Tibor Gyenis

(1970, Pécs)

Tibor Gyenis studied sculpture at the University of Pécs, and then, from 1992, pursued postgraduate studies in painting under Gyula Konkoly at the Master School of Fine Arts. He was named Photographer of the Year by Photo Americas in Portland in 2003. He received the János Smohay Prize in 2004 and served as the professional director of the Studio of Young Photographers for two years from 2005. He won the Munkácsy Award in 2010. He has been the organiser of the Krapanj Creative Camp since 2004. He has participated in major domestic and international exhibitions. He has had solo shows in the Janus Pannonius Museum in 2020 and the Szikra Fine Arts Exhibition Hall in 2023. His works can be found in numerous public collections (Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros; Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs; Paks Gallery; the Hungarian National Gallery; MODEM; Hungarian Museum of Photography; Ludwig Museum, Budapest). He has been teaching photography at Kaposvár University since 2016 and at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Pécs since 2023.