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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





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