About

Hunor Tóth (b. 2000) is a visual artist from Romania, currently residing and creating back and forth between Budapest, his home village of Tăureni (RO), and Odorheiu Secuiesc (RO). In 2024, he graduated from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest with a Master's degree in Photography. In his artistic practice he constantly focuses on rural life and its various aspects. He is interested in exploring and documenting rural life through photography to highlight rural traditions and culture. He is interested in how rural communities redefine, adapt and change in the face of contemporary challenges. His work combines staged and documentary photography. This combination is a defining element of his artistic practice.

EDUCATION
2022-2024 Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (MOME) | Photography MA​​​​​​​
2019-2022 Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania (EMTE) | Cinematography, photography and media BA
2020-2020 Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE) | Photography BA, Media Design BA *
*six month mobility within the Makovecz Student Scholarship Programme
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024, Fresh Meat (Budapest Photo Festival) - K6 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2024, 333 - Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, Hungary
2024, In limbo: Navigating the states in-between - TÉR, Odorheiu Secuesc, Romania
2023, Strange Times and Improbable Encounters - Tailors' Bastion, Târgu Mureș, Romania
2023, Escaping from Reality - Nyolcésfél, Budapest, Hungary
2023, What is what? (Street vs. Studio) - MOME, Budapest, Hungary
2022, DIPLOMA SHOW 2022 - Iomo Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2022, First Cut V. - Sapientia University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2022, First Cut IV. - Sapientia University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2021, solitude - Zilele Maghiare Băimărene; Baia Mare, Romania
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022, I've been here before but they don't know me - Tranzit House, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2019, Vidék - Tăureni, Romania
PRESENCE AT ART FAIRS
2023, Polycopies - Paris, France (represented by MOME Budapest)
2022, ArtMarket Budapest - Budapest, Hungary (represented by MOME Budapest)
ATTENDANCE AT RESIDENCY PROGRAMMES
2023, At home in Hundorf (ȘAH) Residency - Hundorf, Romania
MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
2024-. Studio of Young Photographers (FFS) / Budapest, HU
2022-. Off Space Association (co-founder; member of the executive committee: president), Odorheiu Sec., RO
2021-2022. Sapixel International Photography Contest (contest coordinator) / Cluj-Napoca, RO
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2023, New National Excellence Programme 2023/2024 (ÚNKP) / Research topic: Hungarian photographers in Romania - life paths of contemporary Hungarian photographers in Central and Eastern Europe
2023, Stefan Lengyel Excellence Scholarship 2023 - short list
2023, LensCulture Portrait Awards 2023 - editors' pick
2023, LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2023 - editor's pick
PUBLICATIONS/APPEARANCES
2024, Between the Church and the Abyss - selection from the series published on photo-letter
2024, Fresh Meat 2024, 8 young Hungarian photographers' series - appeared on punk.hu
2023, I've been here before but they don't know me - published on punkt.hu (online)
2022, Selection from I've been here before but they don't know me - appeared on nevăzuții (online)
2022, Selection from I've been here before but they don't know me - appeared on ro.areal (online)
PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES/SEMINARS
2024, Conferences of Scientific Students’ Associations (CSSA), Budapest, Hungary | Art Theory; OTDK qualification
2023, National Scientific Student Conference (OTDK), Budapest, Hungary | Photography II section; 2nd place
2022, Conferences of Scientific Students’ Associations (CSSA), Cluj-Napoca, Romania | Photography section - 2nd place & OTDK qualification
2022, Conferences of Scientific Students’ Associations (CSSA), Cluj-Napoca, Romania |Moving image section - OTDK qualification
2021, Conferences of Scientific Students’ Associations (CSSA), Cluj-Napoca, Romania | Artwork section - 3rd place & OTDK qualification