MATTI VARGA

about



Matti Varga  has discovered the potential of artistic expression in photography at a fairly young age.

Her photographs are dream-like and are often drenched in nostalgia. Matti is able to observe everyday moments from an entirely new perspective and to present them unconventionally by taking out of their context. Simultaneously she devotes a lot of attention to create accurate compositions and to choose colours and light very carefully.

The objects and details on her photographs might not seem compatible at first although paradoxically, by the way of using these give a new meaning to the subject and potentially represent the world as she experiences and imagines it.

In the past few years her work has been recognised world-wide numerous times. Thanks to the new releases her artworks can be seen in various photo-books, magazines, publications and art exhibitions.

 

FEATURES / PUBLICATIONS (selected)

Elle Hungary - 2023 / 3. 

Frankie Magazine - issue 114 - Australia

YKRA faces - 2023

Fashion Street Magazin - SS23 

Essence of Hungary  - 2022

Roadster Magazine - I./2022

Elle Decoration Hungary - II/I. 2022

Octogon Architecture & Design - 165 - 2021/1 - Hungary

Type7 Volume Two  

Vostok Magazine - 25 - 2020 - Seoul, Korea 

DIM DAM DOM  - 8/2020 - France

IGNANT - The Bright Shadow

IGNANT - Another Rome

Magda Szabó: Abigail - book cover - MacLehose Press - England

Elle Decor Italia - 12/2019 - December issue - Italy

Octogon Architecture & Design - 156 - 2019/8 - Hungary

Octogon Architecture & Design - 154 - 2019/6 - Hungary

The Curated Lens by SANDU publishing

Living Corriere - Italy

Octogon Architecture & Design - 147 - 2018/7 - Hungary

Lensculture

The Guardian - UK

iGNANT - Germany

Somewhere Magazine - Sweden

TrendLand - USA

AD Magazine - Russia

Fubiz - France

Aint Bad Magazine - Georgia

AWARDS / EXHIBITIONS (selected)

2022:

A Visual Journey into the New Eastern Europe - group exhibition - Photon Gallery, Wien 

Going East - group exhibition - Photon Gallery, Ljubljana 

Imagenation Paris - New Eyes - group exhibition - Galerie Joseph Le Palais, Paris

Dialog - Hype and Hyper x Telep Gallery - group exhibition Budapest

2020:

Best Booth Prize by Artmagazin -  Art Market Budapest

Art Market Budapest -  solo show - represented  by Főfotó Gallery

Főfotó Gallery presents, Matti Varga - solo exhibition - Budapest

nominated for Highlights of Hungary Award

2019:

My Town Siófok II - solo exhibition during Trieste Photo Festival

'Chapters' - solo exhibition - Kolta Gallery - Budapest

SINestESIA - BDC Gallery - Parma

SINestESIA - QR Photogallery - Bologna

2018:

Emerging Talent Exhibition - Klompching Gallery - New York

2017:

Lensculture Emerging Talent Awards - winner

ArtHungry Awards - 3. Prize

2016:

MOME Degree Show - Fuga Gallery - Budapest

NEU NOW - online festival - selected artist

2014:

Photography Month Budapest - Bond - Roham Bar Gallery

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