2018-2022
Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Doctoral School

1998-2004
Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Inner Asian, Tibet specialised

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

2024
Forensic Realism – International Photo Festival Cortona On The Move

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

 

2024
TANGO Projekt, Budapest

2022
Holnemváros, MODEM, Debrecen

2020
MIÁÚ! 8F Gallery, Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, Budapest

2018
Optimistic exhibition, Hungarian Universitiy of Fine Arts, Barcsay Hall
Santopalato, Korean Cultural Center, Budapest

2017
Golden Boundaries, Capa Center, Budapest
Parallel – European Photo Based Platform, Lissbon
Hungarian photography 1967-2017, National Gallery, Warsaw

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

2022
Rencontres d’Arles, Historical Book Award, shortlist

2021
Robert Capa Hungarian Photography Prize

2018
Cortona Open Call, shortlist

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

 

Château d’Eau Toulouse
Miskolc Gallery and City Museum
Budapest Historical Photographic Collection - Kiscelli Museum
MODEM - Modern and Contemporary Art Center

Fortepan Masters – Collective photography in the 20th century – in collection of Szabolcs Barakonyi,
Bazin Investments Kft. 2021, – ISBN 978-615-01-1518-4
Everything is fine! - Capa Center 2016, – ISBN 978-615-80440-4-2
321e monographie de la collection éditée par le Château d’Eau 2008, – ISBN 978-2-913241-91-6

2022
Sándor Kereki - Budapest in the seventies through the eyes of a boy, Capa Center

2019
Black light, co-curator, ICA-Dunaújváros

2015
Fieldwork, exhibition of Martin Kollar, Capa Center