János Ilku

(1946, Pestszentimre)

János Ilku learned photography through self-study and has been active in the photographic community since 1973. He has been a member of the Association of Hungarian Photographers (MFSZ) and the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists (MAOE) since 1981. Typical techniques that he employees in his works include photomontage, as well as chemical and digital colouring. He was awarded the Gold Medal of the Photographic Salon of Japan (1992), the 18th EFB Grand Prize (2012), and the Pro Urbe Award (2018). His photographs can be found in several public collections: the Déri Museum, the Herman Ottó Museum, the Hungarian Museum of Photography, and the Asahi Shimbun Archive (Tokyo). He has had 49 solo exhibitions and participated in nearly 300 group exhibitions.