Education

1987-1991 Hungarian Acadamy of Art and Design, Visual Communication Design, diploma in photography

1988-1992 Hungarian Acadamy of Art and Design, Teacher Training Institute, teacher diploma

2008-2011 Doctoral School of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design

Teaching practice

2007           Adjunct Professor, Mololy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Media Institute, Department of Photography

2014           Doctoral degree, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Doctoral School

2015-2020  Head of Department, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Institute of Media, Department of Photography

2020 -        Associate Professor, Mololy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Institute of Media

2020 -        BA Head of Department, BA Supervisor, Mololy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Institute of Media, BA Photography

2021           Habilitation, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Doctoral School

Lectures

1999 The Possibilities of Architectural Photography, opening of the exhibition of Finnish architectural photographer Jussi Tiainen in MÉSZ

2011 MOME Masters, Photography Academy For Arab Photographers, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

2012 MOME Masters, International Academic Photo Exhibition, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

2004 Possibilities of the photographic approach to architecture, Hungarian University of Applied Arts, Department of Architecture

2004 Photographer as an intellectual, Ponton Gallery

2005 Large format photography, Hungarian University of Applied Arts, Department of Visual Communication

2006 Photography, the language of architectural communication, Hungarian Chamber of Architects, Master School

2007 The building as a face, MOME Auditorium

2009 Real Image, MOME DLA Architectural Training

2011 Architectural Photography and Reality, MME Department of Architecture

2013 The Photographic Space, University of West Hungary, Faculty of Architecture

2015 Guided tour at the closing event of Erwin Olaf's exhibition, Debrecen, Modem

2017 Artist talk, Photography, Iceland Academy of Art, Reykjavik

2018 THIRTYTHREE, A New Horizon of Photograthy at Moholy-Nagy University, Gobelins, Paris

2021 Image Factory, MOME

2021 Face of the Future, Work in Context symposium, MOME

2021 MOME Photography MA in English, Gobelins l'école de l'image, Paris

2021 MOME PhotographyMA in English, National Academy of Art, Sofia

2021 Artist talk, National Academy of Art, Sofia

2022 Artist talk, Photography, Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem

2022 Jerusalem After Dark, Workshop, Photography Department, Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem

2023 Penumbra As Identity, photography course, Gobelins, l'école de l'image, Paris

Curatorial work

1999-2004 Cresta International Advertising Awards, Hungarian jury

2000-2006 Hungarian University of Applied Arts, Department of Visual Communication, diploma committee member

2012 XY    Human Dignity and the MOME Generation Exhibition Organizer and co-curator, Ludwig Museum Budapest

2015           Dictionary of Photography, Thames & Hudson, London, contributor, selection of Hungarian-related photographers, writing of glossaries.

2016-2021 Member of the National Cultural Fund College of Photography

2018           THIRTYTHREE, A New Horizon of Photograthy at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Berlin

2018           THIRTYTHREE, A New Horizon of Photography at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Centre, Budapest

2019           THIRTYTHREE, Grote Kerk, Breda

2019           Bauhaus Contemporary. Group exhibition, catalogue, MÜPA, Budapest

2020           Legends of Buda, group outdoor photo exhibition, Várkert Bazaar, Déli panorama terrace, Budapest

2021           Work in Context 1, 2 international symposium, MOME, Budapest

2023           Work in Context 3 international symposium, MOME, Budapest

Exhibitions

1990 Opera, Fourth exhibition of the Studio of Young Photographers, (group) Ernst Museum 

1990 MIF students exhibition, (group) Pordenone, Italy 

1992 Bunda, Diploma exhibition, (group) Oak Tree Gallery 

2001 National Photographic Art Exhibition, (group) Kunsthalle

2002 Brick, Architectural Photography Exhibition, N&N Gallery, (group), (2002)) 

2002 8th Venice Architecture Biennale, (group) Hungarian pavilion, Venice

2003 Brick, Architectural Photography Exhibition, Kiscelli Museum, Oratory Hall,

2005 form and nonform, Exhibition of Central European Architectural Photographers, (group) Jean Monnet Building of the European Commission, Luxembourg, Ljubjana, Prague,

2009 Open Air 8x10, School of International Center of Photography, New York

2009 Figures Forms Photographs, joint exhibition with Marian Bán, Ponton Gallery Budapest, Hungarian Cultural Institute Warsaw

2010 Perception. Exhibition by Mariann Bán and Gábor Máté, Duna Television, Budapest

2010-2014 Imre Makovecz's sacral buildings, K:A:S: Gallery, Kiscelli Museum, Óbuda Cultural Centre, Klebersberg Kuno Cultural Centre, Várnegyed Gallery, BME Department of Architecture, House of Citizens

2011 Inspirations, Wladis Gallery, Budapest

2011 Open Air 8x10 New York, FUGA Budapest Architecture Center

2012 What Binds Us, Municipal Museum of Art, Váczi Péter Collection, Hungarian Ispita, Győr

2014 Philémón's Dream - The Idea of Eternal Marriage, Ponton Gallery Budapest

2016 Divorce. The Resolution Reached With Difficulties, Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Centre, Project Room, Budapest

2018 THIRTYTHREE, A new horizon of photography at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, (group) Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Centre, Budapest

2019 THIRTYTHREE, (group) Grote Kerk, Breda

2022 ВЪТРЕШНО NEБЕ, Synthesis Gallery, Sofia

2022 ВЪТРЕШНО NEБЕ, Liszt Institute Hungarian Cultural Centre, Sofia

2023 The Apples of Their Eyes, Yossi Nahmias Photography Gallery, Hadassah Acadenic College, Jerusalem

Publications

1992- magazines: Hungarian Architecture, Floor Plan, Atrium, Oktogon, Kitchen Art

1993 Youth Unemployment, Institute of Political Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

1993 34 posters Hungarian Narancs 

1995 Architecture of Ödön Lechner , book, Architecture Dramatic, Japan 

1996  Great Creative Book, Geomedia

1997 Domus 795, architecture magazine, Editoriale Domus, S.p.A. Milano

1998 Domus 804, architecture magazine, Editoriale Domus, S.p.A. Milano

1998 Say, book on advertising, McCann Erickson

1998 Govinda's cookbook, Gábor Gyulai

1999 Baustelle: Ungarn, Hungarian book on contemporary architecture, published by Akademie der Künste, Berlin

2003 Life of Géza Hofi, Hungaroton Records

2005 Emerging Identities East!, Contemporary Eastern European architecture book, Deutsches Architektur Zentrum, Berlin

2005 Architecture of Zoltán Gulyás, HAP

2005 form and nonform, architecture photography book, Platform Culture- Central Europe 

2007 Vladimir Péter book, photographs of the author's works, jewellery, sculptures and other objects. Terc

2009 The Sound of Clay Mariann Bán, Gabriella Kernács, Corvina

2011 Makovecz -Templomok, EPL Publishing House, Budapest

2014 Philémón's Dream - The Ideal of Eternal Marriage, doctoral thesis

2015 The Architecture of Ferenc Bán, Terc, Budapest

2016 Photographic Art, issue 4, Hungarian Photographic Saxon Cell Foundation, Budapest

2019 A photographic tribute to Matera Basilica, By students and teachers from 28 countries, Postcart, Matera, Italy

2022 ВЪТРЕШНО NEБЕ, exhibition catalogue, Vij! Magazine, Sofia

2023 40 years, Budapest Festival Orchestra 2023-2024

Awards

1994 City-Light '94, 1st prize, Hungarian Advertising Association

1995 Giant of the Year 1995 III. prize, Hungarian Advertising Association

1997 Giant of the Year 1997 1st prize, Hungarian Advertising Association

1999 Pegazus Award - Gold, Social campaign, Reader's Digest

2000 AD Spot Award, Non profit campaign, Publicita Progresso, Milan, Italy

2000 Golden Blade Award, Media for the Future Foundation, Hungarian Advertising Association

2002 Golden Drumstick Award, Portorozs, Slovenia

2001 Golden Heart Award, MaRS

2002 Bronze Heart Award, MaRS

2018 Balogh Rudolf Award