ABOUT
Katalin Száraz is a Hungarian portrait and fine art photographer based in Paris, whose practice moves between commissioned work and personal art projects.
She uses photography as a tool for therapy and exploration, applying elements of experimental and narrative photography. Her observations are focused on remembrance, personal archives and the issue of home in the light of living abroad, furthermore the connection between identity and rootless lifestyle. She experiments a lot at the border areas of photography and mixes different media, so her works are characterised by aesthetic diversity, maintaining a specific coherence. Her photographs have been widely published and exhibited in New York, London, Paris, Milan, Budapest, Berlin, Gothenburg, Bratislava and Vienna. Katalin graduated with a master’s in photography from the Moholy Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest and spent a semester in the photography department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.
Katalin welcomes commissions, collaborations, and creative inquiries internationally.
Paris // + 33 7 66 09 50 66
Budapest // +36 70 21 887 12
katalinszaraz@outlook.com
art projects / @katalin_szaraz
commissions / @katalindry
PUBLICATIONS
FISHEYE MAGAZINE Lou Tsatsas: La fille du marin : les aventures océaniques de Katalin Száraz 2024
MUSÉE MAGAZINE Photography and coronavirus: a brief reflection 2022
THE WASHINGTON POST Inner Outlook selection 2020
DEPOSITPHOTOS Interview With Katalin Száraz, The 2nd Place Winner of “Authenticity 2.0” 2021
TOO TIRED PROJECT “Finding light within the dark” online exhibition Curated by Heather Evans Smith 2025
FLOAT MAGAZINE “The Great Escape” online exhibition 2020
EXHIBITIONS
(selected)
2026
KISCELLI MUZEUM/ BUDAPEST PHOTO FESTIVAL/ “Lookbook” group exhibition / BUDAPEST
KULT7 GALLERY/ BUDAPEST PHOTO FESTIVAL/ “Crossroads” group exhibition / BUDAPEST
2025
HOUSE OF LUCIE BUDAPEST/ Analog Sparks Best of Show group exhibition / BUDAPEST
BRODY HOUSE/ “Dicey” group exhibition / BUDAPEST
2024
FOTON GALLERY/ “Are we there yet?How much left for landing?” Exhibition with Maria Siorba / BUDAPEST
NO BORDERS AWARD/ Group exhibitions / BUDAPEST/FRYDEK-MISTEK/SPISKA NOVA VES/BIELSKO-BIALA
2023
HOUSE OF LUCIE BUDAPEST Girl’s film club Group Exhibition / BUDAPEST
2022
PHOTON GALLERY Going East Group Exhibition/ VIENNA
GALERIJA PHOTON Going East Group Exhibition/ LJUBLJANA
KISCELLI MÚZEUM Budapest Photo Festival EXPERIMENT Group Exhibition / BUDAPEST
GALERIE JOSEPH LE PALAIS ImageNationParis NEW EYES Group Exhibition/ PARIS
K6 GALLERY Budapest Photo Festival FRESH MEAT Group Exhibition / BUDAPEST
2021
ESPACE CÉCILIA F EXCPARIS/ Layers group exhibition / PARIS
BOOMFACTORY/ Inner Outlook group exhibition / MILAN
KUNSTHALLE BUDAPEST/ Images of light group exhibition / BUDAPEST
2020
INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY/ ICPConcerned group exhibition / NEW YORK
HEROINES WAVE "The Enclosed Garden" Online exhibition/ ONLINE
CAPA CENTER/ 8 Weeks group exhibition / BUDAPEST
FLOAT MAGAZINE"The Great Escape" group exhibition/ ONLINE
2017
VILTIN GALLERY/ Everywhere you look group exhibition/ BUDAPEST
EUGÉN & WILLIAM GALLERY/ New Generation group exhibition / GOTHENBURG
2016
OFF FESTIVAL PISZTORY PALACE/ Memories solo exhibition/ BRATISLAVA
BALASSI INSTITUTE/ HomeisNOWhere group Exhibition/ LONDON
2015
FOTOGALERIE WIEN/ Text:Bild Symbiose group exhibition/ VIENNA
PONTON GALERIA/ MOME Photography MA Diploma show/ BUDAPEST
2013
CAPA CENTER/ Opening of Capa Center/Capa project group exhibition/ BUDAPEST
HUNGARIAN HOUSE OF PHOTOGRAPHERS/ ESSL Art Award nominee’s exhibition/ BUDAPEST
ART BÁZIS/Gloomy Sunday solo exhibition/ BUDAPEST
DESIGN TERMINAL/ Random:13 group exhibition/ BUDAPEST
ART FAIRS
BUDAPEST CONTEMPORARY/Brody House 2025
VIENNA PHOTOBOOK FESTIVAL/ MOME 2015
ART MARKET BUDAPEST/ Random 2014, MOME 2013
AWARDS
2025 ANALOG SPARKS International Film Photography Awards Silver
2020 DEPOSITPHOTO Authenticity 2.0 II. Place
2020 MANFROTTO/BOOM Inner Outlook Shortlist
2019 ARTHUNGRY Tales/Art/Fashion Shortlist
2013 ESSL ART AWARD Shortlist
2013 BEHANCE PORTFOLIO REVIEW Best Portfolio Appreciation
2011 BUDAPEST POZITíV/ HUNGARIAN HOUSE OF PHOTOGRAPHERS II. Place
MEMBERSHIPS
2013- The Studio of Young Photographers
2013-2017 Random Organization
CLIENTS
Werk
