Mónika Sziládi (b. 1974, Budapest, Hungary; lives and works in New York City)
Education
2010
2008 1997
MFA, Yale School of Art, Photography
Awarded the Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowship
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Gesso Foundation Fellowship Maitrîse, Art History and Archaeology, Université Paris IV/Sorbonne, Paris, France
Solo Exhibition
2010
Wide Receivers, Godot Galeria, Budapest, Hungary
Group Exhibitions
2010
US Featured Exhibition: The Architecture of Space, curated by Darren Ching and Debra Klomp Ching, Flash Forward Festival, Toronto, Canada Homo Ludens, XVII. Photography Biennial, Esztergom, Hungary Yale MFA Thesis Exhibition, Green Gallery, New Haven; 25CPW, New York; David Weinberg Gallery, Chicago; Eighth Veil, Los Angeles
2009
Future Days, curated by Ron Rocheleau and Justin Warsh, CAN alternative space, New York Photo Biennial, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros, Hungary The World According To..., curated Agnes Berecz, PhD, lecturer at the MoMA, Hungarian Cultural Center, New York Market Forces, curated by Peter Scott, Galerie Erna Hecey, Brussels, Belgium Glam Shackle & Spice, curated by Eun Young Choi, Gallery SATORI, New York
2008
Random Utterness, curated by Agnes Berecz, PhD, lecturer at the MoMA,
Hungarian Cultural Center, New York Not Compulsory,
Studio Galeria, Budapest Market Forces, Part II: Consumer Confidence, curated by Peter Scott, Carriage Trade Gallery, New York Designations, curated by Gabriela Galati,
NT Gallery, Bologna, Italy
2007
Photo Biennial , Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros, Hungary Lost and Found, curated by Dr. Fritz Emslander, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany (cat.) MODEM, Debrecen, Hungary (cat.)
2006
Domestic Goods, curated by Agnes Berecz, PhD, lecturer at the MoMA,
2B Galéria, Budapest, Hungary, Travelling to A.I.R. Gallery, New York, USA
The Pop Art Show 2006, curated by Leah Oates and Laurence Asseraf, Kaufmann Arcade, New York, USA
Point of Purchase, curated by Gretchen Wagner, curatorial assistant at
the MoMA, D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center, New York, USA
Szobrászok (Sculptors), commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Revolution, 2B Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
2005
When We Were Young, Summer Group Show, Foley Gallery, New York, USA Taboo, juried by Jerry Saltz, Studio Montclair, Montclair, New Jersey, USA Photography 24, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, New Jersey, USA
2004
XVth Annual Juried Exhibition, Viridian Artists, New York, USA Wish You Were Here III, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, USA Generations 04, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, USA
Awards
2010
Winner of the Philadelphia Museum of Art 2010 Photography Portfolio Competition
Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowship
Juror's Pick by Julie Saul and Alec Soth, Work-in-Progress Prize, Daylight/CDS Photo Awards
Public Collections
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Articles and Catalogues
Lisa J. Curtis, “Feeling Spent,” Go
Brooklyn, August 26, 2006 Lost and Found (cat.), Staatliche Kunsthalle
Baden-Baden/Snoeck, Germany, 2006 Augenblicke des Nichtstuns,
Ausstellung “Lost and Found”: Monika Sziladis Fotografien aus der
Serie “Still” in der Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Badisches Tagblatt, Dec 29, 2006 Dunaújvárosi Fotóbiennálé, 2007
(cat.), ICA, Dunaújváros, Hungary, 2007 Market Forces, by Peter Scott, 2008/2009 Dunaújvárosi Fotóbiennálé, 2009
(cat.), ICA, Dunaújváros, Hungary, 2009 Gallery Beat, New York Press, June 18, 2009 The Moment: Now Hanging | The Girlie Show, by Maura Egan, The New York Times, Jun 30, 2009 Ölebek és Partyarcok, Sziládi Mónika: Szélessávú vevők, Godot Galéria, by Éva Ibos, Revizor, 2010
Membership
Senior Member, FKSE (Association of Young Visual Artists), Hungary