art) World Order 9. 2020
Opinion piece on University of the Arts London post-grad community’s website – arts.ac.uk
Let’s Alter the Narrative 1. 2019
Exhibition catalogue entry for the Tate Exchange program – offline essay
MEMBERSHIPS
AICA – International Association of Art Critics 2025 - present
Studio of Young Artists’ Association (FKSE) 2020 – present
CONFERENCES
2nd Doctoral Conference New Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, January 2025
Topic: Dissent in Displacement. Criticality in Artistic Social Engagement Beyond Hungarian Borders
7th „Human Rights, Violence and Dictatorship” International Interdisciplinary Conference, Gdansk, October 2024
Topic: The Solitude of Dissent. Artistic Social Engagement and Criticality Beyond Hungarian Borders
RUTA - Re(kn)own Region(s) from Within. Inaugural Conference, Uzhhorod, June 2024
Panel co-organiser
Topic: Mutual Dissent in Social Engagement. Could Solidarity Be
(Re)established Between Hungarian Art Workers Within Borders and Beyond?
Beyond the Obvious 2024 | United by Future Places, Malmö, June 2024
Topic: The realisation of ‘Along Common Borders’ Exhibition
Association for Art History Conference, University of Bristol, Bristol, April 2024
Topic: Seeking Creativity in Refuge. Arts Educational Practices of the 2010 Hungarian Dissident Culture in the United Kingdom
Critical Culture Conference , Eötvös 10, Budapest, December 2023
Topic: Migration and the Arts. The Case Study of Hungary
PhD Conference of the Department of Aesthetics, ELTE, Budapest, September 2023
Topic: Social engagement and critical attitudes in the Hungarian diaspora. The case study of Berlin
New Aesthetic Expressions: The Social Role of Art,
Jagellow University, Krakow (PL) July 2023
Topic: Contemporary Art in The Hungarian Diaspora
MODA PhD Conference 2023, ELTE, Budapest, June 2023
Topic: Art Practices in The Hungarian Diaspora
IX. Eötvözet Conference, University of Szeged, online, December 2020
Topic: Alternative Art - The Alternative of Art. How does the art field respond to changes in cultural policy? - available in Hungarian HERE
Mres Conference – Central Saint Martins, London, November 2019
Topic: How Does the Art Scene Respond to the Current Cultural-Political Situation in
Hungary?
Annual Art History Conference – Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest April, 2018
Topic: 1990s New York in Budapest. ‘Altarpiece / The Life of Christ’ by Keith Haring (1990)