Máté Bartha is an artist based in Budapest who works in the fields of photography and documentary film. After receiving the National Scholarship of Hungary for photographers, he self-published his first book, titled Common Nature (2014). With his project, KONTAKT, he received the Robert Capa Grand Prize Hungary (2018) and the Louis Roederer Discovery Award at the Recontres D’Arles, 2019. Bartha’s graduation movie, “Downstream”, earned the Best First Film award at Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Festival of Budapest in 2019. Bartha’s currently an awardee of the Hungarian national scholarship for photographers.

Represented by TOBE Gallery
1088 Budapest, Bródy Sándor u. 36. HUNGARY
+36 20 4840490
info@tobegallery.hu

Studies

2016-2018 Unversity of Drama and Film (SZFE) Budapest, directing documentaries MA
2006-2011 Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME), Budapest, photography MA

Memberships

2020 - MADOKE 
2019 - Futures Photography Talent
2013 - Studio of Young Artists' Association (FKSE), Hungary

Awards, scholarships

2022 - Artis-in-residence at the Cité Des Arts, Paris, by Budapest Gallery
2022 - "H" The Notion of Humanity, Kaunas Gallery, invited participant
2022 - Art Photo Mode - One Year Programme, scholarship
2020 - 2022 József Pécsi, Hungarian National Photography Scholarship
2019 - Diploma for Promising Debut with DOWNSTREAM at 27th MINSK IFF LISTAPAD
2019 - Best Student and First film at VERZIÓ 16 with DOWNSTREAM
2019 - Fotofestiwal Open Call finalist with KONTAKT
2019 - Louis Roederer Discovery Award, Rencontres D'Arles with KONTAKT
2019 - PHMuseum 2019 Photography Grant Honorable Mention with KONTAKT
2018 - Capa Grand Prize with KONTAKT
2018 - "Bajnok" / "Champion" - Special mention / Shorts / BIDF 2018, Hungary
2017 - Capa Photography Fellowship awardee, Capa Center, Hungary
2014 - Fieldwork in New York, FFS, Hungarian Initiatives Foundation
2014 - Participant of PLAT(T)FORM 2014, Winterthur, Switzerland
2013-2014 - József Pécsi, Hungarian National Photography Scholarship
2013 - Fotóporta portfolio review, 3rd place
2012 - Fotóporta portfolio review, special mention
2012 - Artist in resicence in Ulm, Germany, Visual Kontakt

Filmography

2022 - The Disposable Man - performance movie ('3)
2022 - Apophenia - experimental short film ('3)
2022 - Apfelbaum - book movie ('14)
2022 - Faces of Margit Slachta - online mini docu-series (6 x '4)
2022 - Uglimán - experimental film ('45)
2022 - Seekers - short documentary ('32)
2020 - Danube, Against the Flow - docu-series for TV (8 x '48)
2019 - Downstream - short documentary (36')
2017 - Champion - short documentary (19')
2017 - Closer to communities - documentary ('33)

Exhibitions

2022
- Anima Mundi - solo exhibition, TOBE Gallery, Budapest
- Group exhibition at CineEast Film Festival, Luxembourg

2021
- "CURE" Group exhibition at Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, Budapest
- Group exbition at "Ideologies", RAY Photography Triennale, Frankfurt, Germany

2020
- Solo exhibition at TOBE Gallery, Budapest
- Group exhibition at FOTOFESTIWAL, Lódz, Poland

2019
- Group exhibition at JIMEI X ARLES 2019, Jimei, China
- "Louis Roederer Discovery Award" exhibition of the shortlisted artists, Rencontres D'Arles, 2019
- "Light" Group exhibition, TOBE Gallery, Budapest

2018
- Thirtythree, Group exhibition, Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, Budapest
- Hello from the other side, Group Exhibition, Valyo kikötő / Capa kikötő
- City vs Nature, Group exhibition, D17 Gallery, Budapest

2016
- "Pécsi 25" Group exhibition, Capa Contemporary Photography Center 
- "Merging Realities" Szatyor Art Space, Budapest, Hungary
- "Swing", group exhibition, Platán Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2015
- "Disappearing Rural Villages", multimedia exhibition, Telep Gallery, Off Biennale, Budapest, Hungary
- "Budapest Balaton", group exhibition, Hungarian Institute of Istambul, Turkey

2014
- "Home Away", Hungarians in New York, group exhibition, Capa Contemporary Photography Center, Budapest, Hungary
- "Kiváló a hangulat" group exhibition, Casati Art Corner, Budapest, Hungary
- "derkó.pécsi.2014" group exhibition, Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
- "Enter/ing", group exhibition, FKSE Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2013
- "Indíték Tématéka" group exhibition, Labor, Budapest, Hungary

2012
- "680 km", Kunstraum Visual Kontakt, Ulm, Germany
- "Relevant" group exhibition, Roham bár, Budapest, Hungary

2011
- "FormElles" group exhibition, Hungarian Institute of Paris, France
- "Keresetlen Csúf" group exhibition, University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
- "The I Country" group exhibition, Demo Gallery, Budapest

2009
- "Contemplate" Lumen Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- Photobiennale of Dunaújváros, Hungary
- "Image Error", group exhibition, Artbázis, Budapest, Hungary
- "The Rain Before It Falls" group exhibition, Karton Gallery, Budapest
- "Metropolis" group exhibition, Nessim Gallery, Budapest