Attila Venczel

(1978, Baja)

Attila Venczel trained as a printer. He studied drawing at the Dési Fine Arts Circle and later at the Corvin School of Drawing. He completed his studies at the ASA School of Photography, where his mentors were György Stalter, Gábor Kerekes and Zsolt Péter Barta. He is a member of the Association of Hungarian Photographers. He received the scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Arts in 2016 and has also been awarded several scholarships by the National Cultural Fund of Hungary. He is the author of a book on the collodion photographic process. Over the last twenty years, in addition to his artistic work, he has conducted research into nineteenth-century photographic techniques. His works have been exhibited at the Mai Manó House, the Tokácsli Gallery in Szentes, the Artphoto Gallery in Budapest, and the Kunsthalle Budapest. His works are held in private collections as well as in the Hungarian National Museum.