Benedek Regős

(1978, Kolozsvár / Cluj-Napoca, RO)

Benedek Regős graduated with a BA degree in photography from the University of Kaposvár in 2014. Then, he studied for two semesters at the photography studio of UMPRUM in Prague. He graduated with an MA in photography from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in 2017. He combines different genre characteristics and technical features to explore the role and cultural impact of photography from the perspective of architecture, history, and the built and tangible heritage. He uses a symbolic and interdisciplinary language. He had solo exhibitions at PINCE in Budapest and Gornji Grad in Slovenia in 2022, and at the Ferenczy Museum Centre in Szentendre in 2023. Major group exhibitions: Off Festival, Bratislava (2014, 2015), Fotogalerie Vienna (2016, 2019), ICA-D, Dunaújváros (2019), Esterházy Palace, Győr (2019), IG Bildende Kunst, Vienna (2021), Fotograf Gallery, Prague (2022), Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs (2025). Since 2021, he has participated in several international art residency programmes (Salzburg, Krems, Gornji Grad) and exchange programmes (Contact Zones, Leipzig/Prague). His works can be found in numerous public and private collections in Hungary and abroad.