Zoltán Molnár

(1973, Budapest)

Zoltán Molnár graduated from the Hungarian University of Applied Arts in 1998, and obtained a second degree in fine arts education from the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in 2020. He uses visual impressions of human existence to interpret the social order and structure of our times. He participated in a study trip to Nancy, France, with an André Malraux scholarship in 2004. He worked in Brazil with a UNESCO scholarship in 2007, and in Paris with an André Kertész scholarship in 2010. Since then, he has exhibited his work at numerous venues, both in Hungary and abroad. He has had solo shows in Budapest, Bratislava, Paris, Brazil, Sepsiszentgyörgy and South Korea. In 2025, he was the curator of the international photography exhibition Nunchi – The Power of Silence, organized at the Hungarian House of Photographers. His books: Light Forests, 2012, Aqua (2019), Just Pictures (2020), and 65 mm – Budapest: A Photographic Panorama Essay (2024). Major awards: @rc billboard competition (2001), Hungarian Press Photo Competition (2002, 2004), Esztergom Photography Biennial Award (2014), Certificate of Recognition from the Film and Photography Section of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2025), Rudolf Balogh Award (2026).