Gergely Szatmári

(1966, Salgótarján)

Gergely Szatmári graduated from the photography department of the Hungarian College of Applied Arts in 1990. He then worked for many years as a commercial photographer for domestic and international companies and advertising agencies. He started teaching at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) in 2000 and was the head of the Photography MA programme at the university’s Media Institute until 2013. He was a visiting professor at Montclair State University (USA) in 2008. He received his DLA degree from MOME’s doctoral school in 2012. He was the organiser of several exhibitions, and co-curator of the Human Dignity XY Generation exhibition at the Ludwig Museum. He has been a member of the József Pécsi Scholarship Committee since 2016. He habilitated at MOME in 2021. He has been a university professor and head of the Photography MA programme at the MATE Rippl-Rónai Institute of Art since 2025. He has participated in and won awards at several international photography exhibitions. He was awarded the Rudolf Balogh Award in 2021. His albums are Conventional, Meadowlands, American Idler, and At Ours.