1997
"Szellemkép" Free School, Photography, Budapest

Szabolcs Barakonyi lives and works in Budapest. Since 2001 he has been a member of the Young Photo Artists’ Studio in Hungary. Between 2003 and 2006 he was the recipient of a Pécsi József scholarship. In 2006 he won the Lucien Hervé and Rodolf Hervé Grant, and in 2007 at the Rencontres d'Arles festival he was presented with the Photo Folio Gallery & Review Laureate, and in 2011 he was awarded the National Cultural Fund of Hungary's André Kertész Grant. He's been a DLA student at the Doctoral School of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts since 2018. Barakonyi’s photographs are characterized by realism, often documentary in nature, while his topics cover grotesque and absurd situations. One of his best-known series is titled “Tell your Mommy, Bring some Money!” was created in 2005. His first appearance in the Deák Erika Gallery was his solo exhibition titled “To Do” in 2013, followed by a group exhibition with Péter Hecker in 2015, titled “Fine, Thanks!”.

2019
Cold Trail

2015
Everything is fine! (with Péter Hecker)

2013
To Do

2019
Cold Trail, Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest
Cold Trail, B24 Gallery, Debrecen

2015
Everything is Fine! (with Péter Hecker), Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest

2013
To Do, Erika Deák Gallery, Budapest
Pourquoi les fleurs sont plus belles ici? Collegium Hungaricum, Paris

2011
Why the Flowers are Prettier Here, Raiffeisen Gallery, Budapest
0-3 Viltin Gallery, Budapest
Confrontation, Galerie Benj, Paris

2010
Confrontation Műcsarnok/Kunsthalle, Menü Pont Gallery, Budapest

2008
Tell your Mom! Chateau d’ Eau, Toulouse
Tébánya (Mine - T), Dorottya Gallery, Budapest

2007
This is London, Hungarian Cultural Center, London

2006
Life’s Sundays ÉSA, Paris

2004     
China Daily, Hungarian House of Photogaphy in Mai Manó House, Budapest
Chinese Fast Food, Miro Photo-Gallery, Budapest

2002
In sha’ Allah, Cirko-Gejzir Gallery, Budapest

2000
Radio Tilos, Trafó the House of the Contemporary Arts, Budapest

 

2016
Pécsi 25. Pécsi József Photography Grant 1991–2016 Capa Center Budapest
National Photo Salon, Műcsarnok, Kunsthalle, Budapest

2015
Amazing Affinities, Couvent des Jacobins, Toulouse, France
To Do, Warsaw Photo Days 2015

2014
Second Skin, Robert Capa Center, Budapest
Le Cocon Familial, Collegium Hungaricum, Paris
PHotoEspaña (with the collection of Chateau d'Eau Toulouse)

2013
10th Kaunas Photo Festival 2012
Kepes Institute, Eger, Hungary
Hungarian Contemporary Photography 2., Collegium Hungaricum, Paris

2011
Margins, at 7th Photobiennale in Poznan, Poland

2010
LIVE SYNC, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sanghai

2009
Title Attack, Fotofestiwal’09, Mlodzi Galeria, Lodz, Poland

2008
Que des Européens, Galerie du Jour agnés b. Paris
Present Continous, Hungarian House of Photogaphy in Mai Manó House

2007
Photo Folio Gallery & Review Laureate, Rencontres d'Arles
Hungarian Photography, Fabryka Trzciny, Warsawa
'Pécsi József Scholarship Holders', Accademia d'Ungheria, Rome

2006
Budapest Feeling, Krakow, Photo Month
Collectif, Galerie du Jour Agnés b. , Paris

2015
Warsaw Photo Days Open Call, finalist

2011
Grant André Kertész, Hungarian National Cultural Found

2007
Photo Folio Gallery & Review Laureate, Rencontres d'Arles

2006
Grant Lucine Hervé and Roldolf Hervé

2003-06
Grant Pécsi József