About / Bio
Kata Geibl (1989, Budapest) is a photographer living and working between Budapest and The Hague. 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.
Her first long-term project entitled Sisyphus premiered at Unseen Amsterdam which was followed by her first solo show in Budapest. She received Paris Photo Carte Blanche Award for the series and in the same year, she was nominated for Palm* Photo Prize.
In 2019, she received the József Pécsi Photography Scholarship and was a talent for Futures Platform nominated by Capa Center Budapest.
In 2020 she is a Grand Prix Finalist at Fotofestiwal Lodz, won the PHmuseum Vogue Italia Prize and is shortlisted for Palm* Photo Prize.
Scholarships, Grants
2021 / Silver Eye Fellowship, Honorable Mention2020 / 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
2019 / Sisyphus / H2 Gallery, UMPRUM, CZ2018 / Sisyphus / Supermarket Gallery, HU
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 / Athens Photo Festival / Athens, GR2020 / 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) – PhD2019 – 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
2021 WÜL MAG - Interview, EN2021 NINU NINA - Interview, EN
2021 METAL Magazin - Interview, EN
2020 Small Edition Hungary, Male Naklady
2020 FOAM Magazine #57: In Limbo
2020 FishEye Magazine - Interview, FR
2020 IMA Magazine Vol.33
2020 PLAIN Magazine
2020 British Journal of Photography - Essay by Cat Lachowskyj, EN
2020 Vogue Italia - Take Care Collective
2020 Creative Review
2020 JOIA Magazine - Interview with Adriana Conde, ES
2020 PrzeKrój
2020 Giphantie Magazine - Essay by Taylor Dorrell
2020 Musée Magazine - Interview with Heming Liu, EN
2020 IGNANT
2020 Palm Studios
2020 Aint-Bad - Interview with Bailey Dale, EN
2020 Numéro
2020 Wallpaper* magazine
2020 PUNKT - Interview with Edit Barta, HU
2020 C-41 Magazine
2019 i-D VICE Italy - Interview with Alina Cortese, IT
2019 BOOOOOOOOM
2019 Photonews Hamburg
2019 This is Paper Magazine
2019 Paper Journal Magazine
2019 Calvert Journal - Interview with Diane Smyth, EN
2019 Aint-Bad Issue No.14
2019 Capa Center Blog - Interview, HU
2019 Edicola Book Issue 3.
2019 Fisheye Magazine / Photobook Vol. 3
2018 Art of Prague - Interview, EN
2018 British Journal of Photography, Female in Focus
2018 Designisso - Interview, HU
2018 HKW Berlin - The New Alphabet
2018 Fisheye Magazine - Interview, FR
2018 Phases Magazine
2018 Velvet Eyes - Interview with Ilias Lois, EN
2018 GUP Magazine
2018 Fisheye Magazine
2018 Lensculture - Interview by Cat Lachowskyj, EN
2018 BJP Online
2018 Artportal - Interview with Krisztina Erdei, HU
2018 Der Greif
2018 Phases Magazine
2018 Designisso - Interview, HU
2018 Index