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Júlia Standovár is a Hungarian visual artist based in New York, whose multidisciplinary practice extends beyond photography into installation and object-making. She received her BA in Photography from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest and later earned her MFA in Photo, Video, and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts in New York. While her academic training is rooted in lens-based media, her current work shifts toward sculptural and spatial approaches.
Standovár was awarded the József Pécsi Scholarship in 2018 and 2019, recognizing her emerging contribution to contemporary art. Her work has been presented in group exhibitions at institutions such as Ludwig Museum, Capa Center, and TOBE Gallery in Budapest, as well as internationally at the MoMA PS1 Art Book Fair, the Every Woman Biennale, and the Knockdown Center in New York.
In her recent practice, Standovár focuses on material experimentation, particularly through installations that incorporate industrial elements such as concrete and metal chains. Her ongoing project, Kinky Concrete, explores tension, constraint, and the physicality of materials, often transforming rigid substances into forms that evoke vulnerability and intimacy. Through these works, she examines the relationship between control and fragility, expanding her artistic language beyond traditional photographic boundaries.
IG Júlia Standovár
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Academic studies
2015 – School of Visual Arts, New York / MFA Photography Video and Related Media
2013 – Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest / BA Fine Art Photography
Solo exhibitions
2025
– Two eggs, over easy… with Diki Luckerson, curated by Landon Wilson — TOBE Gallery / Budapest
2023
– I am Kinky Concrete — Radiator Arts Gallery / New York
– Everyday Dilemmas — TOBE Gallery / Budapest
2021
– Over The Blue Nipple Hills — TOBE Gallery / Budapest
2016
– Hungry Hungarians, Solo Book Launch — Radiator Arts Gallery / New York
2013
– BP Grannies — Telep Galéria / Budapest
2011
– You Can Shoes — Lokál Galéria / Budapest
Selected Group exhibitions
2026
– TO BE CURIOUS – A Glance at Hungarian Contemporary Photography curated by Bea Puskás and Tomas Opitz – Liszt Institute, Hungarian Cultural Centre / London
– A Small Devotion – Elza Kayal Gallery / New York
– FCKN LOVE IV. – TOBE Gallery / Budapest
2025
– Lives and Works in NYC & Budapest – Hungary L!ve Festival – TBSP Studio / New York
– European Kinship — Eastern European Perspective | curated by Emese Mucsi and Wiktoria Michalkiewicz – Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center / Budapest
– FCKN LOVE III – TOBE Gallery / Budapest
2024
– JUST TO BE… curated by Bea Puskás and Tomas Opitz – Liszt Institute – Hungarian Cultural Centre / Sofia
– FCKN LOVE II – TOBE Gallery / Budapest
2023
– TO BE continued – TOBE Gallery / Budapest
– FCKN LOVE I – TOBE Gallery / Budapest
– Like You And Me / Young Hungarian Photography, curated by Zita Sárvári – Mai Manó House-The Hungarian House of Photographers / Budapest
– Liberty, Equality, SORORITY, Sensuality – Perspectives on the female experience. Curator: Emese Mucsi — Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center / Budapest
2020
– Winter Show: The Nightmare Before Xmas — TOBE Gallery / Budapest
– Pécsi József Fellowship 2019 — Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center / Budapest
2019
– Every Woman Biennial — La MaMa Galleria / New York
– Pécsi József Fellowship 2018 — Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center / Budapest
2018
– THE DAYDREAMERS CLUB — THE LABx, curated by Jerome A. Cowell / New York
2017
– NASTY WOMEN — KNOCKDOWN Center Brooklyn / New York
– Re:Art Gallery – group show and fundraiser against gay gun violence / New York
– Visual AIDS: From the Edge — Metro Pictures / New York
2016
– Hungry Hungarians presented by Yiri Arts Foundation — Taipei Free Art Fair / Taipei
– MAMA photobooks exhibition — Omnivore Galéria / Budapest
– Macesz Exhibition — 2B Galéria / Budapest
– MoMA PS1 Art Book Fair — MOMA PS1 /New York
2015
– Thesis Show — SVA Chelsea Gallery / New York
2013
– Group Show — The Photocopy Club / Hong Kong
– MI ITT! — Art Bázis – FFS (Studio of Young Photographers) / Budapest.
2012
– XY Generation — Ludwig Museum / Budapest
– Cercle — Ratskeller / Luxembourg
2011
– Voyeur Group Exhibition – Luxembourg Photomeeting — Galerie Clairefonteine / Luxembourg
Presence in Art Fairs
2026
– Photo London – TOBE Gallery / London
– Art & Antique – TOBE Gallery / Budapest
2025
– International focus booth at Budapest Contemporary, curated by Lili Tóth – TOBE Gallery / Budapest
– Art & Antique Budapest – TOBE Gallery / Budapest
2024
– Budapest Contemporary – TOBE Gallery / Budapest
2023
– Budapest Contemporary – TOBE Gallery / Budapest
Awards and Scholarships
2018, 2019 – Pécsi József Fellowship.
2015
– The Paula Rhodes Memorial Award
– Thomas Reiss Memorial Award (SVA Alumni Society)
2014
– HIF in the US Scholarship from The Hungary Initiatives Foundation
2013
– Alice Beck-Odette Scholarship
Publications
2025
– Chain Forest – I Am Letting Time Do Its Thing, Self-published / Budapest
2020
– A Kék Melleken Túl (Over The Blue Nipple Hills), published by BEDESTAN / Budapest
2015
– Hungry Hungarians, published by Llewelyn Projects / New York (edition of 100)
Selected PRESS
2021
– Lehetőséget biztosítani a párbeszédre és párbeszédet kezdeni nem ugyanaz, Szilágy Róza Tekla / Artmagazin
2020
– Anya beszélgessünk a cicikről! – könyvkritika, Barta Edit / PUNKT
– A kék melleken túl: ilyen, amikor anya és lánya őszintén beszélget a szexről, Botás Enikő / Marie Claire Magyarország
– A képek elrepítettek egy másik világba, Ayhan Gökhan / KULTURA.hu
2019
– Ejnye, kislányom, miért kell így szexelni!” – Anya és lánya közös könyve a szexről, Filákovity Radojka / WMN
2016
– These Hungarian grannies are more hipster than you, Liza Premiyak / The Calvert Journal
