Pictures and Pixels - Photographic Art and Beyond
National Salon 2016

Ákos Czigány

PHOTOGRAPHER

1972

Ákos Czigány is a crucial figure of the contemporary Hungarian photography scene, who has been represented by Nessim Gallery since 2009, and Várfok Gallery since 2014. His work fuses conceptual, constructivist and documentarian traits. In 2010, the series Egek: hommage à Hiroshi Sugimotowon him the Lucien and Rodolf Hervé Prize, and the 3rd Prize of IPA; in 2011 it was acknowledged with the 2nd Prize and Special Prize of FRAME011 at Leica gallery, Prague. He has been featured at exhibitions abroad (Paris, Torino, Frankfurt, Prague, Würzburg) and Hungary (Hungarian National Gallery, Mai Manó House, Szent István Király Museum). His works in public collections: Hungarian Museum of Photography, Szent István Király Museum (Székesfehérvár).

Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Barcsay Hall, Budapest | Gallery: from the series The Light of Art

2010
110 × 70 × 4 cm | photography

By courtesy of Várfok Gallery

Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Barcsay Hall, Budapest | Gallery: from the series The Light of Art

Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest | Gallery: from the series The Light of Art

2010
110 × 90 × 4 cm | photography

By courtesy of Várfok Gallery

Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest | Gallery: from the series The Light of Art