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Laura Virág Szekeres (1997, Budapest) is a photographer who studied at a Waldorf school, then at Kisképző, and later completed her BA (2021) and MA (2025) at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest – MOME. She spent 2020–2021 as an Erasmus student at ESADMM in Marseille and now continues her master’s work in MOME’s Incubation Program.
Her practice focuses on attention, bodily sensations, and personal stories. With support from the New National Excellence Program, she created Arrived Early, shown at FUGA in 2024. She also makes hand-bound photobooks exhibited at Polycopies, OFF Libris, FOTO WIEN, and Unseen Book Market, and currently works at Lapozó Books.
IG Laura Virág Szekeres
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Academic studies
2022-2025 – Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME), Budapest / Photography MA – English program
2020-2021 – École Supérieure d’Art & de Design Marseille – Méditerranée / Visual art – ERASMUS program
2018-2021 – Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME), Budapest / Photography BA
2017-2018 – College of Fine and Applied Arts, Budapest / Photography
2004-2018 – Fészek Waldorf Primary, Budapest / Secondary and Primary Art School
Solo and duo exhibitions
2024
– Arrived Early, FUGA Budapest Centre of Architecture | curators: Flóra Gadó and Regina Mihály / Budapest
2022
– Closed Open World, duo exhibition with Emese Toth – Foton Gallery / Budapest
Selected group exhibitions
2025
– Future in the Present – Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center / Budapest
– Vitamin D – TOBE Gallery / Budapest
– Lost Present / FFS at the X. Pécs International Photography Biennal – Múzeum Gallery | curator: Boglárka Toth / Pécs
2022
– Closed Open World, duo exhibition with Emese Toth – Foton Gallery / Budapest
2021
– True or false? – Foton Gallery / Budapest
– une porte se farme une autre s’ouvre – Salon du Salon / Marseille
– ici mais parti.e – Dos Mares Ateliers Vian / Marseille
2020
– COWORKING – FFS-SKURC / Budapest
– for the exhibition of MOME photography students / Leányfalu
2019
– Eighteen – Kelet Gallery / Budapest
2018
– Now – Nyitottműhely Kisképző College of Fine and Applied Arts / Budapest
– Ladyfest – Gólya / Budapest
Presence in Art Fairs & Festivals
2024
– Unseen Book Fair, MOME / Amsterdam
– Polycopies Book Fair – MOME / Paris
2023
– Polycopies Book Fair – MOME / Paris
– FOTO WIEN Book Fair – MOME / Vienna
2022
– OFF Bienále, Bratislava – OFF Libris selection / Bratislava
– Art Market Budapest – MOME / Budapest
2021
– Art Market Budapest – MOME / Budapest
Membership
– Studio for Young Photographers – FFS
Awards, scholarships
2025-2026
– MOME Incubation Program, after MA graduation – 6 months / Budapest
2024
– National Cultural Fund of Hungary – Scholarship / Budapest
2023
– National Cultural Fund of Hungary – Scholarship / Budapest
– New National Excellence Scholarship / Budapest
2022
– New National Excellence Scholarship / Budapest
– Erasmus + internship – 2 months
2020-2021
– Erasmus scholarship at the École des beaux-arts de Marseille
(École Supérieure d’art & de design Marseille-Méditerranée)
2021
– MMA-21-MH750 to support their costs related to artistic activities / Budapest
Internships
2024
– MOME M8 mentoring program / Budapest
2022
– MOME M8 mentoring program / Budapest
2021
– Bookbinding, Lapozó books / Budapest
Courses
2025
– Fabrika – program addressing working conditions and advocacy in the cultural sector
– Self-branding with Péter Puklus and Zsolt Petrányi
2024
– Human Being, art practices course with Elina Brotheus
2023
– PDC (Permaculture Design Certificate)
– Print and more, printing techniques with József Szili and Tamás Novokrescsenszkov
– Photo Book as Contemporary Art Form with Jörg Colberg
2022
– Cress print workshop with Almudena Romero
2020
– Collodion wet plate course with Viktor Gálos
