About / Bio
Kata Geibl (1989, Budapest) is a photographer living and working in Budapest. Her work is mainly focused on global issues, capitalism, the Anthropocene, and the ambiguities of the photographic medium.
Coming from a background in Liberal Arts has informed the way she creates her projects. Drawing concepts from Philosophy and Cultural Studies, Geibl steps in with metaphorical images to fill in the gaps where words fall short.
Geibl’s long-standing interest in photography’s ambiguity — how we are trained to treat photographs as evidence while also approaching them with intense suspicion – is palpable throughout her practice. Harnessing this tension, she presents us with the implications of a very real phenomenon without adhering to straight documentary methods that habitually signal truth. Instead, she mixes genres to produce her visual universe — a commentary on our relationship to photography as much as the implications of capitalism.
She exhibited her work internationally, to name a few at the UNSEEN Amsterdam, Art Encounters Biennale (Timisoara), Images Gibellina, 212 Photography Istanbul, The Rencontres d’Arles, Athens Photo Festival, and others. She was part of the FOAM Talent selection in 2022, received the emerging talent Paris Photo Carte Blanche Award and József Pécsi Photography Scholarship, was a Grand Prix Finalist at Fotofestiwal Lodz and a talent for Futures Platform, won the PHmuseum Vogue Italia Prize and was shortlisted for the Palm* Photo Prize.
Scholarships, Grants
2022 / FOAM Talent 2022 / CNA - The Notion of Humanist Photography Residency
2022 / Images Gibellina Residency
2021 / Dior Photography Award
2021 / Silver Eye Fellowship, Honorable Mention
2020 / Leica Oskar Barnack Award Nominee
2020 / Encontros da Imagem Discovery Award Finalist
2020 / Futures Photography Platform, Nomination Hyeres Festival
2020 / Palm*Photo Prize Shortlist
2020 / 35th Hyéres Festival Photography Finalist
2020 / Fotofestiwal Lodz Grand Prix Finalist
2019 / PHmuseum Vogue Italia Prize
2019 / Palm* Photo Prize Shortlist
2019 / Futures Photography Platform, Nomination Capa Center
2019 / József Pécsi Photography Scholarship
2018 / Winner of Paris Photo Carte Blanche Student Award
2018 / Finalist at Breda Photo Talent Program
2018 / Association of Hungarian Photographers Scholarship
2017 / Campus Mundi Scholarship
Solo Exhibitions
2023 / There is Nothing New Under the Sun / 111 Gallery, HU2019 / Sisyphus / H2 Gallery, UMPRUM, CZ
2018 / Sisyphus / Supermarket Gallery, HU
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 / Images Gibellina / Gibellina, IT2023 / Like You and Me, Young Hungarian Photopraphy / Budapest, HU
2023 / Art Encounters Biennale / Timisoara, SL
2022 / Heart and Cherry / Budapest, HU
2022 / Deutsche Borse Photography Foundation / Frankfurt, DE
2022 / 212 Photography Istanbul / Istanbul, TK
2022 / Foam Talent Exhibition / Amsterdam, NL
2021 / Work in Context / Budapest, HU
2021 / Palm Photo Prize / London, UK
2021 / The Rencontres d’Arles / Arles, FR
2020 / Athens Photo Festival / Athens, GR
2020 / Fotofestival Lenzburg / Lenzburg, SW
2020 / Encontros Da Imagem / Braga, PO
2020 / Fotofestiwal Łódź / Lodz Art Center, Łódź Voivodeship, PL
2020 / 35th Hyéres Festival / Villa Noailles, FR
2020 / Illusionary Observations / Museum für Photographie Braunschweig, DE
2020 / Pécsi József Grant / Robert Capa Center, HU
2020 / UNSEEN Amsterdam / Westergasfabriek, NL
2019 / The Freezing Moment / Societe, HU
2019 / Picture this! / Budapest Gallery, HU
2019 / Baushaus Contemporary / Accademia d'Ungheria, IT
2019 / UNSEEN Amsterdam / Westergasfabriek, NL
2019 / PALM Photo Prize / ThePrintSpace, UK
2019 / Bauhaus Contemporary / MÜPA, HU
2019 / Women's Studies / KAS Gallery, HU
2018 / Entrée / Mikve, HU
2018 / Art Market Budapest / Millenaris, HU
2018 / UNSEEN Amsterdam / Westergasfabriek, NL
2018 / MOME Photography Diploma Exhibition / HybridArt Space, HU
2018 / 7 VIRTUE / Supermarket Gallery, HU
2018 / FKSE New Members 2. / FKSE, HU
2017 / Art Market Budapest, Studio of Young Photographers / Millenáris, HU
2016 / MAMAVORE Photobook and Zine exhibition / OMNIVORE Gallery, HU
2015 / To Be Continued / MÜSZI, HU
Memberships
2018 – Carte Blanche Collective2017 – FKSE Studio of Young Artists’ Association (FKSE), Hungary
2015 – Studio of Young Photographers (FFS), Hungary
Education
2021 - Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) – PhD, HU2019 – 2021 Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK) – MA, Photography and Society, NL
2015 – 2018 Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) – BA, Photography, HU
2017 – 2018 Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture – MA, Photography, FI
2008 – 2012 Eötvös Loránd University – BA, Film History and Film Theory Major, HU
Press, Publications
Pellicola Mag - Essay by Michela Coslovich SEE-ZEEN
Deadbeat Club – Best Photobooks of 2021: Brad Feuerhelm
Yogurt Magazine – 10 Best Photobooks of 2021
Photobookstore Magazine – Best Photobooks of 2021: Brad Feuerhelm
WÜL MAG - Interview, EN
NINU NINA - Interview, EN
METAL Magazin - Interview, EN
Small Edition Hungary, Male Naklady
FOAM Magazine #57: In Limbo
FishEye Magazine - Interview, FR
IMA Magazine Vol.33
PLAIN Magazine
British Journal of Photography - Essay by Cat Lachowskyj, EN
Vogue Italia - Take Care Collective
Creative Review
JOIA Magazine - Interview with Adriana Conde, ES
PrzeKrój
Giphantie Magazine - Essay by Taylor Dorrell
Musée Magazine - Interview with Heming Liu, EN
IGNANT
Palm Studios
Aint-Bad - Interview with Bailey Dale, EN
Numéro
Wallpaper* magazine
PUNKT - Interview with Edit Barta, HU
C-41 Magazine
i-D VICE Italy - Interview with Alina Cortese, IT
BOOOOOOOOM
Photonews Hamburg
This is Paper Magazine
Paper Journal Magazine
Calvert Journal - Interview with Diane Smyth, EN
Aint-Bad Issue No.14
Capa Center Blog - Interview, HU
Edicola Book Issue 3.
Fisheye Magazine / Photobook Vol. 3
Art of Prague - Interview, EN
British Journal of Photography, Female in Focus
Designisso - Interview, HU
HKW Berlin - The New Alphabet
Fisheye Magazine - Interview, FR
Phases Magazine
Velvet Eyes - Interview with Ilias Lois, EN
GUP Magazine
Fisheye Magazine
Lensculture - Interview by Cat Lachowskyj, EN
BJP Online
Artportal - Interview with Krisztina Erdei, HU
Der Greif
Phases Magazine
Designisso - Interview, HU
Index