Biography
Agnes Eperjesy is a visual artist working in photography, mixed media and collage.
She grew up in Gyor, Hungary where she studied fine art as well as economics before moving to the UK, Italy and recently Sweden. She completed a photojournalism diploma followed by a masters degree in Organisation development based on Gestalt psychology which informs and underpins most of her recent works. Her eclectic work experience and exposure to a wide variety of studies and professional practices provided/-ing her with a fertile ground for her art.
She is using subversion of imagery to shift meanings, create different narratives, new visual languages and to look at familiar scenes from different angles. She tends to approach her work through a humanist lens examining the human experience, our vulnerabilities, idiosyncrasies and our quest for self-discovery. Her aim is not to shock but to inspire, enlighten and challenge dominant narratives. Agnes is working with traditional and experimental processes, investigating the essential concepts and boundaries of photography and it's potential to create space for connection and reflection.
Her work has been exhibited and published internationally and can be found in private collections.
Exhibitions, Publications, Awards
2023 BBA Photography Prize Long List
2023 See:Zeen Magazine feature and interview
2023 LensCulture Critics Choice Award Editor’s Selection
2023 Revisiting the family album, Centre for Fine Art Photography, Group exhibition
2023 (Re) Collection, Analog Forever Magazine, Online group exhibition
2022 LensCulture Critics Choice Award Winner
2022 BBA One Shot Award Finalist, Berlin
2022 PhEST Festival Internazionale di Fotografia e Arte - Exhibition, Italy
2022 anth(r)opogeny in contemporary photography - Exhibition, Institute of Photographic Studies of Catalonia, Experimental Photo Festival, Barcelona
2022 Unmute, Society of Scottish Artists, Dunoon
2022 Easter Exhibition, Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow
2022 Take 5, Dunoon Burgh Hall, Dunoon
2021 Contemporary Collage Magazine Feature
2021 Photographic Mysticism, Analog Magazine - Online
2021 Out of Control, Analog Forever Magazine - Online
2021 Instant, Society of Scottish Artists - Online
2019 Saatchi Art Curators Selection
2017 Contemporary Photo Festival, Lisbon
2016 Prague Arts Council, We are all foreigners
2014 DUMBO Arts Festival, New York
2014 Knoll Galerie, Vienna, Unicorn is more than Nation
2014 Hungarian Cultural Institute, Brussels, Time Prints
2012 Royal Geographical Society, London, CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year Finalists group show
2011 MODEM, Debrecen - Still. Photography in the museum